RAIB reports on Wootton Bassett SPAD

摘要

RAIB has published its report into the incident which took place at Wootton Bassett Junction on March 7 2015, when at around 17.25 a steam-hauled charter service operated by West Coast Railway Co Ltd passed signal SN45 at danger. The signal was being maintained at danger to protect the movement of a scheduled passenger train, which had already passed through the junction. No injuries, damage or derailment occurred as a result of the incident. RAIB found that the driver had not reduced speed on the approach to SN45 'because he had not seen the preceding signal, which was at caution'. He had missed this signal 'because he had become distracted by activity within the cab and possibly also because he was experiencing a higher workload than normal'.