Lewisham rail crash

Quand

4 déc. 1957

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

51.47° N, 0.02° W

Description

1957 train wreck

Deaths

90

Injured

173

Cause

signal passed at danger, fog, human error

1957 train wreck in Lewisham, London, England

On the evening of 4 December 1957, two trains crashed in dense fog on the South Eastern Main Line near Lewisham in south-east London, causing the deaths of 90 people and injuring 173. An electric train to Hayes had stopped at a signal under a rail bridge, and the following steam train to Ramsgate crashed into it, destroying a carriage and causing the bridge to collapse onto the steam train.

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