TRAINS PASSENGERS' RISK
Passengers on British trains now take a risk of one in 130,000,000 of being killed, and of, one in 4,000,000 of being injured, according to the annual report of the chief inspecting officer of railways. These figures are based on the lists of killed and injured in train accidents in Britain during 12 months, and the entire death roll of 13 was accounted for by one accident, that at Welwyn Garden City on July 15 of last year. But in other directions the risk is rising. Exclusive of train accidents, the report states, 84 passengers were killed and 4517 were injured on the railways during the 12 months under review. The bulk of these accidents was due to misadventure, want of caution, or misconduct on the part of the passengers concerned—and the numbers are growing. Two thousand two hundred and thirty-one people were injured, for instance, by the opening or closing of railway carriage doors at stations, and attempts to alight from trains before they stopped accounted for 1495 more injured and 14 more deaths.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23005, 7 October 1936, Page 11
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