Mmm. Wikipedia has a list of rail accidents in the United Kingdom. I've only stumbled on this because the BBC told me that the Hither Green rail crash happened "on this day" (in 1967). (The relevance being that I pass the location daily on the way to work, and then the location of the 1957 Lewisham rail crash)
Re:For great morbidity!
nicholas on 2006-11-06T21:26:13
Mmm. I think that the "British" list is mistitled, because:
is definately in Northern Ireland
As Wikipedia notes, this accident led to the Regulation of Railways Act 1889, which my father says is still in force. He also says that this act made it illegal to lock the doors of carriages while in use (something that Wikipedia doesn't note), which in turn is "interesting" given how the Health and Safety Executive seem to mandate that all trains are to have central locking. Then again, what do the HSE know about railways? [Notice how the HSE had prepared no defence on the arrogant presumption that it had '"blanket immunity" from any personal injury claims arising from any failure in carrying out its statutory functions.']
Oh, for futher fun reference, I'm told that you can't sue the crown (ie HM government, as distinct from one of its executive agencies, such as HSE), for example for non-payment of rent. But you can send the baliffs in
:-) That's not morbid...
hex on 2006-11-07T11:03:53
This is morbid.Useful
kudra on 2006-11-12T09:00:29
I found this about a month ago, during a discussion with Penguin on the safety of Dutch trains versus UK trains.
There was also a nice listing of all historic train accidents, which I found rather interesting, because it reveals how people felt about engineering then (rather similar to how many companies view software development these days).
