Thursday, August 26, 2010

The End Of The Line

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It's time to draw Level Crossing News to a close. I no longer have the time to keep the site up-to-date, which rather defeats its purpos...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

INCIDENT: Little Cornard UWC+T, Suffolk 17/08/10

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A passenger train and a tanker collided on a user-worked crossing in Suffolk. The two-car National Express East Anglia service from Sudbu...
Monday, April 19, 2010

INCIDENT: Waterloo Road AHB, Wokingham, Berkshire 06.03.10

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A car driver died when his car was hit by a train on a Berkshire level crossing. David Francis Brown died at the scene after his Vauxhall...

ABUSE: Wem MCB, Shropshire

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Drivers continue to run the red lights at a Shropshire crossing, despite a safety campaign that highlighted the dangers. Since August 2009...

INCIDENT: Hoy AOCL 09.01.10

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A van struck the side of a passenger train at an automatic open crossing at Hoy, near Halkirk in Scotland. British Transport Police report...
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Monday, January 18, 2010

INCIDENT: Moreton-on-Lugg MCB, Herefordshire 16/01/10

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**updated 21/01/10* A woman died and a man was seriously injured when a passenger train struck a car on a barrier crossing in Herefordshire....
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

VIDEO: Langley Green MCB CCTV

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Network Rail have released CCTV footage of pedestrians jumping the barriers at an oft-abused crossing in the West Midlands. Langley Green is...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

INCIDENT: Hagg Lane AHB, Yorkshire 05/01/10

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A car collided with a passenger train at an automatic half-barrier crossing in Yorkshire. It is believed that the driver's car skidded o...
Saturday, January 02, 2010

Level Crossing News in 2010

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Technology gremlins and ill health conspired against regular updates to the site in late 2009. Both are sorted for 2010; we're playing c...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

INCIDENT: Chawston FC, 29/12/09

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A man was seriously injured after being hit on a footpath crossing in Worcestershire. It is understood that the man was crossing the line wi...
Friday, December 11, 2009

INCIDENT: Tunstead AHB, Norfolk 10/12/09

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A man was seriously injured when his car was struck by a train on an automatic half-barrier crossing in Norfolk. Robert Trotter was impaled ...
Friday, December 04, 2009

ORR update 04/12/09

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The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has outlined a series of initiatives aimed at reducing the risks of accidents at level crossings. These ...
Thursday, December 03, 2009

PROSECUTION: Dalchalm

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The driver of a refuse lorry struck by a train on a Scottish automatic open crossing has received a driving ban and a fine. John Smith, of B...
Monday, November 23, 2009

INCIDENT: Goodens UWC, Cambridgeshire 23/11/09

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A train struck a tractor on a user-worked crossing between Waterbeach and Chesterton Junction. The tractor driver had driven onto the crossi...
Friday, October 30, 2009

INCIDENT: Cornton AHB 26/10/09

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A bus collided with a barrier at an automatic half-barrier crossing in Stirlingshire. The First Bus service 54 to Bridge of Allan was on the...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

AWARENESS: Wareham

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Police supervision is to be increased at an abused crossing under threat of closure. Following a review of CCTV evidence at Wareham crossing...

INCIDENT: Halkirk AOCL, Caithness 29.09.09

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Three people died when their vehicle was struck by a passenger train on an automatic open crossing in Caithness. Angus MacKay (81), his wife...
Monday, September 14, 2009

PROSECUTION: Watlington, Norfolk

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A cyclist has been fined after being caught jumping a lowered barrier on a railway crossing at Watlington. Officers saw the 22-year-old man,...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

NOT GUILTY: Bathampton

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A driver accused of causing a collision after driving onto a user-worked crossing has been found not guilty. Bristol Crown Court received in...
Monday, September 07, 2009

PROSECUTION: Lincoln

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A delivery driver who lost control of his vehicle after zig-zagging around barriers at a Lincoln crossing has been found guilty of dangerous...

INCIDENT: Foxcovert Road FP, Cambridgeshire 07.09.09

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A two year old child was killed after he was struck by a passenger train on a footpath crossing in Cambridgeshire. Reports suggest that the ...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

INCIDENT: Penrhyndeudraeth UWC+T, Gwynedd 02.09.09

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A woman died when her vehicle was struck by a locomotive on a user worked crossing in Gwynedd. Sally Hudson drove onto the Penrhyndeudraeth ...
Friday, August 21, 2009

ABUSE: Langley Green MCB

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Langley Green in the West Midlands is one of the most abused level crossings in the UK, by both motorists and pedestrians. Not surprisingly,...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

INCIDENT: Bog Hall Farm UWC, Durham 13.08.09

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A motorist was struck by a freight train on a user worked crossing in County Durham. The unnamed woman was reported to have edged her Mazda ...
Saturday, August 08, 2009

INCIDENT: Cults Mill UWC, Springfield, Fife 08.08.09

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A teenager was killed after being struck by a train on a crossing in Fife, Scotland. Natalie Mulholland, 16, was hit by a First ScotRail ser...
Friday, August 07, 2009

INCIDENT: Dalchalm AOCL, Sutherland 07.08.09

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A refuse lorry and a passenger train collided at an automatic open crossing on Scotland's most incident-prone line. The rear of a Highla...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

INCIDENT: Fairbourne AOCL, Gwynedd 14.05.09 and 27.06.09

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Two collisions in six weeks occurred at an automatic open crossing next to a station in Wales. In the first incident on 14th May, a motoris...
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

INCIDENT: Fairfield UWC+MWL, Wiltshire 06.05.09

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A woman and her dog were killed after being struck on a footpath crossing in Wiltshire. Julia Canning was struck on the Fairfield foot cross...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

NEAR MISSES: Tide Mills UWC

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Network Rail has installed CCTV and additional signage at a crossing which has seen three near misses in a week. Train drivers have had to c...

ABUSE / PROSECUTION: Paignton MCB

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Pedestrians and motorists continue to abuse the manual barrier crossing in Paignton, Devon. Identified as one of the most abused crossings i...