Recommendation Status Report: Fatal accident at Stratford London Underground station
This report is based on information provided to the RAIB by the relevant safety authority or public body.
The status of the recommendation(s), as reported to us, are described by the following categories:
Key to Recommendation Status
Open Actions to address the recommendation are ongoing.
(replaces Progressing and
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(replaces Implemented, Implemented evidence provided to show action taken or justification for no action taken.
by alternative means, and Non-
implementation)
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consideration, or if it has, the action proposed does not address the recommendation, or there is
insufficient evidence to support no action being taken.
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subsequently been taken by the end implementer that have superseded the recommendation.
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recommendation.
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Recommendation Status Report
Report Title Fatal accident at Stratford London Underground station
Report Number 01/2025
Date of Incident 26/12/2023
Rec No. Status RAIB Concern Recommendation RAIB Summary of current status
01/2025/01 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to reduce the risk of a person being
struck by a London Underground train in circumstances where they have
fallen, slipped, tripped or have otherwise inadvertently come to be on the
track adjacent to a platform.
Considering the circumstances of the accidents discussed in this report at
Stratford, Clapham South and High Barnet stations, and the accident
which took place at London Waterloo (RAIB report 05/2021), London
Underground Limited should identify the effectiveness of its current risk
controls and evaluate possible measures to further reduce the risk of a
passenger being struck by a train where they have inadvertently entered
the track adjacent to a platform. This review should specifically include
considering the use of technology that can detect if a passenger is in a
dangerous position and intervene or warn as is necessary to stop an
approaching or departing train. Following this review, London
Underground Limited should determine what improved or further risk
reduction measures may be required to ensure that risks of passengers
being struck by trains in these circumstances are reduced (paragraphs
126a, 126b and 128b).
01/2025/02 Awaiting Response None The intent of this recommendation is to reduce the risk of train operators
losing attention and awareness while operating trains in automatic train
operation mode.
London Underground Ltd should review the environmental, organisational
and job factors related to operating trains in automatic train operation
mode to understand how underload may affect train operators. This
review should specifically consider the effect that underload may have on
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Recommendation Status Report
train operators of trains travelling between stations and then arriving at or
passing through platforms, and should build upon any work already being
undertaken in response to recommendation 4 of RAIB’s report into the
trap and drag accidents at Archway and Chalk Farm stations (RAIB report
06/2024) (paragraphs 126c to 128a).
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