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solid}</style><table class="infobox ib-public-transit-accident vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary notheme">Nuneaton rail crash</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg/300px-Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg/450px-Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg/600px-Nuneaton_crash_aftermath.jpg 2x" data-file-width="988" data-file-height="718" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.35em 0.35em 0.25em;line-height:1.25em;">The aftermath of the crash, which killed six people and injured 38.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">6 June 1975</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_railway_station" title="Nuneaton railway station">Nuneaton railway station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Line</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service</th><td class="infobox-data">23:30 sleeper train from London Euston to Glasgow</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incident type</th><td class="infobox-data">High speed derailment</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause</th><td class="infobox-data">Overspeed on temporary track<br />Driver error/lineside equipment failure</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Trains</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Vehicles</th><td class="infobox-data">2 class 86 locomotives and 15 carriages ( 12 Mark 1 sleeping cars, two Brake/Guard vans and a Restaurant miniature buffet)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">6 (4 passengers and 2 staff)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">38</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom">List of UK rail accidents by year</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nuneaton rail crash</b> occurred on 6 June 1975, on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a> just south of <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_railway_station" title="Nuneaton railway station">Nuneaton railway station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a>, England, United Kingdom. </p><p>The crash happened when the 23:30 sleeper from <a href="/wiki/Euston_railway_station" title="Euston railway station">London Euston</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow</a> <a href="/wiki/Derailment" title="Derailment">derailed</a> after entering a <a href="/wiki/UK_railway_signalling#Speed_restrictions" title="UK railway signalling">temporary speed restriction</a> at 4 times the speed limit. Six people (four passengers and two staff) died and 38 were injured. In the subsequent inquiry, the crash was deemed to have been caused by driver error, partially due to the failure of gas lit lamps that illuminated the lineside signage warning of the speed restriction.<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_crash">The crash</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nuneaton_rail_crash&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The crash"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The crash occurred at approximately 01:54, as the <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> passenger train approached <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton_railway_station" title="Nuneaton railway station">Nuneaton station</a>. The train, which was running over an hour late because of a locomotive failure further south, was composed of two <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_86" title="British Rail Class 86">Class 86</a> <a href="/wiki/Electric_locomotive" title="Electric locomotive">electric locomotives</a> (nos. 86006 and 86242; both later repaired) and fifteen carriages, including twelve <a href="/wiki/British_Railways_Mark_1_sleeping_car" class="mw-redirect" title="British Railways Mark 1 sleeping car">Mark 1 sleeping cars</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Brake_Gangwayed" class="mw-redirect" title="Brake Gangwayed">Brake Gangwayed</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Restaurant_Miniature_Buffet" title="Restaurant Miniature Buffet">Restaurant miniature buffet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the passengers was <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food" title="Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food">Minister for Agriculture</a> <a href="/wiki/Fred_Peart,_Baron_Peart" title="Fred Peart, Baron Peart">Fred Peart</a>, who would survive the crash with minor injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Just south of Nuneaton station, a <a href="/wiki/UK_railway_signalling#Speed_restrictions" title="UK railway signalling">temporary speed restriction</a> of 20 mph (32 km/h) was in place for a distance of just over a mile because of a track remodelling scheme. The <a href="/wiki/UK_railway_signalling#Speed_restrictions" title="UK railway signalling">warning board</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was placed at the standard 'service braking distance' of a mile and a quarter before the restriction. This board should have been illuminated, but was not. The driver, John McKay, claimed that he assumed this meant the restriction had been lifted and did not need to slow the train. It was not until he saw the correctly illuminated 'commencement board' at the start of the restriction that he realized it was still in place, but by then it was too late.<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite an <a href="/wiki/Emergency_brake_(train)" title="Emergency brake (train)">emergency brake application</a>, the train entered the 20 mph restriction at an estimated 80 mph (130 km/h) and <a href="/wiki/Derailment" title="Derailment">derailed</a> on a sharply curved length of temporary track being used during the remodelling scheme. The locomotives became detached from one another; the first continued in a straight line and came to a stop halfway through the station between the platforms, but the second veered sideways, striking and then mounting the northbound platform, coming to a rest after colliding with the platform canopy. The coaches behind them derailed and zig-zagged across the tracks causing severe damage to the track and lineside structures. The first two coaches stayed mainly upright, but the next four fell on their sides, badly crushing the third, fourth and fifth coaches. All the fatalities and most of the injuries occurred in these four sleeping cars. Every vehicle on the train was derailed except the last. The inquiry noted that casualties would have been much higher if not for the lightly loaded nature of the train (there were fewer than 100 passengers on board).<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Over 455 yards (416 metres) of track was destroyed along with three lineside <a href="/wiki/Overhead_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Overhead lines">electrification gantries</a>, as well as severe damage to an overhead road bridge, numerous items of trackside equipment, and the locomotive of a passing freight train (<a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_25" title="British Rail Class 25">Class 25</a> number 25286), which was damaged by falling overhead line equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Clear up work following the crash"><img alt="Clear up work following the crash" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg/168px-NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg/252px-NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg/336px-NuneatonCrash_19750607.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3446" data-file-height="2464" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Clear up work following the crash</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NuneatonCrash_19750607_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of crash site during the clear up, showing the extent of damage to the surrounding infrastructure."><img alt="View of crash site during the clear up, showing the extent of damage to the surrounding infrastructure." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/NuneatonCrash_19750607_%282%29.jpg/160px-NuneatonCrash_19750607_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/NuneatonCrash_19750607_%282%29.jpg/240px-NuneatonCrash_19750607_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/NuneatonCrash_19750607_%282%29.jpg/320px-NuneatonCrash_19750607_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3269" data-file-height="2452" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of crash site during the clear up, showing the extent of damage to the surrounding infrastructure.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:86242_after_Nuneaton_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The heavily damaged 86242 after the crash"><img alt="The heavily damaged 86242 after the crash" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/86242_after_Nuneaton_%283%29.jpg/127px-86242_after_Nuneaton_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/86242_after_Nuneaton_%283%29.jpg/190px-86242_after_Nuneaton_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/86242_after_Nuneaton_%283%29.jpg/254px-86242_after_Nuneaton_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1040" data-file-height="984" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The heavily damaged <a href="/wiki/British_Rail_Class_86" title="British Rail Class 86">86242</a> after the crash</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The 3 locomotives damaged in the crash are seen a few days later at Crewe Electric TMD"><img alt="The 3 locomotives damaged in the crash are seen a few days later at Crewe Electric TMD" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg/159px-Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg/239px-Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg/319px-Crewe_Electric_Loco_Depot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_79501.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="482" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The 3 locomotives damaged in the crash are seen a few days later at <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Electric_TMD" title="Crewe Electric TMD">Crewe Electric TMD</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Inquiry">The Inquiry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nuneaton_rail_crash&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Inquiry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TSR_warning_board.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/TSR_warning_board.svg/100px-TSR_warning_board.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/TSR_warning_board.svg/150px-TSR_warning_board.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/TSR_warning_board.svg/200px-TSR_warning_board.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Illuminated warning board for a 20 mph speed restriction</figcaption></figure> <p>The inquiry, conducted by Major C. F. Rose, found the crash to be due to the following causes:<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The advance warning board was not illuminated because the <a href="/wiki/Gas_lighting" title="Gas lighting">gas lighting</a> equipment had been set up incorrectly, and had gone out some time between 01:10 and 01:40. The lights had gone out because the gas cylinder supplying it had run empty; the equipment had two gas cylinders, and included a <a href="/wiki/Valve" title="Valve">valve</a> which would allow the gas supply to automatically switch from one cylinder to the other when one was empty, but this valve was not being used.</li> <li>A number of drivers on preceding trains noticed that the lights had gone out, but did not stop and report it as they should have done according to the rules.</li> <li>The driver of the train before driver McKay’s train claimed that the warning board was fully lit, but he later told the inquiry that he thought he had forgotten his hand lamp and was looking for it in his bag when he passed the warning board and did not see the condition of the lamps.</li> <li>Although driver McKay claimed that he believed the speed restriction had been lifted when he did not see the warning board, the inquiry considered this unlikely, and noted that he had driven a train over the same stretch of track the previous night, and had seen the extent of the work being done. He also would have known that the restriction would not have been lifted without notice, and if it had been lifted early, the rules required the Civil Engineers to show the new permissible speed limit at the warning board, and they would not have removed the board completely and without warning. Instead, it was thought likely that McKay, in his haste to make up time following the earlier delay, temporarily forgot about the speed restriction without the reminder of the warning board during the vital few minutes in which the train passed the area.</li></ul> <p>McKay was later charged with <a href="/wiki/Manslaughter" title="Manslaughter">manslaughter</a> but found not guilty after a trial the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A number of recommendations to prevent a recurrence of the accident were accepted by the <a href="/wiki/British_Railways_Board" title="British Railways Board">British Railways Board</a>, the main one being the installation of temporary <a href="/wiki/Automatic_Warning_System" title="Automatic Warning System">Automatic Warning System</a> magnets at speed restriction locations to ensure that drivers were given audible and visual notice of speed restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-DOT_Nuneaton_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOT_Nuneaton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memorial">Memorial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nuneaton_rail_crash&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Memorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A plaque commemorating the victims of the crash, as well as the actions of emergency services personnel, was unveiled at Nuneaton station in August 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2023</span>. <q>Finally, at a distance in advance of the commencement of the restriction that is specified in the Rule Book, a WARNING BOARD is erected at the lineside.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Railways+Archive&rft.atitle=Railway+Accident+-+Report+on+the+Derailment+that+occurred+on+6th+June+1975+at+Nuneaton&rft.pages=5&rft.date=1976-09-27&rft.au=Department+of+Transport&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.railwaysarchive.co.uk%2Fdocuments%2FDoT_Nuneaton1975.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANuneaton+rail+crash" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/memorial-unveiled-40-years-nuneaton-9822116">"Nuneaton Memorial unveiled 40 years on from Nuneaton train disaster"</a>. 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href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_roof_collapse" title="Charing Cross roof collapse">Charing Cross</a> (Dec 1905)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_Salisbury_rail_crash" title="1906 Salisbury rail crash">Salisbury</a> (Jul 1906) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grantham_rail_accident" title="Grantham rail accident">Grantham</a> (Sep 1906)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliot_Junction_rail_accident" title="Elliot Junction rail accident">Elliot Junction</a> (Dec 1906) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_rail_accident" title="Newport rail accident">Newport</a> (Sep 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1907_Birmingham_Tramway_accident" title="1907 Birmingham Tramway accident">Birmingham</a> (Oct 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dore_%26_Totley_railway_station#History" title="Dore & Totley railway station">Dore</a> (Oct 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_rail_accident" title="Shrewsbury rail accident">Shrewsbury</a> (Oct 1907)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_Bournemouth_Tramway_accident" title="1908 Bournemouth Tramway accident">Bournemouth</a> (May 1908)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_railway_station#Accidents" title="Tonbridge railway station">Tonbridge</a> (Mar 1909)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1910s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braunton_Road_rail_accident" title="Braunton Road rail accident">Braunton Road</a> (Jan 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coulsdon_North_railway_station#1910_accident" title="Coulsdon North railway station">Coulsdon North</a> (Jan 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawes_Junction_rail_crash" title="Hawes Junction rail crash">Hawes Junction</a> (Dec 1910)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypridd_railway_accident" title="Pontypridd railway accident">Pontypridd</a> (Jan 1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ditton_Junction_rail_crash" title="Ditton Junction rail crash">Ditton Junction</a> (Sep 1912)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chumhill_rail_accident" title="Chumhill rail accident">Chumhill</a> (Feb 1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1913_Ais_Gill_rail_accident" title="1913 Ais Gill rail accident">Ais Gill</a> (Sep 1913)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burntisland_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Burntisland railway station">Burntisland</a> (Apr 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrbridge_railway_station#1914_bridge_collapse" title="Carrbridge railway station">Carrbridge</a> (Jun 1914)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Ilford_rail_crash" title="1915 Ilford rail crash">Ilford</a> (Jan 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster" title="Quintinshill rail disaster">Quintinshill</a> (May 1915) <b>‡</b> <b>§</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weedon_rail_crashes#1915_rail_crash" title="Weedon rail crashes">Weedon</a> (Aug 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Bedes_Junction_rail_crash" title="St Bedes Junction rail crash">St Bedes Junction</a> (Dec 1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penistone_rail_accidents#20th_century_accidents" title="Penistone rail accidents">Penistone</a> (Feb 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratho_rail_crash" title="Ratho rail crash">Ratho</a> (Jan 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bere_Ferrers_rail_accident" title="Bere Ferrers rail accident">Bere Ferrers</a> (Sep 1917)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Salkeld_rail_accident" title="Little Salkeld rail accident">Little Salkeld</a> (Jan 1918)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddock_Wood_railway_station#Accidents" title="Paddock Wood railway station">Paddock Wood</a> (May 1919)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1920s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Littlehampton_railway_station#Accidents" title="Littlehampton railway station">Littlehampton</a> (Aug 1920)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abermule_train_collision" title="Abermule train collision">Abermule</a> (Jan 1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a> (Nov 1921)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birkenhead_Park_railway_station#Fatal_accident" title="Birkenhead Park railway station">Birkenhead Park</a> (Dec 1922)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retford_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Retford railway station">Retford</a> (Feb 1923)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lytham_rail_crash" title="Lytham rail crash">Lytham</a> (Nov 1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkgate_and_Rawmarsh_railway_station" title="Parkgate and Rawmarsh railway station">Parkgate & Rawmarsh</a> (Nov 1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hull_Paragon_rail_accident" title="Hull Paragon rail accident">Hull Paragon</a> (Feb 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penistone_rail_accidents#20th_century_accidents" title="Penistone rail accidents">Penistone</a> (Feb 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks_railway_accident" title="Sevenoaks railway accident">Sevenoaks</a> (Aug 1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlington_rail_crash" title="Darlington rail crash">Darlington</a> (Jun 1928) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="London Bridge station">London Bridge</a> (Jul 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Queen_Street_rail_accident" title="Glasgow Queen Street rail accident">Glasgow Queen Street</a> (Oct 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charfield_railway_disaster" title="Charfield railway disaster">Charfield</a> (Oct 1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Combe_Down_Tunnel#Accident" title="Combe Down Tunnel">Combe Down Tunnel</a> (Nov 1929)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Hill_railway_station#Incidents" title="Lawrence Hill railway station">Lawrence Hill</a> (Jan 1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Buzzard_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Leighton Buzzard railway station">Leighton Buzzard</a> (Mar 1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raynes_Park_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Raynes Park railway station">Raynes Park</a> (May 1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winwick_rail_crash" title="Winwick rail crash">Winwick</a> (Sep 1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_rail_crashes#1935_crash" title="Welwyn Garden City rail crashes">Welwyn Garden City</a> (Jun 1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battersea_Park_rail_crash" title="Battersea Park rail crash">Battersea Park</a> (Apr 1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlecary_rail_accidents#1937_accident" title="Castlecary rail accidents">Castlecary</a> (Dec 1937) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_(Northern_line)_tube_crash" title="Charing Cross (Northern line) tube crash">Charing Cross</a> (Mar 1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charing_Cross_(District_line)_tube_crash" title="Charing Cross (District line) tube crash">Charing Cross</a> (May 1938)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bounds_Green_tube_station#Second_World_War" title="Bounds Green tube station">Bounds Green</a> (Oct 1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balham_station#Second_World_War" title="Balham station">Balham</a> (Oct 1940) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Norton_Fitzwarren_rail_crash" title="1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash">Norton Fitzwarren</a> (Nov 1940) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_and_Monument_stations#Notable_events" title="Bank and Monument stations">Bank</a> (Jan 1941) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_Eccles_rail_crash" title="1941 Eccles rail crash">Eccles</a> (Dec 1941) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethnal_Green_tube_station#Wartime_disaster" title="Bethnal Green tube station">Bethnal Green</a> (Mar 1943) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catterick_Bridge_explosion" title="Catterick Bridge explosion">Catterick Bridge</a> (Feb 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Ilford_rail_crash" title="1944 Ilford rail crash">Ilford</a> (Jan 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soham_rail_disaster" title="Soham rail disaster">Soham</a> (Jun 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballymacarrett_rail_crash" title="Ballymacarrett rail crash">Ballymacarrett</a> (Jan 1945) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross_railway_accident" title="King's Cross railway accident">King's Cross</a> (Feb 1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourne_End_rail_crash" title="Bourne End rail crash">Bourne End</a> (Sep 1945) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lichfield_rail_crash" title="Lichfield rail crash">Lichfield</a> (Jan 1946) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potters_Bar_rail_accidents#1946" title="Potters Bar rail accidents">Potters Bar</a> (Feb 1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayrigg#Railway_accidents" title="Grayrigg">Grayrigg</a> (May 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polesworth_railway_station#Accidents" title="Polesworth railway station">Polesworth</a> (July 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Doncaster_rail_crash" title="1947 Doncaster rail crash">Doncaster</a> (Aug 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Croydon_rail_crash" title="South Croydon rail crash">South Croydon</a> (Oct 1947) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goswick_rail_crash" title="Goswick rail crash">Goswick</a> (Oct 1947) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Victoria_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Manchester Victoria station">Manchester Victoria</a> (Dec 1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_Winsford_railway_accident" title="1948 Winsford railway accident">Winsford</a> (Apr 1948) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_Viaduct#Stockport_rail_accident_1948" title="Stockport Viaduct">Stockport Viaduct</a> (Nov 1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penmanshiel_Tunnel#Train_fire_(1949)" title="Penmanshiel Tunnel">Penmanshiel Tunnel</a> (Jun 1949)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Penmaenmawr#Notable_events" title="Penmaenmawr">Penmaenmawr</a> (Aug 1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Doncaster_rail_crash" title="1951 Doncaster rail crash">Doncaster</a> (Mar 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntingdon_railway_station#Train_fire_(1951)" title="Huntingdon railway station">Huntingdon</a> (Jul 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Newcastle railway station">Newcastle</a> (Aug 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weedon_rail_crashes#1951_rail_crash" title="Weedon rail crashes">Weedon</a> (Sep 1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrow_and_Wealdstone_rail_crash" title="Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash">Harrow & Wealdstone</a> (Oct 1952) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stratford_tube_crash" title="Stratford tube crash">Stratford</a> (Apr 1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irk_Valley_Junction_rail_crash" title="Irk Valley Junction rail crash">Irk Valley Junction</a> (Aug 1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station#1954_accident" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a> (Feb 1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_rail_crash" title="Sutton Coldfield rail crash">Sutton Coldfield</a> (Jan 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_rail_crash" title="Milton rail crash">Milton</a> (Nov 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnes_rail_crash" title="Barnes rail crash">Barnes</a> (Dec 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luton_railway_station#1955_accident" title="Luton railway station">Luton</a> (Dec 1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welwyn_Garden_City_rail_crashes#1957_crash" title="Welwyn Garden City rail crashes">Welwyn Garden City</a> (Jan 1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Axon" title="John Axon">Chapel-en-le-Frith</a> (Feb 1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisham_rail_crash" title="Lewisham rail crash">Lewisham</a> (Dec 1957) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dagenham_East_rail_crash" title="Dagenham East rail crash">Dagenham East</a> (Jan 1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_rail_crash" title="Eastbourne rail crash">Eastbourne</a> (Aug 1958)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Settle_rail_crash" title="Settle rail crash">Settle</a> (Jan 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn_Railway_Bridge#1960_accident" title="Severn Railway Bridge">Severn Railway Bridge</a> (Oct 1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royton_railway_station#Accidents" title="Royton railway station">Royton</a> (Feb 1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baschurch_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Baschurch railway station">Baschurch</a> (Feb 1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singleton_Bank_rail_crash" title="Singleton Bank rail crash">Singleton Bank</a> (Jul 1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_rail_crash" title="Lincoln rail crash">Lincoln</a> (Jun 1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coppenhall_Junction_railway_accident" title="Coppenhall Junction railway accident">Coppenhall Junction</a> (Dec 1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knowle_and_Dorridge_rail_crash" title="Knowle and Dorridge rail crash">Knowle & Dorridge</a> (Aug 1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_Hulme_railway_station#Derailments" title="Cheadle Hulme railway station">Cheadle Hulme</a> (May 1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coton_Hill_rail_crash" title="Coton Hill rail crash">Coton Hill</a> (Jan 1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Winsford_railway_accident" title="1965 Winsford railway accident">Winsford</a> (Jun 1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stechford_rail_crash" title="Stechford rail crash">Stechford</a> (Feb 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connington_South_rail_crash" title="Connington South rail crash">Connington South</a> (Mar 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Thirsk_rail_crash" title="1967 Thirsk rail crash">Thirsk</a> (Jul 1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hither_Green_rail_crash" title="Hither Green rail crash">Hither Green</a> (Nov 1967) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hixon_rail_crash" title="Hixon rail crash">Hixon</a> (Jan 1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlecary_rail_accidents#1968_accident" title="Castlecary rail accidents">Castlecary</a> (Sep 1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marden_rail_crash" title="Marden rail crash">Marden</a> (Jan 1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth#1969_derailment" title="Rail accidents at Morpeth">Morpeth</a> (May 1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Audenshaw_Junction_rail_accident" class="mw-redirect" title="Audenshaw Junction rail accident">Audenshaw Junction</a> (May 1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheerness-on-Sea_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Sheerness-on-Sea railway station">Sheerness-on-Sea</a> (Feb 1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_General_rail_crash" title="Chester General rail crash">Chester General</a> (May 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eltham_Well_Hall_rail_crash" title="Eltham Well Hall rail crash">Eltham Well Hall</a> (Jun 1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombings_of_King%27s_Cross_and_Euston_stations" title="Bombings of King's Cross and Euston stations">King's Cross & Euston</a> (Sep 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealing_rail_crash" title="Ealing rail crash">Ealing</a> (Dec 1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Junction_railway_station#1975_accident" title="Watford Junction railway station">Watford Junction</a> (Jan 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorgate_tube_crash" title="Moorgate tube crash">Moorgate</a> (Feb 1975) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nuneaton</a> (Jun 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Piccadilly_bombing" title="1975 Piccadilly bombing">Green Park</a> (Oct 1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ham_station_attack" title="West Ham station attack">West Ham</a> (Mar 1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunton_sleeping_car_fire" title="Taunton sleeping car fire">Taunton</a> (Jul 1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_Gilmour_Street_rail_accident" title="Paisley Gilmour Street rail accident">Paisley Gilmour Street</a> (Apr 1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invergowrie_rail_accident" title="Invergowrie rail accident">Invergowrie</a> (Oct 1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dunmurry_train_bombing" title="Dunmurry train bombing">Dunmurry</a> (Jan 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushey_railway_station#Notable_Incidents" title="Bushey railway station">Bushey</a> (Feb 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushey_railway_station#Notable_Incidents" title="Bushey railway station">Bushey</a> (Apr 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holborn_tube_station#Incidents_and_accidents" title="Holborn tube station">Holborn</a> (Jul 1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulleskelf_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="Ulleskelf railway station">Ulleskelf</a> (Dec 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seer_Green_rail_crash" title="Seer Green rail crash">Seer Green</a> (Dec 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrawby_Junction_rail_crash" title="Wrawby Junction rail crash">Wrawby Junction</a> (Dec 1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth#1984_derailment" title="Rail accidents at Morpeth">Morpeth</a> (Jun 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polmont_rail_accident" title="Polmont rail accident">Polmont</a> (Jul 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Central_rail_crash" title="Wembley Central rail crash">Wembley Central</a> (Oct 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Circus_fire" title="Oxford Circus fire">Oxford Circus</a> (Nov 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Eccles_rail_crash" title="1984 Eccles rail crash">Eccles</a> (Dec 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_Tunnel_fire" title="Summit Tunnel fire">Summit Tunnel</a> (Dec 1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockington_rail_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockington rail crash">Lockington</a> (Jul 1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colwich_rail_crash" class="mw-redirect" title="Colwich rail crash">Colwich</a> (Sep 1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glanrhyd_Bridge_collapse" title="Glanrhyd Bridge collapse">Glanrhyd Bridge</a> (Oct 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Cross_fire" title="King's Cross fire">King's Cross</a> (Nov 1987) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash" title="Clapham Junction rail crash">Clapham Junction</a> (Dec 1988) <b>‡</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purley_station_rail_crash" title="Purley station rail crash">Purley</a> (Mar 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Bellgrove_rail_accident" title="Glasgow Bellgrove rail accident">Glasgow Bellgrove</a> (Mar 1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Ealing_railway_station#Accidents_and_incidents" title="West Ealing railway station">West Ealing</a> (Aug 1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Stafford_rail_crash" title="1990 Stafford rail crash">Stafford</a> (Aug 1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Street_station_rail_crash" title="Cannon Street station rail crash">Cannon Street</a> (Jan 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombings_of_Paddington_and_Victoria_stations" title="Bombings of Paddington and Victoria stations">Victoria & Paddington</a> (Feb 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_(South_Lanarkshire)_rail_accident" title="Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident">Newton</a> (Jul 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severn_Tunnel_rail_accident" title="Severn Tunnel rail accident">Severn Tunnel</a> (Dec 1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_London_Bridge_bombing" title="1992 London Bridge bombing">London Bridge</a> (Feb 1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth#1992_accident" title="Rail accidents at Morpeth">Morpeth</a> (Nov 1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maidstone_East_railway_station" title="Maidstone East railway station">Maidstone East</a> (Sep 1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenock_rail_crash" title="Greenock rail crash">Greenock</a> (Jun 1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth#1994_derailment" title="Rail accidents at Morpeth">Morpeth</a> (Jun 1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowden_rail_crash" title="Cowden rail crash">Cowden</a> (Oct 1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Ais_Gill_rail_accident" title="1995 Ais Gill rail accident">Ais Gill</a> (Jan 1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Largs_railway_station#1995_demolition_in_accident" title="Largs railway station">Largs</a> (Jul 1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Stafford_rail_crash" title="1996 Stafford rail crash">Stafford</a> (Mar 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_rail_crash" title="Watford rail crash">Watford</a> (Aug 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Channel_Tunnel_fire" title="1996 Channel Tunnel fire">Channel Tunnel</a> (Nov 1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bexley_railway_station#Bexley_derailment" title="Bexley railway station">Bexley</a> (Feb 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southall_rail_crash" title="Southall rail crash">Southall</a> (Sep 1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spa_Road_Junction_rail_crash" title="Spa Road Junction rail crash">Spa Road Junction</a> (Jan 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Winsford_railway_accident" title="1999 Winsford railway accident">Winsford</a> (Jun 1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_rail_crash" title="Ladbroke Grove rail crash">Ladbroke Grove</a> (Oct 1999) <b>‡</b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b>‡</b> indicates railway accidents and incidents resulting in at least 20 fatalities<br /> <b>§</b> indicates the deadliest railway accident in British history <br /> <a href="/wiki/Template:Railway_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom,_1815%E2%80%931899" title="Template:Railway accidents in the United Kingdom, 1815–1899">1815–1899</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Railway_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom,_1815%E2%80%931899" title="Template:Railway accidents in the United Kingdom, 1815–1899"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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