Network Rail’s New Video Highlights Deadly Risks at Sussex-Level Crossings
To coincide with the start of the summer holidays, Network Rail is reminding children and their parents of the dangers of misusing level crossings as part of a new safety campaign.
Video – Network Rail
Latest figures show there were 194 incidents of misuse and 29 near misses at level crossings across Network Rail’s Sussex route in the last financial year (2023/24). Although this represents a 15% decrease in the number of misuse incidents and a 3% decrease in the number of near misses compared to the previous year, safety remains the number one priority because “even one near miss is too many.”
Across Sussex, the hotspots for level crossing misuse are:
Bewbush (on the outskirts of Crawley): 12 incidents
Crawley High Street: 9 incidents
One O’Clock (in Burgess Hill): 9 incidents
Worthing: 7 incidents
Clappers Lane (in Ferring, between Angmering and Goring-by-Sea): 6 incidents
Bourneview (near Kenley and Whyteleafe): 4 incidents
More widely, across Network Rail’s Southern regio..
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