Brake, a charity which fights for improved safety measures on roads, says all that has been done at the crash site where the M62 crosses the east coast main line is to place wire cages full of stones half way down the embankment.

Mary Williams, chief executive of Brake, says while these would stop a vehicle following the exact path to the railway line taken by Gary Hart they might not stop a lorry which jack-knifed on the motorway.

Mrs Williams wants the safety barriers at all motorway bridges to be lengthened.

Gary Hart was jailed for five years

Ten people died in February 2001 when Hart's Land Rover and trailer slid down the exbankment into the path of a train.

A second train crashed into the wreckage.

Mrs Williams says: "Ten people lost their lives last year because of inadequate crash barriers and nothing has been done about it."

Hart, of Strubby, Lincolnshire, was jailed for five years after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.

Reassure travellers

The government's Highways Agency says the the current safety measures on the M62 at Great Heck are adequate.

A spokeswoman said the cages filled with stones have been placed there merely to reassure travellers.

Further guidance about how to assess risks at road bridges which cross railway lines is being prepared.