What the records say
- When
- 17 Oct 2000
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.75° N, 0.22° W
- Description
- British rail accident
- Deaths
- 4
- Injured
- 70
Hatfield rail crash
2000 rail accident in Hertfordshire, England
The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident on 17 October 2000, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. It was caused by a rolling contact fatigue-induced derailment, killing four people and injuring more than 70.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hatfield rail crash: A Great North Eastern Railway Intercity 225 express train is derailed, killing four people and injuring many others, in Hatfield,…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “железнодорожная катастрофа в Хатфилде (Великобритания), 4 человека погибли, более 70 ранены”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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