Railways: Suicide
(asked on 27th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have died by suicide on the rail network in each of the last 36 months.
This question was answered on 3rd July 2023
There were 772 suspected suicides on the rail network (excluding London Underground, Overground, and DLR), between 1 June 2020 to 31 May 2023. The Department for Transport, Network Rail and the British Transport Police are committed to reducing the number of deaths by suicide, with each rail operator responsible for delivering a suicide prevention plan.