Railway Accident Reports Railway Correspondence & Travel Society Library Catalogue Section G08 Accidents including Reports Originally compiled by Paul Marks – November 1988 Updated by Andy Davies – June 2020 during the COVID-19 Lockdown Library Catalogue Section G08 ....................................................................................................................... 1 Websites ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Books on Accidents held in the Archive and Library ................................................................................... 1 Section A : Railway Accident Reports Issued by Ministry Of Transport / Department of the Environment etc: .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 Section B : Annual and Collective Reports Issued By Ministry Of Transport etc. ..................................... 40 Section C : Overseas Railways Accident Reports .................................................................................... 45 Section D : RAIB Reports .......................................................................................................................... 53 Websites Accident Reports are also available to download from the Railway Archive website: www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/ There is a separate list of reports issued by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/catalogue-of-investigation-reports-and-bulletins Books on Accidents held in the Archive and Library Number Title Author Publisher Date 2013 Railway Inspection Anon Railway Gazette 1946 2050 High Girders (Tay Bridge Preeble? Secker & Warburg 1956 Disaster) 2064 Abergele Railway Disaster (28- Anon London Illustrated 1928 8-1868) News 2514 Red for Danger L T C Rolt David & Charles 1976 2533 Historic Railway Disasters O S Nock Ian Allan 1966 2561 Railway Accidents of Great Schneider & Mase? ? 1970 Britain and Europe 2594 Britain’s Greatest Railway J A B Hamilton Allan & Unwin 1969 Disaster - Quintinshill 2602 Harrow Railway Disaster 1952 L F E Coombs David & Charles 1977 2624 Trains in Trouble (Railway A Trevenna Atlantic Books 1980 Accidents in Pictures) 2626 Grantham Rail Crash of 1906 H Bonnett Bygone Grantham 1978 2631 Gretna - Britain’s Worst J Thomas David & Charles 1969 Railway Disaster (1915) 8360 Locomotive Boiler Explosions C H Hewisham David & Charles RCTS 1 of 53 12 June 2020 Railway Accident Reports Section A : Railway Accident Reports Issued by Ministry Of Transport / Department of the Environment etc: The RCTS Archive and Library contains a large number of accident reports from the United Kingdom and some overseas accident reports. Most of the reports are held as individual documents but some bound volumes also exist and are noted in the lists below. A reference number in the first column indicates the individual report being available in the library and the third column indicates whether the original or a photocopy is held. N/A indicates that a repot exists but a copy is not held in the RCTS archive and Library. Original copies of the reports are also available in bound Volumes (Reference F429(41) in the second column) from The Institute of Transport, London, titled “Ministry of Transport Reports on Railway Accidents” Bound in volumes for the following years: 1938 (also includes a copy of AA38/A, AA38/B,) 1937 & 1945-1948 1949-1950 1951-1952 1953-1954 1955-1956 1957-1958 1959-1961 1962-1964 1965-1966 1967-1968 1968-1970 1971-1972 1973-1974 Annual reports are listed in the next section. Some of those are also available in two bound volumes from The Institute of Transport, London and are indicated as such in the lists. RCTS 2 of 53 12 June 2020 Railway Accident Reports Unbound Bound Original or Accident Location Company / Region Date Type of Accident Reference Volume Photocopy Number A1860/1 Photocopy King's Cross Station Metropolitan Railway 01 November 1860 Boiler explosion A1863/1 Photocopy Near Farringdon Street Station Great Western 02 March 1863 Collision (Metropolitan) Railway A1864/1 Photocopy Bishop's Road Station Metropolitan Railway / Great 09 May 1864 Boiler explosion Northern Railway A1866/1 Photocopy Aldersgate Street Station Metropolitan Railway 19 December 1866 Falling Girder A1867/1 Photocopy Farringdon Street Station Metropolitan Railway 05 January 1867 Collision A1867/2 Photocopy Near Hammersmith Junction Great Western Railway / 07 March 1867 Collision Metropolitan Railway A1867/3 Photocopy King's Cross Station Metropolitan Railway / Great 27 June 1867 Derailment Northern Railway A1868/1 Photocopy Swiss Cottage Station Metropolitan Railway 26 April 1868 Collision A1869/1 Photocopy Baker Street Junction Metropolitan Railway 28 January 1869 Collision A1869/2 Photocopy Between Baker Street and Portland Road Metropolitan Railway 29 January 1869 Collision Stations A1869/3 Photocopy Westminster Bridge Station Metropolitan District Railway 02 April 1869 Buffer stop collision A1870/1 Photocopy Near Baker Street Station Metropolitan and St. John's 29 January 1970 Points moved when Wood Railway train passing A1870/2 Photocopy Charing Cross Station Metropolitan District Railway 06 December 1870 Collision A1870/3 Photocopy King's Cross Station Metropolitan Railway 24 December 1870 Collision A1871/1 Photocopy South Kensington Station Metropolitan Railway / 02 August 1871 Collision Metropolitan District Railway A1871/2 Photocopy Gower Street Station Metropolitan Railway / 02 August 1871 Collision Metropolitan District Railway A1871/3 Photocopy Farringdon Street Junction Metropolitan Railway / Great 01 September 1871 Collision Northern Railway / Midland Railway A1871/4 Photocopy Near Westbourne Bridge, Paddington Great Western Railway 07 December 1871 Collision A1872/1 Photocopy Moorgate Street Station Metropolitan Railway / 05 March 1872 Signal passed at Midland Railway Danger A1872/2 Photocopy Bishop's Road Station Metropolitan Railway 22 March 1872 Collision A1872/3 Photocopy Moorgate Street Station Metropolitan Railway 11 September 1872 Collision RCTS 3 of 53 12 June 2020 Railway Accident Reports Unbound Bound Original or Accident Location Company / Region Date Type of Accident Reference Volume Photocopy Number A1872/4 Photocopy Near Westbourne Bridge, Paddington Great Western Railway 16 October 1872 Signal passed at Danger A1872/5 Photocopy Gloucester Road Station Metropolitan District Railway 28 November 1872 Fall while boarding a train A1873/1 Photocopy Mansion House Station Metropolitan District Railway 01 March 1873 Collision A1873/2 Photocopy Moorgate Street Station Metropolitan Railway 31 May 1873 Collision A1873/3 Photocopy Near High Street Station, Kensington Metropolitan Railway / 29 August 1873 Collision Metropolitan District Railway A1873/4 Photocopy Moorgate Street Station Metropolitan Railway / Great 10 October 1873 Buffer stop collision Western Railway A1873/5 Photocopy Western or Hotel Curve, King's Cross Great Northern Railway 30 October 1873 Collision Station A1875/1 Photocopy Aldersgate Street Station Metropolitan Railway / Great 25 January 1875 Collision Northern Railway / Midland Railway A1875/2 Photocopy Earl's Court Station Metropolitan District Railway 09 January 1875 Collision A1875/3 Photocopy Hammersmith Junction Metropolitan District Railway 23 June 1875 Collision A1875/4 Photocopy Between Farringdon Street and King's Metropolitan Railway / Great 08 December 1875 Gauging accident Cross Stations Northern Railway A1876/1 Photocopy Hammersmith Junction Metropolitan District Railway 29 January 1876 Collision A1876/2 Photocopy Gloucester Road B Junction Metropolitan District Railway 20 January 1876 Collision / Great Western Railway A1876/3 Photocopy Near Farringdon Street Station Metropolitan Railway / Great 01 July 1876 Collision Western Railway A1876/4 Photocopy St. John's Wood Road Station Metropolitan and St. John's 09 December 1876 Collision Wood Railway A1878/1 Photocopy Midland Junction, King's Cross Midland Railway / Great 08 January 1878 Collision Northern Railway A1878/2 Photocopy Mansion House Station Metropolitan District Railway 21 January 1878 Collision A1878/3 Photocopy Between Farringdon Street and Ludgate Metropolitan Railway / 03 February 1878 Collision Hill Stations Midland Railway A1878/4 Photocopy Between Mansion House and Blackfriars Metropolitan District Railway 15 March 1878 Failure of Absolute Stations Block Working. RCTS 4 of 53 12 June 2020 Railway Accident Reports Unbound Bound Original or Accident Location Company / Region Date Type of Accident Reference Volume Photocopy Number A1878/5 Photocopy Baker Street Station Metropolitan Railway / Great 19 March 1878 Collision Western Railway A1878/6 Photocopy Turnham Green Station London And South Western 09 April 1878 Fatality boarding Railway / Metropolitan moving train District Railway A1878/7 Photocopy Gloucester Road Station Metropolitan District Railway 23 August 1878 Train divided A1878/8 Photocopy Between Farringdon Street and King's Metropolitan Railway 19 October 1878 Collision Cross Stations A1878/9 Photocopy St. John's Wood Road Station Metropolitan and St. John's 25 October 1878 Collision Wood Railway A1879/1 Photocopy Tay Bridge North British Railway 28 December 1879 Bridge collapse A1879/2 Photocopy Between Blackfriars and Temple Stations Metropolitan District Railway 09 January 1879 Gauge clearance / London And North