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RAIB has produced a series of summaries of the learning that has come out of our investigations into accidents and incidents in nine topic areas.
Signal passed at danger at Stafford Trent Valley No.1 Junction, Staffordshire, 22 August 2023.
Investigation into a train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough station, 4 May 2023.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into trains overspeeding between Blackford and Gleneagles, Perth and Kinross, 15 July 2023
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.
Freight train derailment at London Gateway, Essex, 24 December 2021.
Collision at London Waterloo, 15 August 2017.
Train driver struck by a train near West Worthing Middle Siding, West Sussex, 1 February 2022.
Investigation into an unsafe movement of train at Styal station, Cheshire, 3 May 2023.
Fatal accident at Tyseley depot, 14 December 2019.
Pedestrian struck by a train at Lady Howard footpath and bridleway crossing, Surrey, 21 April 2022.
Wrong side signalling failure and derailment at Dalwhinnie, Badenoch and Strathspey, 10 April 2021.
This document provides a repository of some of the most important areas of learning identified in RAIB’s investigations to date.
Embankment washout under a passenger train at Haddiscoe, 30 January 2022.
Track worker struck by a train near Surbiton station, south-west London, 9 February 2021.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with a track worker, Bulkington, Warwickshire, 15 November 2022.
RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger dragged at Beeston Centre tram stop, Nottingham, 22 February 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.
Investigation into a member of staff struck by a train at St Philips Marsh depot, Bristol, 26 September 2023.
Near miss with track workers at Pelaw North Junction, 21 February 2018.
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