The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005

Regulation 4(2)

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Types of accidents and incidents other than any occurring within the Channel Tunnel System which must be notified to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within three working days of occurrence

1.  A collision of rolling stock with an object on or adjacent to a running line which under slightly different conditions might have caused a derailment, except— U.K.

(a) if it is notifiable under regulation 4(1);

(b) if the object was an animal; or

(c) where the obstruction was caused by an obvious act of vandalism.

2.  An accident resulting in the serious injury of one person only except if it is notifiable under regulation 4(1). U.K.

3.  An obstruction of, or damage to, track, caused by a road vehicle encroaching onto a running line, except when the obstruction or damage occurs on a part of a tramway track laid along a carriageway. U.K.

4.  Any unintended division of a train or a tramcar. U.K.

5.  The failure of rolling stock on the track caused by— U.K.

(a) the failure of an axle;

(b) the failure of a wheel or tyre, including a tyre loose on its wheel; or

(c) a fire or severe electrical arcing or fusing, whether or not extinguished by a fire-fighting service.

6.  The failure of a cable or the fastening thereof of the winding plant or other equipment involved in working a railway operated by a cable haulage system. U.K.