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Forward facing CCTV image showing position of track worker within an area of limited clearance (courtesy of Avanti West Coast)

Independent report

Safety digest 05/2020: Leighton Buzzard

Near miss with a track worker near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, 16 June 2020.

Image looking from Deansgate-Castlefields toward St Peter’s Square: a tram passed the signal to the right when it was showing a stop aspect, another tram approached the converging junction from the left.

Press release

Report 06/2020: Signal passed at stop and near miss, Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop, Manchester

RAIB has today released its report into a signal passed at stop and near miss, Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop, Manchester, 17 May 2019.

Gravel Hill tram stop (photograph by Sunil060902, distributed under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.)

Independent report

Safety digest 04/2020: Gravel Hill

Person struck by tram at Gravel Hill tram stop, Croydon, 10 March 2020.

Forward-facing CCTV image from southbound train, showing stopping positions of the trains involved (image courtesy of Chiltern Railways)

News story

Signal passed at danger and subsequent near miss at Chalfont & Latimer station

Investigation into a signal passed at danger and subsequent near miss at Chalfont & Latimer station, Buckinghamshire, 21 June 2020.

Simon French, Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents

News story

Message from Simon French, Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents

RAIB’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis - update

A train (not involved in the accident) in the northbound Bakerloo Line platform at Waterloo

News story

Fatal accident at Waterloo underground station

Investigation into a fatal accident at London Underground Bakerloo Line platform, Waterloo, 26 May 2020.

Latest from Rail Accident Investigation Branch

  1. Safety digest 05/2020: Leighton Buzzard
    • RAIB report
  2. Safety digest 05/2020: Leighton Buzzard
    • Independent report
  3. Report 06/2020: Signal passed at stop and near miss, Deansgate-Castlefield
    • RAIB report

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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.

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  1. RAIB's response to accident and incident notification
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  1. Report 06/2020: Signal passed at stop and near miss, Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop, Manchester
    • Press release
  2. Signal passed at danger and subsequent near miss at Chalfont & Latimer station
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  1. Safety digest 05/2020: Leighton Buzzard
    • Independent report
  2. Safety digest 04/2020: Gravel Hill
    • Independent report
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  1. Safety digest 05/2020: Leighton Buzzard
    • RAIB report
  2. Report 06/2020: Signal passed at stop and near miss, Deansgate-Castlefield
    • RAIB report
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Derby

The Wharf
Stores Road
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DE21 4BA
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Farnborough

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Berkshire Copse Road
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 2HP (Satnav GU11 2HH)
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