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A few of the designers in our office were involved in the investigation / report after Clapham, so always a sad day when it comes around.

Simon

I find it rather worrying that many people in the industry today have not heard of the Clapham incident. Indeed the RAIB reports into the incidents at Cardiff in 2016 and Waterloo in 2017 state that the lesson of Clapham have been forgotten.

Unfortunately too many people recall that this was a wiring fault done by one individual. This is not a true reflection as to what really happened. The wiring fault , the events that led up to that fault and the subsequent events after the crash demonstrated the systemic failure of BR management and processes from the top down.

BR were blaming the individual and even supported the failed prosecution against him.   Anthony Hidden saw through this and his report is most illuminating and I think  is a milestone in incident investigation. 

I would recommend anyone interested in the incident, the rail industry or investigations to read the Hidden report.