Portsmouth Harbour–Bristol Temple Meads (GWR) London Waterloo–Honiton (SWR)
Incident type
Sidelong collision and derailment
Cause
Signal passed at danger due to low railhead adhesion and driver error
Statistics
Trains
2
Passengers
197
Crew
5
Deaths
0
Injured
14 (1 serious)
Location diagram
Wessex Main Line to Southampton
West of England line to Basingstoke
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S
Laverstock North and South Junctions
Salisbury Tunnel Junction
Fisherton Tunnel
Salisbury
Wessex Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads
West of England line to Exeter St Davids
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