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1996-08-09 DoT-001

Department of Transport

Statement from Sir George Young, Secretary of State for Transport, on the Watford train accident:


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Press release


Department of Transport

Statement from Sir George Young, Secretary of State for Transport, on the Watford train accident:


  date 9 August 1996
  source Department of Transport
  type Press release

I welcome the announcement that the independent Health and Safety
Executive is to carry out a formal investigation into the train
accident at Watford Junction yesterday, which regrettably resulted in
the death of a passenger and injuries to others.

I particularly welcome the Chairman of the Health and Safety
Commission, Frank Davies's decision to publish a special report on
the incident. It is clearly right and in the public interest that the
findings of the investigators are made as widely available as
possible."


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