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Investigation into an unsafe movement of train at Styal station, Cheshire, 3 May 2023.
Buffer stop collision at Kirkby, Merseyside, 13 March 2021.
Guidance for industry on how to notify an accident.
RAIB has today released its report into a freight train derailment at London Gateway, Essex, 24 December 2021.
Uncontrolled freight train run-back between Shap and Tebay, Cumbria, 17 August 2010.
Investigation into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough station, 4 May 2023.
Passenger becoming trapped and dragged at Notting Hill Gate station, 31 January 2018.
Investigation into a runaway wagon at Kineton, Warwickshire, 25 May 2023.
Investigation into trap and drag accidents at Archway on 18 February 2023 and Chalk Farm on 20 April 2023, on London Underground’s Northern line.
Have you considered a career as a Rail Accident Investigator?
Details of RAIB investigation reports, safety digests, and urgent safety advice published during 2019.
RAIB has today released its report into a freight train derailment at Petteril Bridge Junction, Carlisle, 19 October 2022.
Uncontrolled evacuation of a London Underground train at Holland Park station, 25 August 2013.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into overspeeding incidents at Wood Green, and Melton Lane level crossing, 11 and 12 June 2023
Trains overspeeding between Blackford and Gleneagles, Perth and Kinross, 15 July 2023.
Fatal accident at James Street station, Liverpool, 22 October 2011.
Landslip and derailment at Loch Eilt, north-west Scotland, 22 January 2018.
RAIB has today released its report into a track worker struck by train near Chalfont & Latimer station, Buckinghamshire, 15 April 2022.
All RAIB recommendations and their current status listed by report number.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.
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