RO-1995-123

At 1210 hours on Monday 18 December 1995, a Hi-Rail vehicle and a light inspection vehicle collided head-on on a curve near Maxwell, on the Marton - New Plymouth Line. The driver of one of the vehicles sustained rib fractures in the collision, but the two occupants of the other vehicle were uninjured. The cause of the accident was the unauthorised presence of one of the vehicles on that section of line. No specific safety issues were identified as a result of this investigation.