What the records say
- When
- 12 Dec 1988
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.45° N, 0.18° W
- Description
- 1988 rail crash in south-west London, involved 3 trains leading to the death of 35 people.
- Deaths
- 35
- Injured
- 484
Clapham Junction rail crash
1988 rail crash in London
The Clapham Junction rail crash occurred on the morning of 12 December 1988, when a crowded British Rail passenger train crashed into the rear of another train that had stopped at a signal just south of Clapham Junction railway station in London, England, and subsequently sideswiped an empty train travelling in the opposite direction.
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