Record HSE Fine for Ladbroke Grove Crash

Thames Trains has been handed a record fine of £2m – the largest in HSE case history – for their health and safety failures arising out of the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in October 1999. Thirty-one people died in the crash between the two commuter trains and several hundred more were injured, some very seriously.

The Old Bailey imposed the fine for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Investigation by the police and HSE revealed the driver of the Thames Trains Turbo passenger t... (160 more words)

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