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Transport Safety Investigations
Air, marine, and rail accident investigation reports from the UK's independent statutory investigation bodies. Reports identify causal factors and make safety recommendations to operators, regulators, and government.
13,057 reports
11,352 AAIB (air)
1,103 MAIB (marine)
602 RAIB (rail)
Reports
Contact made by general cargo vessel Orade with light beacon
Location: Apex Light beacon on the River Ouse, England.Contact made by general cargo vessel Prudence with railway bridge
Location: Goole Railway Bridge, River Ouse, England.Contact made by general cargo vessel Scot Venture with buoy
Location: Drogden Channel, Denmark.Contact made by general cargo vessel Silves with quay
Location: No 7 berth, North Quay, Montrose, Scotland.Contact made by general cargo vessel Wightstone with moored, unoccupied sailing yacht Rose Ryal
Location: River Medina, Isle of Wight, England.Contact made by high speed passenger craft Norman Arrow with fendering and with mooring dolphin
Locations: Fendering while moving berth at Portsmouth, England. Dolphin while approaching berth at Le Havre, France.Contact made by offshore supply vessel Caledonian Victory with berth and 7 moored small craft with 3 sinking
Location: Moving berth in Port of Aberdeen, Scotland.Contact made by oil product/chemical tanker Apollo with quayside
Location: Northfleet Hope Container Terminal, Tilburyness, River Thames, England.Contact made by oil product/chemical tanker Stolt Petrel with lock gate
Location: Boudeswijnsluis Lock, Antwerp, Belgium.Contact made by passenger cruise ship Queen Victoria with quay
Location: Pinto Wharf, Valetta Harbour, Malta.Contact made by passenger ferry Barfleur with chain of chain ferry Bramble Bush Bay
Location: Poole, England.Contact made by passenger/ro-ro cargo ferry Finnarrow with berth and its subsequent flooding
Location: Holyhead Port, Wales.Contact made by passenger vessel Millennium City with bridge
Location: Westminster Bridge, River Thames, England.Contact made by passenger vessel Millennium Diamond with Tower Bridge
Location: Tower Bridge on the River Thames, London, England.Contact made by platform supply vessel SBS Typhoon with standby safety vessel Vos Scout and platform supply vessel Ocean Searcher
Location: Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.Contact made by platform supply vessel Skandi Foula with supply vessel OMS Resolution
Location: Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.Contact made by product tanker Vallermosa with oil tankers Navion Fennia and BW Orinoco
Location: Fawley Marine Terminal, Southampton, England.Contact made by refrigerated cargo vessel Dole America with the Nab Tower
Location: Eastern approaches to the Solent, near the Isle of Wight, England.Contact made by river cruiser Nottingham Princess with repair scaffolding on bridge
Location: Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England.Contact made by ro-ro cargo ferry Celtic Star with light float
Location: C22 light float on the River Mersey, England.Contact made by ro-ro cargo ferry Clipper Point with quay and 2 berthed ships
Location: South Quay, Port of Heysham, England.Contact made by ro-ro cargo vessel Ursine with ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Bruges
Location: Berthing at King George Dock, Hull, England.Contact made by ro-ro freight carrier Gran Canaria Car and linkspan
Serious damage to freight carrier and no. 105 linkspan at the Port of Southampton, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Daggri with breakwater
Location: Ulsta, Shetland Islands, Scotland.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Dover Seaways with a breakwater
Location: Port of Dover, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Isle of Mull with moored ferry and pier
Location: Oban Railway Pier, Oban Bay, Scotland.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry P&OSL Aquitaine with quay resulting in several injuries
Location: Port of Calais, France.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Portsmouth with berthed warship HMS St Albans during heavy weather
Location: Portsmouth Harbour, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Pride of Provence with harbour breakwater resulting in 30 people injured
Location: Southern breakwater of Dover Harbour, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Red Falcon with linkspan
Location: Town Quay, Southampton, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Seven Sisters with fendering
Location: West Pier, Newhaven, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry Sirena Seaways with berth
Locations: Harwich International Port, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger ferry St Faith with linkspan fendering
Location: Attempting to berth at Camber Basin, Portsmouth, England.Contact made by ro-ro passenger vessel King of Scandinavia with submersible oil platform Northern Producer and berth
Location: Port of Tyne, EnglandContact made by sail training vessel Lord Nelson with bridge
Location: Tower Bridge, River Thames, England.Contact made by scallop dredger Diamond with rock resulting in vessel sinking with loss of 1 life
Location: West Burra Firth, Shetland Islands, Scotland.Contact made by scallop dredger Golden Promise with self elevating barge Buzzard
Location: Liverpool Bay, England.Contact made by speedboat with moored motor cruiser Seraphica with both vessels sinking and 1 person injured
Location: River Dart, England.Contact made by stern freezer trawler Marbella with offshore platform
Location: Bravo Delta offshore platform off Flamborough Head, England.Contact made by tank barge Bruce Stone with berthed and discharging ro-ro cargo vessel Loverval
Location: Purfleet Deepwater Berth, River Thames, London.Contact made by tanker King Everest with buoy and snagging of buoy's cable
Location: North New Sand Buoy in the north-east approaches to Humber, England.Contact made by tractor tug Svitzer Constance with lock gate
Location: King George Dock, Hull, England.Contact made by Vector V40R powerboat with navigation buoy with 3 people injured
Location: Southampton Water, England.Contact made by wind farm passenger transfer catamarans: Windcat 9 with floating target and Island Panther with turbine
Locations: Floating target at Donna Nook Air Weapons Range off Lincolnshire, England. Turbine at Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm off North Norfolk, England.Contacts made by passenger vessel Logos II during berthing and unberthing
Location: St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.Crush incident after collapse of portable bulkhead on general cargo vessel Neermoor with loss of 1 life
Location: Port of Teignmouth, England.Crush incident between containers on deck of ro-ro cargo vessel Tyrusland with loss of 1 life
Location: Berthed at Tripoli, Libya.Crush incident between loading tower chute and cargo hopper coaming on aggregate dredger Arco Adur with loss of 1 life
Location: River Medway, England.Crush incident between platform supply vessel E.R. Athina and its fast rescue craft with loss of 1 life
Location: At anchor off Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland.Crush incident between vent and buoy on mooring vessel Cameron during maintenance operation with 1 person injured
Location: Crosby Channel, Liverpool, England.Reports by year
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| Report year | AAIB (Air) reports | MAIB (Maritime) reports | RAIB (Rail) reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9,556 | 0 | 297 |
| 2015 | 208 | 2 | 23 |
| 2016 | 232 | 875 | 37 |
| 2017 | 260 | 27 | 40 |
| 2018 | 220 | 26 | 33 |
| 2019 | 209 | 19 | 28 |
| 2020 | 136 | 23 | 24 |
| 2021 | 115 | 19 | 18 |
| 2022 | 116 | 22 | 22 |
| 2023 | 91 | 15 | 21 |
| 2024 | 96 | 29 | 25 |
| 2025 | 68 | 23 | 17 |
| 2026 | 45 | 23 | 17 |
About these bodies
| Body | Remit | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| AAIB Air | Air Accidents Investigation Branch — independent civil aviation accident investigations | 11,352 |
| MAIB Marine | Marine Accident Investigation Branch — shipping and vessel accident investigations | 1,103 |
| RAIB Rail | Rail Accident Investigation Branch — railway accident and incident investigations | 602 |