Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) serious and (b) fatal incidents have occurred at level crossings in each of the last five years.
The number of fatalities and serious injuries at level crossings in Great Britain in each of the last five years is set out in the table below. This covers each reporting year and available data from April 2020 to March 2025.
| Person type | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/2025 |
Fatalities (excluding suicide) | Pedestrian | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Road Vehicle Occupant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Train Occupant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
Serious injuries | Pedestrian | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Road Vehicle Occupant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Train Occupant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 |