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*[[Leighton Buzzard]]. 11 April 2011; Woman dies in a fire in toilet onboard the 16.25 [[London Midland]] service from Northampton to London Euston.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://news.sky.com/skynews/Article/201009115970478| date=11 April 2011 | title=Woman dies in train fire |work=Sky News}}</ref> |
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*[[Oxshott]], 5 November 2010; a cement mixer lorry falls off a road bridge, striking the 15:05 [[South West Trains]] service from [[Guildford (Surrey) railway station|Guildford]] to [[London Waterloo]]. Two people - a passenger and the lorry driver - are seriously injured, with a handful of other passengers receiving minor injuries. |
*[[Oxshott]], 5 November 2010; a cement mixer lorry falls off a road bridge, striking the 15:05 [[South West Trains]] service from [[Guildford (Surrey) railway station|Guildford]] to [[London Waterloo]]. Two people - a passenger and the lorry driver - are seriously injured, with a handful of other passengers receiving minor injuries. |
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*[[Gainsborough Line]], [[Bures]], [[Suffolk]], 17 August 2010; A [[National Express East Anglia]] [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''SuperSprinter'' unit]] (156417) collides with a lorry on a level-crossing on Sewage Works Roads in [[Little Cornard]] whilst working the 17:31 Sudbury - Marks Tey service.. Ten people are injured, three seriously. Three passengers and the driver were trapped in the wreckage. (See [[2010 Little Cornard derailment]]). |
*[[Gainsborough Line]], [[Bures]], [[Suffolk]], 17 August 2010; A [[National Express East Anglia]] [[British Rail Class 156|Class 156 ''SuperSprinter'' unit]] (156417) collides with a lorry on a level-crossing on Sewage Works Roads in [[Little Cornard]] whilst working the 17:31 Sudbury - Marks Tey service.. Ten people are injured, three seriously. Three passengers and the driver were trapped in the wreckage. (See [[2010 Little Cornard derailment]]). |
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This list is of railway accidents in the UK sorted chronologically. For a list sorted by death toll see List of United Kingdom rail accidents by death toll. It does not include incidents that did not involve rolling stock, such as the Oxford Circus fire of 1984 and the King's Cross fire of 1987.
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2010–present
- Oxshott, 5 November 2010; a cement mixer lorry falls off a road bridge, striking the 15:05 South West Trains service from Guildford to London Waterloo. Two people - a passenger and the lorry driver - are seriously injured, with a handful of other passengers receiving minor injuries.
- Gainsborough Line, Bures, Suffolk, 17 August 2010; A National Express East Anglia Class 156 SuperSprinter unit (156417) collides with a lorry on a level-crossing on Sewage Works Roads in Little Cornard whilst working the 17:31 Sudbury - Marks Tey service.. Ten people are injured, three seriously. Three passengers and the driver were trapped in the wreckage. (See 2010 Little Cornard derailment).
- West Highland Line, Falls of Cruachan, Ben Cruachan, Argyll and Bute, 6 June 2010; A ScotRail Class 156 SuperSprinter unit (156499) derails near Falls of Cruachan due to a landside whilst working service 1Y27, the 18:20 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban service. Eight people are injured. (See Falls of Cruachan derailment.[1]
- Midland Main Line, East Langton, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, 20 February 2010; An East Midlands Trains Class 222 Meridian unit (222005) derails at East Langton near to Market Harborough at high speed whilst working service 1F45, the 14:55 London St Pancras – Sheffield service.
- Far North Line, Dingwall, Highland, 22 January 2010; A Class 158 Express Sprinter unit (158701) derails at Dingwall whilst working the 17:15 Inverness to Ardgay service, leaving one passenger injured.[citation needed]
- Welsh Marches Line, Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefordshire, 16 January 2010; A Class 175 Coradia unit (175008) working the 08:30 Manchester Piccadilly – Milford Haven service operated by Arriva Trains Wales strikes two cars on a level-crossing between Hereford and Leominster, killing a passenger in one of the cars.[2] The line subsequently remained closed. An investigation is currently underway as to why the cars were on the track. Previously, during the day, there had been signalling problems at the level-crossing where the incident occurred.
- Highland Main Line, Carrbridge, Highlands, 4 January 2010; A freight train, hauled by DBS Class 66 locomotive 66048 (for Stobart Rail) derailed at Carrbridge and ran down an embankment. An investigation is under way.[3]
2000–2009
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- Cambrian Coast Line, just west of Penrhyndeudraeth, 2 September 2009. Network Rail locomotive 97303 hit a car on a private level crossing while working an ERTMS test, killing the car's occupant, 83 year old Sally Hudson, who lived in a house only accessible via the level crossing. A reduced service operated on the line for a day, with trains terminating at Harlech and Porthmadog.[4] The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. It was noted that while there was a telephone on site, it had not been used prior to the crash.[5]
- North Rode, Congleton, 18 December 2008; A 4x4 rolled onto the southbound track and was hit by an oncoming train. Part of the train derailed, leaving several passengers with minor injuries. Also caused severe delays and many cancellations.[6]
- Moor Bridge foot crossing, Bestwood, Nottinghamshire, 22 November 2008; A 56-year old woman and her seven year old grandson were struck by a train and killed while crossing the Robin Hood Line. An investigation was launched.[7]
- Weston Rhyn Crossing, between Gobowen and Chirk, Shropshire, 19 July 2008; An Arriva Trains Wales Class 158 Express Sprinter unit (158824) crashed into a tractor at a railway crossing whilst working the 16:46 Gobowen – Chester service. There were 3 injuries, but no deaths.
- Ivanhoe Line, Barrow-upon-Soar, Leicestershire, 1 February 2008; An East Midlands Trains Class 158 Express Sprinter unit (158856) working the 06:19 Nottingham to Norwich service hit a footbridge which had been knocked down by a tipper lorry delivering track ballast to land by the running track. The lorry driver and train driver were injured; the train driver suffered serious leg injuries. The only passenger injured suffered minor injuries.[8][9]
- Beattock Summit, 24 December 2007: Train carrying 240 people hit a sleeper while travelling at 80 mph. No reported injuries.
- Watlington, Norfolk, 8 December 2007: Two teenage boys were struck and killed by a train while walking on the line.
- King Edward VII Bridge, 10 May 2007; An EWS freight train derailed, causing major disruption along the Newcastle upon Tyne section of the East Coast Main Line. The cause was a combination of the track condition and a twisted wagon frame.[10]
- Swainsthorpe, 1 March 2007; 1 killed; car on level crossing
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- Grayrigg, West Coast Main Line, Cumbria, 23 February 2007; one killed, train derailed over a set of faulty points.
- Copmanthorpe, 25 September 2006; one killed; car crashed through lineside fence onto track, train hit wreckage.
- Elsenham, Essex, 5 December 2005; two teenage girls were killed by a train while using the station's pedestrian level crossing.
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, 10 July 2005; 1 killed - train driver: car on level crossing
- Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, 30 June 2005; collapse of tunnel during construction, narrowly avoiding commuter train, no injuries.
- Ufton Nervet, 6 November 2004; 7 killed, 150 injured: car on level crossing, (suicide)
- Nailsea & Backwell, 19 October 2004; A First Great Western Class 143 Pacer unit 143613 working a Weston-super-Mare to Bristol Temple Meads service operated by First Great Western caught fire just outside Nailsea & Backwell. All passengers manage to escape safely from the blaze and fled onto tracks.
- Tebay, 15 February 2004; 4 killed; 3 injured: runaway work trolley caused by misuse (faulty brakes); ran-down railway track-workers.
- Norton Bridge, 16 October 2003; 1 injured: train passed signal at red: rear-end collision
- King's Cross, 16 September 2003; GNER train derailed after routing onto track with missing rail
- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, 3 August 2003; 1 killed - train driver: car on level crossing
- Pershore, Worcestershire, 7 July 2003; 3 killed
- Dunhampstead (between Ashchurch and Bromsgrove), 8 April 2003; 1 killed (car driver); Royal Mail train from Plymouth to Low Fell struck car on level crossing (suicide).[11][12]
- Southall East, 24 November 2002; 31 injured: broken fishplate caused HST coach to derail; throwing ballast through windows.
- Potters Bar, 10 May 2002; 7 killed, 70 injured: undetected points fault; derailed carriage rolled, coming to rest on platforms.[13]
- Nocton, Lincolnshire, 28 February 2002; 1 killed in van, 14 injured on train; after van crashed through wall and fell onto track
- Tisbury, 2 July 2001; 1 injured (train driver): Lorry became stuck on level crossing and was struck by commuter train.[14][15]
- Hither Green (2001), 12 March 2001; train passed signal at danger; hit train from behind. (Distinguish from 1967 crash.)
- Selby (Great Heck), 28 February 2001; 10 killed, 80+ injured: Land Rover driver fell asleep and ran down embankment onto track; train hit wreckage, and subsequently collided with freight train
- Welwyn Garden City, 28 November 2000; 1 injured (train driver): empty Class 313 EMU derails; narrowly missing a drop into the bus station
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- Lawrence Hill, 1 November 2000; driver injured; an empty mail train passed red lights and hit the back of a loaded coal train
- Hatfield, 17 October 2000; 4 killed, 35 injured: derailment caused by broken rail; restaurant coach hit overhead catenary stanchion
1990–1999
- Ladbroke Grove rail crash, 5 October 1999; 31 killed, 400 injured: driver passed signal at danger; head-on collision and fire; allegations that signal (SN109) was hard to see.[16]
- Winsford rail crash, 23 June 1999; 31 injured: train passed red signal; rear-end collision
- Spa Road Junction rail crash, 8 January 1999; 4 injured: train passed signal at danger, converging collision: driver error
- Southall rail crash, 19 September 1997; 6 killed, 150 injured: signal passed at danger; collided with freight train crossing path; driver inattention and faulty Automatic Warning System equipment.[17]
- Bexley derailment, 4 February 1997; 4 injured: derailment; overloaded train and poor track maintenance
- Watford rail crash, 8 August 1996; 1 killed, 69 injured: driver passed signal at danger, rear-end collision.[18]
- Stafford rail crash (1996), 8 March 1996; 1 killed, 22 injured: axle box failure, train derailed across other tracks, mail train hit wreckage
- Royal Oak tube station, 10 November 1995; 1 injured
- Largs railway station, 11 July 1995; train hit temporary buffers during station rebuild; wreckage travelled through shops at the front of the station onto Largs Main Street.
- Ais Gill rail crash (1995), 31 January 1995; 1 killed, 30 injured: train hit landslide; oncoming train hit wreckage.[19]
- Cowden rail crash, October 1994; 5 killed, 12 injured: train passed dirty poorly-lit signal at danger; head-on collision.[20]
- Morpeth rail crash 1994, 27 June 1994; 1 injured: excessive speed on curve
- Greenock rail crash, 25 June 1994; 2 killed: train derailed by concrete blocks placed on track; vandalism
- Maidstone East railway station, 6 September 1993; freight train derailed on curve due to excessive speed; driver later failed a breathalyser test
- Morpeth rail crash 1992, 13 November 1992; 1 killed: light engine hit train in rear; driver of light engine misunderstood signal operator's instruction
- Appleford level crossing, 3 December 1991; 1 injured
- River Severn rail crash, 7 December 1991; 100 injured: rear-end collision, cause uncertain.[21]
- Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident July 1991; 4 killed, 22 injured: head-on collision at junction.[22]
- Cannon Street Station rail crash, 8 January 1991; 2 killed, 240 injured: train hit buffer stop: allegations of driver being intoxicated by a non-prescribed drug
- Stafford rail crash (1990), August 1990; 1 killed, 35 injured: train passed signal at danger, rear-end collision: drunk driver, allegations excessive working hours
- Carr Lane, Doncaster, 19 June 1990: 1 adult and 2 children killed when struck by HST on unprotected pedestrian crossing.
1980–1989
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Station rail crash, 30 November 1989; 15 injured
- Glasgow rail crash, 6 March 1989; 2 killed: Inattention by driver ("ding-ding, and away"); head-on collision.[23]
- Purley Station rail crash, 4 March 1989; 5 killed, 90 injured: Missed distant signal, over-ran signal at danger; rear-end collision, part of train down embankment.[24]
- Clapham Junction rail crash, 12 December 1988; 35 killed, 100+ injured: rear-end collision, on-coming train ran into wreckage: wrong-side failure in signalling equipment.[25]
- St. Helens rail crash, November 1988; 1 killed, 18 injured
- Docklands Light Railway March 1987; no injuries: train under test crashed through buffers at Island Gardens station.
- Forest Gate rail crash, October 1987; 14 injured: 2 trains collided
- River Towy rail crash, 19 October 1987; 4 killed: river flood washed bridge away; train fell in river.[26]
- North Berwick rail crash, 1986; 4 injured
- Colwich rail crash, 19 September 1986; 1 killed 60 injured: head-on collision at converging route: driver failed to read a notification regarding recent signalling changes; mis-read signals.[27]
- Lockington rail crash, 26 July 1986; 9 killed, 11 injured; road vehicle on level crossing
- Motherwell, 15 June 1986; 12 injured: defective and poorly maintained track coupled with hot weather. At approximately 16.31 on Sunday, 15 June 1986, the 16.10 Glasgow Central to London Euston passenger train became derailed on the approach to Motherwell Station.
- Chinley, 9 March 1986; 1 killed 31 injured
- Summit tunnel fire, 20 December 1984; 0 injured: faulty axle box caused derailment of petrol tanker train in tunnel; fire
- Eccles rail crash (1984), 4 December 1984; 3 killed, 68 injured: Inattention by driver; signal passed at danger, rear-end collision
- Wembley Central rail crash, 11 October 1984 3 killed, 18 injured: collision: signal passed at danger; drivers mental state incapacitated due medical condition occurring
- Polmont rail crash, 30 July 1984; 13 killed, 44 injured: leading DBSO of Edinburgh to Glasgow train hit stray cow on line, total train derailed
- Morpeth, 24 June 1984; 35 injured: excessive speed: sleeping car train derailed: driver intoxicated.[28]
- Wrawby Junction rail crash, 9 December 1983; passenger train derailed with front coach onto its side and freight collided after accidentally signalled through at danger
- Forteviot, 4 May 1982; 31 injured: vehicle on farm crossing, train derailed
- Seer Green rail crash, 11 December 1981; 4 killed, 5 injured: signalman misread equipment; excess speed after driver authorised to pass signal at danger; rear-end collision, snow
- Holborn rail crash, July 1980; 1 injured: Inattention by driver; signal passed at danger, rear-end collision
- Dunmurry train explosion, January 1980; 3 killed, 5 injured: Terrorist action; premature detonation of IRA bomb.
1970–1979
- Invergowrie rail crash, 22 October 1979; 5 killed, 52 injured: preceding train stopped due to traction motor fire; following train ran into rear; poorly maintained signalling equipment.[29]
- Paisley Gilmour Street rail crash, 16 April 1979; 7 killed, 67 injured: Inattention by driver ("ding-ding, and away"); head-on collision
- Penmanshiel Tunnel, 10 March 1979; 2 killed: tunnel on the East Coast Main Line collapsed during works to increase the loading gauge, killing 2 construction workers. Tunnel abandoned and new alignment cut
- Naas level crossing, Gloucester, 1 March 1979: 3 killed, 5 injured: waste lorry driver crossed unmanned crossing in front of Cardiff to Newcastle passenger train, train crew and lorry driver killed.[30]
- Between Hassocks and Preston Park, 19 December 1978; 3 killed, 57 injured: preceding train stopped at red signal north of Patcham Tunnel, following train ran into rear; inattention by driver, failure to slow after caution signal then failure to stop at protecting signal showing no aspect due to failure (as per rule book requirements)
- Taunton train fire, 6 July 1978; 12 killed, 19 injured: dirty linen stacked against electric heater, (victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning); locked doors.[31]
- Shippea Hill; A passenger train collided with a lorry on an unmanned level crossing. 1 killed, several injured.
- Nuneaton rail crash, 6 June 1975; 6 killed, 67 injured: derailed from excessive speed: temporary speed limit equipment faulty and inattention by driver
- Moorgate Underground rail crash, 28 February 1975; 43 killed, 74 injured: driver ran through station into blind end of tunnel at speed: cause unexplained.[32]
- Watford Junction rail crash, 23 January 1975; 1 killed, 11 injured: express derailed by a steel stillage that had fallen from a previous freight train; then hit by another express
- Ealing rail crash, 19 December 1973; 10 killed, 94 injured: battery box door fell open, hit lineside equipment which operated points under train.[33]
- Shields Junction near Glasgow, 30 August 1973; 5 killed, 51 injured; collision between two passenger trains followed by fire; no clear cause, although driver possibly suffered heart attack
- Eltham Well Hall rail crash, 11 June 1972; 6 killed, 126 injured: excessive speed on curve: driver intoxicated, assistant driver inexperienced and with no route knowledge
- Chester General Rail Crash station, 8 May 1972; 2 injured: 'train brake' failure, runaway freight train (partly fuel oils) hit empty passenger train, damaged station, fire
- Tattenhall Junction, 2 July 1971; 2 killed, 26 injured: school excursion train derailed; buckled track
- Haughley Green, 13 March 1971; 1 injured (driver): power unit of locomotive no. 1562, which had been uprated on an experimental basis, exploded while hauling a Liverpool Street to Norwich express[34]
- Audenshaw Junction rail crash, 20 May 1970; 2 killed, 13 injured: points changed under train; signalman tampered with equipment to speed up working
1960–1969
- Morpeth (1969), 7 May 1969; 6 killed, 121 injured: driver inattention, excessive speed on curve
- Monmore Green, Wolverhampton, 8 April 1969; 2 killed, 30 injured: freight train struck head-on by a passenger train which accidentally passed a signal at danger; subsequent fire
- Marden rail crash, Marden, Kent, 4 January 1969; 4 killed, 11 injured: express passenger train ran past signal at danger in fog and collided with a parcels train
- Sandridge, Hertfordshire, 12 June 1968; 2 killed, 10 injured: fire on diesel multiple unit after gearbox failure damaged fuel tank; poor maintenance
- Hixon rail crash, Staffordshire, 6 January 1968; 11 killed, 27 injured: multiple issues resulting from the (then recent) installation of automatic (train operated) un-monitored level crossings by British Rail; express passenger train collided with road-transporter carrying 110-ton transformer.[35]
- Hither Green rail crash, 5 November 1967; 49 killed, 78 injured: broken rail, poor track maintenance; derailment at 70 mph.[36]
- Foxhall Junction, Didcot, 27 September 1967; 1 killed, 23 injured: excessive speed through crossover (O. S. Nock was a passenger).[37]
- Thirsk rail crash (1967), 31 July 1967; 7 killed, 45 injured: freight train derailment fouled adjacent track; following train ran into wreckage
- Maidstone East, 17 July 1967; 13 injured: freight train passed a signal at danger and ran into the rear of a stationary passenger train; error by guard resulted in inadequate brake power; excessive speed
- Connington South rail crash, Huntingdonshire, 5 March 1967; 5 killed, 18 injured: signal operator wilfully defeated interlocking and moved facing points while passenger train was passing over them
- Stechford rail crash, 28 February 1967; 9 killed, 16 injured: misunderstood hand signal coupled with an unauthorised movement: locomotive moved onto running line in path of oncoming train
- Bridgend, 17 December 1965; 2 killed: locomotive derailed due to landslide whilst hauling empty coach train; run into by freight train
- Coton Hill rail crash, Shrewsbury, 11 January 1965; 1 killed, 2 injured: driver of goods train failed to obey stop sign, derailed on trap points and crashed through Coton Hill signal box
- Cheadle Hulme, 28 May 1964; 3 killed, ?? injured: speed on curve
- Itchingfield Junction, West Sussex 5 March 1964; 2 killed (crew of up goods): collision between up goods (Brighton to Three Bridges, diverted via Steyning line) which overran signals and down goods (Three Bridge to Chichester).
- Knowle and Dorridge rail crash, 15 August 1963; 3 killed, 3 injured: express ran into freight train due to signaller error
- Coppenhall Junction, 26 December 1962; 18 killed, 34 injured: express hit express in rear: lineside gear frozen or snow-blocked, driver should have phoned but phone was out of order
- Lincoln rail crash, 3 June 1962; 3 killed, 7 injured: speed on curve: driver unaccustomed to diesel engine and did not know route
- Singleton Bank rail crash, Lancashire, 16 July 1961; 7 killed, 116 injured: signalman let train enter section of line under engineer's possession; hit ballast train
- Royton, Greater Manchester, February 1961; runaway train crashed through buffers and demolished a pair of terraced houses
- Settle rail crash, 21 January 1960; 5 killed: slide-bar of locomotive fell off due to missing bolts; connecting rod became detached, destroying adjacent track; oncoming goods train deflected into side of passenger train.
1946–1959
- Eastbourne station rail crash, 25 August 1958; 5 killed, 22 serious injuries and 18 minor.
- Dagenham East rail crash, 30 January 1958; 10 killed: passed red signal in fog, rear-end collision
- Lewisham rail crash, 4 December 1957; 90 killed, 173 injured: driver missed signals in fog, rear-end collision, then overbridge fell on wreckage.[38]
- Welwyn Garden City rail crash (1957), 7 January 1957; 1 killed, 25 injured: signals ignored in fog, rear-end collision with another passenger train.[39]
- Luton, 22 December 1955; 1 killed, 50 injured
- Barnes rail crash, 2 December 1955; 13 killed, 35 injured: rear-end collision because signalman mishandled block apparatus
- Milton rail crash, 20 November 1955; 11 killed, 157 injured
- Sutton Coldfield rail crash, 23 January 1955; 17 killed, 43 injured: train on diversionary route, pilot driver with route knowledge was unfamiliar with type of loco, speed on curve, train strewn over platforms
- Banbury to Eastleigh Goods train derailment, 23 September 1954; driver lost control near Whitchurch and engine ran through catch point and down embankment. No one injured.
- Goswick derailment 28 October 1953; the Glasgow to Colchester express passenger train was derailed at Goswick and one person was injured.[40][41]
- Irk Valley Junction rail crash near Manchester, 15 August 1953; 10 killed, 60 injured
- Stratford tube crash, 8 April 1953; 12 killed: rear-end collision: trains being worked without signals because of damaged signals
- Harrow and Wealdstone railway accident station, 8 October 1952; 112 killed, 340 injured: train ignored signals, rear-end collision, then train the other way ran into wreckage.[42]
- Weedon, 21 September 1951; 15 Killed, 26 injured: jammed axlebox caused derailment
- Doncaster rail crash, 16 March 1951; 14 killed, 12 seriously injured and 17 minor injuries. Southbound express to London derailed shortly after leaving Doncaster and struck a bridge.
- Penmaenmawr, 27 August 1950: 6 killed: Irish Mail sleeper service collides with shunting locomotive.
- Motspur Park, 6 November 1947; 4 killed, 12 injured
- Goswick rail crash, 27 October 1947; 27 killed: excess speed on diversion turnout because driver had not read a warning notice
- South Croydon rail crash, 24 October 1947; 32 killed, 183 injured: fog caused signalman's error caused rear-end collision.[43]
- Lambrigg Crossing signal box between Grayrigg and Oxenholme, 18 May 1947; express driver missed a signal while looking in his food box, hit light engine: 4 in hospital, 34 minor injuries.[44][45]
- Potters Bar, 10 February 1946; driver error, compounded by signaller's error. A passenger train hit the buffers at Potters Bar station, and the derailed carriages fouled the main line. Two express trains then hit the wreckage. 2 fatalities, 17 injured.[46]
- Lichfield rail crash, 1 January 1946; 20 killed, 21 injured
1920–1945
- Bourne End, 30 September 1945; 43 killed, 64 injured: excess speed on turnout
- King's Cross railway accident, 4 February 1945; 2 killed, 26 injured: loco slipped to stand in tunnel, train rolled back into station[47]
- Soham rail disaster, 2 June 1944; 2 killed, 29 injured: explosion of wagon containing ammunition
- Cowlairs East Junction collision, 2 February 1942, 13 killed, 63 injured[48]
- Eccles rail crash (1941), 30 December 1941; 23 killed: train passed red signal in fog and wartime blackout, collision on crossing
- Dolphin Junction, 2 July 1941; 5 killed, 6 injured: signalman failed to notice train.[49]
- Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940), 4 November 1940; 27 killed: driver misunderstood signal layout, drove off track.[50]
- Watford, February 1940; 1 killed: landslide, embankment slid onto track.[51]
- Castlecary rail crash, 10 December 1937; 35 killed, 179 injured: whiteout in snowy night and snow blocked points, rear-end collision.[52]
- Battersea Park rail crash (1937), 2 April 1937; 10 killed, 17 injured. Signalling error.[53]
- Shrivenham, 15 January 1936; 2 killed, 10 injured: train collided with breakaway wagons.[54][55]
- Welwyn Garden City rail crash, 15 June 1935; 13 killed, 85 injured: rear-end collision caused by signalman's error
- Winwick rail crash, 28 September 1934; 12 killed: collision at junction: overloaded signalman, mistake by his assistant lad
- Glasgow, 6 September 1934; head on collision, 9 killed, 11 seriously injured[56]
- Raynes Park, 25 May 1933; 5 killed: train derailed due to uncompleted track maintenance.[57]
- Linslade, 22 March 1931; 6 killed: train derailed due to driver exceeding speed limit on slow lines.
- Lawrence Hill, 9 January 1930; 1 killed: rear collision – signalman incorrectly accepted next train.[58]
- Ashchurch January 1929; 4 killed: signal overrun.[59]
- Charfield railway disaster, Gloucestershire, 13 October 1928; 15 killed {estimate: 11 known dead}: night mail train hit shunting freight train.[60]
- New Tredegar, 9 October 1928; 1 killed, 14 injured: during temporary single-line working, signalman allowed train up to signal which it failed to stop at, colliding with train running the other way (first passenger fatality on GWR since 1916).[61]
- London Bridge, 9 July 1928; 2 killed: driver of light engine misread signals.[62]
- Darlington rail crash, 27 June 1928; 25 killed: head-on collision caused by inexperienced driver's error
- Sevenoaks railway accident, 24 August 1927; 13 killed, derailment.[63][64][65]
- Penistone, 27 February 1927: engine being run round train obeyed green signal meant for express coming through: collision
- Hull Paragon rail accident, 14 February 1927; 12 killed, 24 seriously injured: Head on collision caused by signalling error.[66]
- Parkgate and Rawmarsh railway station 19 November 1926; 9 killed in derailment and collision[67]
- Naworth Crossing, 30 August 1926; collision with charabanc on crossing; 9 killed[68]
- Lytham rail crash, 3 November 1924; locomotive tyre fracture; 14 killed
- Abermule train collision, 26 January 1921; 17 killed, 36 injured; head-on collision on single line, inattention to proper procedures.[69]
1900–1919
- Crewe, 17 November 1919; passenger train hit buffer stops
- Little Salkeld rail accident, 19 January 1918; 7 killed, landslip blocked line.[70]
- Bere Ferrers rail accident, Devon, 24 September 1917; 10 killed: New Zealand troops alighted via wrong side and onto track, were hit by another train
- Ratho rail crash, 3 January 1917; 12 killed.[71]
- Penistone, 2 February 1916: Penistone end of the viaduct north of station: embankment and end arch fell, and an engine with it
- St Bedes Junction rail crash, 17 December 1915; 19 killed, 81 injured; double collision sent trains down embankment and fire consumed some of the wreckage; procedural failures by driver and signalman.[72]
- Weedon, 14 August 1915; 10 killed, 21 injured
- Quintinshill rail crash, 22 May 1915; 226 killed (Lt Col Druitt's official report into the accident gives the figure as 227; he gave the number of troops killed as 215 which was later revised downwards by the Battalion to 214), 246 injured: troop train hit local standing train and 2 coal trains; another train hit wreckage: mistakes by signalmen.[73]
- Ilford rail crash, 1 January 1915; 10 killed, driver missed danger signals.[74]
- Carrbridge rail crash, 18 June 1914; 5 killed, 10 injured: bridge collapsed after torrential rain
- Reading 17 June 1914; 1 killed: train passed danger signal.[75]
- Burntisland, Fife, 14 April 1914; 1 killed, 12 injured: Edinburgh to Aberdeen train collided with the Dundee goods train
- 1913 Ais Gill rail accident, 1 September 1913; 14 killed, 38 injured: train passed red signal, rear-end collision; underpowered engines and bad coal.[76]
- Ditton Junction rail crash; 17 September 1912; 15 killed.[77]
- Pontypridd railway accident, 23 January 1911; 11 killed (rear collision)
- Hawes Junction rail crash, 24 December 1910; 12 killed: train hit 2 light engines; too much traffic overloaded signalman.[78]
- Coulsdon North (then called Stoats Nest), 29 January 1910; 7 killed
- Cardiff, Wales, 21 April 1909; 3 killed – (Boiler explosion)
- Shrewsbury rail accident, 15 October 1907; 18 killed: derailment, speed on curve.[79]
- Dore railway station, 9 October 1907; 2 injured; train fouled on points
- Newport rail accident, 29 September 1907; 1 killed, 12 injured: collision[citation needed]
- Elliot Junction rail accident, 28 December 1906; 22 killed: collision in blizzard
- Grantham rail accident, 19 September 1906; 13 killed, 17 injured (derailment).[80]
- Salisbury rail crash, 30 June 1906; 28 killed (24 passengers, 4 crew): express derailed due to speed on curve, hit milk train.[81]
- Charing Cross roof collapse, London, 5 December 1905; 6 killed
- Witham rail crash, Essex, 1 September 1905; 11 killed (derailment)
- Hall Road rail accident, 10 July 1905; 20 killed: electric trains collided
- Cudworth, South Yorkshire, 19 January 1905 Collision of two Midland Railway trains with a third, in fog. Seven killed.
- Aylesbury station, 23 December 1904; 4 killed (driver, secondman, 2 Royal Mail employees): mail train in fog and dark before dawn; unfamiliar driver went too fast on sharp curve entering station; train ended strewn over up platform: thankfully no passengers there.[82] (The track was relaid afterwards to ease the curve.)
- Glasgow St Enoch rail crash, 27 July 1903; 16 killed 27 injured: train ran into buffer stops
- Slough rail accident, 16 June 1900; 5 killed, 35 injured. Express passed signal at danger and collided with local train standing in station.
- Glasgow,23 March 1900; 7 killed: Collision[71]
1880–1899
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- Wrawby Junction rail crash (1898), 17 October 1898; 8 killed [83]
- Wellingborough rail accident, 2 September 1898; 7 killed 65 injured, luggage trolley fell off platform onto rails and derailed passing express.[84][85]
- Penistone station, 10 October 1897; 1 dead, 2 injured: light locomotive collided with a carriage
- Welshampton rail accident, 11 June 1897; 11 killed (derailment)
- Menheniot, 15 November 1897; reconstruction of Trevido Viaduct: accident raising a heavy timber: 2 killed
- Menheniot, 9 February 1897; reconstruction of Coldrennick Viaduct: workman's platform fell: 12 killed
- Preston, 15 August 1896; 1 killed: excessive speed on curve.[86]
- Snowdon Mountain Railway, 6 April 1896; 1 killed: derailment from runaway on hill
- Chelford rail accident, 22 December 1894; 14 killed: wind blew a truck into path of express
- Llantrisant rail accident, 12 August 1893; 13 killed (train down an embankment)
- Thirsk rail crash (1892), 2 November 1892; 10 killed: rear-end collision: mistake by signalman who was very sleepy because of acute family crisis
- Esholt Junction rail crash, 9 June 1892; 5 killed; two trains collide at the junction, caused by unsafe procedures and a signal obscured by vegetation.
- Norwood Junction crash, 1 May 1891; one broken ankle: cast-iron under-bridge broke under an express train
- Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1890), 10 November 1890; ten killed
- Carlisle, 4 March 1890; 4 killed; Brakes misapplied.[87]
- Armagh rail disaster, 12 June 1889; 80 killed, 170 injured: runaway carriages collide with following train.[88][89]
- Penistone (Huddersfield Junction), 30 March 1889; 1 killed, many injured: passenger train engine broke axle and derailed on points. Then a mail train collided slightly with fallen engine.
- Hexthorpe rail accident, 16 September 1887; 25 killed, 94 injured: express ran into stationary race train.[90]
- Penistone, September 1887: engine hit train too hard when backing onto it to couple up
- Penistone, 1 September 1886: 20 passengers slightly injured: engine hit train too hard when backing onto it to couple up
- Penistone (Barnsley Junction), 1 January 1885 4 killed: excursion train passing empty coal train; a coal truck broke axle, derailed, fouled the excursion
- Penistone (Bullhouse Bridge) rail accident, 16 July 1884: 24 killed. 60 injured: engine broke axle, derailed, train fell off embankment.[91]
- Downton, Wiltshire, 3 June 1884; 4 killed, 41 injured: derailment caused by excessive speed over poor quality track[92]
- Penistone station, 8 December 1882: 2 injured: accident during shunting
- Inverythan crash, 27 November 1882; 5 killed: bridge fell under train
- Blackburn, 8 August 1881; 7 killed: Collision[71]
- Wennington Junction rail crash, 11 August 1880; 8 killed: derailment.[93][94]
1850–1879
- Tay Bridge disaster, 28 December 1879; 75 killed {estimate-60 known dead}: bridge fell in gale under train
- Pontypridd, 19 October 1878; 13 killed after a collision
- Morpeth 1877, 25 March 1877; Kings Cross to Edinburgh train derailed on curve whilst travelling at 25 miles per hour.
- Radstock rail accident, 7 August 1876; 15 killed: head-on collision on single track: superintendent overloaded by holiday traffic[95]
- Abbots Ripton rail disaster, 21 January 1876; 14 killed: rear-end collision: snow stuck slotted signals in clear position.[96]
- Kildwick and Cross Hills rail crash, 28 August 1875, 5 killed, 40 injured
- Shipton-on-Cherwell train crash, 24 December 1874; 34 killed, 69 injured: carriage tyre broke, derailed train on bridge over canal
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- Thorpe rail accident, 10 September 1874; 25 killed, 73 injured: head-on collision on single-track line.[97]
- Bo'ness Junction rail crash, 27 January 1874 16 killed (express and mineral trains collide)
- Menheniot, 2 December 1873 – head on collision on single line; 1 driver killed[98]: misunderstood signalman's verbal order
- Wigan rail crash, 2 August 1873; 13 killed, 30 injured.[99]
- Kirtlebridge rail crash, 2 October 1872; 12 killed
- Hatfield rail crash (1870), 26 December 1870; 8 killed, carriage wheel failure caused train separation[100]
- Stairfoot rail accident, 12 December 1870; 15 killed, 59 injured (train divided)
- Brockley Whins, 6 December 1870; 5 killed, 57 injured[101]
- Harrow, 26 November 1870; 7 killed: signal overrun in fog.[102][71]
- Newark rail crash, 20 June 1870; 18 killed (excursion train and freight train collided)
- Long Eaton,9 October 1869; 7 killed: Collision[71]
- Dalton Junction rail crash; axle break derails Night Mail, 4 injured slightly
- Abergele train disaster, 20 August 1868; 33 killed.[103]
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- Warrington rail crash, 29 June 1867; 8 killed.[71]
- Staplehurst rail crash, 9 June 1865; 10 killed, 49 injured: train ran over bridge where rails removed for work; bridge broke. Charles Dickens was a passenger.[104]
- Rednal rail crash, 7 June 1865, 11 killed, 30 injured; excursion train failed to see warning flag for track maintenance.[105]
- Blackheath Tunnel, 16 December 1864, 5 killed.[106]
- Egham, 7 June 1864; 7 killed: Collision[71]
- King's Lynn, 3 August 1863; 7 killed: Derailment[71]
- Winchburgh rail crash, 13 October 1862; 15 killed (collision in deep cutting)
- Portswood rail accident, 6 December 1861; 1 killed
- Kentish Town rail accident, 2 September 1861; 16 killed (passenger and freight trains collide);[107]
- Clayton Tunnel rail crash, 25 August 1861; 23 killed, 176 injured: train hit stationary train in tunnel: needed nonexistent signal "Is second train out of tunnel?".[108]
- Wooton Bridge Collapse, 11 June 1860; cast iron girders broke, 2 killed on freight train
- Atherstone rail accident, 16 November 1860; ten killed
- Helmshore rail accident, 4 September 1860; 11 people killed (collision)
- Tottenham station; 20 February; 7 killed, locomotive wheel failure[109]
- Gloucester, 17 February 1860: PC William Goatman of the Midland Railway Police dies: hit by goods train while crossing railway lines
- Round Oak rail accident, 23 August 1858; 14 killed (divided train)
- Lewisham rail crash (1857) in South London, 28 June 1857: 11 people are killed when two trains collide
- Reading, 12 September 1855; driver and 7 passengers killed, 7 more seriously injured: head-on collision between light engine running on wrong line and passenger train[110][111]
- Straffan rail accident, 5 October 1853; 18 killed: collision.[112]
- Dixon Fold railway station, 4 March 1853; 6 killed, Locomotive wheel failure.[113][114]
- Burnley railway station, 12 July 1852; 4 killed, 'a great number' injured.[115][116]
- Bishopstoke rail accident 13 March 1852; driver killed
- Bicester, Oxfordshire 6 September 1851; 6 killed, train misrouted[117]
- Falmer, Sussex, 6 June 1851; 5 killed, obstruction by debris[118]
- Sutton Tunnel railway accident, Cheshire, 30 April 1851; 9 killed, 30–40 injured
- Cowlairs, Glasgow, 1 August 1950; 5 killed, 10 injured[119]
Before 1850
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- Hemerdon, 27 June 1849; boiler explosion[120]
- Rockcliffe, Dumfries and Galloway, 10 February 1849; 5 killed[121]
- Shrivenham station, 10 May 1848; 6 killed, 13 injured; express struck horse-box and cattle-van[122][123]
- Wolverton, 5 June 1847; 7 killed: 'turned into siding'[71]
- Southall, 24 May 1847; 2 killed: broken locomotive tyre[124]
- Dee bridge disaster, 24 May 1847; 5 killed, 16 injured: bridge collapsed into the river at Chester[125][126][127]
- Tonbridge, 1 January 1846; 1 killed (driver): bridge collapsed into River Medway[128]
- Penistone, 6 October 1845: main line train hit a cow, train derailed, passengers shaken, cow killed.
- Beeston, Nottinghamshire, November 1844, 15–20 injured
- Anerley, 4 October 1844; 15 injured
- Cudworth, near Barnsley, North Midland Railway, 12 January 1843; 1 killed
- Barnsley railway station, 6 January 1843; Luggage train ran into back of the Leeds train "all carriages were smashed to pieces"; the head of the only passenger was "cut completely off"[129]
- Railway accident at Sonning Cutting, 24 December 1841; 8 killed, 17 injured: train ran into landslide caused by heavy rain[130][131]
- Hartford, Northwich, 29 October 1841; 1 killed
- Wootton Bassett, 7 September 1841; 6 injured: train derailed in landslip[132]
- Bromsgrove railway station, 10 November 1840; 2 killed; Boiler explosion[133]
- Faringdon Road, 25 October 1840; 1 killed, 4 injured: driver asleep at controls[134]
- Howden rail crash, Yorkshire, 7 August 1840; 4 killed: big casting fell from wagon and derailed carriages[135]
- Whiston, 12 July 1839; 2 killed.[citation needed]
- Harrow on the Hill, 7 August 1838; death of Thomas Port, run over by train[136]
- Wetheral, 3 December 1836; 3 killed
- Bagworth, 4 May 1833: collision with farmer's cart on level crossing, led to the invention of the locomotive whistle[137]
- Newton Junction, April 1831: PC Bates of the Liverpool and Manchester railway police force caused an accident when he failed to change a set of points when asleep at his post; he was fined £3 by magistrates for this.
- Parkside, 15 September 1830; William Huskisson was first death on public railway at opening of Liverpool and Manchester Railway when he was run down by Stephenson's Rocket.[138][139][140]
- Philadelphia (UK) boiler explosion 1815; boiler explosion of "Brunton's Mechanical Traveller" on a plateway; 16 killed, mainly sightseers.
See also
- List of British rail accidents by death toll
- List of rail accidents worldwide:
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