What the records say
- When
- 18 Jun 1910
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 48.82° N, 1.99° E
- Description
- 1910 rail disaster in France
- Deaths
- 23
- Injured
- 59
Villepreux-Les Clayes rail accident
1910 rail disaster in France
The Villepreux–Les Clayes rail accident, commonly referred to at the time as the Villepreux disaster, took place on 18 June 1910 on the Saint-Cyr–Surdon railway line, when an express train collided at 18:10 with a stationary local train in the Villepreux–Les Clayes station, located twenty-nine kilometres from Paris, in the commune of Les Clayes-sous-Bois, then in the Seine-et-Oise department.
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