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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-accident-investigation-and-reporting-regulations-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-accident-investigation-and-reporting-regulations-2005/schedule-6/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1992",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways (Accident Investigation and Reporting) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-accident-investigation-and-reporting-regulations-2005",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Immediate facts of the occurrence",
  "text": "(1) The occurrence—\ndate, exact time and location of the occurrence;\ndescription of the events and the accident site including the efforts of the rescue and emergency services;\nthe decision to establish an investigation, the composition of the team of investigators and the conduct of the investigation.\n(2) The background to the occurrence—\nstaff and contractors involved and other parties and witnesses;\nthe trains and their composition including the registration numbers of the items of rolling stock involved;\nthe description of the infrastructure and signalling system - track types, switches, interlocking, signals, train protection;\nmeans of communication;\nworks carried out at or in the vicinity of the site;\ntrigger of the railway emergency plan and its chain of events;\ntrigger of the emergency plan of the public rescue services, the police and the medical services and its chain of events.\n(3) Fatalities, injuries and material damage—\npassengers and third parties, staff, including contractors;\ncargo, luggage and other property;\nrolling stock, infrastructure and the environment.\n(4) External circumstances—\nweather conditions and geographical references.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1992/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:55:43.070845+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}