Howden rail accident
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The Howden rail accident in Yorkshire on 7 August 1840 killed five passengers. It occurred when a large piece of cargo, cast iron, fell from a wagon and derailed the following carriages. It happened on the Hull and Selby Railway as the train was travelling from Leeds to Hull. The crash was one of the first railway accidents to be investigated by the Railway Inspectorate. One of the worst accidents to have occurred on the new UK rail network, it was also a new phenomenon for the public; shipwrecks and coal mining accidents were more frequent.
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Date | 7 August 1840 |
Location | Howden, Yorkshire |
Coordinates | 53.76681°N 0.87632°W / 53.76681; -0.87632 |
Country | England, UK |
Line | Hull and Selby Railway |
Cause | Inadequately secured load |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Deaths | 5 |
Damage | 1 train |
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