Network Rail 'to be prosecuted' over Stonehaven rail crash which killed three people
Network Rail is to be prosecuted for failings over the Stonehaven rail crash which killed three people, it is understood. Rail chiefs are set to face charges over health and safety shortcomings that led to the fatal ScotRail train derailment at Carmont, Aberdeenshire in 2020.
An investigation by the UK Department for Transport's Rail Accident Investigation Branch was published last March. It concluded the crash had been caused by a wrongly-built drainage trench which led to debris being washed onto the track after intense rainfall. The RAIB said nearly a month's rain fell in three hours before the crash but the drainage system was not able to deal with the water flow. It said: "The drainage system and associated earthworks had not been constructed in accordance with the original design and so were not able to safely accommodate the water flows".
Investigators also found no evidence that Network Rail carried out any inspection of the upper parts of the drainage system between when it viewed the completed work in 2013 and the crash. They said the UK Government-owned company failed to add that section to an internal programme that would have triggered routine inspections and maintenance.
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