Transport, Local Government and the Regions written question – answered at on 30 April 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
(1) how many road barriers have been erected to increase safety and prevent road vehicles falling onto railway lines since the Selby crash;
(2) what recent measures have been taken to ensure adequate protection and fencing at intersections between roads and railways.
Following the road/rail accident last year at Great Heck, near Selby, two working groups were set up, both of which published their reports on
The highway authorities and rail infrastructure authorities are working closely together and are examining the relevant sites on their networks to consider what, if any, mitigation measures might be appropriate to help prevent the incursion of vehicles on to the railway. Details of measures taken where roads meet, cross or run close to railways is not held centrally.
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