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1915 Ilford rail crash

1915 rail disaster in Essex, England

Field	Value
name	Ilford rail crash
image	Ilford station platform 4 and 5 look west.JPG
caption	The west end of Ilford station where the crash occurred, pictured in 2009
pushpin_map	Greater London
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Ilford Station in Greater London
coordinates
date	1 January 1915
time	08:40
location	Ilford
country	England
line	Great Eastern Main Line
operator	Great Eastern Railway
type	Collision
cause	Signal passed at danger
trains	2
deaths	10
injuries	500
footnotes	List of UK rail accidents by year

The 1915 Ilford rail crash occurred on 1 January 1915 when an express passenger train passed a signal at danger and collided with another passenger train that was stopped at Ilford railway station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex, England. Ten people died and approximately 500 complained of injury.

Collision

At approximately 08:40 on 1 January 1915 the crew of the 07:06 express service from Clacton to London Liverpool Street failed to see that the distant and home signals at the Ilford east signal box were at danger.{{cite book | author-link1 = L. T. C. Rolt | orig-year = 1955

The official report attributed blame to the driver of the Clacton train for his "insufficient care in noting the positions of his signals when approaching Ilford". It also noted that the accident would have been much less likely if some form of Automatic Warning System had been in use, and recommended its introduction.{{cite book

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