Computer

Computer

Name: La Ngoc Tung
Traffic Problem:

I. Accident case:
1. England

List of rail accidents in the UK from 2000 - 2016

Date
Killed
Injured
Details
17 October 2000
4
35
Hatfield rail crash East Coast Main Line, Hatfield, Hertfordshire: Derailment caused by broken rail; restaurant coach hit overhead catenary stanchion.[273]
1 November 2000
0
1
Lawrence Hill, Bristol, Cross Country Route: Driver injured, due to incorrect brake operation an empty mail train passed 2 red lights and hit the back of a loaded coal train.[274]
28 February 2001
10
82 serious
Great Heck Rail Crash East Coast Main Line, Selby (Great Heck): Driver of Land Rover fell asleep and ran down embankment onto track where it was hit by passenger train and also a freight train.[275]
28 February 2002
1
14
Nocton railway disaster, Nocton, Lincolnshire: 1 killed in van, 14 injured on train after van crashed through wall and fell onto track.
10 May 2002
7
76
Potters Bar rail accident, East Coast Main Line, Potters Bar: Undetected points fault derailed train, carriage rolled coming to rest on platforms.[276][277]
24 November 2002
0
31
Southall East: Broken fishplate caused HST coach to derail, throwing ballast through windows.[278]
7 July 2003
3
5
Near Pershore, Worcestershire: Minibus carrying farm workers struck by First Great Western Hereford to London Paddington service on farm level crossing. Lineside telephone to contact signaller not used. Network Rail had visited site 2 months earlier and reminded farmer of safety obligations.[279]
3 August 2003
1
0
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway: Train driver killed, car on level crossing[280]
15 February 2004
4
3
Tebay rail accident West Coast Main Line, Tebay, Cumbria: Runaway work trolley due to faulty brakes; ran down railway trackworkers.[281][282]
6 November 2004
7
71
Ufton Nervet rail crash Reading to Taunton Line, Ufton Nervet, Berkshire: Car on level crossing, (suicide).[283][284]
10 July 2005
1
0...

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