Overview

• Sarah Cunningham, a talented artist, died in November 2024 after falling onto the tracks at Chalk Farm station while severely intoxicated.
• A coroner’s inquest ruled the death accidental and issued a Prevention of Future Deaths report urging TfL to improve safety for intoxicated passengers.
• The inquest revealed procedural failures, including unmonitored CCTV, unstaffed barriers, and delays in locating Cunningham’s body, which was found two days later.
• The coroner criticized TfL’s internal investigation as aspirational, lacking concrete plans to address risks posed by intoxicated passengers on the network.
• TfL has pledged to review the coroner’s recommendations and incorporate lessons from its internal investigation, though no detailed action plan has been announced.