Safety investigations

The Chief Investigator prepares reports following investigations into major occurrences involving public transport and marine services. Further information about these investigations can be obtained through in the reports below.

Information on this page

• Marine incidents
• Rail incidents
• Bus incidents
• Older accident reports

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Marine incidents

Occurrence date	Release date	Description
28 Dec 2008	3 Sep 2009	Passenger Injury Oceanic Explorer at The Annulus (Pope's Eye Port Phillip (PDF, 2.7 MB, 39 pp.)
1 Nov 2008	25 May 2009	Collision of a Police Vessel and a Recreational Vessel (PDF, 3 MB, 33 pp.)
13 Dec 2007	14 Jan 2009	Sinking of MV Maheno on the River Yarra (PDF, 3 MB, 64 pp.)
22 May 2007	15 Aug 2008	Collision between Livestock Carrier MV Bison Express and Ore Carrier MV Portland (PDF, 6.51 MB, 31 pp.)
22 Mar 2007	30 Jan 2008	Collision Gan Voyager & No 46 Beacon River Yarra (PDF, 3 MB, 33 pp.)
14 Jan 2007	6 Sept 2007	Fire on board passenger charter vessel "Moonraker", Popes Eye Marine National Park (PDF, 3 MB, 39 pp.)
6 Dec 2006	22 Oct 2007	Near grounding of passenger vessel MV Statendam, Port Phillip Heads (PDF, 2 MB, 37 pp.)
9 Oct 2006	3 May 2007	Collision between liquefied petroleum gas carrier "Kinna" and Charter vessel "Challenger" at the Port of Hastings (PDF, 3.6 MB, 35 pp.)

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Rail incidents

Occurrence date	Release date	Description
31 Jan 2009	14 Oct 2009	Tram to Tram Collision St Kilda Road near Commercial Road Melbourne (PDF, 1.28 MB, 12 pp.)
9 Jan 2009	4 May 2009	Overrun of Connex Train at Cranbourne (PDF, 563 KB, 6 pp.)
6 Nov 2008	9 Nov 2009	Infrastructure Failure Connex Kensington / North Melbourne (PDF, 6.62 MB, 65 pp.)
27 Sep 2008	2 Apr 2009	Train Impact with Passenger on the Station Platform at Springvale (PDF, 576 KB, 11 pp.)
10 Sep 2008	23 Jan 2009	Tram to Tram Collision Arts Centre Platform Tram Stop St Kilda Road Melbourne (PDF, 792 KB, 13 pp.)
12 May 2008	9 Sep 2008	Tram to Tram Collision Nicholson Street and Victoria Parade Melbourne (PDF, 1.3 MB, 10 pp.)
3 Apr 2008	9 Sep 2008	Wrong-railing of C Class Tram at Collins Street Melbourne (PDF, 1.3 MB, 14 pp.)
6 Mar 2008	25 Jul 2008	Pedestrian Fatality at Ardeer (PDF, 1 MB, 12 pp.)
20 Feb 2008	29 Sep 2008	Overrun and Derailment of Connex Train at Dead End Siding Sandringham (PDF, 2.05 MB, 10 pp.)
16 Jan 2008	27 Jun 2008	Level Crossing Collision between a B-Double Truck and a Pacific National Freight Train Red Cliffs (PDF, 2.01 MB, 7 pp.)
16 Nov 2007	7 Aug 2008	Southern Cross Passenger Yard Collision (PDF, 1.90 MB, 10 pp.)
24 Sep 2007	29 Jan 2009	Tram to Tram Collision at St Kilda Road and Leopold Street Melbourne (PDF, 1.3 MB, 51 pp.)
22 Aug 2007	6 Jun 2008	Level Crossing collision V/Line Passenger Train 8504 with a Motor Vehicle at Bungower Road Somerville (PDF, 3.1 MB, 29 pp.)
5 Jun 2007	15 Feb 2008	Level Crossing collision V/Line Passenger Train 8042 and a truck near Kerang (PDF, 2.3 MB, 71 pp.)
4 Jun 2007	8 Jul 2008	Derailment of V/Line Passenger Train 8324A Seymour (PDF, 3.7 MB, 25 pp.)
3 May 2007	9 Sep 2008	Derailment of Train at Oakleigh (PDF, 6.8 MB, 41 pp.)
12 Apr 2007	27 Jun 2008	Level Crossing Collision between Yarra Valley Tourist Railway Trolley and a Motor Vehicle at TarraWarra Estate (PDF, 7.28 MB, 21 pp.)
1 Mar 2007	26 Jun 2008	Collision Between Two Trams Intersection of Bourke and Spencer Streets Melbourne (PDF, 2.99 MB, 25 pp.)
18 Feb 2007	8 Jul 2008	Overrun of Connex Train TD 4648 Springvale (PDF, 1.33 MB, 9 pp.)
12 Nov 2006	23 Nov 2007	Level Crossing collision V/Line Passenger Train with a motor vehicle near Winchelsea (PDF, 1.4 MB, 27 pp.)
12 Oct 2006	25 Jul 2008	Derailment of Passenger Train at Traralgon (PDF, 411 KB, 29 pp.)

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Bus incidents

Occurrence date	Release date	Description
24 Jul 2008	3 Jun 2009	Collision of a Bus and Semitrailer on the Princes Highway Traralgon (PDF, 2.52 MB, 33 pp.)
12 Dec 2006	6 Mar 2008	Passenger Injury On-Board a Suburban Bus Service Werribee (PDF, 1.0 MB, 32 pp.)

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Older accident reports

Previously the coordination of independent investigations was the responsibility of Public Transport Safety Victoria. The following reports were published on this website.

Occurrence date	Details
12 Nov 2003	Spencer Street Station passenger train collision (PDF, 997 KB, 38 pp.)
26 Jul 2000	Holmesglen train collision (PDF, 890 KB, 74 pp.)

The following reports were published on the Australian Transport Safety Bureau website.

Occurrence date	Details
16 Mar 2003	Derailment at Chiltern
12 Nov 2003	Spencer Street Station passenger train collision (PDF, 997 KB, 38 pp.)
3 Feb 2003	'Runaway' Broadmeadows train collision at Spencer Street Station
13 Oct 2002	Benalla level crossing collision
18 Jun 2002	Epping train collision
5 Jun 2001	Footscray train collision
26 Jul 2000	Holmesglen train collision (PDF, 890 KB, 74 pp.)
26 Nov 1999	Ararat train collision