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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.
A total of 31 people were killed and more than 220 were injured in the crash in west London on October 5 1999. Events to mark 25th anniversary of Ladbroke Grove rail disaster Skip to main content
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 ...
The Cullen Report can refer to one of three reports of ... The third Cullen Report was a result of Lord Cullen's appointment to chair the 1999 Ladbroke Grove Rail ...
CIRAS was originally created in 1996 by a team from Strathclyde University. Other rail lines expressed interest in the project and several rail lines in Scotland voluntarily joined the system. 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]
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west London of 5 October 1999. This page was last edited on 23 December 2009, at 05:23 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...