What the records say
- When
- 16 Jan 1944
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.56° N, 0.07° E
- Description
- 1944 rail crash in east London
- Deaths
- 9
- Injured
- 38
- Cause
- excessive speed, signal passed at danger
1944 Ilford rail crash
1944 rail crash in east London
The 1944 Ilford rail crash occurred on 16 January 1944 when, in darkness and dense fog, an express passenger train passed a signal at danger and collided with another passenger train that was stopped at Ilford railway station in Essex, England.
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