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Author Topic: Level crossing incidents at Sandy Lane and Yarnton Lane - merged posts  (Read 84680 times)
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« Reply #60 on: November 21, 2013, 17:42:53 »

As discussion of these two incidents continues, I've now merged both topics into this one, in the interests of continuity.
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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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« Reply #61 on: November 24, 2013, 09:14:36 »

Police have made an arrest in connection with the incident on 12 Nov 2013. A woman has been charged with endangering safety on the railway.
http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/10829951.Woman_charged_following_Sandy_Lane_crossing_accident/?ref=mr
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« Reply #62 on: December 06, 2013, 23:56:20 »

From the Beeb:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-25264644

"A woman has appeared in court to admit endangering a train which hit the car she was driving at a level crossing.

Heather Bister, from Banbury, appeared at Oxford Crown Court earlier in connection with the crash in Yarnton, Oxfordshire on 12 November.

The 43-year-old, from Austin Drive, admitted endangering safety on the railways without intent at the Sandy Lane crossing.

Her case was adjourned until 31 January for reports to be prepared."
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« Reply #63 on: February 01, 2014, 17:47:48 »

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A woman who caused a train crash when she parked on a level crossing in a suicide bid has been remanded in custody at her own request.

Heather Bister, 46, of Austin Drive, Banbury, was arrested after she stopped her car on the Sandy Lane level crossing in Yarnton on November 12 last year. A Cross Country service hit Bister^s car but she escaped with minor injuries and no one else was hurt.

She has admitted endangering safety on the railways and appeared at Oxford Crown Court yesterday to be sentenced.

Prosecutor Cathy Olliver explained the defendant has been arrested twice since the incident for trying to go to Oxford Railway Station and throw herself in front of a train.

Lucy Tapper, defending, said her client was very sorry about what she had done, but felt that she could not stop herself trying to commit suicide.

Judge Mary Jane Mowat told Bister she was clearly ^very ill^ and that she would need to see a psychiatrists^ report before passing sentence.

At a hearing held a short time later, Miss Tapper said her client wanted to be remanded in custody because she feared she would again try to end her life. This was granted and Bister will now be sentenced on March 14.
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« Reply #64 on: April 25, 2014, 18:05:32 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-27158369

On the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) Oxfordshire website today
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« Reply #65 on: May 18, 2023, 09:25:31 »

Services are currently suspended between Oxford and Banbury due to a car hitting a train at Sandy Lane level crossing.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23530328.car-hit-train-level-crossing-kidlington-near-oxford/
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« Reply #66 on: May 18, 2023, 09:42:11 »

Car driver reported unhurt.

GWR (Great Western Railway) running a train shuttle between Banbury and Tackley with minibuses from there to Oxford.
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« Reply #67 on: May 18, 2023, 10:08:08 »

Without wishing to diminish the seriousness of this incident, I am assuming that it should read 'car hit by train' rather than 'train hit by car'.
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« Reply #68 on: May 18, 2023, 10:46:26 »

That is a very good question and something I did think about.
I have made the assumption (and I should not have done that) that the car should not be on the crossing therefore it is the car's fault and worded the subject to reflect that.

I always think that Car hit by Train makes it sound like the train is at fault when most crossing incidents are the fault of the car driver.

But you are right we do need to be careful with our words and not make assumptions.

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« Reply #69 on: May 18, 2023, 12:11:37 »

The route reopened around midday.
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« Reply #70 on: May 18, 2023, 12:42:14 »

GWR (Great Western Railway) still reporting delays until 1315

The train invloved was the 0739 OXF» (Oxford - next trains)-MAN service which was stationary at the crossing for just over 3 hours before being released towards Banbury with all passengers kept well infofmed & looked after by the crew
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« Reply #71 on: May 18, 2023, 13:14:25 »

There has now been a report of a person struck by a train at an adjacent crossing so the line is closed again.
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« Reply #72 on: May 18, 2023, 16:07:00 »

These AHB crossings are in the process of being closed as part of the latest Oxford Corridor works, so if anything good comes from them it reinforces the NR» (Network Rail - home page) viewpoint that they should be closed, and objectors might find it harder to justify their position as a result.
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« Reply #73 on: September 12, 2024, 09:08:17 »

Closure now abandoned as freight paths haven't increased as planned.
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« Reply #74 on: September 12, 2024, 12:08:33 »

Closure now abandoned as freight paths haven't increased as planned.

That's very disappointing, assuming the current signalling restrictions will continue to apply?  Headways are currently poor as a result of that one small section of signalling, and I know a train that is delayed by a few minutes practically every day as a result.

Freight is only going to grow further, and of course CrossCountry are planning to uplift their service along the route back to the previous 2tph next May.
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