Trains Still Safe Form of Travel?

I use this line every month. My heart really goes out to the people aboard this particular train.

"The terrible pictures of the Virgin Train strewn across the Cumbrian countryside
are a major blow for the railways after a long accident-free period.
The last major incident was at Ufton Nervet in Berkshire in November 2004 when a
suicidal motorist deliberately parked his car across the track.
It was struck by a high speed train, killing six people including the driver.
The last accident in which passengers died as a result of industry error was much
longer ago in May 2002.
Then seven people lost their lives when a train was derailed by faulty points at
Potters Bar.
The following five-year accident-free period was unprecedented in the railways' 175-year
history and did much to allay fears about safety.
Previously they had been heightened after a series of disasters in the late 1990s
and early 2000s.
Today, the greatest area of concern for the industry will be that the probable cause
of this crash is, again, something to do with the track.
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Given the lack of damage to the front locomotive and the apparent focus of police
investigation on the track, it is unlikely that the train hit an object, as had been
suggested by some of the passengers.
Crucially for Virgin, there does not seem to have been a fault with the innovative
and highly popular Pendolino trains introduced on the West Coast Main Line over the
past three years."