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1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash

4 نوفمبر 1940 · 51.02° N, 3.15° W

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4 نوفمبر 1940
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إحداثيات
51.02° N, 3.15° W
Description
high-speed derailment on the GWR in Somerset, 4 November 1940
Deaths
27
Injured
74

1940 Norton Fitzwarren rail crash

Railway incident in Somerset, England

The Norton Fitzwarren rail crash occurred on 4 November 1940 between Taunton and Norton Fitzwarren in the English county of Somerset, when the driver of a train misunderstood the signalling and track layout, causing him to drive the train through a set of points and off the rails at approximately 40 miles per hour (64 km/h). 27 people were killed.

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