Level Crossing Death: Network Rail Fined £450k

Network Rail has been fined £450,000 after a woman died when the car she was in was hit by a train at a level crossing.

The firm and one of its signalmen Adrian Maund were found guilty of breaching health and safety laws over the "entirely preventable" death in the village of Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefordshire.

Jurors convicted Network Rail of failing to ensure the safety of non-employees at the crossing by not installing an automatic barrier locking system.

Maund, from Leominster, Herefordshire, was fined £1,750 and ordered to do 275 hours of community service.

The 42-year-old defendant was convicted in February of failing to take reasonable care for the safety of those using the crossing.

The company will also pay £33,000 and Maund will pay £750 towards prosecution costs.

The victim Jane Harding, 52, died when the car she was a passenger in was hit by a train in January 2010.

Mrs Harding's husband Mark, who was driving the car, suffered serious injuries in the collision which happened when the crossing's barriers were raised by mistake.

Network Rail decided not to install a safety device which would have detected the oncoming train and kept the barriers down, the trial at Birmingham Crown Court heard.

Sentencing, Judge Melbourne Inman QC said there was a "significant fall in standard on behalf of Network Rail. There was a considerable degree of public risk".

The judge said the firm "failed to do everything reasonably practical to avoid tragedy", adding: "Adrian Maund failed to take reasonable care".

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