Revision question · Incidents, accidents and emergencies

Your bus hits a low railway bridge. Nobody is injured. When and to whom should you report the incident?

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Immediately, to your employer

Within 24 hours, to the railway authority

Within seven days, to the police

Immediately, to the railway authority

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Immediately, to the railway authorityThis was the right answer

Contact the railway authority immediately using the bridge identification plate, then call police on 999 and inform your operator. A railway bridge can be unsafe despite no visible injury; do not wait for a general 24-hour collision-report deadline.

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Report a bridge strike immediatelyReviewed guidance summary · Railway safety requires an immediate railway-authority call followed by police on 999, not waiting for a collision-report deadline.

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