Accidente ferroviario

Dagenham East rail crash

30 ene 1958 · 51.54° N, 0.16° E

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Cuándo
30 ene 1958
Tipo
Accidente ferroviario
Coordenadas
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.

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