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Report on the Accident at Harpham Level Crossing on 15th November 1936

Document Summary

The report on the collision of an express passenger train with a car at Harpham in 1936.

This document was published on 21st December 1936 by Ministry of Transport.

It was written by Col. A. C. Trench.

This item is linked to the Accident at Harpham Level Crossing on 15th November 1936

The original document format was Bound Volume, and comprised 7 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 May 2008.

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"The 10.40 a.m. up express passenger train, Scarborough to Hull, running under clear signals at a speed of about 55 m.p.h., struck and demolished a motor car which was crossing the line at this point. I regret to state that the driver of the car... and his son were killed,"

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