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Derailment of freight train 4BM4, Nana Glen, New South Wales, on 25 February 2021 RO-2021-004 Final
Level crossing collision between passenger train and road vehicle, Wynnum West, Queensland, on 26 February 2021 RO-2021-005 Final
Safeworking Breach of Road-Rail Vehicles, Crystal Brook, South Australia, 10 June 2021 RO-2021-006 Final
Collision between a light engine and a coal train, at Westwood, Queensland, on 18 June 2021 RO-2021-007 Preliminary
Speed restriction not applied, allowing train ST24 to overspeed, Harefield, New South Wales, on 29 June 2021 RO-2021-008 Final
Collision with infrastructure involving freight train 8796, Rockhampton, Queensland, on 17 September 2021 RO-2021-010 Final
Collision between a passenger train and a motor vehicle, near West Dapto Road level crossing, Kembla Grange, New South Wales on 20 October 2021 RO-2021-012 Final
Derailment of coal train 9QJ5, near Mount Rainbow, Queensland, on 30 October 2021 RO-2021-013 Final
Collision between banking locomotives and grain train 5446, near Werris Creek, New South Wales, on 6 January 2022 RO-2022-001 Final
Derailment of freight train 6MB4, Bethungra, New South Wales, on 15 January 2022 RO-2022-002 Discontinued
Derailment involving freight train Y279, near Traveston, Queensland, on 23 February 2022 RO-2022-003 Interim
Derailment involving Qube freight train 5WB7, Casino, NSW, on 17 March 2022 RO-2022-004 Discontinued
Exceedance of temporary speed restriction by XPT train ST21, at Moreland, Victoria, on 24 May 2022 RO-2022-005 Preliminary
Derailment of freight train 2BS4, near Kyogle, New South Wales, on 31 May 2022 RO-2022-006 Pending
Collision between passenger train and truck, at Goornong, Victoria, on 13 July 2022 RO-2022-007 Preliminary
Fatality involving a track-mounted excavator, Evandale, Tasmania, on 20 July 2022 RO-2022-008 Final
Level crossing collision and derailment involving grain train 68A3, near Goondiwindi, Queensland, on 9 August 2022 RO-2022-009 Discontinued
Collision between Aurizon train 9M48 and Qube train 9277, at Oonoomurra, Queensland, on 17 August 2022 RO-2022-010 Pending
Fatality on locomotive of train 4MB9 near Cullerin, New South Wales, on 25 August 2022 RO-2022-011 Interim
Investigation into the procedures and practices used to provide access to track, NSW RI-2010-014 Discontinued