| Date |
Accident
Type |
Vehicles |
Location / Details |
Pictures |
Inquiry? |
Info from |
| 57 |
Collision |
Class 101 /steam |
HEXHAM STATION. A a coal train of 35
wagons headed by a K1 embedded itself in the rear of a 4-car
set, crushing through the rear driving and rear compartments and
pushing the set right the way through the station (the brakes on
the set were released). Car 50173 was badly stoved in withdrawn.
However, there were no casualties, despite the vehicle being
forced high in the air and the fuel tank rupturing (there was
evidently no fire) |
See Trains illustrated, Sept 1957, p458 |
No |
John Darwent, Jim Poor |
| 6/11/57 |
Collision |
DMU / road vehicle |
LITTLE LONDON PLC, near Stallingborough,
ER.
A Lincoln Central to Cleethorpes passenger train struck the gate as it was
being swung across the line, injuring the gateman and killing
the motor cyclist. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 29/5/58 |
Collision |
DMU |
BARRY The 5.17pm Llantwit
Major to Cardiff General 2-car diesel crashed into the
stationary (6-car diesel) 5.30pm Barry Island to Cardiff General
train which had 300 passengers on board. The accident happened
near to the gas works site. The 6-car unit was hauled to Barry
Docks by a steam engine.
|
|
No |
Shayne Lewis |
| 15/9/59 |
Collision |
DMU / Road vehicle |
STOBSWOOD Occupational Level Crossing (NER).
An Up Alnwick to Newcastle 2-car Metro Camm struck
a dump truck. Details
|
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 15/10/59 |
Collision |
Class 105 /steam |
SMEDLEY VIADUCT SIGNAL BOX, near Manchester, LMR. Class 105 in
collision with steam locomotive 45101. Car numbers not
identified. 6 persons required hospital treatment. A power-twin
Cravens unit travelling from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale
came into head-on collision with 45101. The driver was fortunate
to have been thrown out of the DMU by the impact, as the cab was
destroyed and the underframe distorted. Interference with
signalling equipment, probably by children, caused the signal
passed by the DMU to display a yellow aspect, instead of a red
one. |
|
 |
Bill Read |
23/11/59 |
Collision |
DMU / steam |
SLADE LANE JUNCTION,
Levenshulme LMR. The ‘Pines Express’ (hauled by
a 6P, 4-6-0) and a DMU were simultaneously approaching
Slade Lane Junction when they ran into contact with
each other for about 100yards before coming into sidelong
collision. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 25/4/60 |
Collision |
? / steam |
Between GARFORTH AND MICKLEFIELD,
NER. A 6-car DMU travelling from Leeds City to Hull collided at
speed with the rear of an unfitted goods train running at about
25mph, and hauled by an 8F. 5 persons injured. The freight train
divided and the DMU continued forward for 75 yards, with the
leading bogie derailed, pushing in front of it a 20-ton brake
van and two wagons. The front of the leading coach (E50554?) was
stove in and there was damage to the cab floor and fittings. The
DMU passed a red signal. |
|
|
Bill Read |
18/8/60 |
Collision |
DMU / trolley |
Between CASTLETON SOUTH JUNCTION and MILLS HILL, LMR. A
Manchester-Heywood-Bury-Bacup late morning dmu hit a
platelayers trolley on the line.
Delays of up to 55 minutes before normal traffic resumed.
|
|
|
Richard Greenwood |
| 2/9/60 |
Collision |
Class 126 / steam |
CASTLECARY, ScR. A 6-car Inter City DMU travelling between Glasgow and
Edinburgh collided at about 25 mph with the rear of a
slow-moving ECS train hauled by a Class 5MT running tender first. 3 passengers injured. Damage to the DMU
was confined to buffers, headstocks, gangway frames and
couplers. The shock of the collision was transferred through the
4-coach ECS train resulting in the first coach being forced
upwards from its leading bogie and impacting with the smokebox
of the locomotive. The DMU had been irregularly admitted into an
occupied block section. |
|
|
Bill Read |
| 12/10/60 |
Collision |
Derby Lightweight /steam |
NEW MILLS (CENTRAL) STATION, LMR Three Derby Lightweight twin units, built 1955,
collided with the rear of a goods train hauled by a Class 8F
(48443), which was standing at New Mills
(Central) Up home signal. 3 injured. The leading power car
(M79170) was wrecked and the following trailer car was crumpled by
collision with the leading car. The two rear units were little
damaged. The DMU had passed the Strines Station starting signal
at danger.
|
|
|
Bill Read, John Darwent |
| 16/11/60 |
Collision |
Class 116 /steam |
PONTRHYDYFEN JCT, WR. Set CAT343 was
operating a journey from Neath to Treherbert when the leading
car, W50125 was struck by a runaway coal train headed by ex-GWR
pannier tank 9737, on the single line track at Pontrhydyfen
Junction. The DMU driver was killed in the accident and the
leading car was so badly damaged that it was written off and
later scrapped at Swindon Works. |
|
No |
|
| 24/11/60 |
Collision |
Class 116 /steam |
Between PONTRHYDYFEN AND CWMAVON,
WR. A 3-car DMU travelling from Swansea High Street to Barry
Island was in a head-on collision with an unfitted goods train
(weighing 620 tons) hauled by a Class 57XX Tank locomotive
running bunker first. 2 persons killed and 26 injured. The point
of collision was on a single-line section with a gradient of 1
in 42. The locomotive drove some five feet into the leading
power car which telescoped some ten feet into the intermediate
trailer. The locomotive was also extensively damaged and 8
wagons were wrecked. The goods train was travelling too fast
down the gradient and had an insufficient number of wagon brakes
applied to enable it to stop at the Pontrhydyfen signal. |
|
 |
Bill Read |
| 8/2/61 |
Collision |
Class 105 / 112 |
ROYTON STATION, LMR. Two ECS Cravens
twin-units collided at about 40mph with the buffer stops at
Royton Station at 6.12am. 5 persons injured. Details. |
 |
|
Bill Read, Richard Greenwood,
Peter Dawson |
| 16/7/61 |
Collision |
Class 105/113 / freight |
SINGLETON BANK near WEETON, LMR.
Class 105 power-twin (leading) + 2 x Class 113 units (cars
not identified) struck the rear of a stationary ballast train
which had been carrying out track work. 7 persons killed and 116
injured. The first three cars were severely damaged. Details |
|
|
Bill Read & Andrew Dyson |
| 10/8/61 |
Collision |
Class 101 / 45 |
LEEDS CITY STATION. Peak D105 running light
to Neville Hill overran signals and collided with a Leeds -
Scarborough DMU (two 4-car units) almost opposite Leeds East
Signal Box. Leaking diesel caught fire and the the leading
two DMU vehicles (51440 & 59533) overturned, but were
returned to traffic after repair. One killed, two injured. The
leading motor coach (51440) turned over and slid on its side,
demolishing the parapet wall of a bridge and releasing fuel oil
which then ignited. The second coach (59533) also fell on its
side, but the remaining six coaches were little damaged. All
returned to trafic. The driver of the locomotive mistakenly
accepted the signal that had been cleared for the DMU. |
See book 'Leeds Termini by
Challenger UK. |
 |
John Darwent & Bill Read |
| Oct. '62 |
Derailment |
Class 104 |
HESSLE ROAD, HULL. In the final week of
the old mechanical cabin. Trains were being hand signalled,
the Class 104 (59226 closest) ‘split’ a set of wrongly
clamped points. The photographer said: “Within hours
the mess was cleaned up and normal working soon resumed,
today it would be a ‘scene of crime’ and the job stopped
for a week”! Photo by Mick Nicholson |
 |
|
Ian Fleming & Mick Nicholson |
| 25/1/63 |
Collision |
? /steam. |
BRACEBRIDGE GAS SIDINGS SIGNALBOX near
LINCOLN, ER.
A 2-car power/trailer DMU travelling from Grantham to Lincoln
Central collided with the rear (tender) of a stationary Class B1. 2 persons killed, 3 injured. The power
car of the DMU was extensively damaged at the front end and the
leading bogie was driven back two feet. The light engine had
been allowed to wait on the Down line in preparation for
reversal and its presence there had been forgotten by the
signalman. |
|
 |
Bill Read |
| 10/12/63 |
Derailment |
Class 127 |
Between GLENDON JUNCTION AND KETTERING,
LMR. Derailment
of Class 127 + unidentified twin unit. M51609 – no other cars
identified. Minor injuries. While travelling at 60mph, a
complete engine and torque converter weighing 2.5 tons fell from
M51609 causing extensive damage to the vehicle and derailing all
cars. A small fire broke out. The conclusion was that the unit
was released into service, after overhaul at Derby Works, with
loose torque-converter securing bolts. This caused progressive
overloading of other bolts, brackets and cardan shaft until
final failure. |
|
|
Bill Read |
| 12/3/64 |
Fire |
Class 113 |
SHOE MILL, BAXENDEN, LMR. An engine fire. Details |
|
|
Andrew Dyson |
| 27/5/64 |
Fire |
Class 110 |
CASTLETON In the late afternoon a down Calder Valley train
suffered a fire at Castleton station. It was extinguished
in the platform and the unit removed into the yard at Castleton
by 46439 |
 |
|
Richard Greenwood |
| 3/6/64 |
Collision |
Class 108 / steam |
BRADFORD (EXCHANGE) STATION, NER. The DMU descended the steep
gradient into the station and collided with the stationary
parcels train at about 50 mph. The leading car was destroyed.
Damage to the steam locomotive and M52059 was minimal. Details |
 |
 |
Bill Read, Malcolm Paul and Peter Mullen |
| 10/10/64 |
Fire |
Class 127 |
Between MILLBROOK AND WILSHAMSTEAD, LMR. Class 127 on fire after breaking cardan shaft. M51591
(trailing car). 1 passenger killed, 4 injured. The rotating ends
of the broken cardan shaft punctured the fuel tank. The
resulting fire caused some damage to the trailing cab but did
not penetrate the saloon. Examination of other units found that
some 40 cardan shafts were bent, probably as a result of
careless handling when torque converters were changed, and this
was assumed to have caused the failure. |
|
 |
|
| 25/5/65 |
Collision |
DMU / road vehicle |
LLANDDANIEL Occupation
Level Crossing, LMR.
A Crewe – Holyhead DMU passenger train running at 45mph struck
and wrecked a Vauxhall Victor saloon car which was going over an
unclassified level crossing. Details |
|
Yes |
Peter Mullen |
| 15/6/65 |
Collision |
101 / 104 / coach |
near YORK, NER. A ECS loco / coaches
reversing from the station went through signals at danger and
hit an incoming DMU. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 18/8/65 |
Fire |
Class 127 |
SANDRIDGE, near St. Albans, LMR. A
4-car DMU was travelling from St. Pancras to Luton when a fire
broke out under the rear power car (M51594) about 1 mile north
of St. Albans. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 29/8/65 |
Fire |
Class 101 / 104 |
CONNAH'S QUAY. 10:35
Ecxursion from Wigan to Llandudno formed
M50318/M59129/M50336 & M50490/M59146/M50438 caught fire near
Connah's Quay. The failure of a universal joint in the
transmission caused the gearbox to become detached and fall to
the track rupturing fuel tanks, the spilt fuel was ignited by
sparks after vapourizing on hot exhaust parts. |
|
|
|
| 29/12/65 |
Derailment |
Class 124 |
BOLD COLLIERY, LMR. A 6-car Trans-Pennine
DMU travelling from Leeds (City) to Liverpool (Lime Street) was
approaching Bold Colliery Sidings at 50 m.p.h. under clear
signals when it became derailed over facing points, the leading
bogie continuing down the main line whilst the remainder of the
train became derailed to the left into a colliery reception
siding. Details |
|
 |
Peter Mullen |
| 9/2/66 |
Fire |
Class 127 |
NAPSBURY, LMR.
During investigation of excessive wear in the torque convertors of the
Class 127 units, M51622 was fitted with test equipment which
caused the cardan shaft to break up, rupture the fuel tank and
catch fire. Details |
|
 |
Bill Read |
| Oct. '67 |
Fire |
Class 112 |
SOUGH TUNNEL (near Darwen), LMR. 51705/24
caught fire in Sough Tunnel. These were cut up at Spring Vale in April 1968 by staff from Accrington
depot. Cutting the unit up was only undertaken on Sundays, as staff had to work
Monday to Friday, and management wouldn't free them on these days to cut the
unit up. There is a small article on this fire in the book "Railways Around
Blackburn", complete with a photo of the burnt out unit in the tunnel. The
fire was so intense that the sole bars in the middle on the units melted,
causing the unit to sag. The cause given was the cardan shaft shearing, flailing
about rupturing the fuel tank. Lancashire
Telegraph 40th anniversary article |
'Railways Around
Blackburn' |
|
Andrew Dyson |
| 12/6/68 |
Fire |
Class 112 / 127 |
SANDRIDGE
(near St. Albans),
LMR A train consisting of a 4-car Class 127 (leading) and
two 2-car Class 112s suffered severe vibration under the seventh
coach. Almost at once there seemed to be a minor explosion and
seconds later the vehicle became full of choking smoke and
fumes, while smoke & fumes emanated from the underside of
both rear coaches. As the train slowed down passengers began to
jump, killing two and injuring ten others. Details |
|
 |
|
| 9/9/68 |
Collision |
Class 126 / 25 |
CASTLECARY, ScR.
A 6-car Inter City DMU travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh
was standing at a signal when it was run into at the rear by a
light engine, Class 24 Diesel locomotive D5122. 2 persons killed
and 3 injured. The rear car of the DMU, SC 79092, and the Class 24
locomotive were destroyed by the collision and subsequent fire.
During a track-circuit failure, general confusion and slack
working practices resulted in the Class 24 being admitted to an
occupied block section. Having done so, the locomotive travelled
too quickly to be able to stop short of an obstruction. |
|
 |
Bill Read |
| 15/2/69 |
Collision |
Class 105 |
CATHOLME LEVEL CROSSING, LMR. A tractor drove
into the path of a DMU. Details |
|
 |
Peter Mullen |
| 28/11/69 |
Collision |
Class 114 |
GREAT COATES LEVEL CROSSING near GRIMSBY, ER.
E50031-E56031 ran through level crossing gates, striking a Dodge
articulated lorry and carrying it 46 feet into the station. 3
people needed hospital treatment. Both bogies of E50031 were
derailed. The train ran past a red signal. |
|
 |
Bill Read |
| 28/1/70 |
Collision |
Class 114 |
DOWDYKE BANK LEVEL CROSSING, between
Spalding & Boston, ER. A tanker traversing the crossing was struck by the DMU (50020 & 56020) travelling at 50mph.
Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 19/10/70 |
Collision |
Class 126 / EMU |
Near GLASGOW CENTRAL The
12:10
Glasgow Central to Gourock passed signals at danger and was in a
sidelong collision with the late-running 12:00 Glasgow Central
to Ayr DMU. Details |
|
 |
Peter Mullen |
| 24/12/70 |
Collision, derailment |
DMU / road vehicle |
UPPER DENTON PUBLIC LEVEL CROSSING, ER. A car skidded on the
crossing, coming to rest obstructing the railway line. With the
driver and passenger well clear, it was struck by a DMU,
derailing the leading
bogie. Details
|
|
 |
Peter Mullen |
1971? |
Collision |
Class 114 / freight |
E50046 is seen at Doncaster Carr on 4/3/71 after colliding with
a derailed oil train.
|
 |
|
Andrew Parr |
| 09/05/71 |
Fire |
Class 110 |
BESCAR
LANE, LMR An electrical fire gutting the leading car w and
the leading end of the adjacent trailer car sustained similar
damage. Details |
|
 |
|
| 8/5/72 |
Derailment & Fire |
Class 24 & DMU |
CHESTER GENERAL STATION, LMR. An
oil train ran away and crashed in the station. |
|
 |
|
| 30/8/73 |
Collision |
Class 126 / EMU |
SHEILDS JCT, ScR. 21:35 Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central passed a
signal at danger at Shields Junction at ran into the back of the
21:10 Ayr to Glasgow Central, formed Sc51017/Sc59398/Sc51023
& Sc51033/Sc59406/Sc51011. Serious
damage, 5 fatalities and many injuries. The leading car
of the Class 303 EMU, SC75857, impacted with the rear car of the
DMU, SC51011, at 65 mph as the DMU was pulling away from a
signal stop at about 15 mph. The EMU drove beneath the DMU, a
fire broke out and both cars were consumed. Apart from some
damage to the rear of SC59406, the other cars suffered only
minor damage. The EMU had passed a red signal.
|
|
 |
Bill Read |
| 27/11/73 |
Collision |
Class 108 / Freight |
Near WHITEHAVEN, LMR. Irregukar
blockworking allowed a DMU to run into the back of a freight
train. Details
|
 |
|
Peter Mullen |
| 27/12/73 |
Derailment |
Class 108 |
LOWER DARWEN, LMR. A DMU was wrongly
diverted through catch points. Details
|
|
 |
Peter Mullen |
| 23/1/74 |
Derailment |
Class 120 / 121 |
PONTYPOOL RD, WR. A Cardiff to Crewe
train became derailed on catch points near
Pontypool Road while working wrong line to pass a failed freight
train. Details |
|
 |
Peter Mullen |
| 15/3/74 |
Collision |
Class 101 /Parcels train |
WHITTLESEA, ER. A communication failure
saw a DMU run into the back of a Parcels Train during
'Time Interval Working'. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 11/6/74 |
Collision |
Class 116 / EMU |
POLLOKSHIELDS EAST JCT, ScR.
Class 116 bound for Glasgow was in a sidelong collision on
crossover with Class 311 EMU. Details |
|
 |
Bill Read & Peter Mullen |
| 6/10/74 |
Collision |
DMU / crane |
HITCHIN A DMU hit a travelling crane |
|
 |
|
| 5/11/74 |
Derailment |
Class 117 |
CROPREDY. 6:54 Leamington Spa to Oxford
derailed at Cropredy, after a length of
rail had fractured under a preceding freight train. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 1/75 |
Fire |
Class 127 |
M51629 suffered fire damage while working a
football special |
|
No |
|
| 3/12/76 |
Collision |
Class 104 / road vehicle |
CHIVERS OCCUPATIONAL CROSSING, between
Lakenheath & Shippea Hill, ER. A DMU hit a lorry on a
crossing. Details |
 |
 |
|
| 25/6/76 |
Collision |
Class 127s |
LUTON, LMR. Double Collision. An empty stock Class 127 unit was
struck on a crossover by another Class 127 unit which had passed
two red signals. The latter was deflected towards the Down fast
line where it was struck a glancing blow by an express passenger
train hauled by a Class 45 locomotive. Minor injuries. Details |
 |
 |
Robert Frise & Bill Read |
| 31/12/76 |
Fire |
Class 101 |
The 08.04 Perth -
Edinburgh DMU caught fire at Bathgate Jct, SC51540 was
completely gutted and later withdrawn. |
|
No |
|
| 30/6/77 |
Collision |
Class 101 |
NEWCASTLE STATION, ER. A 2-car Class
101 travelling
under clear signals was running into unoccupied Nº3 Bay Platform when it failed
to stop and collided with the buffer-stop. Details |
|
 |
|
| 5/9/77 |
Collision |
Class 124 /47 |
FARNLEY JUNCTION, ER.
Class 124 in collision with 47 402, stationary at head of mail
train. E51959-E59773-E51969-E51965. Both drivers killed. 9
passengers needed hospital treatment. E51959 suffered extensive
damage and twisting of the underframe. The whole of the cab on
47 402 was destroyed. The accident was caused by a replacement
relay being wired with incorrect polarity, causing the points to
move out of correspondence. |
|
Yes |
Bill Read |
| 8/11/77 |
Collision |
Class 127 |
NAPSBURY, LMR. A set (5C26)
travelling from Bedford to St. Pancras collided at about 40mph
with the rear of a St. Albans to St. Pancras empty coaching
stock train (2C65) which was standing at a signal. The collision
resulted in the derailment of the two leading coaches of the
passenger train as well as the rear coach of the empty stock
train. The driver, guard and two passengers in the passenger
train were injured and taken to hospital. Both trains were 4-car
Class 127 DMUs comprising of vehicles 51626, 59609, 59643 and
51641 (5C26) and 51617, 59617, 58631 and 51601 (2C65)
respectively. The accident was a result of the signalman
forgetting about the stationary train at the St. Albans Up Slow
Starting Signal and instructing the driver of the passenger
train to pass the St. Albans Inner Home signal at Danger into an
already occupied section. |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 12/05/78 |
Derailment |
Class 120 set 304 |
near OYNE (ScR), Aberdeen - Inverness Line, ScR
A road vehicle hit an railway bridge, knocking it out of line. Details |
 |
|
Alan Binns, Mike Cooper, Peter
Mullen |
| 1978 |
|
Class 110 |
unknown |
 |
|
Robert Frise |
| 14/2/79 |
Collision |
Class 108/ 40 |
CHINLEY NORTH JUNCTION, LMR. Class 108 in collision with
locomotive 40 055 at the head of a stationary freight train.
M51930-M52047. Driver seriously injured, 5 passengers and guard
required hospital treatment. M51930 was derailed and suffered
extensive damage to the cab and leading end of the car. There
was little damage to the trailing car or to the locomotive. The
DMU had been irregularly hand-signalled past a red signal. |
|
|
Bill Read |
| 12/3/79 |
Collision |
Class 108 / 123 |
SHEFFIELD. 8:17 Chesterfield to Sheffield formed
E52102/E59826/E52093 ran away at Heeley, entered Sheffield
station at speed and collided with empty DMU M52043/M51923.
The brakes on the 8:17 failed due to inadequate maintenance of
brake cylinders at Hull Dairycoates. |
|
Yes |
|
| 17/3/79 |
Derailment |
DMU |
CHARLESTOWN (between Hebden Bridge and
Todmorden) the last up Calder Valley Leeds - Manchester Vic
train derailed due to snow and ice buildup interfering with the
correct operation of a catchpoint. The passengers were rescued
and accommodated at Todmorden Police Station until onward
transport could be laid on. |
|
|
Richard Greenwood |
| 16/4/79 |
Collision |
Class 126 / EMU |
PAISLEY (GILMOUR STREET), ScR.18:58 Ayr to Glasgow Central additional train
formed Sc51031/Sc59412/Sc51014 & Sc51044/Sc59398/Sc51017 passed a
signal at danger at Paisley Gilmour Street. Guard gave right
away while signal at danger and the driver did not check.
Train was in head on collision with the 19:40 Glasgow Central to
Wemyss Bay as it crossed the junction east of the station.
Serious damage, 7 fatalities and many injuries. Both
SC51031 and EMU SC75840 were extensively damaged. SC51031 rode
up over the roof of the EMU and was cut up on site. The
remaining DMU vehicles were all repairable. |
|
Yes |
Bill Read |
6/6/79 |
Derailment |
Class 110 |
HOPWOOD, LMR. The derailment was
caused by a derailment becoming detached. The driver was quoted
as saying it had started making a loud knocking noise after he
left Manchester Victoria and intended to drive the unit only as
far as Rochdale where he would declare it a failure. |
|
|
Richard Greenwood |
| summer 1979 |
Split points |
Class 108 |
YORK, ER. E50643 slipped
the points just south of York station. |
 |
|
Peter Mullen |
| 3/12/84 |
Collision |
Class 104 / vans |
LONGSIGHT, LMR. An empty 3-car class
104 DMU was wrongly routed and came into collision with a train
of vans which had been left without a tail lamp. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 11/2/85 |
Accident |
DMU |
SEVERN TUNNEL JUNCTION, WR. A DMU struck and instantly killed four men who were
part of a permanent way gang engaged on keeping points clear of
snow during the night. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 18/1/86 |
Collision |
Class 104 / 86 |
PRESTON, LMR. Collision of Class 104 power-twin and
stationary Loco 47 111. M53482-M53433. 44 passengers
required hospital treatment (the driver and many passengers had
retired to the rear car). The conclusion was that the
driver’s brake valve had been inadvertently placed in the
“lap” position resulting in the train brake pipe and
“topside” vacuum being gradually destroyed during the
journey from Carlisle. The driver may have been distracted by
the presence of passengers of the football-supporters charter
being in the cab. M53482 was severely damaged. |
|
Yes |
Bill Read |
| 26/7/86 |
Collision |
Class 105 / 114 |
LOCKINGTON LEVEL CROSSING, ER. Collision of Class 105 + Class
114 with a Van on crossing. E54434-E51278 + E53016-E54034. 9
people killed and 59 people required hospital treatment. The van
drove onto the crossing against flashing lights and was struck
by the DMU. E54434 derailed and ran down the embankment, turning
through 180 degrees before coming to rest on its side. All
vehicles were badly damaged due to destruction of the track. |
See page 117 of 'Railway Disasters' by Stanley Hall |
Yes |
Bill Read |
| 1986? |
Fire |
Class 120 & Class 101 59100 |
Unknown. Awaiting disposal at Cheetham Hill,
Manchester 22/3/86 |
 |
No |
Paul Moxon |
| March or April 1987 |
Collision |
Class 107 / 86 |
SHEILDS JUNCTION, ScR A side-swipe incident. More here |
 |
|
John Reddyhoff & Eddie Knorn |
| 19/10/87 |
Collision |
Class 108 |
GLANRHYD BRIDGE, WR.
Class 108 ran onto a bridge which had previously collapsed.
M52037 (rear car not identified). 4 persons drowned. Severe
flooding had caused an already-weakened support pier to
collapse. |
|
Yes |
Bill Read |
| 8/12/87 |
Collision |
Class110 |
Near METHLEY JUNCTION, ER. Collision of Class 110 twin-unit
with Permanent Way Gang. E52072 (trailing car not identified). 4
persons killed. Incident blamed on an irregular system of
working by PW Gang. |
|
Yes |
Bill Read |
26/10/89 |
Derailment /Collision |
Class 121 |
TAPLOW (near Maidenhead), WR. A stone train
became derailed and a staff passenger DMU struck one of the bogies
which had become detached from a
derailed wagon and was itself derailed. Details |
pictures
|
|
Peter Mullen / Martin Callaghan |
1/8/90 |
Collision |
Class 119 / EMU |
READING. A 3-car Class 119 was approaching Reading Station when it ran into two
4-car EMU’s standing at
platform 4A. Details |
|
|
Peter Mullen |
| 22/8/90 |
Collision |
Class 108 |
HYDE NORTH JCN., LMR. Low speed collision
of two Class 108 units. M51913-M54497 and M51418-M59668 (Met Cam
101 centre car)-M53977. 28 passengers required hospital
treatment. The driver of the twin unit had passed a red signal.
M51418 collapsed upon contact with M51913 and suffered extensive
cab, underfloor and bogie damage. All the 108 cars suffered some
damage and were criticized as being in poor structural
condition. The 101 was undamaged. |
|
|
Bill Read |
1991 |
Fire |
Class 101 |
NORWICH, ER. While travelling empty stock from Ipswich to Crown Point a fire
broke out, and driver Mick Kassa brought the train to a stand at
Trowse Upper Junction in the Lakenham area of Norwich. It was
around midnight & damage was also done to the relatively new
OHL which had been installed for the 1987 inaugaration of
electric services to London Liverpool Street. They are seen
Wensum Sidings, Norwich on 6/7/91. |
 |
|
Pic Jerry Glover, info Mark Rowe |
| 26/10/91 |
Fire |
Class 108 977747 |
STANDEDGE. Caught fire in Standedge tunnel, while part of
a Holbeck to Newton Heath consist. Picture taken at Diggle
26/1/92 |
 |
No |
Paul Moxon |
| 17/11/99 |
Fire |
Class 101 |
Fire
at Mossend Yard, ScR |
 |
No |
|
| undated |
Derailment |
Class 117 |
Southall Depot. Set L431 |
 |
|
Richard Himson |
| undated |
Derailment |
Class 108 |
Haymarket, set 380. More here |
 |
|
John Reddyhoff |
| undated |
Collision |
Class 108 & Met-Camm |
An incident at Hull, on the approach to Hull
Paragon, undated but thought to be post-'84. More
here |
 |
|
Ian Fleming |
| undated |
|
Class 101 |
Class 101 DMBS 50213 seems to have been in an
incident when seen at NH on 27/ 06/ 81.
Jerry Glover |
 |
|
Jerry Glover |
