People taken ill on the tube in summer 2018
Request ID: FOI-0103-1920
Date published: 30 April 2019
You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information:
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Bakerloo Line?
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Central Line?
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Northern Line?
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Victoria Line?
Note: Please categorise the above information monthly.
Information should be made available in electronic form, if possible.
We answered
TfL Ref: FOI-0103-1920
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 10th April 2019 asking for information about passengers taken ill on the London Underground.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require.
Specifically you asked:
“Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Bakerloo Line?
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Central Line?
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Northern Line?
Between 1 April 2018 and 30 September 2018, how many passengers were taken ill on the Victoria Line?
Note: Please categorise the above information monthly.”
The information is shown in the table below. This includes instances where people were taken ill on a train or at a station, from 1st April 2018 to 30th September 2018.
|
Month
|
Bakerloo
|
Central
|
Northern
|
Victoria
|
Total
|
|
April 2018
|
3
|
16
|
22
|
16
|
57
|
|
May 2018
|
6
|
19
|
43
|
22
|
90
|
|
June 2018
|
9
|
23
|
29
|
11
|
72
|
|
July 2018
|
5
|
16
|
36
|
14
|
71
|
|
August 2018
|
5
|
16
|
29
|
17
|
67
|
|
September 2018
|
1
|
10
|
16
|
13
|
40
|
|
Total
|
29
|
100
|
175
|
93
|
397
|
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Yours sincerely,
David Wells
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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