Ladbroke Grove rail crash

1999 CE.

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The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington rail crash) occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, England, when a Thames Trains passenger train passed a signal at danger, colliding almost head-on with a First Great Western passenger train. With 31 people killed and 417 injured, it was one of the worst rail accidents in 20th-century British history. It was the second major crash on the Great Western Main Line in just over two years, the first being the Southall rail crash of September 1997, several miles west of this crash. Both crashes would have been prevented by an operational automatic train protection (ATP) system, wider fitting of which had been rejected on cost grounds. The crash severely damaged public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system. A public inquiry into the crash by Lord Cullen was held in 2000.

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