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The home of Rail Accident Investigation Branch on GOV.UK. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.
Find reports of RAIB investigations into rail accidents and incidents
RAIB has today released its report into a runaway wagon at Kineton, Warwickshire, 25 May 2023.
RAIB has today released its report into an uncontrolled evacuation of a partially platformed train at Clapham Common London Underground station, 5 May 2023.
Trains damaged following a collision with a temporary road-rail vehicle access point at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, 25 April 2024.
Runaway wagon at Kineton, Warwickshire, 25 May 2023.
Investigation into a collision at Redcar level crossing, Redcar, North Yorkshire, 1 May 2024.
Uncontrolled evacuation of a partially platformed train at Clapham Common London Underground station, 5 May 2023.
This document provides a repository of some of the most important areas of learning identified in RAIB’s investigations to date.
The Regulations place a duty on railway industry bodies (infrastructure managers, railway operators, or maintainers), involved in an accident or incident, to notify us.
Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train at Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, 22 March 2024.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss near Nottingham station, 1 January 2024.
Near miss with a track worker between Totnes and Newton Abbot, Devon, 13 March 2024.
RAIB investigation reports, safety digests, and urgent safety advice by year of publication.
Near miss near Nottingham station, 1 January 2024.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a train damaged by a collision with an object at Highdyke, Lincolnshire, 19 December 2023.
Two trains in the same signal section at South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 26 October 2022.
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Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train following a collision with redundant rail near Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 4 March 2024.
Near miss with a track worker at Euxton Junction, Lancashire, 14 March 2024.
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