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A Systemic Analysis of the Paddington Railway Accident

Last updated on 16 October 2014 11:33

The Paddington railway collision may be regarded as the most serious railway accident on Britain's railway system. The accident occurred on 5 October 1999. Thirty-one people were killed and many more were injured. An immediate and ‘direct’ cause of the collision was the fact that a train that belonged to...

Author(s): Santos-Reyes J;Beard A N

Organisation(s): Civil Engineering Section, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK ;

2006

United Kingdom

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