Government response
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Delivery
No statement from the addressee found
Recommendation 16: Drivers and staff to use formal fault reporting
From Southall Rail Accident Inquiry Report — Professor John Uff, published 24 February 2000.
Recommendation
Railtrack and TOCs must impress on drivers and other staff the need to use formal fault reporting procedures where the Rules so provide, and that the duty to report a fault must be performed personally and the report delivered to the person or body identified in the Rules, and not to any other person or body (paras 7.9, 16.11).
Jurisdiction: UK-wide
Page: 214
Reference: 17.7
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 7 March 2026). This is separate from the response above.
Source
Inquiry
Southall Inquiry
Report
Southall Rail Accident Inquiry Report — Professor John Uff
24 Feb 2000
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Recommendation made
26.7 years ago