Research and analysis

6th Rail Accident Investigators Seminar

On 13/11/24 we held our 6th seminar in Birmingham for accident investigators working in the UK rail industry.

• From: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 15 November 2024

Documents

Investigation of a trap and drag incident at Seven Sisters station

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Best practice with accident photography

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Identifying fatigue factors in local investigations

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Details

This year, TfL’s Marian Kelly kindly introduced the seminar with a keynote speech ‘The importance of good accident investigation.’ We also welcomed speakers Chris Jones from TfL, along with Rowland Wessling from Cranfield University, and Ryan Dearlove from Arriva Trains London.

Presentations from some of our own inspectors included:

• An overview of PTI accidents and incidents
• The impact of human factors in accident investigation
• Testing and reconstruction in support of PTI investigations
• Accidents involving passengers at greater risk
• Investigating overspeeding incidents
• Integrating causal analysis process into accident investigation

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Published 15 November 2024