New Rail Crash Investigators

A new body is to investigate rail accidents.

The Bill takes the investigation of rail accidents away from the Health and Safety Executive and fulfils key recommendations of Lord Cullen's inquiry into the 1999 Paddington disaster.

The Railways and Transport Safety Bill will set up a new, independent Railway Accident Investigation Branch, putting rail on a par with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, and the Marine Accident Investigation Branch.

While it's good riddance to the HSE, I can't see what was wrong with the old-fashioned Railway Inspectorate.