Football
With a football in his hands and his mind on the match ahead, a young man approaches the railway without giving it his full attention. Focused on his goals and dreams, he fails to stop, look and listen, and doesn’t notice the approaching train until it is too late.
Student
After being dropped off at the station, a teenage girl becomes absorbed in her phone as she walks towards the level crossing. Distracted by messages and notifications, she misses the “Stop, Look and Listen” warnings and crosses the tracks without checking for trains. In a moment, the consequences are fatal. At level crossings, there are no second chances.
Runner
A young man is out jogging, listening through his headphones and concentrating on his pace and heart rate. Without stopping to check for trains, he opens the gate and continues onto the level crossing. The sound of the collision makes the consequences clear. At level crossings, there are no second chances.
Commuter
One distraction is all it takes. A student comes face to face with the dangers of distraction at level crossings on their morning commute.
Stay off the tracks – Impact
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Stay off the tracks pairs first responders with professionals from the film industry to recreate the horrific effects of rail trespass on victims and their loved ones.
Martin Gibbon, a film and theatre performance director and British Transport Police officers, Megan Fifield and George Philpot, discuss the emotional responses from loved ones following a rail safety tragedy.
The railway is full of unexpected risks, and being on the tracks is more dangerous than people realise.
Protect yourself from catastrophic, life-changing injuries – or worse. Stay off the tracks. It’s just not worth it.
Distraction
Ben Owens, an Emergency Medicine Consultant in the NHS and Martin Shenton, Stunt Coordinator describe what happens if you’re distracted at a level crossing and get hit by a train.
The railway is full of unexpected risks. Protect yourself from catastrophic, life-changing injuries – or worse.
Pay attention at level crossings. Stay Alert. Stop. Look. Listen. And look again.
Stay off the Tracks – Sound
Viewer discretion is advised as this content has been created for an adult audience.
“Stay off the tracks” pairs first responders with professionals from the film industry to recreate the horrific effects of rail trespass on victims and their loved ones.
Network Rail Mobile Operations Manager Anthony Boyle, describes the sounds he hears when he attends an incident scene to sound designer Dan Piggott.
The railway is full of unexpected risks, and being on the tracks is more dangerous than people realise.
Protect yourself from catastrophic, life-changing injuries – or worse. Stay off the tracks. It’s just not worth it.
Stay off the Tracks – Sight
Viewer discretion is advised as this content has been created for an adult audience.
“Stay off the tracks” pairs first responders with professionals from the film industry to recreate the horrific effects of rail trespass on victims and their loved ones.
Nicole Lee, NHS Burns Network Manager for the London and South East Burns Network as well as Chair of the British Burns Association describes the impact of coming into contact with the electrical rail to special effects make-up artist Shaune Harrison.
The railway is full of unexpected risks, and being on the tracks is more dangerous than people realise.
Protect yourself from catastrophic, life-changing injuries – or worse. Stay off the tracks. It’s just not worth it.
Tegan’s Story
16-year-old Tegan suffered a cardiac arrest, third-degree burns and her heart stopped beating for seven minutes when she ran across the tracks and fell onto the third rail.