What the records say
- When
- 7 Aug 1876
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 51.30° N, 2.41° W
- Description
- head-on collision in Somerset, August 1876
- Deaths
- 15
Radstock rail accident
1876 railway incident in England
The Radstock rail accident took place on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway in south west England, on 7 August 1876. Two trains collided on a single track section, resulting in fifteen passengers being killed.
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