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A Seconds From Disaster documentary exploring the 1999 Paddington rail disaster, in which two British commuter trains collided at speed.
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington train crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, United Kingdom. With 31 people killed and more than 500 injured, this remains one of the worst rail accidents in Britain.[1] This was the second major accident on the Great Western Main Line in just over two years, th...
A Seconds From Disaster documentary exploring the 1999 Paddington rail disaster, in which two British commuter trains collided at speed.
The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington train crash) was a rail accident which occurred on 5 October 1999 at Ladbroke Grove in London, United Kingdom. With 31 people killed and more than 500 injured, this remains one of the worst rail accidents in Britain.[1] This was the second major accident on the Great Western Main Line in just over two years, the first being the Southall rail crash of September 1997, a few miles west of this accident. Both crashes would have been prevented by an operational automatic train protection (ATP) system, wider fitting of which had been rejected on cost grounds. This severely damaged public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system. {Wikipedia}
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Published on Mar 6, 2018
