What the records say
- When
- 1 Jan 1946
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 52.69° N, 1.80° W
- Description
- Rear-end collision on the Trent Valley line, 1 January 1946
- Deaths
- 20
- Injured
- 21
Lichfield rail crash
Railway crash in the United Kingdom
The Lichfield rail crash was a rail crash which occurred on New Year's Day 1946 at Lichfield Trent Valley station in Staffordshire, England. 20 people were killed in the accident, caused when a points failure routed a goods train into the back of a stationary passenger train waiting at the station.
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