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Person struck by a train on the Gartell Light Railway, Somerset, 17 April 2025.
The home of Rail Accident Investigation Branch on 51²è¹Ý. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public.
Find reports of RAIB investigations into rail accidents and incidents
RAIB has today released its report into the runaway of a trolley and subsequent collision at North Rode, Cheshire, 26 May 2024.
Collision between passenger trains near Talerddig, Powys, 21 October 2024.
The Regulations place a duty on railway industry bodies (infrastructure managers, railway operators, or maintainers), involved in an accident or incident, to notify us.
Runaway of a trolley and subsequent collision at North Rode, Cheshire, 26 May 2024.
Collision between passenger trains near Talerddig, Powys, 21 October 2024
Rail Accident Investigation Branch report for the operational period ending 31 December 2024.
Investigation into a fatal injury to a passenger at Ickenham London Underground station, 28 March 2025.
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