Simon Anthony Moore · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 5 Aug 2025•Dorset

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This report’s concerns and statements found in recipients’ published responses. Statements are included even where no link to an individual concern is recorded. A link shows an evidence connection; it does not assign responsibility.

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Concerns
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Raised in this report

Recipients
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Responses found
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Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
6

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Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Failure to relay signaller-driver welfare information to the attending Driver Manager
    Part of recurring concern: Unreliable sharing of railway concern-for-welfare information with relevant responders

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.6

  1. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    Review the end-to-end incident communication process through the industry working group, including welfare concern escalation and communication.

  2. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    Consider the incident at the Southern OPSRAM industry risk meeting to identify and reduce operational risks.

  3. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    Collaborate with and participate in the train operating company’s incident investigation.

  4. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    Consider the investigation report and recommendation at the SPAD Recommendations and Review Panel.

  5. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    Develop guidance for signallers communicating with drivers after incidents.

  6. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    Set up an industry working group on welfare communication with train operators and trade union representatives.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

    The Network Rail signaller had a means to relay the driver's welfare concerns to train company Control through the incident logging system.

    Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to relay signaller-driver welfare information to the attending Driver Manager

Wider context from the report

“iii. The on-call Driver Manager employed by the Train Company is obliged to attend and in this scenario take the train driver licence from the driver. An initial account of the facts is taken as well as certain medical tests. iv. The on-call Driver Manager who attended following the incident involving Mr Moore met with him almost 2 hours after the incident. The on-call Driver Manager was unaware of the content of the conversation between Mr Moore and the signaller which occurred 2 hours earlier and soon after the incident. The contents of this conversation would have helped the on-call Driver Manager to assess the driver’s welfare. v. The Network Rail Signaller has no means through which to relay the details of any discussions with drivers (in this instance Mr Moore) to the train company Control who could then pass this information on to the attending Driver Manager. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Unreliable sharing of railway concern-for-welfare information with relevant responders.

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Review the end-to-end incident communication process through the industry working group, including welfare concern escalation and communication.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Upon receipt of HM Coroner’s Regulation 28 report, and in considering your findings, Network Rail set up an Industry Working Group on Welfare Communication, which includes representatives from Network Rail, Train Operating Companies, and trade unions.”

Source location

Response from Network Rail
Page 4 · response
Published 5 August 2025

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Consider the incident at the Southern OPSRAM industry risk meeting to identify and reduce operational risks.

Verbatim wording from the response

“• The incident was considered at Southern OPSRAM.”

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Response from Network Rail
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Published 5 August 2025

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Collaborate with and participate in the train operating company’s incident investigation.

Verbatim wording from the response

“• Network Rail’s Operations Risk Control Coordinator collaborated with and formed part of SWR’s investigation.”

Source location

Response from Network Rail
Page 3 · response
Published 5 August 2025

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Consider the investigation report and recommendation at the SPAD Recommendations and Review Panel.

Verbatim wording from the response

“• The SWR investigation report, including the above recommendation, was considered at the NR SPAD Recommendations and Review Panel.”

Source location

Response from Network Rail
Page 3 · response
Published 5 August 2025

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Develop guidance for signallers communicating with drivers after incidents.

Verbatim wording from the response

“As you are aware, SWR’s incident investigation found that, notwithstanding the existing processes in place as described above, opportunities existed to strengthen escalation and communication protocols between signallers, Incident Controllers, TOC Control and Driver Managers. The investigation included a recommendation that Guidance will be created for signallers to support them when communicating with a driver post incident. This Guidance will be developed by the Industry Working Group on Welfare Communications, described further below.”

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Response from Network Rail
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Published 5 August 2025

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Set up an industry working group on welfare communication with train operators and trade union representatives.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Upon receipt of HM Coroner’s Regulation 28 report, and in considering your findings, Network Rail set up an Industry Working Group on Welfare Communication, which includes representatives from Network Rail, Train Operating Companies, and trade unions.”

Source location

Response from Network Rail
Page 4 · response
Published 5 August 2025

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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

The Network Rail signaller had a means to relay the driver's welfare concerns to train company Control through the incident logging system.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Network Rail Signaller has no means through which to relay the details of any discussions with drivers (in this instance Mr Moore) to the train company Control who could then pass this information on to the attending Driver Manager.”

Source location

Response from Network Rail
Page 2 · response
Published 5 August 2025

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