{
  "id": 11190361,
  "title": "Bedford rail crash: train sped up after red light warning, say investigators",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/bedford-rail-crash-train-sped-up-after-red-light-warning-say",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T12:21:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/01/bedford-rail-crash-report-train-sped-up-red-light-warning"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Rail investigators claim the East Midlands train that crashed in Bedford sped up after a driver received a warning for passing a red light, despite the warning rarely being red. The driver of the train, Shaun Burton, 60, received the automatic warning after passing the red signal but continued to accelerate before hitting the stationary train in front, killing Burton. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch found that the warning system worked correctly, but the driver did not react in time to the warning. The train, a new Aurora class 810 model, had a layout unfamiliar to the driver and his instructor, leading them to misinterpret the warning as normal. The crash, which also injured 160 people, was the fourth serious incident involving passenger trains on UK railways since 2020.",
  "summary": "Driver of East Midlands train, who died in June crash, received automatic warning after passing red light but train continued to accelerate The train that ran into the back of another in the Bedford rail crash sped up after the driver received a warning that he had passed a red light, rail investigators have reported. The driver of the East Midlands train, who died in the crash in June,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}