Research and analysis

5th Rail Accident Investigators Seminar

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

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Details

This year鈥檚 Rail Accident Investigators seminar welcomed speakers from Network Rail, along with Professor Amina Memon from Royal Holloway, University of London. Allan Spence kindly introduced the seminar with a keynote speech. There were also presentations from some of our own inspectors.

The presentations included:

  • An overview of the derailment at Carmont
  • Establishing timelines from train data
  • Investigating Geotechnical issues at Carmont
  • Understanding the derailment mechanism at Carmont -Investigating the fires
  • Investigating organisational factors in 10 easy steps
  • Interviewing to elicit best evidence
  • Using weather data in investigations

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Published 16 November 2023

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