Date: 02/11/2021

In response to today's (2 November) statement from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) regarding the Salisbury collision, Martin Frobisher, Network Rail's safety and engineering director, said: 'Sunday's accident was incredibly frightening for everyone involved and our thoughts are with everyone injured or affected in any way.

'Initial findings suggest that low adhesion played a key part in causing the collision. It's an issue that affects railways across the world and is something that we, and our train operator colleagues, work hard to combat so that we can run trains safely and reliably throughout autumn, and why incidents such as the one in Salisbury at the weekend are incredibly rare.

'We will continue to work closely with investigators to understand what happened and what more we can do to help prevent this happening again.'

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