What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 1994
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.15° N, 0.11° E
- Description
- 1994 collision in Kent, England
- Deaths
- 5
- Injured
- 12
- Cause
- signal passed at danger
Cowden rail crash
1994 collision in Kent, England
The Cowden rail crash occurred on 15 October 1994, near Cowden Station in Kent (UK), when two trains collided head-on, killing five and injuring 13, after one of them had passed a signal at danger and entered a single-line section. The principal cause was driver error.
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