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

News story

Near miss with a track worker at Leighton Buzzard

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

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

News story

Fatal accident at Waterloo underground station

Fatal accident at London Underground Bakerloo Line platform, Waterloo, 26 May 2020.

Google Street View image of Worlingham user worked crossing

News story

Near miss at Worlingham user worked crossing

Near miss at Worlingham user worked crossing, Suffolk, 8 June 2020.

Photograph of the train involved in the incident

Press release

Report 05/2020: Loss of brake control on a sleeper train approaching Edinburgh

RAIB has today released its report into a Loss of brake control on a sleeper train approaching Edinburgh, 1 August 2019.

The rear of the train after further aggregate washed-out from the cutting slope after the train had stopped

Press release

Report 04/2020: Train collision with material washed out from a cutting slope at Corby, Northamptonshire

RAIB has today released its report into a train collision with material washed out from a cutting slope at Corby, Northamptonshire, 13 June 2019.

How is RAIB responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis?

News story

Message from Simon French, Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents

How is RAIB responding to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis?

Latest from Rail Accident Investigation Branch

  1. Near miss with a track worker at Leighton Buzzard
    • News story
  2. Fatal accident at Waterloo underground station
    • News story
  3. Near miss at Worlingham user worked crossing
    • News story

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What Rail Accident Investigation Branch does

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

RAIB works with the Department for Transport.

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Guidance and regulation

  1. RAIB's response to accident and incident notification
    • Detailed guide
  2. Protocol governing the relationship between the Department for Transport and the accident investigation branches
    • Guidance
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News and communications

  1. Near miss with a track worker at Leighton Buzzard
    • News story
  2. Fatal accident at Waterloo underground station
    • News story
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Research and statistics

  1. Safety digest 03/2020: Kirtlebridge
    • Independent report
  2. Summary of learning 3: Managing risk at the platform-train interface.
    • Independent report
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Policy papers and consultations

  1. MoU between RAIB, BTP and ORR
    • Policy paper
  2. MOU between the AIBs and the NPCC
    • Policy paper
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Transparency and freedom of information releases

  1. Report 05/2020: Loss of brake control on a sleeper train approaching Edinburgh
    • RAIB report
  2. Report 04/2020: Train collision with material washed out from a cutting slope at Corby, Northamptonshire
    • RAIB report
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Chief Inspector of Rail Accidents

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Rail Accident Investigation Branch Derby

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

Cullen House
Berkshire Copse Road
Aldershot
Hampshire
GU11 2HP (Satnav GU11 2HH)
United Kingdom

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