Rail crash outcome ‘likely would have been improved with modern safety features’

The outcome of the Stonehaven rail crash would ‘more than likely’ have been better if the train had been equipped with modern safety features, the inquiry has heard (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

An inquiry into the derailment of a train in Aberdeenshire has heard the outcome would “more likely than not” have been better if the train had been built to modern safety standards.

The train crashed at Carmont near Stonehaven on August 12 2020 after it hit a pile of gravel washed onto the railway track by heavy rain before striking a bridge parapet.