The data provided by the British Transport Police included demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity) of suicide victims between 20. No further information in relation to this was provided by the British Transport Police. Data covering completed suicides between 20 could not be provided owing to changes in coding. Our aim was to review recent epidemiological patterns of suicidal acts on the London Underground to better inform future preventive interventions.ĭata covering deaths by suicide between 20 and ‘person under train’ incidents between 20 were obtained by one of the authors (M.R.) on 7 October 2011 through a Freedom of Information request to the British Transport Police. 7 Use of preventive measures to stop suicidal acts on railways has been the focus of several studies, for example, concentrating on changes to the immediate environment, media reporting and interagency collaborations. 4 Previous studies have suggested an association between the rising number of suicidal acts across the national railway and increasing volumes of passengers across railway networks 5, 6 however, this finding has been inconsistent across studies. 3īetween 1940––89 the mean number of suicidal acts per year on the London Underground rose from 36.1 to 94.1. Railway suicide can have a traumatic impact on both train drivers 2 and witnesses, and can lead to significant train delays, with substantial economic consequences. 1 Suicide on underground railway systems is a major cause for public health concern. 1 In 2015/16 it saw the completion of 1.34 billion journeys across its network. 1 Today it comprises 11 train lines serving a total of 270 stations across 402 km. The London Underground was built in 1863 End was the world's first underground railway system.
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