List of British rail accidents by death toll

This lists railway accidents in Britain sorted by death toll. For a list sorted chronologically see List of British rail accidents

Contents

1 More than 50 killed 2 10-50 killed 3 Less than 10 killed 4 0 killed 5 See Also

More than 50 killed

• Quintinshill, 22 May 1915; 227 killed, 246 injured.

• Harrow and Wealdstone , 12 October 1952; 112 killed, 340 injured

• Lewisham , December 1957; 90 killed, 173 injured

• Tay Bridge disaster, 75 killed

10-50 killed

• Hither Green , November 1967; 49 killed, 78 injured

• Moorgate Underground, February 1975; 43 killed, 74 injured

• Clapham Junction, 12 December 1988; 35 killed, 100+ injured

• Abergele train disaster, 20 August 1868; 33 killed, 1+ injured

• South Croydon, 24 October 1947; 32 killed, 183 injured

• Ladbroke Grove, 5 October 1999; 31 killed, 400 injured

• Salisbury , 30 June 1906; 28 killed (24 passengers, 4 crew)

• Norwich , 10 September 1874; 25 killed

• Falkirk , July 1984; 13 killed, 44 injured

• Taunton (fire), 6 July 1978; 12 killed, 19 injured

• Hawes Junction train disaster, 24 December 1910; 12 killed.

• Hixon, 6 January 1968; 11 killed, 27 injured

• Lockington , 26 July 1986; 9 killed, 11 injured

• Ealing , December 1973; 10 killed, 94 injured

• Selby, 28 February 2001; 10 killed, 80+ injured

• Staplehurts 9 June 1865; 10 killed, 49 injured.

Less than 10 killed

• Ufton Nervet, 6 November 2004; 7 killed, 150 injured - at level crossing

• Potters Bar, 10 May 2002; 7 killed, 70 injured

• Coulsdon North (then called Stoats Nest), 29 January 1910; 7 killed

• Southall, 19 September 1997; 6 killed, 150 injured

• Morpeth, May 1969; 6 killed, 121 injured

• Nuneaton, June 1975; 6 killed 67 injured

• Invergowrie, October 1979; 5 killed, 52 injured

• Purley Station, March 1989; 5 killed, 90 injured

• Cowden , October 1994; 5 killed, 12 injured - head on collision

• Hatfield, 17 October 2000; 4 killed, 35 injured - shattered rail

• Tebay rail accident , 15 February 2004; 4 track workers killed; 3 injured

• Newton late 1990; 4 killed, 22 injured

• River Towy , October 1987; 4 killed

• Helpringham Fen , 6 December 2004; 2 killed

• Greenock, 25 June 1994; 2 killed - vandals place blocks on the tracks.

• Cannon Street Station , 8 January 1991; 2 killed, 240 injured

• Glasgow , March 1989; 2 killed
• Watford South , 8 August 1996; 1 killed, 69 injured
• Stafford, 8 March 1996; 1 killed, 22 injured
• Aisgill , 31 January 1995; 1 killed, 30 injured

• Stafford , August 1990; 1 killed, 35 injured

• St. Helens , November 1988; 1 killed, 18 injured

• Colwich, September 1986; 1 killed 60 injured
• Edge Hill, 15 September 1830; 1 killed - William Huskisson becomes the first person railway passenger fatality at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

0 killed

• River Severn tunnel , December 1991; 0 killed, 100 injured

• Winsford , 23 June 1999; 0 killed, 31 injured

• Newcastle Central Station , 30 November 1989; 0 killed, 15 injured

• Forest Gate , October 1987; 0 killed, 14 injured

• Norton Bridge, 16 October 2003; 0 killed, 1 injured

See Also

• List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll