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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.
RAIB has today released its report into the derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, 12 June 2023.
Near miss with a track worker between Totnes and Newton Abbot, Devon, 13 March 2024.
Derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, 12 August 2020.
Runaway wagon at Kineton, Warwickshire, 25 May 2023.
This document provides a repository of some of the most important areas of learning identified in RAIB’s investigations to date.
Pedestrian struck by a train at Lady Howard footpath and bridleway crossing, Surrey, 21 April 2022.
RAIB has today released its report on a train driver struck by a train near West Worthing Middle Siding, West Sussex, 1 February 2022.
Near miss near Nottingham station, 1 January 2024.
Fatal accident at Stoats Nest Junction, Purley, 6 November 2018.
Investigation into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough station, 4 May 2023.
Train striking debris at Yarnton near Hanborough, Oxfordshire, 10 February 2023.
Investigation into a collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway, Highland, 29 September 2023.
Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train following a collision with redundant rail near Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 4 March 2024.
Details of RAIB investigation reports, safety digests, and urgent safety advice published during 2023.
Collision between two freight trains at Loversall Carr Junction, Doncaster, 5 July 2022.
Detrainment of passengers onto electrically live track near Peckham Rye station, 7 November 2017.
Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction, Wiltshire, 31 October 2021.
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