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documents availableCompanies: North Union RailwayCauses: fog, station staff error, inadequate time interval, lack of tail lightsResults: rear collision, runaway train portionCasualties: 0 fatalities, 8 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Farington7th Sep 1841
documents availableCompanies: London & Croydon RailwayCauses: driver error, signaller error, station staff error, lack of tail lightsResults: rear collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, 24 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Anerly5th Oct 1844
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: Lancashire & Yorkshire and East Lancashire Joint RailwayCauses: station staff error, defective coupling, lack of tail lightsResults: rear collision, train split, runaway train portion, sidelong collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, unknown injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Walton Tunnel26th Nov 1849
documents availableCompanies: York Newcastle & Berwick RailwayCauses: signaller error, inadequate time interval, insecure points, inadequate supervision, lack of tail lightsResults: rear collisionno casualty data availablemap data availableno accident image available Accident at Brockley Whins3rd Feb 1854
documents availableCompanies: South Eastern RailwayCauses: driver error, inadequate communication, inadequate brake power, inadequate signalling arrangements, station staff error, lack of signal telegraph, lack of tail lights, lack of manpowerResults: head on collision, derailmentCasualties: 5 fatalities, 10 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Reading12th Sep 1855
documents availableCompanies: North London Railway, Hampstead Junction RailwayCauses: signaller error, inadequate training, inadequate brake power, lack of signal telegraph, lack of tail lightsResults: sidelong collision, derailment, train split, train fall from heightCasualties: 16 fatalities, 321 injuredmap data availableaccident image available Accident at Kentish Town2nd Sep 1861
documents availableCompanies: Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, Great Northern RailwayCauses: inadequate communication, station staff error, guard error, lack of tail lightsResults: rear collision, head on collision, collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, 14 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Laister Dyke14th Sep 1864
documents availableCompanies: Lancashire & Yorkshire RailwayCauses: inadequate signalling arrangements, failure to protect train, inadequate track layout, lack of tail lightsResults: rear collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, 10 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Miles Platting25th Sep 1865
documents availableCompanies: Lancashire & Yorkshire RailwayCauses: lack of tail lights, pilotman errorResults: rear collisionCasualties: 0 fatalities, 8 injuredmap data availableno accident image available Accident at Sandhills30th Sep 1865

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