This lists significant accidents involving railway rolling stock, including crashes, fires and incidents of crew being overcome by locomotive emissions. Other railway-related incidents such as the King's Cross fire of 1987 or the 7 July 2005 London bombings are not included.

The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in Scotland in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured.^[a] Second worst, and the worst in England, was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, which killed 112 people and injured 340.^[1] 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;^[2] 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).

Before 1830: the 1815 Philadelphia train accident, a boiler explosion of "Brunton's Mechanical Traveller" on a plateway killed 16 people, mainly sightseers.

Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=List_of_British_rail_accidents
Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.

---



---

www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

---

Date	Killed	Injured	Type	Details
15 September 1830	1	0	Collision with person on track	Parkside: William Huskisson was fatally wounded at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway when he was hit by Stephenson's Rocket.[3][4][5] Huskisson is often reported as the first railway fatality, including in ordinarily reliable sources.[6] This is untrue; at least two people were killed on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway before it opened to the public.[7] 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.[8]
April 1831			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 (equivalent to £340 in 2023).[citation needed]
4 May 1833			Level crossing collision	Bagworth: Collision with farmer's cart on level crossing, led to the implementation of the locomotive whistle.[9]
3 December 1836	3		Derailment due to signalling error	Wetheral train accident: Train on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway wrongly diverted into a siding at Wetheral, a near Carlisle, Cumbria. The train derailed and crushed three people to death.
7 August 1840	5		Derailment	Howden rail crash, East Riding: Large casting fell from wagon and derailed coaches.[10]
25 October 1840	1	4	Train overruning line end	Faringdon Road, Berkshire: Driver asleep at controls.[11]
10 November 1840	2		Boiler explosion	Bromsgrove, Worcestershire: Boiler explosion.[12]
24 December 1841	8	17	Landslip in cutting (collision with)	Railway accident at Sonning Cutting: Train ran into landslide caused by heavy rain.[13][14]
6 January 1843	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".[15][16]
5 October 1844	0	23	Rear-end collision	Anerley. Train ran into rear of train in front after signaller's error.[17]
November 1844	2	15	Head-on collision	Beeston, Nottinghamshire. 2 trains collided head-on in heavy fog.[18]
6 October 1845	0	1	Derailment	Penistone: Train derailed by cow.
1 January 1846	1	1	Bridge failure	Tonbridge: Driver killed as bridge collapsed into River Medway.[19][20]
24 May 1847	5	9	Bridge failure	Dee bridge disaster: Bridge collapsed into the river at Chester.[21][22][23]
24 May 1847	2		Derailment	Southall: Broken locomotive tyre.[24]
5 June 1847	7		Signalling error	Wolverton. Down mail train was switched into sidings in error by signalman where it collided with coal wagons.[25]
10 May 1848	6	13		Shrivenham, Berkshire: Express struck horse-box and cattle-van.[26][27]
10 February 1849	5			Rockcliffe, Cumbria. Axle failure resulted in derailment and carriages falling down an embankment.[28]
27 June 1849	1			Hemerdon: The boiler of the engine 'Goliah' exploded.[29][30]
1 August 1850	5	10		Cowlairs, Glasgow. A crowded early morning train passed a signal at danger then stopped before being hit from behind by another train.[31][32]
30 April 1851	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.[33]
6 June 1851	5	1?		Falmer, Sussex: Train ran down incline without braking derailed by wooden sleeper obstructing track; engine, tender and two coaches ended up on nearby public highway.[34]
6 September 1851	6			Bicester, Oxfordshire: Points were moved under the train by signalman resulting in derailment.[35]
5 February 1852	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.[36]
13 March 1852	2			Basingstoke rail accident: Tyre failure. Driver and fireman killed.[37]
12 July 1852	4	a great number		Burnley Thorneybank, Lancashire.[38][39]
20 October 1852	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 Banbury before returning to take the damaged special to Leamington because the relief engine sent to rescue the special derailed on the way from Birmingham.[40]
4 March 1853	6			Dixon Fold: Derailment on deteriorated track.[41][42]
9 March 1853	2			Mangotsfield: A mail train had stopped to allow an adjustment to the locomotive when another train crashed into it in dense fog at 25 mph (40 km/h). Two passengers were killed, with the deaths attributed to neglect of duty by the mail train's guard.[43]
5 October 1853	18	Unknown		Straffan rail accident, County Kildare, Ireland: Collision of goods train into rear of stationary passenger train.[44]
12 September 1855	7	7		Reading: Head-on collision between light engine running on wrong line and passenger train.[45][46]
18 September 1855	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.[47]
27 September 1855	1	9		Summerseat, north of Bury, Lancashire: Accrington-to-Bury passenger train runs into stationary goods train due to faulty signal.[48]
4 August 1856	3	9		Stubbins, north of Ramsbottom, Lancashire: Northbound passenger train derails and overturns due to poorly installed temporary level-crossing.[49]
6 October 1856	2	1	buffer stop collision	Salisbury A crash resulted in 2 deaths and 1 injury and a complete damaged train.[50][51]
28 June 1857	11			Lewisham rail crash (1857), South London: two trains collided
23 August 1858	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".
16 June 1859	0	0		Virginia Water, Surrey. Special train from Ascot ran into the back of another special train.[52]
16 July 1859	1	79		Bishopton, Renfrewshire: Two passenger trains collide in a tunnel at Bishopton.[53]
16 September 1859	0	7		Staines, Surrey. Signal passed at danger resulted in collision between 2 trains.[54]
20 February 1860	7	9		Tottenham station: Locomotive wheel failure led to derailment and collision with station platform.[55][56]
4 September 1860	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.
16 November 1860	10			Atherstone rail accident. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose were passengers.
11 June 1861	2			Wooton Bridge Collapse: Freight train, cast iron girders broke.
25 August 1861	23	176		Clayton Tunnel rail crash: Train hit stationary train in tunnel, confusion over signalling.[57]
2 September 1861	16			Kentish Town rail accident: Signalman's error: engineering ballast train draws out of siding into path of passenger train.[58]
23 September 1861	0	12		Mangotsfield: A goods train shunted into sidings broke down while crossing the track, and was subsequently hit by an excursion train.[59]
6 December 1861	1			Portswood rail accident.
13 October 1862	17			Winchburgh rail crash: Collision in deep cutting.
3 August 1863	7			King's Lynn: Derailment.[60]
7 June 1864	7			Egham: A special train passed a signal at danger and collided with the train in front.[61]
11 October 1864	0	unknown		Putney. A passenger train collided with a goods train due to passing an unlit signal at danger.[62]
14 December 1864	5			Blackheath Tunnel.[63]
7 June 1865	11	30		Rednal rail crash: Excursion train failed to see warning flag for track maintenance.[64]
9 June 1865	10	49		Staplehurst rail crash: Train ran over bridge where rails removed for work. Charles Dickens was a passenger.[65]
9 June 1866	2	2		Welwyn Tunnel rail crash: Collision and fire in tunnel.
26 February 1867	2			Yanwath: Collision of goods trains, one carrying gunpowder; subsequent explosion.[66]
29 June 1867	8	33	Rear-end collision	Warrington rail crash.[60]
20 August 1868	33			Abergele train disaster:[67]
18 December 1869		4		Dalton Junction rail crash; axle break derails Night Mail.
9 October 1869	7			Long Eaton: Collision.[60]
20 June 1870	18			Newark rail crash: Excursion and freight train collided.
10 July 1870	5	29		St Nicholas Crossing, south of Carlisle Citadel: Freight train runs into side of up LNWR mail train on level junction.[68]
14 September 1870	3	13		Tamworth rail crash: Signalman's error diverted Irish Mail into siding where it crashed into river.
28 October 1870	1	0		Bishopstoke collision: Stoker Edward Bist aged 24, Cattle Train heavy, wet rails, took longer to stop.[69]
26 November 1870	7			Harrow: Signal overrun in fog.[60][70]
6 December 1870	5	57		Brockley Whins.[71]
12 December 1870	15	59		Stairfoot rail accident: Train divided.
26 December 1870	8	3	Wheel failure	Hatfield rail crash (1870): Coach wheel failure caused train separation.[72]
5 September 1871	0	30		Reading, Berkshire: Signalman's error results in passenger train colliding with goods wagons.[73]
21 February 1872	2			Whiteball Tunnel. The two packers had incautiously gone up the tunnel on a trolley and were overtaken by the engine.
20 July 1872	0	0		Reading, Berkshire: Coupling failure resulted in mail train colliding with goods train in fog.[74]
2 October 1872	12			Kirtlebridge rail crash. Collision.
2 August 1873	13	30		Wigan rail crash.[75] Facing points moved under train.
2 December 1873	1			Menheniot: Head-on collision on single line.[76] Misunderstood signalman's verbal order.
27 January 1874	16			Bo'ness Junction rail crash: Express and mineral trains collide.
10 September 1874	25	73		Thorpe rail accident: Head-on collision on single-track line.[77]
24 December 1874	34	69		Shipton-on-Cherwell train crash: Coach tyre broke, derailed train on bridge over canal.
28 August 1875	5	40		Kildwick and Cross Hills rail crash.
21 January 1876	14			Abbots Ripton rail disaster: Rear-end collision. Snow stuck slotted signals in clear position.[78]
7 August 1876	15			Radstock rail accident: Head-on collision on single track. Inadequate infrastructure and unqualified staff overloaded by holiday traffic.[79]
23 November 1876		6		Heeley, West Riding: St Pancras-to-Carlisle train derailed at 60 mph (97 km/h).
23 December 1876	5			Arlesey, Bedfordshire: Passenger train struck derailed goods train.
25 March 1877	5	17		Morpeth 1877: Kings Cross-to-Edinburgh train derailed on curve at 25 mph (40 km/h).
19 October 1878	13			Pontypridd station: Collision.
28 December 1879	75 estimate	0		Tay Bridge disaster. Bridge collapsed under train in a gale.
15 January 1880	5–9	n/k		Burscough Junction Station Crash, Lancashire.[80][81]
11 August 1880	8