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Accident at Bristol on 20th September 1840

Accident Summary

Location

Bristol

Train Operator

Bristol & Exeter Railway

Primary Cause

Pointsman error

Secondary Cause

Awaiting Information

Result

Train misrouted, head on collision, derailment

0 fatalities, 12 injured

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