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Report 01/2022: Derailment and fire involving a tanker train at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire
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RAIB has today released its report into the derailment and fire involving a tanker train at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, 26 August 2020.
Safety digest 08/2021: Collision at Grosmont
Independent report
Collision between a locomotive and a passenger train at Grosmont, 21 September 2021.
Preliminary examination into a collision at Burgess Drove user worked crossing, near Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, 9 August 2021.
Investigation into a collision between a tram and a pedestrian at Fleetwood Road, Cleveleys, Lancashire, 24 November 2021.
RAIB has today released its report into the runaway and derailment of wagons at Toton, Nottinghamshire, 17 January 2021.
Safety digest 07/2021: Forestry UWC
Independent report
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Forestry user worked crossing, Norfolk, 18 September 2021.
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