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Stonehaven Crash Train Lacked Modern Safety Features
Inquiry reveals failures in weather risk management and aging train design contributed to the 2020 Stonehaven derailment; modern safety features could have improved survival chances.
- On August 12 2020, a ScotRail High Speed Train derailed at Carmont after hitting gravel washed onto the line, killing three and injuring six.
- Investigators said poor transfer of safety information between Network Rail and contractors contributed to risk, with an incorrectly installed drainage system causing a washout after heavy rain on August 11 and 12.
- Dominique Louis said the 1970s Mark 3 HST coaches lacked anti‑climb devices and energy‑absorbing ends, while couplers and missing bogie retention allowed vehicles to uncouple and roll.
- A criminal prosecution led to a �6.7 million fine for Network Rail in 2023 after admitted health and safety failings, and a spokesperson said Monday the company remains committed to supporting the inquiry and RAIB recommendations.
- Survivors in coach D described finding themselves outside the carriage with cuts, while investigators said the death toll would have been higher if passenger numbers were not down around 65% during Covid‑19 lockdown.
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Inquiry told of victims’ last moments in fatal Stonehaven train crash
The train crashed at Carmont near Stonehaven on August 12 2020 after it hit a pile of gravel washed on to the track by heavy rain. An inquiry into the derailment of a train in Aberdeenshire has heard of the last moments of three people killed when the carriages scattered following impact with debris on the tracks. The train crashed at Carmont near Stonehaven on August 12 2020 after it hit a pile of gravel washed onto the railway track by heavy r…
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