Abstract: In all, there were 1293 train accidents on British Railways in 1948. Causes were listed as: failure of the human element, 639, defective apparatus, 188, other (track obstructions, passenger or other person misconduct), 466. The report, from which this article was taken, contains a number of summarized tables which cover the past 34 years and gives the total casualties in all movement on rail, with information about traffic carried, staff employed, etc.
Publication Year: 1949
Publication Date: 1949-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
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