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The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, England, when a Thames Trains-operated passenger train passed a signal at danger, colliding almost head-on with a First Great Western-operated passenger train. With 31 people killed and 417 ...
Ladbroke Grove rail crash track and driving diagram (W S Atkins / Health and Safety Commission) Appendix to the Train Accident at Ladbroke Grove Junction, 5 October 1999 (Health and Safety Executive) 'The Lessons from Ladbroke Grove' in Rail (9 October 2019). Pages 79-81; Author: Isochrone: SVG development
October 5 – United Kingdom – Ladbroke Grove rail crash: A high-speed head-on collision between two trains occurred due to a signal passed at danger. The fuel tanks of one of the trains were destroyed and the contents were ignited by overhead power lines, causing a fireball, killing 31 people and injuring more than 520.
The Cullen Report into the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in 1999 recommended the establishment of an accident investigation body within the Department for Transport along the same lines as the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Air Accident Investigation Branch, bodies that have distinguished themselves by their professionalism and objectivity.
She is the founder of the Paddington Survivors Group. She is a spokesperson and advocate for railway safety and the author of From Behind the Mask, a memoir of her life during and after the train collision. [1] [2] On 5 October 1999, the Ladbroke Grove rail crash occurred; thirty-one people died in the crash; Warren was among 419 injured ...
After the Ladbroke Grove rail crash in 1999, John Prescott mandated that all mainline rail in the UK come under CIRAS effective in 2000. [1] From 2001 until 2009, the CIRAS Charitable Trust provided funding for operations, [ 2 ] before it formally became part of RSSB.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to an area hospital in critical condition and later died. The highway is expected to be closed for hours.
For the record, CBA does assign a value to prevented/avoided fatalities: the Joint Inquiry report noted that the value of a prevented fatality (VPF) used by the Dept of Transport etc in 2000 was £m 1.15 (report para 4.23) for road projects and - "to reflect extreme public reaction to accidents involving multiple fatalities, including the fact ...