Kentish Town rail accident

1861 train crash in London

Kentish Town rail accident

Drawing of the accident

Details
Date| 2 September 1861
Location| Kentish Town station
Country| England
Line| Hampstead Junction Railway
Cause| Signalling error
Statistics
Trains| 2
Deaths| 16
Injured| 317 (20 seriously)
List of UK rail accidents by year

On 2 September 1861, near Kentish Town station in London, 16 people were killed and 317 were injured when an excursion train operated by the North London Railway collided with a freight train operated by the London and North Western Railway.[1]

The excursion train was running early and had been given permission to proceed, but met the freight train as it crossed the lines at a freight sidings unprotected by signals.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Yolland, Col W. (1861). Board of Trade Report (PDF). HMSO.
2. ^ Neele, George P. (1904). Railway Reminiscences. McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. p. 94.

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Railway accidents in the 1860s

1860|

* Ambergate, England (26 September)
* Atherstone, England (16 November)

1861|

* Leek Wootton, England (11 June)
* Clayton, England (25 August)
* London, England (2 September)
* St. Joseph, Missouri, US (3 September)

1862|

* Winchburg, Scotland (13 October)

1864|

* Beloeil, Quebec, Canada (29 June)
* Shohola Township, Pennsylvania, United States (15 July)

1850s 1870s

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Railway accidents and incidents in the United Kingdom, 1815–1899

Before 1850|

* Philadelphia (Jul 1815)
* Parkside (Sep 1830)
* Wetheral (Dec 1836)
* Harrow (Aug 1838)
* Howden (Aug 1840)
* Sonning Cutting (Dec 1841)
* Penistone (Oct 1845)
* Dee Bridge (May 1847)

1850s|

* Sutton Tunnel (Apr 1851)
* Burnley (Jun 1852)
* Straffan (Oct 1853)
* Reading Southern (Sep 1855)
* Lewisham (Jun 1857)
* Round Oak (Aug 1858)

1860s|

* Helmshore (Sep 1860)
* Atherstone (Nov 1860)
* Wootton (Jun 1861)
* Clayton Tunnel (Aug 1861) ‡
* Kentish Town (Sep 1861)
* Winchburgh (Oct 1862)
* Rednal (Jun 1865)
* Staplehurst (Jun 1865)
* Welwyn Tunnel (Jun 1866)
* Yanwath (Feb 1867)
* Warrington (Jun 1867)
* Abergele (Aug 1868) ‡
* Maesycwmmer (Jun 1869)
* Dalton Junction (Dec 1869)

1870s|

* Newark (Jun 1870)
* Tamworth (Sep 1870)
* Stairfoot (Dec 1870)
* Hatfield (Dec 1870)
* Kirtlebridge (Oct 1872)
* Wigan (Aug 1873)
* Menheniot (Dec 1873)
* Bo'ness Junction (Jan 1874)
* Thorpe (Sep 1874) ‡
* Shipton-on-Cherwell (Dec 1874) ‡
* Kildwick & Crosshills (Aug 1875)
* Abbots Ripton (Jan 1876)
* Radstock (Aug 1876)
* Heeley (Nov 1876)
* Morpeth (Mar 1877)
* Tay Bridge (Dec 1879) ‡

1880s|

* Burscough Junction (Jan 1880)
* Wennington Junction (Aug 1880)
* Inverythan (Nov 1882)
* Penistone (Jul 1884) ‡
* Penistone (Jan 1885)
* Hexthorpe (Sep 1887) ‡
* Penistone (Mar 1889)
* Armagh (Jun 1889) ‡

1890s|

* Norton Fitzwarren (Nov 1890)
* Norwood Junction (May 1891)
* Esholt Junction (Jun 1892)
* Thirsk (Nov 1892)
* Llantrisant (Aug 1893)
* Chelford (Dec 1894)
* St Neots (Nov 1895)
* Snowdon (Apr 1896)
* Menheniot (Feb 1897)
* Welshampton (Jun 1897)
* Penistone (Oct 1897)
* Menheniot (Nov 1897)
* Potters Bar (Mar 1898)
* St Johns (Mar 1898)
* Wellingborough (Sep 1898)
* Wrawby Junction (Oct 1898)
* Potters Bar (May 1899)

‡ indicates railway accidents and incidents resulting in at least 20 fatalities
1900–1999

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Rail accidents in London

* Harrow (1838)
* Lewisham (1857)
* Kentish Town (1861)
* Norwood Junction (1891)
* Ilford (1915)
* Battersea Park (1937)
* Ilford (1944)
* King's Cross (1945)
* South Croydon (1947)
* Harrow and Wealdstone (1952)
* Stratford (1953)
* Barnes (1955)
* Lewisham (1957)
* Dagenham East (1958)
* Hither Green (1967)
* Eltham Well Hall (1972)
* Ealing (1973)
* Moorgate (1975)
* Holborn (1980)
* Wembley Central (1984)
* Clapham Junction (1988)
* Purley (1989)
* Cannon Street (1991)
* Southall (1997)
* Spa Road Junction (1999)
* Ladbroke Grove (1999)
* Croydon (2016)
* Lewisham (2018)

Rail accidents in the United Kingdom

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