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<p>Rail is a safe mode of travel and the frequency of train accidents involving passenger
or workforce fatalities in the UK is at its lowest ever level with 2015-16 being the
ninth year in succession without any such fatalities.</p><p> </p><p>The following
non-crash related fatalities have occurred on the rail network since 2014:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong>
<strong>(provisional)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Passengers</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workforce</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public
(non-trespass)</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public (trespass)</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suicide</p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>332</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>296</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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