TABLE No. 1.

GENERAL TOTAL.

NUMBER OF PERSONS reported, during the Months of January, February, and March 1880, as KILLED or INJURED on the Railways of the UNITED KINGDOM, distinguishing between PASSENGERS, SERVANTS of the COMPANIES or of CONTRACTORS, and OTHER PERSONS; and distinguishing also in the case of the Two former Classes between ACCIDENTS caused by ACCIDENTS to TRAINS, ROLLING-STOCK, PERMANENT-WAY, &c., and ACCIDENTS happening otherwise.

N.B.-The Board of Trade state the cause of accident as returned by the Companies, but do not guarantee or otherwise adopt the statement, except in cases where an official inquiry has been held.

TABLE No. 2.

NUMBER OF PERSONS reported, during the Months of January, February, and March 1880, as KILLED OF INJURED in the UNITED KINGDOM by the TRAVELLING of TRAINS or the MOVEMENT of VEHICLES used exclusively upon Railways, distinguishing between PASSENGERS, SERVANTS of RAILWAY COMPANIES, and OTHER PERSONS, and classifying as far as practicable the Nature and Causes of the Accidents occasioning the Death or Injury.

1

From accidents to trains, &c., see Table
No. 3.

Whilst coupling or uncoupling vehicles By coming in contact whilst riding on vehicles during shunting with other vehicles, &c. standing on adjacent lines Whilst passing over or standing upon buffers during shunting

When getting on or off or falling off en

gines, waggons, &c., during shunting Whilst breaking, spragging, or chocking wheels

Whilst attending to ground-points, marshalling trains, &c.

Whilst moving vehicles by capstans,
turntables, props, &c., during shunting
By other accidents during shunting opera-
tions, not included in the preceding
From falling off engines, &c., during the
travelling of trains

By coming in contact with over-bridges
or erections on the sides of the line,
during the travelling of trains
When getting on or off engines, vans,
&c., during the travelling of trains
Whilst attending to, or by the failure of
machinery, &c. of engines in steam
Whilst working on the permanent-way,
sidings, &c.

Whilst attending to gates at levelcrossings

Whilst walking, crossing, or standing on

the line on duty

From being caught between vehicles

From falling or being caught between trains and platforms, walls, &c.

Whilst walking, &c., along the line on the way home or to work

Miscellaneous

TABLE No. 3.

ACCIDENTS to TRAINS, ROLLING STOCK, PERMANENT WAY, &c., reported, during the Months of January, February, and March 1880, as having occurred on the RAILWAYS in the UNITED KINGDOM, distinguishing the different Classes of Accident, and the Number of Passengers and others, and of Servants of Railway Companies, KILLED or INJURED in each Class of Accident.

TABLE No. 4.

ACCIDENTS TO TRAINS, ROLLING STOCK, PERMANENT WAY, &c. on the RAILWAYS in the UNITED KINGDOM, reported different RAILWAYS on which the same have occurred, and the Number of Passengers and others, and of

TABLE No. 4.

during the Months of January, February, and March 1880, distinguishing the different CLASSES of ACCIDENTS, the Servants of Railway Companies, KILLED or INJURED on each Railway by those Accidents.