Crash in the Dark: The Severn Tunnel Train Crash

This detailed dramatised coverage of the Severn Tunnel train accident shows many facets of safety systems and emergency response.

This is one of the 12 DVDs in the acclaimed BBC series now available in a totally new format with expert training support material.

In December 1991 two passenger trains collided in the 6.5km long tunnel under the River Severn in England, joining England and Wales.  185 people were injured.  Rescuers did not reach the train until two hours after the incident.

 
Investigation in the causes of the incident uncovered a number of mistakes and oversights -  some of them long standing. Known factors such as the dysfunctional emergency alert system in the tunnel, others relatively recent, and unknowns, such as the lack of identification of signal relays in the Severn Tunnel Junction Relay Room.
Crash in the dark highlights failures in the response to the collision between the trains in the Severn Tunnel - providing a strong focus on these oversights due to the enormity of the outcomes.

Location - UK

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Training package includes:

Each easy to understand workshop in the series can be run by facilitators even with minimal experience in presenting training courses.  In addition, tips and guidelines are included to help facilitators with every aspect of the workshop. 
 
  • DVD - duration 30 minutes
  • Facilitator's Guide including Facilitator's Checklist
  • Facilitator's Slide Guide
  • Participant's Handouts
  • PowerPoint Presentation

The workshops for each DVD allows for a highly interactive learning environment in which participants undertake detailed Pre-event and Post-event analysis of each disaster.  This means they not only listen, but apply the lessons learned, in order to formulate solutions specific to their own workplace: they not only learn what went wrong, but how it could have been avoided.

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BBC Disaster Series
The 12 part BBC Disaster Series examines case studies of major disasters from around the world from various industries such as oil and gas, transport, aviation, aeronautics, chemical manufacturing and hospitality.  Read more

 

Pricing

Each. UK: £395 plus VAT. Australia: $595 plus GST. Other countries: no tax  
    
Series of 12. UK:  £2690 plus VAT. Australia $4275 Plus GST. Other countries no tax
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