RAIB: Annual Report 2024 (published 2025)
Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2024.
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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has published its annual report covering the period 1 January to 31 December 2024. The report summarises operational and investigative activity undertaken by the Branch during the year.
In the operational year 1 January to 31 December 2024, we received 431 notifications. From these we undertook 56 preliminary examinations. Of these, 11 became full investigations with a further 12 resulting in us preparing safety digests to inform the industry. A further 8 preliminary examinations lead to us starting industry reviews, with 1 more being closed by writing to the Coroner. We also concluded that 24 preliminary examinations would lead to no further action.
During the same period, we published 13 full investigations along with 10 Safety Digests, issued an Urgent Safety Advice to the industry, and wrote 3 letters to coroners.
Notes to editors
1.The sole purpose of RAIB investigations is to prevent future accidents and incidents and improve railway safety. RAIB does not establish blame, liability or carry out prosecutions.
2.RAIB operates, as far as possible, in an open and transparent manner. While our investigations are completely independent of the railway industry, we do maintain close liaison with railway companies and if we discover matters that may affect the safety of the railway, we make sure that information about them is circulated to the right people as soon as possible, and certainly long before publication of our final report.
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