Hixon rail crash | |
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Details | |
Date | 6 January 1968 12:26 |
Location | Hixon, Staffordshire |
Coordinates | 52°49′48.42″N 2°0′46.55″W / 52.8301167°N 2.0129306°W |
Country | England |
Line | West Coast Main Line |
Operator | British Rail |
Cause | Road vehicle obstruction |
Statistics | |
Trains | 1 |
Vehicles | 1 (low loader transporter) |
Passengers | ~300 |
Deaths | 11 |
Injured | 45 |
Damage | 1 locomotive, 5 carriages destroyed |
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On 6 January 1968, a low-loader transporter carrying a 120-ton electrical transformer was struck by a British Rail express train on a recently installed automatic level crossing at Hixon, Staffordshire, England.
The collision resulted in 11 deaths and 45 people injured, and led to improvements in signage around automatic level crossings.