Rail safety
Annual rail safety statistics on mainline rail, London Underground, and other non-mainline networks (trams, metros, other light rail, minor and heritage railways) reporting on fatalities and injuries to passengers, members of the public and workforce in Great Britain. It also covers train accidents and (annual and quarterly) number of signals passed at danger (SPADs). These incidents are reported to the Office of Rail and Road under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulation (RIDDOR).
For details on RIDDOR, the legal reporting requirements and how these statistics are compiled, please see our Rail safety quality and methodology report and for information on any revisions, please see our Revisions log.
Data and reports that include previous statistical releases on Rail safety can be found on the National Archives.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
If you have any questions or feedback on these statistics, please contact rail.stats@orr.gov.uk
Latest statistical release
Rail safety, April 2025 to March 2026
Date published: 24 Sept 2026
Date next published: TBC
Key results
- There were 18 non-workforce fatalities (passenger or public) in the year April 2025 to March 2026: 16 fatalities (15 RIDDOR and one non-RIDDOR reportable) occurred on the mainline network, one non-RIDDOR reportable, on the London Underground and one RIDDOR reportable on other non-mainline networks.
- There were two workforce fatalities across all the networks in the year April 2025 to March 2026, both on the mainline network.
- There were 17 people who died in accidents while trespassing in the year April 2025 to March 2026. They involved 16 trespass fatalities on the mainline and one on the other non-mainline networks. There were 11 fatalities at level crossings which involved eight pedestrians and three road vehicle users on the mainline.
- A total of 13,464 non-workforce assaults were recorded on the mainline network, representing a 36% increase compared with the previous year. London Underground recorded 5,534 assaults against non-workforce, an increase of 20% compared with the previous year.
Previous statistical releases
Data tables
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Quarterly
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Annual
- Table 5200: All fatalities and injuries
- Table 5204: Road rail interface fatalities
- Table 5206: Workforce and non-workforce assaults
- Table 5250: Broken rails and buckled rails
- Table 5260: Train accident fatalities and number of incidents split by severity
- Table 5265: Train accidents with passenger or workforce fatalities
- Table 5270: Trespasser fatalities and injuries
- Table 5275: Suicide or suspected suicide fatalities and injuries
- Table 5210: Workforce harm
- Table 5220: Non-workforce harm by location of incident
- Table 5230: Non-workforce harm by cause