Things haven't always gone to plan with the railways and sometimes trains have got in to a bigger disaster than a British Rail sandwich so this is a group dedicated to the Accidents and mishaps from the UK Railway network. Fatalities - 4 No. Things haven't always gone to plan with the railways and sometimes trains have got in to a bigger disaster than a British Rail sandwich so this is a group dedicated to the Accidents and mishaps from the UK Railway network. The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) independently investigates accidents to improve railway safety, and inform the industry and the public. June 4, 1981 – Poland – Osieck rail crash: About 3.45 p.m. there was a head-on collision between PKP class EN57 and freight train with two heavy locomotives: 25 people killed (mostly railroad workers who were returning home from work), 8 survived; crew of freight train, which passed signal at danger – … Train Operator(s) - Great North Eastern Railway Primary Cause(s) - Broken rail Secondary Cause(s) - Inadequate maintenance Result - Derailment, collision with structure No. Worst accidents. RAIB works with the Department for Transport . This is a list of rail accidents and incidents that involved British Railways, known from 1968 as British Rail, occurring in the period 1948–94.It does not cover accidents involving Northern Ireland Railways, or heritage railways. Here is some information about the worst train crashes in UK history. Timeline: Rail crashes in the UK. The death toll from the 1957 Lewisham rail crash was 90; for the 1889 Armagh rail disaster it was 80; and for the 1879 Tay Bridge disaster it was 75. The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people, and is the worst rail disaster in British history. Archive of UK railways documents. These accidents should be considered carefully, so that similar events can be prevented from happening in the future. Second worst was the 1952 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash which killed 112 people and injured 340. A chronology of some of the worst rail accidents in the UK: 10 May 2002: At least seven people have died and over 70 are injured after the WAGN 1245 service from London to Kings Lynn crashed at Potters Bar in Hertfordshire.Three of the four carriages derailed and one ploughed along the platform and smashed into a bridge. Although train travel is generally thought of being one of the safest ways to travel in Britain, accidents do sometimes happen. The UK’s Worst Train Crashes. UK rail-fares mass claim won't be stopped by Merricks-Mastercard outcome, lawsuit's leader says MLex 02:12 31-May-20 Fast Train Varna-Sofia Derails, No Passenger Injured Novinite 09:42 29-May-20 Gauteng's train services plan derailed by committee Sowetan LIVE 06:36 29-May-20 The worst accident was the Quintinshill rail disaster in 1915 with 226 dead and 246 injured. The train crash on a level crossing in Berkshire joins a long list of fatal accidents to have blighted the UK's rail network over the past 50 years. Please consider donating to help with our running costs. The crash is the latest in a long line of British rail disasters. The Great Heck rail crash, sometimes referred to as the Selby rail crash, was a high-speed train accident that occurred at Great Heck near Selby, North Yorkshire, England on the morning of 28 February 2001.An InterCity 225 passenger train operated by GNER travelling from Newcastle to London collided with a Land Rover Defender which had crashed down a motorway embankment onto the …