The driver who passed A489 knew there was probably a train ahead of him
(it could have moved off). Nevertheless he failed to control his speed
and killed 12 people as a result.

If there was a train in the section ahead of him then why was he given
permission to move past the signal into that section in the first place
as
it seems to me the signal would have been red at that point even if
not broken. AFAICS all that was required was for control to tell the
driver to remain at said signal until the block ahead was clear, this
isn't rocket science.

B2003