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RAIB: Annual Report 2024 (published 2025)
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2024.
Person struck by a train on the Gartell Light Railway, Somerset, 17 April 2025.
RAIB has today released its report into the runaway of a trolley and subsequent collision at North Rode, Cheshire, 26 May 2024.
Collision between passenger trains near Talerddig, Powys, 21 October 2024.
Report 06/2025: Track worker near miss at Chiltern Green
Press release
RAIB has today released its report into a track worker near miss at Chiltern Green, between Harpenden and Luton, 23 April 2024.
Fatal accident at Ickenham station
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Investigation into a fatal injury to a passenger at Ickenham London Underground station, 28 March 2025.
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Derby
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