A South Western Railway train slammed into a Great Western Rail service in the Fisherton Tunnel at 6.45pm on Sunday, causing both locomotives to derail and injuring dozens of people.
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch has said the driver of the South Western Railway (SWR) train, Robin Tandy (pictured), 74, attempted to apply the brakes before reaching the signal.
Cameron Thrower was one of dozens of people hurt when two passenger trains crashed in a horror incident in the Fisherton tunnel near Salisbury, Wiltshire at around 6.45pm on Sunday.
Low adhesion can be caused by contaminants on the line such as leaves, moisture, oil and grease, and it is particularly common in autumn, impacting a train s ability to stop,