Heritage-railways - Accident Reports

Serious injury sustained by a signal technician at Kennington Junction, Oxfordshire, 23 May 2008.

Near miss between a rail grinding train and an empty passenger train at Sileby Junction, Leicestershire, 5 May 2021.

Serious accident involving a passenger trapped in train doors and dragged at Clapham South station, 12 March 2015

Pantograph assembly fell from the roof of a passenger train, near Littleport, Cambridgeshire, 5 January 2012.

Derailment at Santon near Foreign Ore Branch Junction, Scunthorpe, 25 January 2008.

Train driver receiving a severe electric shock at Sutton Weaver, 23 September 2014.

Train ran onto a washed-out embankment near Knockmore, Northern Ireland, 28 June 2012.

Collision with buffer stops at King’s Cross station, London, 17 September 2015.

Near miss at Llanbadarn automatic barrier crossing, Aberystwyth, 21 October 2008.

Overhead line failure at St Pancras International station, London, 23 September 2009.

Collision of a road-rail vehicle with a buffer stop at Bradford Interchange station, 25 March 2012.

Accident involving a collision between a train and a collapsed signal post at Newbury, 17 November 2014.

Derailment due to a landslip, and subsequent collision at Watford, 16 September 2016.

Fatal accident at Trenos footpath crossing near Llanharan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, 1 June 2017.

Fatal accident involving a track worker at Saxilby, near Lincoln, 4 December 2012.

Collision between a stoneblower and ballast regulator near Arley, Warwickshire, 10 August 2012.

Track worker near miss incidents at Camden Junction South, London, 28 February 2017.

Two track workers struck by a wagon being propelled by a rail crane at Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, 15 March 2025.

Collision between a passenger train and an agricultural trailer at Nordan Farm user worked crossing, near Leominster, Herefordshire, 22 May 2025.

Runaway wagon at Kineton, Warwickshire, 25 May 2023.