Place	Hixon, Staffordshire, England
Date	Saturday 6th January 1968, 12.26 p.m.
Railway Company	British Railways (London Midland Region)
No. of Fatalities	11
Cause of Accident	Collision on level crossing
Description	The 11.30 a.m. Manchester to Euston express running at about 75 miles per hour collided with a heavy road transporter carrying a 120-ton transformer over the automatic crossing. The transporter had grounded on the crossing. Contrary to the warning signs, the signalman had not been told of the large, slow-moving load travelling over the crossing.

List of Fatalities

The 11 fatalities are listed in the table below together with brief notes of any other information found so far.

The last column shows the General Register Office (England and Wales), Statutory Register (Scotland), General Register Northern Ireland or Civil Registration for Ireland reference where this has been identified.

Surname	First Names	Age	Occupation	Residence	Notes	GRO/SR/GRONI/GROIE Reference
ATKINSON	John I.	49	Railway driver	,	Travelling as a passenger on locomotive. Based at Manchester (Longsight)	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 361
BLAKE	Jill	10		,		1968/Sep Stafford 9B 359
BLAKE	Roger K.	36		,		1968/Sep Stafford 9B 359
CLOWES	Dennis	60		,	Husband of Evelyn CLOWES and father of Dennis (junior) who survived.	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 360
CLOWES	Evelyn	55		,	Wife of Dennis CLOWES and mother of Dennis (junior) who survived.	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 360
DENHAM	Anthony M.	20		,		1968/Sep Stafford 9B 360
GRIFFITHS	Margaret E.	29		,	Unmarried. Sister of Janet.	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 361
RENNICK	Kathleen L..	50		,	Unmarried. Also known as Gwen.	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 360
TOGHILL	Frank J.	28	Railway second man	,	Based at Euston	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 361
TURNER	Stanley A. E.	49	Railway driver	,	Based at Euston	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 361
WILDING	Joanna W.			,	Unmarried	1968/Sep Stafford 9B 360