Document Summary

The report on the collision of an excursion train with a car at Wick Lane Level Crossing in 1937.

This document was published on 26th August 1937 by Ministry of Transport.

It was written by Lieut. Col. G. R. S. Wilson.

This item is linked to the Accident at Wick Lane Level Crossing on 12th June 1937

The original document format was Bound Volume, and comprised 8 pages.

This document was kindly sourced from Office of Rail Regulation and is in our Accident reports collection. It was added to the Archive on 27th April 2008.

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