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There have been several recent incidents where failing to keep a proper lookout and poor navigational watchkeeping practices have led to collisions and groundings involving fatalities, and serious injuries.
Location: Dover Strait, England.
Location: King George Dock, Hull, England.
Location: 24 nm north of the Dominican Republic.
Collision between road-rail vehicles near Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex, 2 May 2021.
Location: 6nm south of the Isle of Man.
Collision between passenger trains at Salisbury Tunnel Junction, Wiltshire, 31 October 2021.
Location: 10nm west south west of Lizard Point, Cornwall, England.
Collision between on-track machines near to Strood, Kent, 16 November 2023.
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