Remembering the Ufton Nervet rail crash in Berkshire 20 years on

Twelve years after the incident, the level crossing was closed and replaced by a bridge.

During the years in between, there had been four further fatal incidents at the same automatic half-barrier crossing.

More than 400 similar crossings remain.

At the inquest, the coroner heard that both the train and the level crossing had been operating correctly, and that no railway staff were at fault.

Network Rail’s safety and engineering director, Martin Frobisher, said: “Serious accidents at level crossings are extremely rare.

“For many years now, we have been running a crossing closure programme with over 1,000 closed since Ufton Nervet.”