Silver halide photographic element

A silver halide photographic element comprising a support having provided, on a first side thereof, at least one light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a hydrazine compound or tetrazolium compound and, on a second side thereof, an antistatic coating layer having a backing layer formed thereon, said hydrazine compound being represented by the following formula ##STR23## wherein R.sub.1 is a monovalent organic residue;

• R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a monovalent organic residue;
• Q.sub.1 and Q.sub.2 are each independently hydrogen, optionally substituted alkylsulfonyl, or optionally substituted arylsulfonyl;
• and X.sub.1 is oxygen or sulfur;
• said tetrazolium compound being represented by the following formula ##STR24## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are each independently substituted or unsubstituted phenyl;
• and X.crclbar. is an anion;
• said antistatic coating layer containing
• (1) a water soluble conductive polymer having a molecular weight of 3,000-100,000 and, in an amount of at least 5 wt % per mol of polymer, a group selected from the class consisting of sulfonic acid, sulfate ester, quaternary ammonium salt, tertiary ammonium salt, carboxyl and polyethylene oxide,
• (2) hydrophobic polymer particles obtained by polymerizing a monomer selected from the group consisting of styrene, a styrene derivative, alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, an olefinic derivative, a halogenated ethylene derivative, an acrylamide derivative, a methacrylamide derivative, a vinyl ester derivative, and acrylonitrile, and
• (3) an electron-beam or an X-ray radiation curable polyalkylene oxide compound or a polyfunctional aziridine compound in an amount of 1-1,000 mg/m.sup.2 ;
• said backing layer containing gelatin as a binder and an aliphatic epoxy curing agent having a hydroxyl group and a plurality of epoxy groups in an amount of 1-1,000 mg/m.sup.2.