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Eltham Well Hall rail crash
Details
Date
11 June 1972 21:35
Location
Eltham Well Hall
Country
England
Line
Bexleyheath Line (BR Southern Region)
Operator
British Rail
Incident type
Derailment caused by excessive speed
Cause
Driver was intoxicated.
Statistics
Trains
1
Passengers
10 'well filled' coaches
Crew
3
Deaths
6 (5 Passengers, 1 crew)
Injured
126 (125 Passengers, 1 crew)
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The Eltham Well Hall rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 11 June 1972 at approximately 21:35. An excursion train from Margate to Kentish Town derailed on a sharp curve at Eltham Well Hall station, Eltham, London. The curve had a maximum permitted speed to be taken at 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) but the train was estimated to have been travelling at 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) resulting in the locomotive and all but one of the ten carriages derailing.
The driver Robert Wilsdon and five passengers were killed, and 126 people were injured. At the subsequent public inquiry it was revealed that Wilsdon had been intoxicated by alcohol.
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