Car hit by train at Athelney Level Crossing - man killed - 21 March 2013

[whole diary]

[Chris from Nailsea]

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch do protect the personal details of any witnesses - see the RAIB^▸ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) Leaflet 2 Your witness statement on their website.

[stuving]

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch do protect the personal details of any witnesses - see the RAIB^▸ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch) Leaflet 2 Your witness statement on their website.

That's not how I read it.

By law, the RAIB must not at any time disclose
to anyone else, including the police, the Office of
Rail Regulation (ORR^» (Office of Rail and Road formerly Office of Rail Regulation - about)), your employer or any other
enforcing authority, personal details about you in
connection with any information that you give us in
your statement, unless we are compelled to do so
by a Court Order.
...
Although the report may make use of the
information that you gave to the RAIB Inspector in
your interview, it will not identify you by name.

So it says they will publish any relevant details, and presumably those may contain evidence of crimes committed. They won't reveal your personal details unless compelled to do so by a court order. Exactly what other than your name, and incidental details (i.e. not relevant to the investigation) is protected (though not absolutely) is not clear, at least to me.

[stuving]

The regulations themselves are a bit stricter, though still with that court order caveat. It was the stated aim to encourage openness by removing the fear of prosecution, though one suspects that in most cases this makes no difference.

10(2) Except by order of a relevant court and subject to paragraph (7) the Branch
shall not disclose to anyone-
(a) a statement or declaration provided to the Branch or any recording or
other note or record relating to such statement or declaration unless the
person who has provided such statement, declaration, recording, note or
record consents to its disclosure;
(b) the name, address or other information relating to a person-
(i) who has provided to the Branch a statement or declaration or
other note or record relating to such statement or declaration; or
(ii) who has indicated to an inspector or person appointed under
regulation 6(1) that he intends to provide a statement or declaration
or other note or record to the Branch;
unless that person consents to such disclosure; or
(c) a medical record relating to a person involved in the accident or
incident.

10(3) Except by order of a relevant court and subject to paragraph (7), the Branch
shall not be required to disclose to anyone-
(a) personal information relating to a person involved in the accident or
incident or with the investigation of that accident or incident (other than
personal information protected by paragraph (2));
(b) the opinion of an inspector or a person appointed under regulation 6(1)
which is unsubstantiated by evidence;
(c) the notes made by an inspector or person appointed under regulation
6(1), whether written or held electronically;
(d) any trade secret or other information, the release of which, in the
opinion of the Chief Inspector would, or would be likely to, prejudice the
commercial interests of the person holding it; or
(e) working documents of the Branch.

Contained in the RAIB^▸ (Rail Accident Investigation Branch)'s "Guidance on the Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005 "

[Super Guard]

The coroner will now write to Network Rail to recommend installing a full barrier crossing and moving signal boxes to improve visibility.

Move which signal box exactly? 

[stuving]

The coroner will now write to Network Rail to recommend installing a full barrier crossing and moving signal boxes to improve visibility.

Move which signal box exactly? 

I'm sure he means the equipment cabinets.