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#REDIRECT [[list of rail accidents in the United Kingdom]]
This lists railway accidents in [[Britain]] sorted by death toll. For a list sorted chronologically see [[List of British rail accidents]]
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==More than 50 killed==
* [[Quintinshill rail crash|Quintinshill]], [[22 May]] [[1915]]; 227 killed, 246 injured.
* [[Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash|Harrow and Wealdstone]], [[12 October]] [[1952]]; 112 killed, 340 injured
* [[Lewisham rail crash|Lewisham]], [[December]] [[1957]]; 90 killed, 173 injured
* [[Tay Rail Bridge|Tay Bridge disaster]], [[28 December]] [[1879]], 75 killed
==10-50 killed==
* [[Hither Green rail crash|Hither Green]], [[November]] [[1967]]; 49 killed, 78 injured
* [[Moorgate Underground rail crash|Moorgate Underground]], [[February]] [[1975]]; 43 killed, 74 injured
* [[Clapham Junction rail crash|Clapham Junction]], [[12 December]] [[1988]]; 35 killed, 100+ injured
* [[Abergele train disaster]], [[20 August]] [[1868]]; 33 killed, 1+ injured
* [[South Croydon]], [[24 October]] [[1947]]; 32 killed, 183 injured
* [[Ladbroke Grove rail crash|Ladbroke Grove]], [[5 October]] [[1999]]; 31 killed, 400 injured
* [[Salisbury rail crash|Salisbury]], [[30 June]] [[1906]]; 28 killed (24 passengers, 4 crew)
* [[Norwich rial crash|Norwich]], [[10 September]] [[1874]]; 25 killed
* [[Sutton Coldfield train disaster|Sutton Coldfield]], [[23 January]] [[1955]]; 17 killed
* [[Falkirk rail crash|Falkirk]], [[July]] [[1984]]; 13 killed, 44 injured
* [[Taunton train fire|Taunton (fire)]], [[6 July]] [[1978]]; 12 killed, 19 injured
* [[Hawes Junction train disaster]], [[24 December]] [[1910]]; 12 killed.
* [[Hixon rail crash|Hixon]], [[6 January]] [[1968]]; 11 killed, 27 injured
* [[Lockington rail crash|Lockington]], [[26 July]] [[1986]]; 9 killed, 11 injured
* [[Ealing rail crash|Ealing]], [[December]] [[1973]]; 10 killed, 94 injured
* [[Selby rail crash|Selby]], [[28 February]] [[2001]]; 10 killed, 80+ injured
* [[Staplehurst rail crash|Staplehurts]] [[9 June]] [[1865]]; 10 killed, 49 injured.
==Less than 10 killed==
* [[Ufton Nervet rail crash|Ufton Nervet]], [[6 November]] [[2004]]; 7 killed, 150 injured - at level crossing
* [[Potters Bar rail crash|Potters Bar]], [[10 May]] [[2002]]; 7 killed, 70 injured
* [[Coulsdon South railway station|Coulsdon North]] (then called ''Stoats Nest''), [[29 January]] [[1910]]; 7 killed
* [[Southall rail crash|Southall]], [[19 September]] [[1997]]; 6 killed, 150 injured
* [[Morpeth rail crash|Morpeth]], [[May]] [[1969]]; 6 killed, 121 injured
* [[Nuneaton rail crash|Nuneaton]], [[June]] [[1975]]; 6 killed 67 injured
* [[Invergowrie rail crash|Invergowrie]], [[October]] [[1979]]; 5 killed, 52 injured
* [[Purley Station rail crash|Purley Station]], [[March]] [[1989]]; 5 killed, 90 injured
* [[Cowden rail crash|Cowden]], [[October]] [[1994]]; 5 killed, 12 injured - head on collision
* [[Hatfield rail crash|Hatfield]], [[17 October]] [[2000]]; 4 killed, 35 injured - shattered rail
* [[Tebay rail accident]], [[15 February]] [[2004]]; 4 track workers killed; 3 injured
* [[Newton rail crash|Newton]] late [[1990]]; 4 killed, 22 injured
* [[River Towy rail crash|River Towy]], [[October]] [[1987]]; 4 killed
* [[Helpringham Fen rail crash|Helpringham Fen]], [[6 December]] [[2004]]; 2 killed
* [[Greenock rail crash|Greenock]], [[25 June]] [[1994]]; 2 killed - vandals place blocks on the tracks.
* [[Cannon Street Station rail crash|Cannon Street Station]], [[8 January]] [[1991]]; 2 killed, 240 injured
* [[Glasgow rail crash|Glasgow]], [[March]] [[1989]]; 2 killed
* [[Watford rail crash|Watford South]], [[8 August]] [[1996]]; 1 killed, 69 injured
* [[Stafford rail crash (1996)|Stafford]], [[8 March]] [[1996]]; 1 killed, 22 injured
* [[Aisgill rail crash|Aisgill]], [[31 January]] [[1995]]; 1 killed, 30 injured
* [[Stafford rail crash (1990)|Stafford]], [[August]] [[1990]]; 1 killed, 35 injured
* [[St. Helens rail crash|St. Helens]], [[November]] [[1988]]; 1 killed, 18 injured
* [[Colwich rail crash|Colwich]], [[September]] [[1986]]; 1 killed 60 injured
* Edge Hill, [[15 September]] [[1830]]; 1 killed - [[William Huskisson]] becomes the first person railway passenger fatality at the opening of the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]].
==0 killed==
* [[River Severn rail crash|River Severn tunnel]], [[December]] [[1991]]; 0 killed, 100 injured
* [[Winsford rail crash|Winsford]], [[23 June]] [[1999]]; 0 killed, 31 injured
* [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne Central Station rail crash|Newcastle Central Station]], [[30 November]] [[1989]]; 0 killed, 15 injured
* [[Forest Gate rail crash|Forest Gate]], [[October]] [[1987]]; 0 killed, 14 injured
* [[Norton Bridge rail crash|Norton Bridge]], [[16 October]] [[2003]]; 0 killed, 1 injured
==See Also==
*[[List of United Kingdom disasters by death toll]]
[[category:British railway accidents| ]]
[[category:Rail transport related lists|British railway accidents by death toll]]
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