List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English This lists significant accidents involving railway rolling stock, including crashes, fires and incidents of crew being overcome by locomotive emissions. Indirect railway-related incidents such as the King's Cross fire of 1987 or the 7 July 2005 London bombings are not included.

Worst accidents

The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured.Template:Efn The second worst, and the worst in England's peacetime history, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The death toll from the 1957 Lewisham rail crash was 90; for the 1889 Armagh rail disaster (the worst in Northern Ireland) it was 80;Template:Sfn and for the 1879 Tay Bridge disaster it was 75. The worst rail accident in Wales was the 1868 Abergele rail disaster, with 33 dead.

The accident on the London Underground with the highest loss of life was the Moorgate tube crash which occurred on the Northern City Line in 1975 (which was at the time part of the London Underground Network), in which 43 died.

Mainline rail

Before 1830

Date	Killed	Injured	Type	Details
Template:Dts	16		boiler explosion	1815 Philadelphia train accident, a boiler explosion of "Brunton's Mechanical Traveller" on a plateway killed 16 people, mainly sightseers.

1830–1922: Pre-grouping

Date	Killed	Injured	Type	Details
Template:Dts	1	0	Collision with person on track	Parkside: William Huskisson was fatally injured at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway when he was hit by Stephenson's Rocket.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn Huskisson is often reported as the first railway fatality, including in ordinarily reliable sources.<ref name="Huskisson DNB">Template:Cite ODNB (subscription or UK public library membership Template:Webarchive required)</ref> This is untrue; at least two people were killed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway before it opened to the public.Template:Sfn The earliest recorded fatality caused by a steam locomotive was an unnamed woman, described as "a blind American beggar", fatally injured by a train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 5 March 1827.<ref name="Walker statue">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts			Signalling error	Newton Junction: 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; fined £3 by magistrates (Template:Inflation).Template:Citation needed
Template:Dts			Level crossing collision	Bagworth: Collision with farmer's cart on level crossing, led to the implementation of the locomotive whistle.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	3		Derailment due to signalling error	Wetheral train accident: Train on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway wrongly diverted into a siding at Wetheral, near Carlisle, Cumbria. The train derailed and crushed three people to death.
Template:Dts	5		Derailment	Howden rail crash, East Riding: Large casting fell from wagon and derailed coaches.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	4	Train overruning line end	Faringdon Road, Berkshire: Driver asleep at controls.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2		Boiler explosion	Template:Stnlnk, Worcestershire: Boiler explosion.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	8	17	Landslip in cutting (collision with)	Railway accident at Sonning Cutting: Train ran into landslide caused by heavy rain.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	4		Tunnel collapse	Template:Ill: A section of the 458-meter-long Wallers' Ash railway tunnel in Hampshire collapsed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>[1]</ref>
Template:Dts	1	1	Rear-end collision	Barnsley railway station, North Midland Railway: Luggage train ran into back of Leeds train in fog. "All carriages were smashed to pieces", the head of the only passenger was "cut completely off".Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1		Rear-end collision	Template:Ill. The driver of a train died as a result of a rear-end collision, which operated with a timed safety system.<ref>Generalmajor C. W. Pasley: Accident at Clay Cross Tunnel on 29th March 1844, 2 April 1844, Board of Trade</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	23	Rear-end collision	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2		Multiple collision	Template:Ill. Multiple collision between two trains and a group of parked carriages in West Harton, South Shields, England. The collision occurred due to the train protection systems that were still very imperfect at the time.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	2	15	Head-on collision	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	1	Derailment	Penistone: Train derailed by cow.
Template:Dts	1	1	Bridge failure	Tonbridge: Driver killed as bridge collapsed into River Medway.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	1	Bridge collapse	Template:Ill. A railway bridge between Penshurst and Tonbridge, Kent, collapsed when a train was passing over it. The locomotive driver died. This is the first known railway accident due to a bridge collapse.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Fearful and Fatal Accident on the South Eastern Railway, The Times, 21 January 1846, p. 5</ref><ref>Lionel Thomas Caswell Rolt: Red for Danger. Auflage: London 1978. ISBN 0-330-25555-X</ref>
Template:Dts	5	9	Bridge failure	Dee bridge disaster: Bridge collapsed into the river at Chester.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	2		Derailment	Template:Stnlnk: Broken locomotive tyre.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	7		Signalling error	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	6	13		Template:Stnlnk, Berkshire: Express struck horse-box and cattle-van.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
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Template:Dts	1			Hemerdon: The boiler of the engine 'Goliah' exploded.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
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Template:Dts	9	30–40		Sutton Tunnel railway accident, Cheshire: Two inadequately-powered trains struggling together to climb gradient in tunnel ran into by third following train due to miscalculations by Executive Committee and staff.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	0	0		Reading, Berkshire: Confusion over signals led to collision between express train and goods train at the junction of the Berks & Hants Branch line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	4	a great number		Burnley Thorneybank, Lancashire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	6		Aynho, Northamptonshire: A special service from Paddington to Birmingham, for the opening of the new line to Birmingham by the GWR loaded with directors of the Railway, ran into the rear end of a slow running Mixed Goods train at Aynho Station. When the driver of the mixed goods saw the special coming at a speed towards the station attempted to pull away. The coupling to the engine broke so its train was left behind. The locomotive "Lord of the Isles" destroyed the rear truck of the Mixed goods and was derailed by a broken axle. The undamaged carriages then struck the tender of the mixed goods locomotive. The mixed goods pulled the rest of its undamaged train to Template:Stnlnk before returning to take the damaged special to Leamington because the relief engine sent to rescue the special derailed on the way from Birmingham.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	6			Template:Stnlnk: Derailment on deteriorated track.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2			Template:Stnlnk: A mail train had stopped to allow an adjustment to the locomotive when another train crashed into it in dense fog at Template:Cvt. Two passengers were killed, with the deaths attributed to neglect of duty by the mail train's guard.<ref name="collision1853BM">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	18	Unknown		Straffan rail accident, County Kildare, Ireland: Collision of goods train into rear of stationary passenger train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	11	Collision	1854 Croydon rail accident. An excursion train ran into a locomotive taking water. The locomotive of the excursion train and its following brake van derailed and were thrown off the curve. The following carriages telescoped into each other.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	7	7		Reading: Head-on collision between light engine running on wrong line and passenger train.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	3	0		Dinting Viaduct, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway: Passenger train waiting to enter Dinting Station had to wait for the train ahead to clear, and drew up on the viaduct. The viaduct parapets were of similar height to station platforms and three passengers, believing that they had arrived, stepped from the carriages and fell to their deaths.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	2	1	buffer stop collision	Salisbury A crash resulted in 2 deaths and 1 injury and a complete damaged train.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	11	30		Lewisham rail crash (1857), South London: two trains collided
Template:Dts	14	50		Round Oak rail accident: Rear part of train broke away and ran back down line, collision with following train. 170 persons applied for compensation because "of injury to their persons or their clothes".
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Template:Dts	7	9		Tottenham station: Locomotive wheel failure led to derailment and collision with station platform.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	11	77		Helmshore rail accident, Lancashire: Rear portion of passenger excursion train became detached and ran back down line where it collided with an on-coming passenger train.
Template:Dts	10			Atherstone rail accident. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose were passengers.
Template:Dts	2			Wooton Bridge Collapse: Freight train, cast iron girders broke.
Template:Dts	23	176		Clayton Tunnel rail crash: Train hit stationary train in tunnel, confusion over signalling.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	16			Kentish Town rail accident: Signalman's error: engineering ballast train draws out of siding into path of passenger train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	12		Template:Stnlnk: A goods train shunted into sidings broke down while crossing the track, and was subsequently hit by an excursion train.<ref name="collision1861WDP">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	1			Portswood rail accident.
Template:Dts	17			Winchburgh rail crash: Collision in deep cutting.
Template:Dts	7			King's Lynn: Derailment.<ref name=WilsonRlyAcc/>
Template:Dts	7			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	unknown		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5			Template:Rws Tunnel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	11	30		Rednal rail crash: Excursion train failed to see warning flag for track maintenance.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	10	49		Staplehurst rail crash: Train ran over bridge where rails removed for work. Charles Dickens was a passenger.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2	2		Welwyn Tunnel rail crash: Collision and fire in tunnel.
Template:Dts	2			Yanwath: Collision of goods trains, one carrying gunpowder; subsequent explosion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	8	33	Rear-end collision	Warrington rail crash.<ref name=WilsonRlyAcc/>
Template:Dts	33			Abergele train disaster:Template:Sfn
Template:Dts		4		Dalton Junction rail crash; axle break derails Night Mail.
Template:Dts	7			Long Eaton: Collision.<ref name=WilsonRlyAcc/>
Template:Dts	18			Newark rail crash: Excursion and freight train collided.
Template:Dts	5	29		St Nicholas Crossing, south of Carlisle Citadel: Freight train runs into side of up LNWR mail train on level junction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	3	13		Tamworth rail crash: Signalman's error diverted Irish Mail into siding where it crashed into river.
Template:Dts	1	0		Bishopstoke collision: Stoker Edward Bist aged 24, Cattle Train heavy, wet rails, took longer to stop.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	7			Harrow: Signal overrun in fog.<ref name=WilsonRlyAcc/>Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	5	57		Brockley Whins.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	15	59		Stairfoot rail accident: Train divided.
Template:Dts	8	3	Wheel failure	Hatfield rail crash (1870): Coach wheel failure caused train separation.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	30		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2			Whiteball Tunnel. The two packers had incautiously gone up the tunnel on a trolley and were overtaken by the engine.
Template:Dts	0	0		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	12			Kirtlebridge rail crash. Collision.
Template:Dts	13	30		Wigan rail crash.Template:Sfn Facing points moved under train.
Template:Dts	1			Menheniot: Head-on collision on single line.Template:Sfn Misunderstood signalman's verbal order.
Template:Dts	16			Bo'ness Junction rail crash: Express and mineral trains collide.
Template:Dts	25	73		Thorpe rail accident: Head-on collision on single-track line.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	34	69		Shipton-on-Cherwell train crash: Coach tyre broke, derailed train on bridge over canal.
Template:Dts	5	40		Kildwick and Cross Hills rail crash.
Template:Dts	14			Abbots Ripton rail disaster: Rear-end collision. Snow stuck slotted signals in clear position.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	15			Radstock rail accident: Head-on collision on single track. Inadequate infrastructure and unqualified staff overloaded by holiday traffic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts		6		Template:Stnlnk, West Riding: St Pancras-to-Carlisle train derailed at Template:Cvt.
Template:Dts	5			Arlesey, Bedfordshire: Passenger train struck derailed goods train.
Template:Dts	5	17		Morpeth 1877: Kings Cross-to-Edinburgh train derailed on curve at Template:Cvt.
Template:Dts	13			Template:Stnlnk station: Collision.
Template:Dts	75 estimate	0		Tay Bridge disaster. Bridge collapsed under train in a gale.
Template:Dts	5–9	n/k		Burscough Junction Station Crash, Lancashire.<ref>Rosbottom, Ernest (1987) Burscough – The Story of an Agricultural Village. pp. 179–182. Carnegie Press, Preston</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	8			Wennington Junction rail crash: Derailment.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	7			Blackburn: Collision<ref name=WilsonRlyAcc/>
Template:Dts	5			Inverythan crash: Bridge collapsed under train.
Template:Dts	0	2		Penistone station: Accident during shunting.
Template:Dts	7	300		Collision at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire: train from Stranraer on the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway passed a signal and collided at low speed with an empty goods train on the Caledonian Main Line north of Lockerbie. Goods train's wagons derailed and southbound express collided with them.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Parshall, A. "The Lockerbie Rail Disaster, 1883", 12 April 2012</ref>
Template:Dts	4	41		Downton, Wiltshire: Derailment caused by excessive speed over poor quality track.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	4	0		Template:Stnlnk, Kent: Two freight trains collided. Trains worked under time interval system.
Template:Dts	24	60		Penistone (Bullhouse Bridge) rail accident: Engine broke axle, derailed, train fell off embankment.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	2		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	18		Penistone (Barnsley Junction): Axle on wagon of coal train broke and vehicle derailed into side of passing excursion train, destroying one carriage and damaging three.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	3		Template:Stnlnk: A goods train was shunting onto the mainline and hit the side of a passing excursion train, causing significant damage to the guard's van and head injuries to the guard.<ref name="collision1886BM">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	20		Penistone: Engine hit train too hard when backing onto it to couple up.
Template:Dts	25	94		Hexthorpe rail accident: Express ran into stationary race train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	11		Template:Stnlnk, Cheshire: Collision between trains going in opposite directions.<ref name=Maund217/>
Template:Dts	1	many		Penistone (Huddersfield Junction): Passenger train engine broke axle and derailed on points, then a mail train collided slightly with fallen engine.
Template:Dts	80	260		Armagh rail disaster: Runaway coaches collided with following train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	4			Template:Stnlnk, Cumberland: Brakes misapplied.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	10			Norton Fitzwarren rail crash: two trains collided due to signaller and train crew errors.
Template:Dts	0	1		Norwood Junction crash: Cast-iron under-bridge broke under an express train.
Template:Dts	2	68		Derby Junction rail crash: two passenger trains collided at Derby Junction in Birmingham.
Template:Dts	5			Esholt Junction rail crash: two trains collide at junction, caused by unsafe procedures and a signal obscured by vegetation.
Template:Dts	10	43		Thirsk rail crash (1892): Rear-end collision, mistake by signalman after no sleep due to daughter taken ill and dying. Stated he was unfit to work, and why, but told he must; convicted of manslaughter but given absolute discharge.
Template:Dts	13			Llantrisant rail accident: Train down an embankment.
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Template:Dts	14			Chelford rail accident: Wind blew a truck into path of express.
Template:Dts	1	6		St. Neots derailment: Broken rail.
Template:Dts	1			Snowdon Mountain Railway: Runaway on hill derailed.
Template:Dts	1			Template:Stnlnk: Excessive speed on curve.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	12			Menheniot: Reconstruction of Coldrennick Viaduct: workman's platform fell.
Template:Dts	11			Welshampton rail accident, Shropshire: Derailment.
Template:Dts	1	31		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	2		Penistone station, West Riding: Light locomotive collided with a coach.
Template:Dts	2			Menheniot: Reconstruction of Trevido Viaduct, accident raising a heavy timber.
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Template:Dts	3	20		St Johns train crash 1898, London: Passenger train ran into the back of another passenger train in thick fog due to oversight by signalman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	7	65		Wellingborough rail accident, Northamptonshire: Luggage trolley rolled off platform onto rails and derailed passing express.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	9	26		Wrawby Junction rail crash, Lincolnshire: Passenger train collided with derailed goods wagons hauling tree trunks.<ref>Template:Cite newspaper The Times</ref>
8 December 1899	1	5		Norton Bridge, Staffordshire. The Irish Mail train ran over a bale of cloth fallen from a goods train which derailed some of the rear coaches which were then hit by a goods train, overturning the engine and derailing 16 waggons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
23 December 1899	3	12	Derailment	Between Glassford and Quarter Road on the Strathaven branch of the Caledonian Railway. The inquiry found an insuffiency of ballast led to a shifting of the permanent way which caused the derailment.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	7			Glasgow: Collision.<ref name=WilsonRlyAcc/>
Template:Dts	5	35		Slough rail accident: Express passed signal at danger and collided with local train standing in station.
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Template:Dts	0	1		Bowling Tunnel, Bradford, West Riding: Defective coupling causing freight train to divide causing collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	6	0		Dingle, Liverpool: Electrical fault, train in tunnel. The insulation of an underfloor drive motor failed, causing arcing. The circuit breaker operated, but was repeatedly re-set by the driver. Eventually the arcing set fire to the wooden body of the coach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	0	35		Leven Viaduct near Ulverston: Early morning Carnforth-to-Whitehaven train blown over by high winds (Storm Ulysses) after being stopped on viaduct by fallen telegraph wires dislodging the engine's brake hose, destroying the vacuum and applying the brake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	16	27		Glasgow St Enoch rail crash: Train ran into buffer stops.
Template:Dts	0	6		Template:Stnlnk station, Surrey: Derailment due to track defect.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	0	2		Template:Stnlnk- Collision- signalmans error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4			Aylesbury station, Buckinghamshire: 4 killed were driver, secondman and 2 GPO employees. Mail train in fog and dark before dawn; train too fast on sharp curve entering station. The driver may not have had current route knowledge for that portion of the journey.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	7			Cudworth, West Riding: Collision of two Midland Railway trains with a third, in fog.
Template:Dts	20	48		Hall Road rail accident, Blundellsands, Lancashire: Two Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway electric passenger trains collided due to error on the part of a signalman (authorising the driver to pass an interlocked signal at danger) and the driver disregarding regulations for action in these circumstances.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	11	71		Witham rail crash, Essex: Derailment over track being repaired.
Template:Dts	6			Charing Cross roof collapse, London.
Template:Dts	28	11		1906 Salisbury rail crash: Express passenger train derailed due to speed on a tight curve at Template:Stnlnk in the early hours and collided with a milk train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	13	17		Grantham rail accident, Lincolnshire: Derailment.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2			Template:Rws, East Riding: Passenger train overran signals and ran into the rear of a freight train.
Template:Dts	22			Elliot Junction rail accident, Forfarshire: Collision in blizzard.
Template:Dts	0	34		Collision between slip coach and main portion of a passenger train at Marks Tey.
Template:Dts	1			The Clarendon Film Company was filming a short drama at Coulsdon North railway station (Stoats Nest Station), depicting a clever Great Dane preventing a rail accident. The engine driver misunderstood his instructions and did not stop at the right place, killing a performer.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	1	12		Newport rail accident: collision<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	18	33		Shrewsbury rail accident: Derailment at speed on curve.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2	?		Template:Rws, Kent: Signal passed at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3			Cardiff Docks locomotive shed, Rhymney Railway, Wales: Safety valves, wrongly reassembled after repair, did not open, causing Boiler explosion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	26		West Hampstead: Two passenger trains collided in fog.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	0		Braunton Road railway accident, Devon: 1 railwayman killed whilst opening level-crossing gates.
Template:Dts	7	65		Template:Rws, Surrey: Rolling stock failure and derailment.
Template:Dts	12	17		Hawes Junction rail crash: Train hit 2 light engines; signalman's error: forgot train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	11			Pontypridd railway accident: Rear collision.
Template:Dts	15	50		Ditton Junction rail crash, Lancashire, (now Cheshire): Train derailed, collided with a structure and then caught fire.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2	2		Chumhill railway accident: 2 track workers killed; 2 injured.
Template:Dts	14	38		1913 Ais Gill rail accident: Train passed red signal, rear-end collision; underpowered engines and bad coal.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2	12		Template:Stnlnk, Fife.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Edinburgh-to-Aberdeen train collided with the Dundee goods train.
Template:Dts	1	9		Template:Stnlnk, Berkshire: Train passed signal at danger leading to collision with a second train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	5	10		Carrbridge rail crash, Scottish Highlands: Bridge collapsed whilst a train was passing over it following torrential rain.
Template:Dts	10	500+		Ilford rail crash (1915): Driver passed signals at danger.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	226	246		Quintinshill rail crash, 22 May 1915; 226 killed, 246 injured: Troop train hit local standing train and 2 coal trains; another train hit wreckage caused by mistakes by signalmen.Template:Sfn<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	10	21		Weedon rail crash (1915), Northamptonshire: Detached coupling rod on a moving locomotive damaged adjacent track causing oncoming train to derail. Coaches toppled down an embankment as a result.
Template:Dts	19	81		St Bedes Junction rail crash: Double collision sent trains down embankment and fire consumed some of the wreckage. Procedural failures by driver and signalman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	0		Penistone rail accident, West Riding: Penistone end of the viaduct north of station subsided; embankment and end arch fell, taking a locomotive with it.
Template:Dts	2	1		Template:Stnlnk, Brecknockshire: Signal passed at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	12	46		Ratho rail crash, Queensferry Junction, West Lothian: Passenger express train collided with goods engine running light due to human error.<ref name="WilsonRlyAcc">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	10	0		Bere Ferrers rail accident, Devon: New Zealand troops just disembarked in the UK after voyage from NZ alighted via wrong side of train and onto track under misapprehension that Bere Ferrers railway station was in fact Template:Stnlnk (where they were due to receive food rations) and were hit by another train travelling in opposite direction at Template:Cvt.
Template:Dts	1	4		Near Template:Stnlnk, Shropshire: Signalman's error – head-on collision on single line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	7	46		Little Salkeld rail accident on Settle-Carlisle line: London St. Pancras to Glasgow express ran into landslip in cutting blocking line at Template:Cvt.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	8		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	1		Template:Stnlnk, Kent: Two goods trains collided due to excessive speed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	11		Template:Stnlnk, Cheshire: Chester-to-Crewe passenger train hit buffer stops in bay platform.
Template:Dts	1	4		Template:Stnlnk, Suffolk: Passenger train hit buffer stops in siding after leaving station due to error by the train driver and signalman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	148		Lostock Junction, Bolton: Collision between two Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway passenger trains due to signal passed at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	13		Template:Stnlnk, West Sussex: Brakes failed, train collided with buffers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	17	36		Abermule train collision, Montgomeryshire: Head-on collision on single line, inattention to proper procedures.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	17		Selby railway station, Yorkshire: Sidelong collision caused by passing danger signal due to driver error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	24		Template:Stnlnk. Collision caused by passing danger signal due to driver error, and moist tracks, which caused wheelslip.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	0		Ascot, Berkshire. Failure to apply brakes by staff while shunting resulted in light engine running away for approximately 6 miles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	8		Template:Stnlnk, Cheshire: Head-on collision between two Wirral Railway trains, failure to see a signal set at danger.<ref name="Maund217">Template:Cite book</ref>

1923–1947: The Big Four (railway companies)

Date	Killed	Injured	Type	Details
Template:Dts	3	23		Template:Rws, Nottinghamshire: Driver error<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	9		Curry Rivel Junction, Somerset: Signalman Error<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	4	11		Template:Rws, West Riding: Driver error<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	15	12		Lytham rail crash: Locomotive tyre fracture<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	21		Template:Rws Carnarvonshire: Driver error, signal passed at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	9	6		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1			Template:Rws: A wagon examiner was walking in the sidings when he lurched into the path of a train and was run over.<ref name="oneunder1926WDP">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	9			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	9			Template:Rws, West Riding: Derailment and collision<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	12	24		Hull Paragon rail accident: Head-on collision caused by signalling error.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	48		Penistone: Shunting engine passed signal meant for express, collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	13			Sevenoaks railway accident: Derailment.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	25	45		Darlington rail crash: head-on collision. Driver misunderstood a calling on signal during shunting and passed home signal at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2			London Bridge: Driver of light engine misread signals.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	14		New Tredegar: 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).Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	16	41		Charfield railway disaster, Gloucestershire; Night mail train passed signals at danger hit shunting freight train. The mail train was lit by fuel gas and this ignited shortly after the impact, causing a severe fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	4	38		Ashchurch: Signal overrun.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3			Combe Down Tunnel accident: Train crew overcome by smoke in a tunnel, runaway train crashed into a goods yard.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1			Template:Rws: Rear collision, signalman incorrectly accepted next train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	6			Template:Rws, Bedfordshire: Train derailed due to driver exceeding speed limit on slow lines.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	54		Great Bridgeford, Staffordshire: Excessive speed<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5			Template:Rws, Surrey: Train derailed due to uncompleted track maintenance.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	35		Template:Rws: Signalman's error<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	6		Template:Rws: Signalman's error<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	1		Template:Rws, West Riding: Shunter/guard error caused head-on collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1			Template:Rws: A platelayer was hit by a train while clearing weeds from the track.<ref name="oneunder1934">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	9	11		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	12			Winwick rail crash: Collision at junction: overloaded signalman, mistake by his assistant lad.
Template:Dts	13	85		Welwyn Garden City rail crash: rear-end collision caused by signalman's error.
Template:Dts	2	10		Template:Rws: Train collided with breakaway wagons.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	0		Template:Rws: Two passenger carriages derailed while shunting after becoming fouled on a set of points.<ref name="derail1936GC">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	10	17		Battersea Park rail crash: Signalling error.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	35	179		Castlecary rail crash: Whiteout in snowy night and snow blocked points, rear-end collision.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	3	46		Oakley Junction, Bedfordshire: Signalman's error<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	15		Template:Rws: Axle defect.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	3		Template:Rws, Lanarkshire: Driver error – excessive speed<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	161		Glasgow: Passing Signal at danger caused by driver error, rear-end collision with another passenger train at Stobcross West Junction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	27	56		Norton Fitzwarren rail crash (1940): Driver read wrong signal, drove off end of track at Template:Cvt.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1			Template:Rws: A 15-year old railway employee was involved in an accident with a train, receiving severe head injuries.<ref name="oneunder1941">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	5	6		Dolphin Junction, Slough: Signalman failed to notice train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	9	45		Template:Rws, Cheshire: Signalman's error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	23	57		Eccles rail crash: Train passed red signal in fog and wartime blackout, collision on crossing.
Template:Dts	14	54		Cowlairs East Junction collision. Signalman's error: cleared signals on the running line while it was occupied by a stationary light engine.There was a delay in implementing Rule 55, which required the fireman to enter the signalbox to ensure that his engine was protected by signals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	9	38		Ilford rail crash: Politician Frank Heilgers killed, signal passed at danger in fog.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	1	7		Near Template:Rws, Somerset: unconfirmed 1 killed, 7 injured: U.S. road transport vehicle crashed through bridge wall onto passing train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	29		Soham rail disaster: Explosion of ammunition wagon.
Template:Dts	22	27		Ballymacarrett rail crash: Collision caused by driver error; excess speed in fog.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	26		King's Cross railway accident: Locomotive slipped to stand in tunnel, train rolled back into station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	43	64		Bourne End rail crash: excess speed on turnout.
Template:Dts	0	23		Woking crash: Driver and other errors Passenger train collides with rear of second passenger train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	10		Northwood Middlesex: Collision due to excess speed in fog<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	20	21		Lichfield rail crash: Signal interlocking failed due to frozen points, goods train collided with rear of stationary passenger train.
Template:Dts	10	18		Browney rail crash: Goods train divided and crashed, the wreckage of which was hit by an express travelling in the opposite direction.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	2	17		Potters Bar rail crash: Driver error and signalman's error caused passenger train to hit buffers. Derailed coaches fouled main line and were hit by two express train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	13		Mottingham: Signaller error. Electric passenger train collided with a stationary light engine that was waiting to move into the sidings.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	7		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	7	45		Gidea Park: Signalman's error in fog, rear-end collision.
Template:Dts	0	4		Lambrigg Crossing signal box between Grayrigg and Oxenholme: 4 hospitalised. Express driver missed a signal while looking in his food box, hit light engine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	5	64		Template:Rws, Warwickshire: Derailment due to track defects.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	18	118		Doncaster: Signalman's error, rear-end collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	32	183		South Croydon rail crash: Signalman's error in fog, rear-end collision.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	27			Goswick rail crash: Excess speed on diversion, driver did not read warning notice.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	101		Template:Rws, Surrey: Fogman's error<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	2		Train of tank wagons carrying petrol ran out of control and crashed through buffers at Manchester Victoria station, caused by misjudgement by the driver.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

1948–1994: British Railways/Rail

Date	Killed	Injured	Type	Details
Template:Dts	24	30		Winsford rail accident, Cheshire: Glasgow-to-Template:Rws train was stopped by passenger inappropriately pulling communication cord. Following train hit stopped train due to a signalman's error.<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Page needed</ref>
Template:Dts	8	34		Wath Road Junction: Buckled track derailed locomotive; train rolled down embankment.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		Conington level crossing: The 4 pm train from Peterborough to London strikes a car on the level crossing, killing former mayor of Peterborough Arthur Mellows and his dog.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5	36		Stockport Viaduct, Cheshire/Lancashire: In dense fog, a stationary passenger train from Manchester to Crewe and Disley was run into by following passenger train from Manchester to Buxton, which had passed a signal at danger. Two rearmost coaches of standing train were telescoped.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1			Template:Rws: A 16-year old railway employee was hit by a mail train.<ref name="oneunder1948">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	7		Train fire near Penmanshiel Tunnel: two coaches of Edinburgh-to-King's Cross express destroyed by fire.
Template:Dts	1			Template:Rws: A train fireman was hit by an express train.<ref name="oneunder1949">Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	2			Oakley (Bedfordshire): Freight train collides with stationary freight train on viaduct and plunges off it into a meadow<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	68		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5	0		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	6	35		Penmaenmawr crash, north Wales: Up Irish Mail sleeper train from Template:Rws to Template:Rws collided with shunting locomotive at night due to signalman's error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	1		Hopworthy, Holsworthy, Devon: Train hit tractor on farm crossing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	14	29		Doncaster rail crash, West Riding: Southbound express passenger train to Template:Rws partly derailed on a poorly maintained crossover shortly after leaving Doncaster, one coach destroyed.
Template:Dts	0	22		Train fire near Huntingdon: four coaches of King's Cross-to-Leeds express destroyed by fire.
Template:Dts	3	41		Newcastle rail crash between electric units due to starting when signal at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	15	26		Weedon crash, Northamptonshire: Jammed locomotive axlebox caused derailment of Template:Rws-to-Template:Rws passenger train at speed
Template:Dts	0	34		Blea Moor (Settle-Carlisle Line): Brake rod on locomotive tender detached and derailed train.<ref name=McMullen1952>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	112	340		Harrow and Wealdstone rail disaster, Middlesex: During fog conditions, driver failed to obey signals, his train struck the rear of a stationary train, a third train travelling in the opposite direction struck the wreckage.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	3		Crewkerne: Brake rod on locomotive tender detached and debris flew through coach.<ref name=McMullen1952 />
Template:Dts	6	0		Ystrad Caron level-crossing near Tregaron: van with six occupants on crossing hit by non-scheduled train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	10	58		Irk Valley Junction rail crash near Manchester: 5-car EMU train collided with steam-hauled train at Irk Valley Junction, Collyhurst, caused by a signalman's error and driver inattention.Template:Citation needed
Template:Dts	0	1		Goswick derailment: Glasgow-to-Colchester express passenger train derailed at Goswick.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	1		Template:Rws station: A section of track fell off a down freight train on to the up line derailing a parcel train from Edinburgh to Kings Cross.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	17	43		Sutton Coldfield rail crash: Train on diversionary route, pilot driver with route knowledge was unfamiliar with type of locomotive, speed on curve, train strewn over platforms.Template:Citation needed
Template:Dts	3	40		Wormit, Fife: Train derailed at excessive speed in tunnel, overturning onto a platform at Wormit Station. Locomotive fireman and two passengers on footplate killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	11	157		Milton rail crash, Oxfordshire: Passenger train from Treherbert to London Paddington derailed whilst passing over a crossover at excessive speed.
Template:Dts	13	35		Barnes rail crash: rear-end collision because signalman error.
Template:Dts	1	50		Luton station accident: Northbound passenger train in rear-end collision with stationary northbound passenger train.
Template:Dts	0	3		Ludlow, Shropshire: Collision due to driver error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	25		Welwyn Garden City rail crash, Hertfordshire: Signals ignored in fog, rear-end collision with another passenger train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2			Chapel-en-le-Frith rail crash, Derbyshire: Runaway freight train rear-end collision with another freight train due to brake failure. Deceased driver of runaway train posthumously awarded George Cross.
Template:Dts	90	173		Lewisham rail crash, south-east London: Missed signals in fog, rear-end collision with another passenger train. Overbridge fell on wreckage when bridge's abutment was struck by derailing locomotive and coaches.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	10	89		Dagenham East rail crash: Signal passed at danger in thick fog by passenger train, rear-end collision with preceding passenger train
Template:Dts	0	45		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5	41		Eastbourne station rail crash, 22 serious injuries, 19 minor: Sleeper train from Glasgow passed signal at danger, collided head-on with 12-car EMU from Ore to London Bridge as the latter is leaving platform at the station.
Template:Dts	0	5		Hitchin rail crash, No fatalities, 5 minor injuries: The 3:25 am London-to-Peterborough freight train collided with the rear of the 2:28 am London-to-Peterborough freight train which had been held at the down main 'Home' signal. Some wagons derailed across the up main and were almost immediately hit by the 10:35 pm Leeds-to-London freight train. A stationary light engine on the adjacent up slow was also struck and overturned.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	0	22		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5	9		Settle rail crash: Locomotive slide bar fell off due to failed bolts; connecting rod became detached destroying adjacent track; oncoming goods train derailed into side of passenger train.
Template:Dts	2	26		Between Pontrhydyfen and Cwmavon, Glamorgan: Head-on collision between 3-car passenger DMU travelling from Swansea High Street to Barry Island and a runaway steam-hauled goods train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	1		North Belton level-crossing, near Dunbar, East Lothian: Car with five occupants hit by two freight trains on a level-crossing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	6		Template:Rws, Lancashire: Runaway train crashed through buffers and demolished a pair of terraced houses.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	7		Template:Rws, Shropshire: Signalman's error caused collision between passenger train travelling at Template:Cvt and freight train locomotive that was shunting its wagons into a siding. The locomotive, tender and a stores van of the passenger train overturned and ended up on the station platform where the stores van burst into flames and burned out.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	42		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	7	116		Singleton Bank rail crash, Weeton, Lancashire: signalman let train enter section of line under engineer's possession, collided with ballast train.
Template:Dts	3	7		Lincoln rail crash: Excess speed on curve.
Template:Dts	18	34		Coppenhall Junction rail disaster, Cheshire: Express hit a second express from the rear. Driver passed signal at danger as phone was out of order, hit stationary train in next section.
Template:Dts	2	3		Bracebridge Gas Sidings, Lincoln: 2-car DMU travelling from Grantham to Lincoln Central collided with a stationary steam locomotive.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	2		Between Picton and Template:Rws, North Riding of Yorkshire: Freight train ran into the back of another freight train due to a signal passed at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	3		Knowle and Dorridge rail crash: Pullman train from Template:Rws to London Paddington ran into freight train being shunted across its path due to signalman's error.
Template:Dts	2	2		Stanton Gate, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire: two freight trains collided due one passing a signal at danger.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	31		Shoreditch, east London: Rear coach of a Template:Rws-to-Template:Rws train derailed shortly after leaving terminus and is struck by a train travelling in the opposite direction.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	27		Template:Rws, Cheshire: Train derailed crossing a temporary railway bridge over road widening work at well in excess of the temporary Template:Cvt speed limit.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	17		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	4		Nantwich station level-crossing, Nantwich, Cheshire: Express passenger train from Plymouth to Manchester passed signal at danger and crashed through level-crossing gates into 2 road vehicles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	1		Finsbury Park: Two passenger trains collided in dense fog when the green signal was given in error. The trains were the 08:20 Kings Cross – Doncaster and 09:00 Kings Cross – Newcastle. The only injury was to the driver, who had to be cut from the train.<ref>Evening News 5 October 1964 Template:Full citation needed</ref>
Template:Dts	1	4		Millbrook, Bedfordshire: Eight-car DMU from St. Pancras to Bedford travelling at Template:Cvt when a fire broke out under the last coach. One passenger died and others injured after jumping from moving train to escape fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	2		Coton Hill rail crash, Shrewsbury: Driver of goods train failed to obey stop sign, derailed on trap points and crashed through Coton Hill signal box.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	15		Elm Park, near Dagenham, Essex: Derailment- Unknown persons placed obstruction on line, derailed London-Fenchurch St.-to-Shoeburyness passenger train travelling at Template:Cvt<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	11		Template:Rws, Lancashire: Derailment caused by broken rail.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	5		Template:Rws station, Anglesey: local passenger train from Bangor collided with stationary boat train to Euston due to inattention and lack of caution of driver and fireman.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	8		Roundstone level-crossing, Angmering, Sussex: In thick fog a 4-car EMU passenger train crashed through crossing gates, closed across line in error by crossing keeper, and collided with a Southdown double-deck bus traversing the crossing, pushing it 54 yards (49 m) along the track. Bus destroyed by fire.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		Bridgend, Glamorgan: Locomotive derailed due to landslide whilst hauling train of empty passenger coaches, and this in turn was run into by a freight train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	5		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	9	16		Stechford rail crash, Birmingham: Misunderstood hand signal coupled with an unauthorised movement of a diesel locomotive crossing the running lines into the path of multiple unit passenger train travelling at Template:Cvt.
Template:Dts	5	18		Connington South rail crash, Huntingdonshire: Signal operator wilfully defeated interlocking and moved facing points while passenger train was passing over them.
Template:Dts	0	12		Tyseley North Junction, Birmingham: A.W.S. pickup shoe fixing bolts worked loose and fell out under the locomotive hauling a London-Birmingham express passenger train. The shoe struck the stretcher bar of facing points at around 60 mph, causing the points to move under the train.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
Template:Dts	0	13		Maidstone East station, Kent: Freight train passed signal at danger and ran into rear of stationary passenger train; error by guard resulted in inadequate brake power; excessive speed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	7	45		Thirsk rail crash (1967): Derailment of the rear portion of a freight train led to wagon fouling adjacent track, passenger express ran into wagon at approximately Template:Cvt.
Template:Dts	1	23		Foxhall Junction, Didcot: Derailment caused by train driver driving at excessive speed through crossover. (O. S. Nock was a passenger).Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	49	78		Hither Green rail crash: Hastings-to-Charing Cross train derailed at Template:Cvt (113 km/h) due to broken rail.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	11	27		Hixon rail crash, Staffordshire: Express passenger train collided at level crossing with road-transporter carrying 110-ton transformer.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2	1		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	1		Hatfield, Hertfordshire: Train driver error caused freight train to crash through buffers on a spur line and into an over-line bridge abutment at about Template:Cvt.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5	0		Beckingham, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire: Stalled car hit by train on half barrier level-crossing situated between Gainsborough Trent junction and Beckingham (the crossing was subsequently closed and a by-pass built). All five occupants in the car were killed, including three children.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	10		Sandridge, Hertfordshire: Fire on diesel multiple unit after gearbox failure damaged fuel tank; poor maintenance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	3		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	11		Marden rail crash, Template:Rws, Kent: Express passenger train ran past signal at danger in fog and collided with parcels train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	45		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	6	121		Morpeth rail crash (1969), Northumberland: Driver inattention led to night sleeper train derailing on tight curve at excessive speed (Template:Cvt.
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Template:Dts	1	13		Template:Rws, Kent: 10 coach EMU passenger train overran buffers, 13 on train injured, woman waiting in booking hall killed. Driver taken ill.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	1		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	26		Tattenhall Junction, near Chester, Cheshire: School excursion train derailed; buckled track.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	0	2		Chester General station rail crash, Chester, Cheshire: Freight train vacuum brakes not connected, runaway train hit empty passenger stock in station.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	6	126		Eltham Well Hall rail crash, south-east London: Excessive speed on curve: driver intoxicated, assistant driver lacked route knowledge.
Template:Dts	0	11		Copyhold Junction, just north of Haywards Heath on London-to-Brighton Line: Slow train from Haywards Heath passed signal at danger, moving onto through line from local line, struck by Victoria-bound fast train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	5	51		Shields Junction near Glasgow: Collision between two passenger trains followed by fire; no clear cause – driver possibly suffered heart attack.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	10	94		Ealing rail crash, west London: Battery box door fell open, hit lineside equipment which operated points under train.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	35		Template:Rws, Glasgow: EMU passenger train passed signal at danger and collided with DMU passenger train; driver error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	11		Watford Junction rail crash, Hertfordshire: Express derailed by a steel stillage that had fallen from freight train, then hit by another express.
Template:Dts	6	67		Nuneaton rail crash, Warwickshire: Excessive speed caused derailment of sleeper train. Temporary speed limit equipment faulty and inattention by driver.
Template:Dts	1	41		Lunan Bay, Angus: Collision of recovery locomotive and failed train (10.15 Aberdeen to London-King's Cross). Confusion over exact location of failed train and excessive speed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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Template:Dts	1	8		Chivers Occupation level-crossing, Cambridgeshire: Passenger train collided with lorry on unmanned level crossing.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	12	19		Taunton train fire, Somerset: Dirty linen stacked against electric heater, (victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning); locked doors.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	3	57		Between Hassocks and Template:Rws, Sussex: Train ran into rear of another due to incorrect passing of both a caution signal and next signal (showing no aspect), as per rule book requirements.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	5		Naas level-crossing, Lydney, Gloucestershire: Lorry crossed unmanned level-crossing in front of Cardiff-to-Newcastle upon Tyne passenger train travelling at Template:Cvt. Train crew and lorry driver killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	9		Hilsea, Portsea Island: Train struck overhanging crane on adjacent track.
Template:Dts	7	67		Paisley Gilmour Street rail crash, Renfrewshire: Inattention by driver ("ding-ding, and away"); head-on collision.
Template:Dts	0	2		Bushbury Junction, West Midlands: Camshaft failure of a switch diamond crossing caused the approaching Manchester-Piccadilly-to-Birmingham International express to derail at around Template:Cvt, train lightly loaded. Driver did not return to his duties and died 1 year after the incident.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	5	52		Invergowrie rail crash, Perth and Kinross: Train stopped due to traction motor fire, following train ran into rear, poorly maintained signalling equipment.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	48		Template:Rws, Hertfordshire: On a section of continuous welded rail a welded joint failed. 20:25 Template:Rws-to-Manchester-Piccadilly derailed at Template:Cvt. Coaches derailed blocking the adjacent Up Fast Line and Watford DC Line.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	0	21		Holborn rail crash, central London: Inattention by driver, signal passed at danger, rear-end collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	1	23		Ulleskelf, East Riding: Broken rail led to derailment of York-to-Liverpool passenger train. Two rearmost coaches rolled down steep embankment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	5		Seer Green rail crash, Buckinghamshire: Signalman misread equipment, excess speed after driver authorised to pass signal at danger, rear-end collision.
Template:Dts	0	31		Nairn's level-crossing, Forteviot, Perth & Kinross: Agricultural tractor and trailer grounded on farm crossing hit by express passenger train at Template:Cvt. Entire train derailed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	2		Linslade Tunnel, West Coast Main Line. At 2 am a northbound passenger train derailed when it struck permanent way material that had fallen from a previous train. Locomotive hit bridge pier, driver killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	0	3		Paddington Station approaches, London: Excessive speed approaching Paddington. Penzance-Paddington sleeper derailed, locomotive 50041 extensively damaged.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	1	3		Wrawby Junction rail crash, Lincolnshire: Passenger DMU train hit and partially derailed by freight train mistakenly signalled to proceed whilst line ahead in use by passenger train.
Template:Dts	0	35		Morpeth rail crash, Northumberland: Excessive speed, sleeping car train derailed, driver intoxicated.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	13	44		Polmont rail crash, near Falkirk: Leading DBSO of Edinburgh-to-Glasgow train hit stray cow on line, whole train derailed.
Template:Dts	3	18		Wembley Central rail crash, London: Collision due to signal passed at danger. Driver mentally incapacitated by medical condition.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	3	68		Eccles rail crash (1984), Greater Manchester: Signal passed at danger, rear-end collision.
Template:Dts	0	0		Summit tunnel fire, Todmorden, West Yorkshire: Faulty axle box caused derailment of petrol tank wagons in tunnel, fire burned for over 36 hours.
Template:Dts	0	104		Battersea Park Station, London: Gatwick Express passenger train passed signal at danger in fine, sunny conditions and ran into rear of commuter train that was accelerating away from another signal at which it had been held.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Dts	0	2		Motherwell: Defective and poorly maintained track coupled with hot weather. At approximately 16.31 the 16.10 Glasgow-Central-to-London-Euston passenger train became derailed on the approach to Motherwell Station.Template:Citation needed
Template:Dts	9	11		Lockington rail crash, East Yorkshire: Road vehicle on level-crossing.Template:Citation needed
Template:Dts	1	60		Colwich rail crash, Staffordshire: Head-on collision at converging route. Driver misread signals after failing to read a notification regarding recent signalling changes.Template:Sfn
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Template:Dts		23		Kensal Green rail crash: Network SouthEast Class 313 collided with rear of Bakerloo line train following driver's misinterpretation of a signal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4			River Towy rail crash, near Llandeilo: flood washed bridge away; train fell into river.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	14		Forest Gate, London: two trains collided.
Template:Dts	1	16		St. Helens rail crash, Merseyside: Train derailed leaving station.
Template:Dts	35	484		Clapham Junction rail crash, London: Rear-end collision, oncoming train ran into wreckage: wrong-side signalling failure due to wiring error.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	5	88		Purley Station rail crash, London: Missed distant signal, overshot signal at danger; rear-end collision, part of train down embankment.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	2	53		Glasgow Bellgrove rail crash: Inattention by driver ("ding-ding, and away"); head-on collision.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0			Template:Rws: Train collided with a piece of rail left on the track, probably by vandals, and the locomotive was derailed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>
Template:Dts	0	15		Template:Rws: Two expresses collided outside the station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Template:Dts	1	36		Stafford rail crash (1990): Train signalled into an occupied section, rear-end collision, alcohol and excessive working hours possible causes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	2	542		Cannon Street Station rail crash, London: Passenger train hit buffer stop.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Dts	4	22		Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident, Glasgow: head-on collision at junction.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	0	186		Severn Tunnel rail crash: Rear-end collision, cause uncertain.Template:Sfn
Template:Dts	1	0		Morpeth rail crash 1992, Northumberland: Light engine hit train in rear, driver misunderstood signaller's instruction.
Template:Dts	0	1		Template:Rws, Kent: Derailment due to driver error, excessive speed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		Greenock rail crash: Train derailed by vandals placing concrete blocks on track.
Template:Dts	0	1		Morpeth rail crash 1994, Northumberland: excessive speed on curve.
Template:Dts	5	13		Cowden rail crash, Kent: Signal passed at danger; head-on collision.Template:Sfn

1995 onwards: Post-privatisation

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Date	Killed	Injured	Type	Details
Template:Dts	1	30		1995 Ais Gill rail accident: Train hit landslide, oncoming train hit wreckage.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	5		Template:Rws, North Ayrshire: Buffer stop collision at terminus station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	1		Royal Oak tube station: Collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	22		1996 Stafford rail crash, Staffordshire: axle box failure, train derailed across other tracks, mail train hit wreckage.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	69		Watford rail crash, West Coast Main Line, Watford: Signal passed at danger, head-on collision with empty stock.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	4		Bexley derailment, London: Derailment due to overloaded train and poor track maintenance.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	7	139		Southall rail crash, Great Western Main Line, Template:Rws: Signal passed at danger, collided with freight train crossing path. Driver inattention and faulty Automatic Warning System equipment.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	9		Template:Rws, Bedfordshire: Wheel failure caused by metal fatigue. East Coast mainline express derailed south of the station at approximately Template:Cvt and came to a halt 400 metres north of the station.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	4		Spa Road Junction rail crash, London: Train passed signal at danger, converging collision, driver error.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	31		1999 Winsford railway accident, Cheshire: Train passed red signal; rear-end collision.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	31	417		Ladbroke Grove rail crash Great Western Main Line, London: Driver passed signal SN109 at danger; head-on collision and fire; allegations made at subsequent Inquiry<ref>Various witnesses quoted in Final Report as making this allegation</ref> that signal SN109 was hard to see.Template:Sfn<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	4	70+		Hatfield rail crash East Coast Main Line, Hertfordshire: Derailment caused by broken rail; restaurant coach hit overhead lines (catenary) stanchion.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	1		Template:Rws, Bristol: Driver injured due to incorrect brake operation an empty mail train passed 2 red lights and hit the back of a loaded coal train.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	10	82 serious		Great Heck Rail Crash East Coast Main Line, near Selby, North Yorkshire: Driver of Land Rover fell asleep and ran down embankment onto track where it was hit by passenger train and a freight train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	14		Nocton railway disaster, Lincolnshire: 1 killed in van, 14 injured on train after van crashed through wall and fell onto track.
Template:Dts	7	76		Potters Bar rail accident, East Coast Main Line, Hertfordshire: Undetected points fault derailed train, coaches rolled coming to rest on platforms.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	31		Southall East: Broken fishplate caused HST coach to derail, throwing ballast through windows.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	3	5		Near Pershore, Worcestershire: Minibus carrying farm workers struck by Hereford-to- London-Paddington train on a farm level crossing. Lineside telephone to contact signaller not used. Network Rail had visited site 2 months earlier and reminded farmer of safety obligations.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	1	0		Template:Rws, Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Train driver killed, car on level crossing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	4	3		Tebay rail accident West Coast Main Line, Cumbria: Runaway work trolley due to faulty brakes; ran down railway trackworkers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	7	71		Ufton Nervet rail crash Reading-to-Taunton Line, Berkshire: A man committed suicide by parking his car on a level crossing, which the inbound InterCity 125 struck, derailing the train.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	0		Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Train driver killed, car on level crossing.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		Template:Rws, Essex: two teenage girls using the station's pedestrian level crossing killed by a train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	0		Copmanthorpe, North Yorkshire: Road vehicle crashed through fence onto railway derailing Virgin CrossCountry Super Voyager train.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	88		Grayrigg derailment, Cumbria: Train derailed over a set of faulty points.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	3		Barrow upon Soar train crash, Leicestershire: Collision between train and an iron footbridge toppled just beforehand by a ballast tipper lorry.
Template:Dts	0	2		Carrbridge derailment, Scottish Highlands: Freight train derailed just past Carrbridge railway station, Rail Accident Investigation Branch confirmed accident was snow and ice working its way into the space between the brake blocks, line was closed until 13 January. Other possible contributions to the accident was that ploughed snow was left to accumulate too close to the side of the tracks, and the speed of passing trains may have led to snow being pulled into the brake mechanisms.
Template:Dts	1	0		Welsh Marches Line, Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefordshire: an Arriva Trains Wales train struck two cars on a level-crossing between Template:Rws and Template:Rws. One of the cars' passengers was killed.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Investigation concluded that the signaller had opened the barriers as the train approached, believing it had already passed, after being distracted by a telephone call.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	23		Little Cornard derailment, Suffolk: sludge tank wagon at telephone-operated works level crossing hit passenger train.
Template:Dts	0	6		Oxshott, Surrey: a cement mixer lorry fell off a road bridge, striking a Guildford-to-London train. 1 passenger and the lorry driver were seriously injured; others received minor injuries.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	0		Template:Rws: 16-year-old girl killed when she fell between departing train and platform. Guard who gave the signal to depart while girl was leaning on train convicted of manslaughter and given 5-year jail sentence.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	8		Norwich station, Norfolk: 8 passengers taken to hospital after an Abellio Greater Anglia DMU crashed at Template:Nowrap (13 km/h) into two other stationary DMUs in the station. Insufficient braking due to driver inattention. RAIB report indicated employer failed to spot drivers previous lapses in concentration.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	1	0		Malton, North Yorkshire: 77-year-old man killed after his car was struck on a level crossing by a First TransPennine Express train from Template:Rws to Template:Rws.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	18		Plymouth, Devon: Eighteen injured when Great Western Railway Template:Brc collided with an InterCity 125 power car at Template:Rws.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	12		Roudham, Norfolk: An Abellio Greater Anglia train from Norwich to Cambridge hit a tractor on a level crossing. The tractor driver suffered serious injuries. Train driver and ten passengers sustained minor injuries.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	5		Dymchurch, Kent: Train hit a tractor on a level crossing. Train driver and 4 passengers injured.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	2		Watford Junction: A London Midland train from Milton Keynes to Euston de-railed following a landslide and was hit by an oncoming train in a tunnel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	2	0		Margam, South Wales: Two railway workers were killed after being struck by a Great Western Railway train near Port Talbot Parkway.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Following confusion about duties, staff worked without a lookout.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	0	0		Eastleigh derailment: A freight train derailed after leaving Eastleigh, blocking the line between Southampton Central and Basingstoke. No-one was hurt but the derailment caused major disruption to local train services.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	3	6		Stonehaven derailment: an Abellio ScotRail Inter7City HST operating the 06:38 Template:Stnlnk-to-Template:Stnlnk derailed at Carmont, near Stonehaven following a landslip.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	0		Llangennech derailment: a freight train carrying diesel derailed and caught fire at around 23:20 BST. About 100 people living within 800 m of the fire were evacuated from their homes. No injuries or fatalities were reported.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	1		Kirkby train crash, Merseyside: A Merseyrail Class 507 overran the buffers at Kirkby Station and derailed. Twelve people suffered minor injuries.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Dts	0	14		2021 Salisbury rail crash: A South Western Railway service collided with a Great Western service in Fisherton Tunnel on its approach to Salisbury station. Train was unable to stop at signal due to leaves on the line and crashed into a second train.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Template:Dts	1	1		Nottinghamshire Police sergeant Graham Saville was struck by a train whilst attempting to save a distressed man on the tracks near Balderton. Sergeant Saville was taken to hospital in critical condition whilst another man was sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being electrocuted. Saville died in hospital five days later.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
29 September 2023	0	2		Aviemore railway station: 60103 Flying Scotsman collided with stationary carriages at 6:05pm in Aviemore, Scotland, injuring two people.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
21 October 2024	1	15		2024 Talerddig train collision: two trains collided head-on near Llanbrynmair, Powys around 900 metres West of Talerddig passing loop, (the former site of the railway station) at around 7:26pm. One person died following the collision and 15 were taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life threatening or life changing, 4 of which were considered serious.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
22 May 2025	0	6		Leominster: At around 10:37am a Transport for Wales Driving Van Trailer operating the 08:30 Manchester to Cardiff service, struck a loaded agricultural trailer which was being hauled by a tractor across Nordan Farm user worked level crossing. The train was travelling at 80mph and of the 66 passengers and 8 staff on board, 6 passengers were reportedly treated for minor injuries. The tractor driver was uninjured. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
13 July 2025	1	0		Teynham, Kent: A Southeastern service struck an Amazon delivery van on a user worked level crossing at around 12:42pm. The driver of the van was declared dead at the scene, no injuries were reported aboard the train. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2 November 2025	0	4		2025 Shap derailment: an Avanti West Coast train derailed at 06:10 after hitting a landslide in Cumbria, injuring four people<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

There were 732 deaths from 146 accidents in 46 years when there was national rail provided by the state between 17 April 1948 and 15 October 1994. There were 92 deaths from 50 accidents in 28 years when there was privatised rail between 31 January 1995 and 24 August 2021.

London Underground

Template:See also Despite the high passenger numbers on the London Underground, and the substantial age of some its infrastructure, passenger fatalities due to train-related incidents are exceptionally rare. The last train collision that killed more than one person was the Moorgate tube crash in 1975. Between 1999 and 2020 there were seven derailments, which caused injuries (some severe) but no fatalities. The Chancery Lane derailment in 2003 led to a closure of the Central line whilst urgent safety checks were undertaken. Fatal accidents killed one person each in 2020, 2022 and 2023; two were passengers who fell onto the tracks and one was in a car that crashed into the railway line.

Tram and light rail

Fatal accidents have occurred involving trams; the worst took place in Dover in 1917, when a tram ran away down a hill and overturned, killing 11 people and injuring 60. In 2016, a tram derailed on a sharp bend and overturned in Croydon, killing seven people and injuring 50.

Staff accidents

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, working on the United Kingdom's railway was very dangerous for many staff. In 1900, for example, for every one passenger killed or injured in a crash, there were seven worker casualties. This amounted to 15,698 staff injuries and 631 fatalities.<ref>Returns of Accidents and Casualties as reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies of the United Kingdom during the year ending 31st December 1900 (London: HMSO, 1901), tables 6 and 8.</ref>

The 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project is uncovering details of British and Irish staff accidents before 1939 and making them freely available, via a database of transcriptions of staff accident investigations and other related records. At March 2023, the database documented nearly 50,000 individuals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The National Railway Museum has an online exhibit, looking at railway safety—with a focus on the staff.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gallery

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  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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  The Dee bridge after its collapse, 24 May 1847
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  Staplehurst rail crash, 9 June 1865
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  Shipton-on-Cherwell Disaster, 24 December 1874
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  Fallen Tay Bridge from the north, 28 December 1879
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  Inverythan crash, 27 November 1882
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  Esholt Junction rail crash, 9 June 1892
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  Royal Mail train crashes into the back of a loaded coal train at Lawrence Hill station, 1 November 2000
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  Grayrigg derailment, 23 February 2007

See also

• Great Western Railway accidents
• Lists of rail accidents by country
• Lists of rail accidents
• List of accidents and disasters by death toll

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External links

• Rail Accident Investigation Branch – Investigation Reports
• Health & Safety; Office of Rail and Road
• A Time Line for Policing the Railways
• Railways Archive
• Guardian unlimited – Rail Accidents Chronology
• BBC News – Chronology of British Rail Crashes
• Clayton Tunnel
• UK train accidents in which passengers were killed 1825–1924
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