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documents availableCompanies: Eastern Counties RailwayCauses: inadequate training, station staff error, inadequate supervisionResults: derailmentCasualties: 0 fatalities, 1 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Ilford16th May 1841
documents availableCompanies: North Union RailwayCauses: inadequate training, crossing keeper errorResults: road vehicle collisionCasualties: 1 fatalities, 9 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Euxton7th Sep 1841
documents availableCompanies: East Lancashire RailwayCauses: inadequate training, no firm conclusion, inadequate motive power, lack of tail lights, inadequate water supplyResults: rear collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, unknown injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Lostock Hall Junction - Blackburn28th May 1849
documents availableCompanies: Birkenhead, Lancashire & Cheshire Junction RailwayCauses: driver error, inadequate training, excessive speed, inadequate signalling arrangements, station staff error, inadequate time interval, inadequate motive power, failure to protect train, guard error, lack of manpowerResults: rear collision, derailment, collision with structureCasualties: 6 fatalities, unknown injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Sutton Tunnel30th Apr 1851
documents availableCompanies: Great Western Railway, Oxford & Rugby RailwayCauses: inadequate training, inadequate brake power, excessive speed, inadequate signalling arrangements, station staff error, inadequate time intervalResults: signal passed at danger, train split, rear collision, derailment, collision with structureCasualties: 0 fatalities, 6 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Aynho30th Sep 1852
documents availableCompanies: St Helens RailwayCauses: driver error, signaller error, inadequate training, inadequate time intervalResults: sidelong collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, unknown injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Sutton2nd Jan 1854
documents availableCompanies: North Union RailwayCauses: inadequate training, fog, inadequate signalling arrangements, inadequate time intervalResults: signal passed at danger, rear collision, derailment, sidelong collisionCasualties: 1 fatalities, unknown injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Leyland3rd Feb 1854
documents availableCompanies: London & North Western RailwayCauses: inadequate training, station staff error, inadequate time interval, signal clerk error, inadequate track layoutResults: sidelong collision, derailmentCasualties: 0 fatalities, 2 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Longwood9th Aug 1854
documents availableCompanies: London & North Western Railway, South Staffordshire RailwayCauses: driver error, inadequate training, excessive speed, inadequate signalling arrangements, excessive or inappropriate working hours, inadequate route knowledge, inadequate supervisionResults: rear collisionCasualties: 1 fatalities, 0 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Walsall23rd Dec 1854
documents availableCompanies: South Eastern RailwayCauses: signaller error, inadequate training, excessive or inappropriate working hours, lack of interlocking, lack of signal telegraphResults: train misrouted, rear collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, unknown injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Strood25th Dec 1855

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