Details of the Accident
Place | Gidea Park |
Date | 2nd January 1947, 11.20 p.m. |
Railway Company | London & North Western Railway |
No. of Fatalities | 7 |
Cause of Accident | Signal passed at danger |
Description | Driver passed signal at danger and collided with another train. Fog signalman may have been absent. |
Sources/Further Reading
- Steam World magazine, March 1995
List of Fatalities
3 of the 7 fatalities that have been identifed so far are listed in the table below together with brief notes on any other information found
The last column shows the General Register Office (England and Wales) or Statutory Register (Scotland) reference where this has been identified.
Surname | First Names | Age | Occupation | Residence | Notes | GRO/SR Reference | |||||||
UNKNOWN | Railway fireman | , | Travelling home "on the cushions" | ||||||||||
UNKNOWN | LNER ganger | , | Travelling with wife and son. | ||||||||||
UNKNOWN | , | Wife of LNER ganger. |