What the records say
- When
- 2 Apr 1937
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.47° N, 0.15° W
- Description
- 1937 rail accident in London
- Deaths
- 10
- Injured
- 80
- Participants
- 2
- Cause
- railway signalling system, human error
Battersea Park rail crash
1937 railway accident in London, England
The Battersea Park rail crash occurred on 2 April 1937, just south of Battersea Park railway station on the Southern Railway, in London, England. Two electrically driven passenger trains collided on the Up Local line; the second train, from Coulsdon North to Victoria, had been allowed into the section while it was still occupied by the first train, from London Bridge to Victoria. The signalman at Battersea Park, G.
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