What the records say
- When
- 6 Jan 1968
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 52.83° N, 2.01° W
- Description
- fatal collision at a level crossing in 1968
- Deaths
- 11
- Injured
- 45
Hixon rail crash
Fatal collision at a level crossing in 1968
On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England.
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