Level Crossings Accidents UK

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Almost £110million has been set aside for the purge, sparked by deaths in recent years including Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, who died at a dangerous Essex crossing in 2005.
£110m to close Britain's most dangerous level crossings: 500 to shut after nine people killed by trains in past year.



Regulator sets aside £110m after 9 deaths and 400 near misses in past year

Most dangerous to be shut and more will get new gates, signs or bridges

Campaign led by parents of two children at Essex rail crossing in 2005

Expert's safety warning ignored at spot where the two teenagers had died
Britain's 500 most dangerous level crossings are to be shut after nine were killed and hundreds narrowly avoided death in the past year alone, it was revealed today.
Almost £110million has been set aside for the purge, which will also pay for new bridges, underpasses, gates and signs to make the thousands of others across the UK safer.
Cash will also be spent developing technology to make them more secure.
But how to stop reckless pedestrians and motorists who still cross despite gates crashing down and alarms sounding remains a major problem.
There are 7,000 in the UK and for years there has been growing pressure to act following a spate of deaths.
This has been spearheaded by the parents of Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and her friend Charlotte Thompson, 13, who died when they were hit by a train in 2005 as they crossed the tracks at Elsenham station footpath crossing in Essex.
It emerged afterwards that four years before they were killed a safety official had raised concerns about the possibility of a tragedy there but it was ignored.
Just last week Chris Bazlinton told MPs at a special hearing that he had received 'shabby' treatment following the incident eight years ago and 'not much has changed at Network Rail in the way that they treat these incidents'.
Last year rail bosses were fined £1million for health and safety breaches.
Announcing rail funding for the 2014 to 2019 period today, the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) said it would be increased by £32million, to close around 500 level crossings within six years. Total funding will now be £109 million.
In total, NR will receive more than £21billion over the next five years to fund the day-to-day running of the rail network.
The ORR will require the company to bring down the cost of running the network by around 20 per cent.

The regulators have given the green light to more than £12billion worth of enhancements to Britain's rail network to ease congestion and improve performance on the railways.

Also, the ORR will put additional checks in place to monitor the company's progress on making the network more resilient to bad weather and climate change.

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