Major railway incidents

Below is a brief synopsis of both major and historical rail incidents. Within the pages you will also find accompanying relevant reports, outcomes and recommendations.

Since October 2005, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) also publishes reports into significant rail incidents, in their capacity as UK's independent body for investigating accidents and incidents occurring on the railways of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and tramways in England and Wales. Reports can be found on their website.

Date	Incident
23 Feb 2007	Grayrigg derailment
6 Nov 2004	Derailment at Ufton level crossing
24 Nov 2002	Derailment of First Great Western high speed train at Southall East ( 120 Kb)
10 May 2002	Potters Bar
17 Oct 2000	Hatfield train derailment
5 Oct 1999	Ladbroke Grove

For archived major incidents please visit the National Archives website.

Historical incidents

Date	Incident
30 Jun 2005	Level Crossing incident at Rawcliffe Bridge near Goole ( 110 Kb), East Yorkshire
11 May 2004	White City train derailment ( 103 Kb)
15 Feb 2004	Tebay railway incident
17 Oct 2003	Derailments on London Underground at Camden Town and Hammersmith ( 111 Kb)
30 Jun 2003	Derailment of Gatwick Express Train near Redhill, Surrey ( 145 Kb)
28 Feb 2001	Great Heck - Selby
23 Jun 1999	Report into the train accident at Winsford South Junction ( 151 Kb)
19 Sep 1997	Southall rail accident
8 Aug 1996	Railway Accident at Watford South Junction ( 124 Kb)

Last updated: February 2013

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