Eisenbahnunfall

Dagenham East rail crash

30. Jan. 1958 · 51.54° N, 0.16° E

Auf der Karte öffnen

Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen

Wann
30. Jan. 1958
Art
Eisenbahnunfall
Koordinaten
51.54° N, 0.16° E
Description
1958 rail accident in London
Deaths
10
Injured
89
Participants
1000
Cause
fog, signal passed at danger, human error

Dagenham East rail crash

1958 rail accident in London

The Dagenham East rail crash was a fatal railway accident that occurred on the evening of 30 January 1958 in Dagenham, England. It was a rear-end collision of two steam trains caused by a signal passed at danger in dense fog on the London, Tilbury and Southend line in the Eastern Region of British Railways. With 10 fatalities and over 90 injuries, it was the worst disaster on the line.

Aus Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Artikel lesen

Die Quelle

Zeitlich und räumlich in der Nähe