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Investigation into near miss between a train and level crossing users near Farnborough North station, 19 May 2022.
Fatal accident at Lady Howard footpath crossing, Ashtead, Surrey, 21 April 2022.
RAIB has today released its report into a track worker struck by a train near Surbiton station, south-west London, 9 February 2021.
RAIB: Annual Report 2021 (published 2022)
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Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2021.
Safety digest 02/2022: Near miss with track workers and collision with a tree on the line at Uphill Junction
Independent report
Near miss with track workers and collision with a tree on the line at Uphill Junction, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 14 January 2022.
RAIB has today released its report into a runaway of a road-rail vehicle at Belle Isle Junction, 16 May 2021.
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