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Roles at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch and how to apply for jobs.
Near miss near Nottingham station, 1 January 2024.
This document provides a repository of some of the most important areas of learning identified in RAIB’s investigations to date.
Collision between two freight trains at Loversall Carr Junction, Doncaster, 5 July 2022.
Near miss with a track worker at Euxton Junction, Lancashire, 14 March 2024.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a train damaged by a collision with an object at Highdyke, Lincolnshire, 19 December 2023.
Derailment of a passenger train at Carmont, Aberdeenshire, 12 August 2020.
RAIB has today released its report into the derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, 12 June 2023.
Serious injury to a passenger alighting from a train at Loughborough Central station, 14 January 2023.
Signal passed at danger at Stafford Trent Valley No.1 Junction, Staffordshire, 22 August 2023.
Two trains in the same signal section at South Wingfield, Derbyshire, 26 October 2022.
Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction, Wiltshire, 31 October 2021.
Track worker struck by train near Chalfont & Latimer station, Buckinghamshire, 15 April 2022.
Investigation into an unsafe movement of train at Styal station, Cheshire, 3 May 2023.
Investigation into a collision at Aviemore station on the Strathspey Railway, Highland, 29 September 2023.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.
Pedestrian struck by a train at Lady Howard footpath and bridleway crossing, Surrey, 21 April 2022.
Investigation into the derailment of a passenger train following a collision with redundant rail near Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, 4 March 2024.
Investigation into trap and drag accidents at Archway on 18 February 2023 and Chalk Farm on 20 April 2023, on London Underground’s Northern line.
Train striking debris at Yarnton near Hanborough, Oxfordshire, 10 February 2023.
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