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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.

2010-present

2000–2009

Grayrigg derailment, 23 February 2007
Royal Mail train slammed into the back of a loaded coal train at Lawrence Hill station, 1 November 2000
  • 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

1980–1989

  • Newcastle Central Station, 30 November 1989; 15 injured
  • Bellgrove (Glasgow), 6 March 1989; 2 killed: Inattention by driver ("ding-ding, and away"); head-on collision.[21]
  • Purley Station, 4 March 1989; 5 killed, 90 injured: Missed distant signal, over-ran signal at danger; rear-end collision, part of train down embankment.[22]
  • Clapham Junction, 12 December 1988; 35 killed, 100+ injured: rear-end collision, on-coming train ran into wreckage: wrong-side failure in signalling equipment.[23]
  • St. Helens, 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, October 1987; 14 injured: 2 trains collided
  • River Towy, 19 October 1987; 4 killed: river flood washed bridge away; train fell in river.[24]
  • North Berwick, 1986; 4 injured
  • Colwich, 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.[25]
  • Lockington, 26 July 1986; 9 killed, 11 injured; road vehicle on level crossing
  • Summit Tunnel fire, 20 December 1984; 0 injured: faulty axle box caused derailment of petrol tanker train in tunnel; fire
  • Eccles, 4 December 1984; 3 killed, 68 injured: Inattention by driver; signal passed at danger, rear-end collision
  • Wembley Central, 11 October 1984 3 killed, 18 injured: collision: signal passed at danger; drivers mental state incapacitated due medical condition occurring
  • Polmont, 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.[26]
  • Wrawby Junction, 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, 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, 22 October 1979; 5 killed, 52 injured: preceding train stopped due to traction motor fire; following train ran into rear; poorly maintained signalling equipment.[27]
  • Paisley Gilmour Street, 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 paassenger train, train crew and lorry driver killed.[28]
  • 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 sleeping car fire, 6 July 1978; 12 killed, 19 injured: dirty linen stacked against electric heater, (victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning); locked doors.[29]
  • Shippea Hill; A passenger train collided with a lorry on an unmanned level crossing. 1 killed, several injured.
  • Nuneaton, 6 June 1975; 6 killed, 67 injured: derailed from excessive speed: temporary speed limit equipment faulty and inattention by driver
  • Moorgate Underground, 28 February 1975; 43 killed, 74 injured: driver ran through station into blind end of tunnel at speed: cause unexplained.[30]
  • Watford Junction, 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, 19 December 1973; 10 killed, 94 injured: battery box door fell open, hit lineside equipment which operated points under train.[31]
  • 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, 11 June 1972; 6 killed, 126 injured: excessive speed on curve: driver intoxicated, assistant driver inexperienced and with no route knowledge
  • Chester 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[32]
  • Audenshaw Junction, 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, 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, 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.[33]
  • Hither Green, 5 November 1967; 49 killed, 78 injured: broken rail, poor track maintenance; derailment at 70 mph.[34]
  • Foxhall Junction, Didcot, 27 September 1967; 1 killed, 23 injured: excessive speed through crossover (O. S. Nock was a passenger).[35]
  • Thirsk (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
  • Conington, 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, 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, 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
  • Knowle and Dorridge, 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, 3 June 1962; 3 killed, 7 injured: speed on curve: driver unaccustomed to diesel engine and did not know route
  • Singleton, 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, 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

  • Dagenham East, 30 January 1958; 10 killed: passed red signal in fog, rear-end collision
  • Lewisham, 4 December 1957; 90 killed, 173 injured: driver missed signals in fog, rear-end collision, then overbridge fell on wreckage.[36]
  • Luton, 22 December 1955; 1 killed, 50 injured
  • Barnes, 2 December 1955; 13 killed, 35 injured: rear-end collision because signalman mishandled block apparatus
  • Milton, 20 November 1955; 11 killed, 157 injured
  • Sutton Coldfield, 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
  • Irk Valley Junction near Manchester, 15 August 1953; 10 killed, 60 injured
  • Stratford (Underground), London, 8 April 1953; 12 killed: rear-end collision: trains being worked without signals because of damaged signals
  • Harrow and Wealdstone station, 8 October 1952; 112 killed, 340 injured: train ignored signals, rear-end collision, then train the other way ran into wreckage.[37]
  • Weedon, 21 September 1951:15 Killed, 26 injured: jammed axlebox caused derailment
  • Doncaster, 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, August 1950: 6 killed on Irish Mail sleeper service
  • Motspur Park, 6 November 1947; 4 killed, 12 injured
  • Goswick, 27 October 1947; 27 killed: excess speed on diversion turnout because driver had not read a warning notice
  • South Croydon, 24 October 1947; 32 killed, 183 injured: fog caused signalman's error caused rear-end collision.[38]
  • 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.[39][40]
  • 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.[41]
  • Lichfield, 1 January 1946; 20 killed, 21 injured

1920–1945

  • Bourne End, 30 September 1945; 43 killed, 64 injured: excess speed on turnout
  • Eccles, 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.[42]
  • Norton Fitzwarren, 4 November 1940; 27 killed: driver misunderstood signal layout, drove off track.[43]
  • Watford, February 1940; 1 killed: landslide, embankment slid onto track.[44]
  • Castlecary rail crash, 10 December 1937; 35 killed, 179 injured: whiteout in snowy night and snow blocked points, rear-end collision.[45]
  • Battersea Park, 2 April 1937; 10 killed, 17 injured. Signalling error.[46]
  • Shrivenham, 15 January 1936; 2 killed, 10 injured: train collided with breakaway wagons.[47][48]
  • Welwyn Garden City, 15 June 1935; 13 killed, 85 injured: rear-end collision caused by signalman's error
  • Winwick Junction, 28 September 1934; 12 killed: collision at junction: overloaded signalman, mistake by his assistant lad
  • Raynes Park, 25 May 1933; 5 killed: train derailed due to uncompleted track maintenance.[49]
  • Lawrence Hill, 9 January 1930; 1 killed: rear collision - signalman incorrectly accepted next train.[50]
  • Ashchurch January 1929; 4 killed: signal overrun.[51]
  • Charfield, Gloucestershire, 13 October 1928; 15 killed {estimate: 11 known dead}: night mail train hit shunting freight train.[52]
  • 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).[53]
  • London Bridge, 9 July 1928; 2 killed: driver of light engine misread signals.[54]
  • Darlington, 27 June 1928; 25 killed: head-on collision caused by inexperienced driver's error
  • Sevenoaks, 24 August 1927; 13 killed, derailment.[55][56][57]
  • Penistone, 27 February 1927: engine being run round train obeyed green signal meant for express coming through: collision
  • Hull Paragon, 14 February 1927; 12 killed, 24 seriously injured: Head on collision caused by signalling error.[58]
  • Naworth Crossing, 30 August 1926; collision with charabanc on crossing; 8 killed
  • Lytham rail crash, 3 November 1924; locomotive tyre fracture; 14 killed
  • Abermule, 26 January 1921; 17 killed, 36 injured; head-on collision on single line, inattention to proper procedures.[59]

1900–1919

  • Crewe, 17 November 1919; passenger train hit buffer stops
  • Little Salkeld, 19 January 1918; 7 killed, landslip blocked line.[60]
  • Bere Ferrers, Devon, 24 September 1917; 10 killed: New Zealand troops alighted via wrong side and onto track, were hit by another train
  • Ratho, 3 January 1917; 12 killed.[61]
  • 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, 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.[62]
  • Weedon, 14 August 1915; 10 killed, 21 injured
  • Quintinshill, 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.[63]
  • Ilford. 10 killed, driver missed danger signals.[64]
  • Carr Bridge, 18 June 1914; 5 killed, 10 injured: bridge collapsed after torrential rain
  • Reading 17 June 1914; 1 killed: train passed danger signal.[65]
  • Burntisland, Fife, 14 April 1914; 1 killed, 12 injured: Edinburgh to Aberdeen train collided with the Dundee goods train
  • Ais Gill, 1 September 1913; 14 killed, 38 injured: train passed red signal, rear-end collision; underpowered engines and bad coal.[66]
  • Ditton Junction rail crash; 17 September 1912; 15 killed.[67]
  • Pontypridd, 23 January 1911; 11 killed (rear collision)
  • Hawes Junction, 24 December 1910; 12 killed: train hit 2 light engines; too much traffic overloaded signalman.[68]
  • Coulsdon North (then called Stoats Nest), 29 January 1910; 7 killed
  • Cardiff, Wales, 21 April 1909; 3 killed - (Boiler explosion)
  • Shrewsbury, 15 October 1907; 18 killed: derailment, speed on curve.[69]
  • Dore railway station, 9 October 1907; 2 injured; train fouled on points
  • Elliot Junction, 28 December 1906; 22 killed: collision in blizzard
  • Grantham, 19 September 1906; 13 killed, 17 injured (derailment).[70]
  • Salisbury, 30 June 1906; 28 killed (24 passengers, 4 crew): express derailed due to speed on curve, hit milk train.[71]
  • Charing Cross roof collapse, London, 5 December 1905; 6 killed
  • Witham, 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.[72] (The track was relaid afterwards to ease the curve.)
  • Glasgow St Enoch, 27 July 1903; 16 killed 27 injured: train ran into buffer stops
  • Slough, 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[61]

1880–1899

Esholt Junction rail crash, 9 June 1892
Inverythan bridge after the accident, 27 November 1882
  • Wrawby Junction, 17 October 1898; 8 killed [73]
  • Wellingborough, 2 September 1898; 7 killed 65 injured, luggage trolley fell off platform onto rails and derailed passing express.[74][75]
  • Penistone station, 10 October 1897; 1 dead, 2 injured: light locomotive collided with a carriage
  • Welshampton, 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.[76]
  • Snowdon Mountain Railway, 6 April 1896; 1 killed: derailment from runaway on hill
  • Chelford, 22 December 1894; 14 killed: wind blew a truck into path of express
  • Llantrisant, 12 August 1893; 13 killed (train down an embankment)
  • Thirsk, 2 November 1892; 10 killed: rear-end collision: mistake by signalman who was very sleepy because of acute family crisis
  • Esholt Junction, 9 June 1892; 5 killed; two trains collide at the junction, caused by unsafe procedures and a signal obscured by vegetation.
  • Norwood Junction, 1 May 1891; one broken ankle: cast-iron under-bridge broke under an express train
  • Norton Fitzwarren, 10 November 1890; ten killed
  • Carlisle, 4 March 1890; 4 killed; Brakes misapplied.[77]
  • Armagh, 12 June 1889; 80 killed, 170 injured: runaway carriages collide with following train.[78][79]
  • 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, 16 September 1887; 25 killed, 94 injured: express ran into stationary race train.[80]
  • 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), 16 July 1884: 24 killed. 60 injured: engine broke axle, derailed, train fell off embankment.[81]
  • 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[61]
  • Wennington junction, 11 August 1880; 8 killed: derailment.[82][83]

1850–1879

Fallen Tay Bridge from the north, 28 December 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. (first morpeth rail accident)
  • Radstock, 7 August 1876; 15 killed: head-on collision on single track: superintendent overloaded by holiday traffic[84]
  • Abbots Ripton crash, 21 January 1876; 14 killed: rear-end collision: snow stuck slotted signals in clear position.[85]
  • Kildwick and Cross Hills, 28 August 1875, 5 killed, 40 injured
  • Shipton-on-Cherwell, 24 December 1874; 34 killed, 69 injured: carriage tyre broke, derailed train on bridge over canal
Shipton-on-Cherwell Disaster, 24 December 1874
  • Thorpe, 10 September 1874; 25 killed, 73 injured: head-on collision on single-track line.[86]
  • Bo'ness Junction, 27 January 1874 16 killed (express and mineral trains collide)
  • Menheniot, 2 December 1873 - head on collision on single line; 1 driver killed[87]: misunderstood signalman's verbal order
  • Wigan, 2 August 1873; 13 killed, 30 injured.[88]
  • Kirtlebridge, 2 October 1872; 12 killed
  • Hatfield, 26 December 1870; 8 killed, carriage wheel failure caused train separation[89]
  • Stairfoot, 12 December 1870; 15 killed, 59 injured (train divided)
  • Brockley Whins, 6 December 1870; 5 killed, 57 injured[90]
  • Harrow, 26 November 1870; 7 killed: signal overrun in fog.[91][61]
  • Newark, 20 June 1870; 18 killed (excursion train and freight train collided)
  • Long Eaton,9 October 1869; 7 killed: Collision[61]
  • Dalton Junction rail crash; axle break derails Night Mail, 4 injured slightly
  • Abergele, 20 August 1868; 33 killed.[92]
Staplehurst rail crash, 9 June 1865

Before 1850

The Dee bridge after its collapse, 24 May 1847
File:Sonning2.jpg
Sonning Cutting, close to the scene of the accident, 24 December 1841. Workmen appear to be repairing bank-slips on the southern side of the cutting at left. Print by JC Bourne published in 1846.

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