HC Deb 21 February 1979 vol 963 cc224-5W
55. Mr. Maurice Macmillan

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he is satisfied with the safety precautions at the automatic railway crossings at Mil- ford and Farncombe in the Farnham parliamentary constituency.

Mr. Horam

Yes. The recent unfortunate accident at Milford crossing was due to human error on the part of the driver of the train involved and was not in any way the result of a failure or inadequacy of the automatic barrier equipment. There have been no reported accidents at either of the level crossings at Farncombe which are manually controlled and are not automatic.