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by lentil_soup 2364 days ago
Do you have any sources where I can read more about this? I find it surprising
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The Office of Rail and Road publish annual safety statistics for UK rail. Here is a link to the 2019 edition. The page linked states: "2018-19 is the twelfth year in a row with no passenger fatalities as a result of a train accident."

https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/health-and-safety/r...

The European Union Agency for Railways (ERAIL) collects statistics for EU countries:

https://erail.era.europa.eu/safety-indicators.aspx