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Stonehaven derailment: Investigators to look at climate change s affect on Scots railways The likely effect of climate change playing a part in the Stonehaven rail crash is to be examined by investigators. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said the examination will help their probe into its relevance to the future management of railway drainage . It will also look at underlying management factors , including the development and validation of standards relating to risk management in an extreme weather event. Three people died and six were injured when a train travelling from Aberdeen crashed into a landslip last year. The incident close to Carmont, near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, on 12 August followed heavy rain.
An investigation into the Stonehaven rail crash is focusing on the “lack of an effective drainage inspection regime”.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said there is “no evidence” a drainage system involved in the fatal accident in Aberdeenshire had been fully inspected since its construction in 2012.
Three people died when a ScotRail train derailed after hitting stones washed onto the track from the drain on August 12 last year following heavy rain.
Six other people were injured.
Three people died and six others were injured in the crash (Ben Birchall/PA)
A slope next to the crash site already had a “history of landslips and rockfalls” including an incident in 1915 which also led to a derailment, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said in a preliminary report.
AN investigation into the Stonehaven rail crash is focusing on the “lack of an effective drainage inspection regime”. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said there is “no evidence” a drainage system involved in the fatal accident in Aberdeenshire had been fully inspected since its construction in 2012. Three people died when a ScotRail train derailed after hitting stones washed onto the track from the drain on August 12 last year following heavy rain. Six other people were injured. A slope next to the crash site already had a “history of landslips and rockfalls” including an incident in 1915 which also led to a derailment, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said in a preliminary report.
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