Report 27/2012: Fatal accident at Johnson바카라 사이트™s footpath crossing
Fatality at Johnson바카라 사이트™s footpath crossing near Bishop바카라 사이트™s Stortford, Hertfordshire, 28 January 2012.
At about 11:40 hrs on 28 January 2012, a train struck and fatally injured a pedestrian who was using Johnson바카라 사이트™s footpath crossing, in Bishop바카라 사이트™s Stortford, Hertfordshire.
The pedestrian started to walk over the crossing as a train was approaching, despite warnings provided by a red miniature stop light and an audible alarm, and crossed into the path of the train. The investigation found that proposals from various bodies to close Johnson바카라 사이트™s footpath crossing before 2007 had not been translated into action. In addition, Network Rail had not developed a proposal to install a footbridge to replace the crossing, after an analysis undertaken in 2007 had shown that the benefits of so doing would exceed the costs. Following a further cost-benefit analysis in 2010, a footbridge was in development and has since been installed; Johnson바카라 사이트™s footpath crossing was closed on 1 August 2012.
RAIB has made three recommendations to Network Rail, one of which requires consultation with RSSB. These relate to an investigation into ways to make cost-effective improvements to the conspicuity of miniature stop light indications, to possible improvements in the visibility of approaching trains at level crossings equipped with miniature stop lights and to a review of options which had previously been identified for reducing risk at level crossings.
Response to recommendations:
- RAIB will periodically update the status of recommendations as reported to us by the relevant safety authority or public body
- RAIB may add comment, particularly if we have concerns regarding these responses.