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- Quand
- 23 août 1858
- Type
- Accident ferroviaire
- Coordonnées
- 52.48° N, 2.13° W
- Description
- railway accidents in the 19th century
- Deaths
- 14
Round Oak rail accident
Railway accidents in the 19th century
The Round Oak railway accident happened on 23 August 1858 between Brettell Lane and Round Oak railway stations, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. The breakage of a defective coupling caused seventeen coaches and one brake van, containing about 450 passengers, of an excursion train to run backwards down the steep gradient between the stations, colliding with a following second portion of the excursio…
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