Rail Accident Investigation Branch

Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2025.

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

RAIB has today released its safety digest into overspeeding at Grantham South Junction, 26 September 2025.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss between a passenger train and a van near Millbrook, Bedfordshire, 25 September 2025.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a derailment at Hopetown Junction, Darlington, 31 January 2026.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into an overspeed at Cambridge Junction, Hertfordshire, 11 December 2025.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Helpston manually controlled barrier level crossing, 21 October 2025.

RAIB investigation reports, safety digests, and urgent safety advice published during 2026.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers near London Bridge station, 30 July 2025.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to Network Rail, other infrastructure managers, and those companies supplying or monitoring relevant equipment.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the collision of a train load with a footbridge on Dean Forest Railway, 14 August 2025.

On 19/11/25 we held our 7th seminar in Birmingham for accident investigators working in the UK rail industry.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a person struck by train on Gartell Light Railway, Somerset, 17 April 2025.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into overspeeds in blanket speed restrictions, south Wales, 27 January 2025.

Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers at Morton Junction, 27 November 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into overspeeding near Manor Park, 24 September 2024.

RAIB investigation reports, safety digests, and urgent safety advice published during 2025.

On 13/11/24 we held our 6th seminar in Birmingham for accident investigators working in the UK rail industry.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into contact between a moving train and an occupied pram at Banbury station, 8 June 2024.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to Network Rail and other infrastructure managers, and those companies responsible for maintaining or inspecting longitudinal timber systems.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger trapped in doors and dragged at Enfield Town station, 17 July 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss between a train and heavy goods vehicle near Craven Arms, Shropshire, 22 July 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with a track worker, Littlehempston, Devon, 13 March 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a collision between a train and an object left on the track at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, 25 April 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track worker at Euxton Junction, Lancashire, 14 March 2024.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a track worker struck by a road-rail vehicle at Braybrooke, 6 February 2024.

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

Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2023.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2022.

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

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Teignmouth Boat Yard, Devon, 14 February 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 train crew (principally slam door rolling stock).

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 the derailment of a tram near Highbury Vale tram stop, Nottingham, 30 September 2022.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers at Paddington, London, 18 July 2022

RAIB has today released its safety digest into overspeeds in weather-related blanket emergency speed restrictions on Western and Wales routes, 18 and 19 July 2022.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into passengers trapped in doors and dragged in north London, 23, 27 and 29 June 2022.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger trapped by tram doors and dragged at Shudehill tram stop, Manchester, 27 May 2022.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a train collision with fallen tree and derailment near Balderton, Cheshire, 26 November 2021.

Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2021.

Near miss with track workers and collision with a tree on the line at Uphill Junction, near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 14 January 2022.

Passenger trapped in doors and dragged at Wood Street station, north-east London, 14 January 2022.

Collision between a locomotive and a passenger train at Grosmont, 21 September 2021.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Forestry user worked crossing, Norfolk, 18 September 2021.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a collision between a train and lorry stabiliser leg at Penistone, South Yorkshire, 27 August 2021.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers at Eccles, 22 July 2021.

Train collision with fallen tree near Glencarse, Perth & Kinross, 21 May 2021

Near miss with a track worker at Llandegai tunnel, Gwynedd, 13 February 2021.

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

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

Overspeed through an emergency speed restriction near Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway, 20 December 2020.

Runaway and near miss at Dereham station, Mid-Norfolk Railway, 10 December 2020.

Passenger train derailment at Bognor Regis station, West Sussex, 22 October 2020.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to those responsible for the maintenance of wagons which primarily convey dangerous goods.

Near miss at Worlingham user worked crossing, Suffolk, 8 June 2020.

Signals passed at danger due to reduced brake performance, near Crofton West Junction, West Yorkshire, 7 May 2020.

Near miss with a track worker near Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, 16 June 2020.

Person struck by tram at Gravel Hill tram stop, Croydon, 10 March 2020.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers near Kirtlebridge, Dumfries and Galloway, 14 November 2019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to employers of train drivers and other operational staff whose duties may take them close to stabled rail vehicles when walking and working in depots, yards and sidings.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a train collision with tree near Spittal, Pembrokeshire, 17 October 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the equipment explosion on an empty passenger train, 26 September 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a door open in traffic between Shenfield and Hockley stations, 22 August 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into passengers self-evacuating at North Pole Junction, 15 July 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a serious operating irregularity at Romney Sands, 28 August 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the derailment of a freight wagon at Carpenters Road North Junction, near Stratford, East London, 11 June 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the narrowly avoided collision between a train and a track worker at Ynys Hir, Ceredigion, 2 April 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers at Sundon, Bedfordshire, 12 December 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a locomotive derailment at Doncaster, 21 December 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger train derailment at Penryn, 28 January 2019.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a level crossing accident at Penrhyn, Ffestiniog Railway, 6 January 2019.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to Edinburgh Trams.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the derailment of a rail head treatment train near Dunkeld & Birnam, 29 October 2018.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to train operators.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the runaway of two coaches at Bitton, Avon Valley Railway, 25 July 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with track workers at Dundee, 10 July 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a tram overspeeding on a curve, Sheffield, 19 July 2018.

RAIB has released its safety digest into a near miss at Plain Moor user worked crossing, Barton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire, 7 July 2018.

RAIB has released its safety digest into a passenger trapped in tram doors and dragged at Bury tram stop, Greater Manchester, 30 May 2018.

RAIB has released its safety digest into a passenger trapped in train doors and dragged at Bushey station, 26 March 2018.

RAIB has released its safety digest into a passenger train derailment at Clogwyn y Gwin South foot crossing, Welsh Highland Railway, 10 June 2018.

RAIB has released its safety digest following a passenger train striking rail on the track at Cradlehall, near Inverness, 25 February 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into an operational incident following signal passed at danger, Bethnal Green, 8 April 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with a train driver at Stafford station, 2 March 2018.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to Network Rail.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with staff at Clapham Junction, London, 17 January 2018.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a derailment of a passenger train near Wimbledon, south-west London, 6 November 2017.

RAIB has today issued urgent safety advice addressed to UK tram operators.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a track worker struck by a train near Wimbledon, south-west London, 22 August 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss between a train and line-side workers on Dutton Viaduct, Cheshire, 18 September 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger train derailment, London Paddington, 20 August 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a collision between a passenger train and trolleys near Clapham, North Yorkshire, 25 August 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a collision with buffer stops at King’s Cross station, London, 15 August 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Magdalen Road level crossing, 9 August 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a dangerous occurrence at Broad Oak level crossing near Canterbury, Kent, on 29 June 2017.

Near miss between Audley End and Great Chesterford, 21 April 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss between a tamper and steel pile near Kirkham, Lancashire, 15 May 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a passenger train collision with buffer stop at Preston station, 1 April 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Ascot, Berkshire, 7 April 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into trains striking a location cabinet door in Chipping Sodbury Tunnel, 20 February 2017.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into track workers struck by ballast near Chathill, Northumberland, 16 February 2017

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss at Surbiton, south-west London, 2 November 2016.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a near miss with a pedestrian, Trinity Lane footpath crossing, Waltham Cross, 29 November 2016.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a charter train derailment near Southampton Eastern Docks, 5 November 2016.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into a collision between a train and an engineering trolley, Stowe Hill Tunnel, 7 December 2016.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the near miss at Thorney Marsh Lane level crossing, Castle Cary, Somerset, 26 November 2016.

RAIB has today released its safety digest into the runaway and derailment of a locomotive, Toton sidings, Nottinghamshire, 30 October 2016.

Fire on heritage tram at Gynn Square, Blackpool, 24 September 2016.

Level crossing collision, near Dymchurch, 10 September 2016.

Collision between a car and a train at Yafforth level crossing, North Yorkshire, 3 August 2016

Near miss at Kyle Beck near Tollerton, North Yorkshire, 3 August 2016.

Overspeed incidents, Somerset, 19 July 2016.

Derailment at Paddington station, London, 16 June 2016.

Near miss at Maesyfelin bridge, near Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, 8 April 2016.

Runaway and derailment of a rail vehicle near Bury, Greater Manchester, 22 March 2016.

Signal passed at danger near Ketton, Rutland, 24 March 2016.

Collision between two freight trains in a work site near Ivybridge, Devon, 27 February 2016.