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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 10 (May 1, 1929.)

Gurrent Comments — Safety of British Trains

page 41

Gurrent Comments
Safety of British Trains.

When railway accidents are widely discussed on the rare occasions when they occur, there are very few people who realise just how large—or how small—is the liability to mishap that a passenger faces when he sets out on a journey by rail.

That is shewn by the report of the Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways to the Ministry of Transport, which has just been published. This shews that the chances against any injury are 3,200,000 to 1; and the chances against a fatal injury are 61,000,000 to 1.

This means that British trains are safer than any other form of transport. The chances against injury are, indeed, much greater in the case of ordinarily careful people, for a good many accidents are caused by attempts to enter or leave a moving train and other examples of foolhardiness.

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