Qld Rail had one worker to check 1138 level crossings. Then someone died

The level crossing where a woman was killed when her car was hit by a train was a serious safety risk but had not been inspected for 19 years.

Queensland Rail’s failure to conduct safety inspections on level crossings “very likely” contributed to the death of a woman whose car was hit by a train in 2021, an investigation has found.

The report found a 32-year-old Sunshine Coast woman most likely followed the road markings on a corner, driving her Hyundai i30 past a lowered boom gate and into the path of a passenger train travelling at 82km/h. While teams were tasked with managing safety, the sole worker with special training had been able to complete only 52 inspections across 1138 crossings in the five years before the accident.

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