What the records say
- When
- 20 Nov 1955
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.62° N, 1.29° W
- Description
- railway accident in the UK
- Deaths
- 11
Milton rail crash
1955 railway accident in the UK
The Milton rail crash was a crash in 1955, at Milton, Berkshire. A passenger train took a crossover too fast and derailed. Eleven people were killed, and 157 injured.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Milton rail crash: an excursion train takes a crossover too fast and derails at Milton, near Didcot: 11 killed, 157 injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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