Train passed red signal before fatal crash - report

A preliminary report from the Independent Rail Accident Investigation Branch is published.

Train in fatal UK crash passed red signal, investigators say

Brakes were applied nine seconds before the impact but it slowed only from 75mph to 49mph

Bedford train crash occurred after train passed red signal and was not stopped, investigators believe

Interim report says other train it hit had halted on line because warning system wrongly caused it to brake The train whose driver died in the Bedford rail crash passed a danger signal and was not automatically stopped – while the train it hit had halted on the line because its warning system had wrongly caused it to brake, investigators believe. An initial report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch into the crash, which killed a train driver and injured more than 100 people, said it wa...

By Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Driver in fatal Bedford train crash passed red signal moments before collision

A train driver who died in a crash near Bedford had passed a red signal moments before the collision, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch says.

By Anna Loren

Train driver killed in UK crash 'passed' red stop signal

A UK train driver killed in a collision between two trains went past a red stop signal and braked only seconds before the crash, British rail investigators said.

Driver killed in UK train collision passed red signal: investigators

British police said 40 people remain in hospital after the crash, including four in critical condition.