This article is about the 1984 rail accident. For the 1941 accident, see 1941 Eccles rail crash.
1984 Eccles rail crash
Details
Date
4 December 1984 10:37
Location
Eccles, Greater Manchester
Country
England
Line
Liverpool to Manchester Line
Incident type
Collision
Cause
Driver's error
Statistics
Trains
2
Deaths
3
Injured
68
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The 1984 Eccles rail crash occurred on 4 December 1984 at Eccles, Greater Manchester, when an express passenger train collided at speed with the rear of a freight train of oil tankers. The driver of the express and two passengers were killed, and 68 people were injured. The cause of the accident was determined to be that the driver of the express train had passed a signal at danger.[1]
^"Accident Enquiry Report" (PDF). Railways Archive. Archived from the original (pdf) on 31 December 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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