Dagenham East rail crash
1958 rail accident in London
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The Dagenham East rail crash was a fatal railway accident that occurred on the evening of 30 January 1958 in Dagenham, England. It was a rear-end collision of two steam trains caused by a signal passed at danger in dense fog on the London, Tilbury and Southend line in the Eastern Region of British Railways. With 10 fatalities and over 90 injuries, it was the worst disaster on the line. Coming soon after the December 1957 Lewisham rail crash in similar conditions, there was national attention to the incident and concerns were raised about railway safety. The circumstances that led to the accident were eliminated by the introduction of colour-light signalling as part of the forthcoming electrification of the line.
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