Railway related deaths
PFD Category
Reports: 103
Areas: 39
Earliest: Nov 2013
Latest: 5 Feb 2026
75% response rate (above 63% average). 43% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports fell 30% from 10 (2023) to 7 (2024).
PFD Reports
103 resultsMalcolm Potter
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0082
27 Feb 2014
Cambridgeshire (South & West)
Network Rail
Concerns summary (AI summary)
The pedestrian crossing's warning light system is inadequately positioned and not synchronized for multiple trains, creating a significant re-crossing risk on a busy commuter line.
Daniel Maurice McMahon
Partially Responded
2013-0271
21 Nov 2013
London
Department of Health and Social Care
LAS Legal Services
Metropolitan Police
+1 more
Concerns summary (AI summary)
The report suggests improving information gathering by police when someone is trespassing on railway tracks; using feedback forms for patients on S17 MHA leave; amending the rule book to require trains to stop when a potentially unwell person is trespassing; and reviewing guidance on lung decompression needles for the ambulance service.
Disputed
(AI summary)
The London Ambulance Service reviewed the use of one-way valves on needle chest decompressions and concluded that their current approach of not using them is appropriate, citing expert opinions and consensus statements. The Department of Health is reviewing the advice in the 'Code of Practice Mental Health Act 1983', including the chapter on leave of absence under section 17 and references to care planning, using this case to assist that review.
Andrew Phrydas
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0301
15 Nov 2013
London Inner North
London Underground
Concerns summary (AI summary)
London Underground lacked a process for simultaneous dual-line shutdown at intersecting stations and failed to alert the train driver directly and effectively when a person was on the track.