Health and safety

Registers of doctors, psychologists and training and examination centres

11 November 2024

Only recognised doctors, psychologists and training and examination centres listed can carry out the examination or training and examination of train drivers.

Responses to RAIB reports 2019

6 November 2024

Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2019.

Responses to RAIB reports 2017

6 November 2024

Our responses to the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) in relation to their recommendations published in 2017.

Interoperability authorisations

22 October 2024

Details of all the new, major, upgraded or renewed infrastructure or rolling stock projects we have authorised into service since 2019.

The legal framework for level crossings

10 October 2024

Level crossings are an interface between the highway and railway, where the different parties involved have responsibilities.

Health and safety prosecutions

9 October 2024

Details of ORR health and safety prosecutions resulting in conviction since 1 April 2006.

Ladbroke Grove - 25 years on: 'A critical seven-year period in my career'

4 October 2024

In the second of our blogs remembering the Ladbroke Grove rail tragedy on 5 October 1999, Ian Maxwell, Head of Train Control Systems at ORR, explains his role in helping revise the signal-sighting standard.

Ladbroke Grove - 25 years on: 'This was an era-defining event'

3 October 2024

ORR's Giles Turner recalls his experience attending the site of the 1999 Ladbroke Grove rail collision, which claimed the lives of 31 people, with many hundreds injured, a few days after the accident.

Review of the costs and benefits of safety interventions

27 September 2024

As the joint safety and economic regulator for Britain’s railway, we are reviewing how costs and benefits are assessed for safety initiatives, and whether reasonable practicability is systematically tested by duty holders.

Severn Valley Railway fined £40,000 after painter suffers serious injuries in fall from height

13 September 2024

Severn Valley Railway has been fined £40,000 after pleading guilty to offences under the Work at Height Regulations 2005, which followed an investigation and prosecution by industry regulator, Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

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