1915 Ilford rail crash

1915 rail disaster in Essex, England March 2018 March 2018 Ilford rail crash Ilford station platform 4 and 5 look west.JPG The west end of Ilford station where the crash occurred, pictured in 2009 Greater London Location of Ilford Station in Greater London 51.5588 0.0685 type:event_region:GB dms inline,title 1 January 1915 08:40 Ilford England Great Eastern Main Line Great Eastern Railway Collision Signal passed at danger 2 10 500 List of UK rail accidents by year The 1915 Ilford rail crash occurred on 1 January 1915 when an express passenger train passed a signal at danger and collided with another passenger train that was stopped at Ilford railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex, England. Ten people died and approximately 500 complained of injury. Collision At approximately 08:40 on 1 January 1915 the crew of the 07:06 express service from Clacton to London Liverpool Street failed to see that the distant and home signals at the Ilford east signal box were at danger. Rolt L.T.C. L. T. C. Rolt Kichenside Geoffrey Red for Danger 4th 1982 1955 David & Charles Newton Abbot 0-7153-8362-0 240–241 The signalman tried to attract their attention by shouting and waving a red flag from the signal box, but to no avail. At the west end of the station, the 08:20 local service from Gidea Park to Liverpool Street was crossing over from the local line to the through line when it was run into by the Clacton express travelling on the through line at a speed variously estimated at 20 to 50 mph on. The impact completely destroyed the eighth coach and severely damaged five others of the Gidea Park train, as well as the engine and first two vehicles of the Clacton train. Ten passengers died and over 500 complained of injury. The official report attributed blame to the driver of the Clacton train for his "insufficient care in noting the positions of his signals when approaching Ilford". It also noted that the accident would have been much less likely if some form of Automatic Warning System had been in use, and recommended its introduction. Lt Col P.G. von Donop 1915 Board of Trade Report HMSO https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Ilford1915.pdf See also Ilford rail crash (1944) Sources collapsed Category:Railway accidents and incidents in London Category:Railway accidents in 1915 Category:1915 in England Category:Rail transport in Essex Category:Railway accidents and incidents in Essex Category:Transport in the London Borough of Redbridge Category:1915 in London Category:Accidents and incidents involving Great Eastern Railway Category:1910s in Essex Rail crash Category:1915 disasters in the United Kingdom Category:January 1915 in the United Kingdom Category:Train collisions in England