Derailment Could Have Been Avoided if Drain Built Correctly, Sheriff Finds

'Basic safety checks could have prevented Carmont rail disaster'

A fatal accident inquiry into the Carmont rail disaster found safety checks and proper drain construction could have helped prevent the crash that killed three people.

Deaths in Carmont train crash near Stonehaven 'might realistically' have been avoided

Overwhelmed drain that washed debris onto the track was not built according to design

Fatal train derailment could have been avoided, inquiry finds

Three people died after the train left the tracks

Stonehaven train derailment could have been avoided if drain built correctly

Three men died when a train derailed near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire following heavy rain in 2020.

Derailment could have been avoided if drain built correctly, sheriff finds

Train driver Brett McCullough, conductor Donald Dinnie and passenger Christopher Stuchbury were all killed in the incident near Stonehaven in 2020.

Faulty drain construction blamed for fatal Carmont train derailment

AN INQUIRY concluded that the tragic deaths of three men in a train derailment at Carmont, Aberdeenshire could have been avoided if a trackside drain had been constructed properly. Sheriff Lesley Johnston, who conducted the Fatal Accident Inquiry found that an incorrectly built drainage system was the main cause of the devastating 2020 incident on […]