Research and statistics

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss near Nottingham station, 1 January 2024.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 24 April 2024

• Near miss near Nottingham station, 1 January 2024

  1. Important safety messages This incident demonstrates: the importance of…

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a train damaged by a collision with an object at Highdyke, Lincolnshire, 19 December 2023.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 17 April 2024

• Train damaged by collision with an object at Highdyke, Lincolnshire, 19 December 2023

  1. Important safety messages This accident demonstrates the importance of:…

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with a track worker near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, 4 January 2024.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 10 April 2024

• Near miss with a track worker near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, 4 January 2024

  1. Important safety messages This incident demonstrates the importance of:…

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the runaway of an engineering train at London Liverpool Street station, 2 October 2022.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 7 March 2024

Data on the number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) on the mainline railway.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Office of Rail and Road
• Updated: 7 March 2024

Details of RAIB investigation reports, safety digests, and urgent safety advice published during 2024.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 1 February 2024

Data on the number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) on the mainline railway.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Office of Rail and Road
• Updated: 7 December 2023

RAIB has today released its safety digest into trains overspeeding between Blackford and Gleneagles, Perth and Kinross, 15 July 2023

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 6 December 2023

RAIB has today released its safety digest into overspeeding incidents at Wood Green, and Melton Lane level crossing, 11 and 12 June 2023

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 5 December 2023

On 15/11/23 RAIB held its 5th seminar in Birmingham for accident investigators working in the UK rail industry .

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 16 November 2023

Rail safety statistics on mainline rail, London Underground, and other non-Network Rail networks (trams, metros, other light rail, minor and heritage railways).

• Document type: National Statistics
• Organisation: Office of Rail and Road
• Updated: 28 September 2023

Data on the number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) on the mainline railway.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Office of Rail and Road
• Updated: 14 September 2023

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger dragged at Beeston Centre tram stop, Nottingham, 22 February 2023.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 15 June 2023

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to Network Rail and transport undertakings who operate trains on the East Coast Main Line through Peterborough station.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 25 May 2023

Data on the number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) on the mainline railway.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Office of Rail and Road
• Updated: 25 May 2023

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Teignmouth Boat Yard, Devon, 14 February 2023.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 24 May 2023

This document provides a repository of some of the most important areas of learning identified in RAIB’s investigations to date.

• Document type: Independent report
• Part of a collection: Summaries of learning
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 22 May 2023

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to heritage railways and other operators of trains who use passenger coaching stock which has passenger doors which are not centrally controlled and/or locked by trai…

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 29 March 2023

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with a track worker, Bulkington, Warwickshire, 15 November 2022.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Rail Accident Investigation Branch
• Updated: 16 March 2023

Data on the number of signals passed at danger (SPADs) on the mainline railway.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Organisation: Office of Rail and Road
• Updated: 2 March 2023