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Near hit with rail worker by passenger train 283D, Dora Creek, New South Wales, on 9 May 2020 RO-2020-006 Final
Collision of passenger train 8185 with level crossing gates, Lydiard Street North, Ballarat, Victoria, on 30 May 2020 RO-2020-007 Final
Uncontrolled runaway and derailment of banking locomotives, Kankool, New South Wales, on 3 June 2020 RO-2020-008 Final
Wagon out of gauge on freight train 2BW4, Main North rail line, New South Wales, on 16 June 2020 RO-2020-009 Final
Safeworking irregularity at Robinson Road level crossing, Midland, Western Australia, on 14 July 2020 RO-2020-010 Discontinued
Collision between out of gauge freight train 3WB3 and passenger train C181, Loftus, New South Wales, on 21 July 2020 RO-2020-012 Final
Safeworking irregularity involving train 9261, Sellheim Station, Mount Isa Line, Queensland, on 28 July 2020 RO-2020-014 Final
Collision between coal trains MB526 and AH378, Kooragang, New South Wales, on 29 July 2020 RO-2020-013 Final
Derailment of freight train 1221, near Lake Bathurst, New South Wales, on 24 August 2020 RO-2020-015 Discontinued
Train parting and subsequent lost wagons occupying an unprotected track section, involving freight train 3PG1, about 90 km west of Ivanhoe, NSW, on 2 October 2020 RO-2020-016 Discontinued
Defective axle bearing leading to fire on passenger train SN68, Yerrinbool, New South Wales, on 13 October 2020 RO-2020-017 Final
Derailment of SCT Logistics freight train 2PM9, near Koolyanobbing, Western Australia, on 27 October 2020 RO-2020-018 Final
Signal SST535 passed at danger involving passenger train 8239 and near collision with another passenger train, Docklands, Melbourne, on 23 November 2020 RO-2020-019 Final
Level crossing irregularities involving freight train 3PM7, Werribee, Victoria, on 4 December 2020 RO-2020-020 Final
Level crossing irregularity involving freight train 1MP9 at Torrens Road, Ovingham, South Australia, on 7 December 2020 RO-2020-021 Pending
Runaway and derailment of loaded grain train 3966, Dombarton, New South Wales, on 15 December 2020 RO-2020-022 Final
Derailment of freight train 9281, near Charters Towers, Queensland, on 30 December 2020 RO-2020-023 Final
Rolling stock irregularity on train 3YN2, near Kiacatoo, New South Wales, on 6 January 2021 RO-2021-001 Final
Safeworking irregularity and near miss with crew of train 5936, at Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, on 8 January 2021 RO-2021-002 Final
Level crossing collision between freight train 2C74 and road-train truck, Yarri Road, Parkeston, Western Australia, on 22 February 2021 RO-2021-003 Final