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RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern ORR/OPB response 1 awaited ORR/OPB response 2 awaited ORR/OPB response 3 Near miss with track workers and awaited 20/2018 11/03/18 Network Rail trolleys at South Hampstead, London ORR/OPB response 4 awaited ORR/OPB response 5 awaited ORR/OPB response 6 awaited ORR/OPB response 1 Network Rail awaited ORR/OPB response Collision at London Waterloo 19/2018 15/08/18 2 OSL Rail Ltd awaited ORR/OPB response 3 Mott Macdonald Ltd awaited ORR/OPB response 1 Heritage Railway Association awaited Runaway hand trolley at Ramsbottom, ORR/OPB response 18/2018 15/03/18 2 East Lancashire Railway awaited East Lancashire Railway ORR/OPB response 3 awaited Touax Rail Extensive track damage between ORR/OPB response Ferryside and Llangennech, 17/2018 30/10/17 1 DB Cargo Maintenance awaited Carmarthenshire Puma Energy Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 1 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern ORR/OPB response 1 Arriva Rail awaited Detrainment of passengers onto ORR/OPB response electically live track near Peckham Rye 16/2018 07/11/17 2 awaited station Network Rail (South East Route) ORR/OPB response 3 awaited ORR/OPB response 1 Pushchair trapped in tram doors and awaited 15/2018 15/12/17 Nottingham Trams Ltd dragged, Nottingham ORR/OPB response 2 awaited ORR/OPB response 1 awaited ORR/OPB response 2 awaited Passenger trapped and dragged at ORR/OPB response 14/2018 31/01/18 3 London Underground LUL Notting Hill Gate station awaited ORR/OPB response 4 awaited ORR/OPB response 5 awaited ORR/OPB response 1 awaited ORR/OPB response 2 awaited Near miss with track workers at Pelaw ORR/OPB response 13/2018 21/02/18 3 Nexus Rail North Junction awaited ORR/OPB response 4 awaited ORR/OPB response 5 awaited Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 2 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern ORR/OPB response 1 Network Rail awaited ORR/OPB response 2 Department for Transport Collision at Frognal Farm User Worked awaited 12/2018 23/10/17 Crossing ORR/OPB response 3 awaited Network Rail ORR/OPB response 4 awaited ORR/OPB response 1 awaited Near miss with a group of track workers ORR/OPB response 11/2018 05/10/17 2 Network Rail at Egmanton level crossing awaited ORR/OPB response 3 awaited ORR/OPB response Landslip and derailment at Loch Eilt 10/2018 22/01/18 1 Network Rail awaited Freight train derailment at Ely West ORR/OPB response 09/2018 14/08/17 1 GB Railfreight Junction awaited ORR/OPB response 1 Collision at Stainforth Road level awaited 08/2018 11/01/18 Network Rail crossing ORR/OPB response 2 awaited Fatal accident at Trenos footpath ORR/OPB response crossing near Llanharan, Rhondda 07/2018 01/06/17 1 Network Rail Wales Route awaited Cynon Taf, South Wales ORR/OPB response 1 awaited Passengers struck by a flying cable at ORR/OPB response 06/2018 28/07/17 2 Network Rail Abergavenny (Y Fenni) station awaited ORR/OPB response 3 awaited Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 3 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern Explosion inside an underframe ORR/OPB response 05/2018 07/07/17 1 All TOCs equipment case at Guildford awaited 1 Impl. ongoing 2 Impl. ongoing Network Rail Freight train derailment at Lewisham 04/2018 24/01/17 3 Impl. ongoing 4 Impl. ongoing 5 Progressing RSSB 1 Progressing Trailer runaway near Hope, Derbyshire 03/2018 28/05/17 2 Progressing Network Rail 3 Progressing Child nearly falling through a missing 02/2018 22/06/17 1 Impl. ongoing South Devon Railway toilet floor, South Devon Railway Runaway of a maintenance train near 1 Progressing 01/2018 17/10/17 Network Rail Markinch 2 Insufficient response 1 Impl. ongoing Frieght train derailment at East 2 Impl. ongoing 19/2017 20/03/17 Network Rail Somerset Junction 3 Impl. ongoing 4 Implemented Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 4 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern 1 Impl. ongoing 2 Impl. ongoing 3 Progressing 4 Progressing UK Tram Ltd 5 Impl. ongoing 6 Progressing 7 Progressing 8 Progressing 9 Impl. ongoing ORR Overturning of a tram at Sandilands Tram Operations Limited 18/2017 09/11/16 10 Impl. ongoing Junction, Croydon London Trams 11 Impl. ongoing 12 Implemented Tram Operations Limited 13 Implemented London Trams Transport for London London Trams 14 Implemented Tram Operations Limited London Trams 15 Implemented Tram Operations Limited Partial collapse of a wall onto open 1 Impl. ongoing 17/2017 28/02/17 Network Rail railway lines, Liverpool 2 Progressing 1 Impl. ongoing Track worker near miss incidents at 16/2017 28/02/17 2 Progressing Δ Blue Network Rail Camden Junction South, London 3 Progressing 1 Progressing Serious irregularity at Cardiff East 15/2017 29/12/16 2 Implemented Network Rail Junction 3 Progressing Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 5 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern Fatal accident at Alice Holt footpath 14/2017 05/10/16 1 Impl. ongoing Network Rail crossing Fatal collision between tram and 1 Implemented Stagecoach Supertram Ltd pedestrian at Woodbourn Road, 13/2017 22/12/16 All tram operators 2 Implemented Sheffield UK Tram Ltd Keolis Amey Docklands 1 Implemented Dangerous train door incident at Bank 12/2017 06/02/17 Docklands Light Railway Ltd station on the Docklands Light Railway 2 Implemented 3 Implemented Keolis Amey Docklands 1 Insufficient response Network Rail 2 Impl. ongoing Rail Delivery Group 3 Progressing RSSB Siemens (trains & trams) Derailment due to a landslip, and 11/2017 16/09/16 subsequent collision, Watford Angel Trains 4 Implemented Eversholt Rail (UK) Ltd (Formerly HSBC Rail) Porterbrook 5 Insufficient response Network Rail 6 Insufficient response 1 Insufficient response Partial collapse of a bridge onto open Network Rail railway lines at Barrow upon Soar, 10/2017 01/08/16 2 Insufficient response Leicestershire 3 Impl. ongoing Construction Marine Limited 1 Impl. ongoing Network Rail Fatal accident involving a train 09/2017 07/08/16 All operators of trains with passenger near Balham 2 Progressing droplight windows Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 6 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern 1 Insufficient response Near miss between a train and a level 2 Insufficient response crossing user at Dock Lane, Melton, 08/2017 14/06/16 Network Rail Suffolk 3 Insufficient response 4 Insufficient response 1 Impl. ongoing Δ Blue Class investigation into accidents and 2 Implemented near misses involving trains and track 07/2017 13/04/17 3 Impl. ongoing Δ Blue Network Rail workers outside possessions 4 Implemented 5 Implemented Δ White Fatal accident near David Lane tram 06/2017 15/08/16 1 Implemented Nottingham Trams Ltd stop 1 Insufficient response Near miss between a train and a track 05/2017 24/06/16 2 Insufficient response Network Rail worker at Shawford 3 Insufficient response Collision between a train and tractor at 1 Insufficient response Hockham Road user worked crossing, 04/2017 10/04/16 2 Progressing Network Rail near Thetford 3 Progressing 1 Implemented Trains passed over washed out track at 03/2017 07/06/16 2 Progressing Network Rail Baildon, West Yorkshire 3 Progressing 1 Implemented Great Western Railway Collision at Plymouth station 02/2017 03/04/16 2 Implemented Network Rail 3 Impl. ongoing Great Western Railway 1 Impl. ongoing Rail Delivery Group 2 Impl. ongoing Occupied wheelchair contacting a RSSB 01/2017 07/04/016 3 Impl. ongoing passing train at Twyford station 4 Impl. ongoing First Great Western 5 Impl. ongoing Key: Recommendations made prior to 2018 that remain open Recommendations made during 2018 Recommendations implemented during 2018 Recommendations where status changed during 2018 RAIB summary of recommendation status 2018 7 April 2019 Report Rec Status of RAIB Investigation title Event date End implementer number number recommendation concern 1 Progressing Derailment of a passenger train at 24/2016 02/03/16 2 Implemented London Underground LUL Ealing Broadway 3 Progressing Fatal accident at Grimston Lane 1 Implemented 23/2016 23/02/16 Network Rail footpath crossing, Suffolk 2 Impl. ongoing 1 Progressing Structural failure caused by scour at 22/2016 31/12/15 2 Progressing Network Rail Lamington viaduct, South Lanarkshire 3 Progressing Tarmac 1 Progressing Collision between a train and piece Wabtec Rail Ltd of equipment at Barrow-upon-Soar, 21/2016 14/02/16 2 Impl.
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