What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 1963
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 52.37° N, 1.75° W
- Description
- railway accident in the UK
- Deaths
- 3
Knowle and Dorridge rail crash
1963 railway accident in England
The Knowle and Dorridge rail crash was a fatal rail crash that occurred at Dorridge railway station in Warwickshire, England, on 15 August 1963. Three people died in the crash after a signalman's error routed a small freight train into the path of an express passenger train which slowed but could not stop before colliding with it.
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