Ufton Nervet: HSE Report

There's now a preliminary accident report (in PDF format) for last Saturday's crash. It concludes (as if there was ever any doubt) that the crash was not the fault of the railway industry. It conforms that the level crossing was in working order.

The 'media feeding frenzy' I predicted earlier doesn't seem to have materialised. The most stupid statement of the week seems to be from rail union leader Bob Crow, a 70s dinosaur with a background in London Underground, who doesn't seem to understand main line railways. His call for every single level crossing in the country to be replaced by bridges or underpasses regardless of cost has been widely and deservedly ridiculed.