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The Potters Bar rail crash occurred on May 10, 2002 at Potters Bar, in Hertfordshire just north of Greater London, when a northbound train derailed at high speed, killing seven and seriously injuring another eleven. May 10 is the 130th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (131st in leap years). ...
2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location within the British Isles. ...
Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ...
Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ...
A West Anglia Great Northern train service left King's Cross station at 12:45 bound for King's Lynn in Norfolk. Travelling at around 100mph, it crossed over a set of points just before Potters Bar railway station at 12:55. As the final coach travelled over the points it derailed, spinning around 90 degrees. The momentum carried the carriage into the station, where it mounted the platforms at right angles, before coming to rest under the platform canopy. During this, one end of the carriage struck a bridge parapet, sending debris onto the road below. A Wagn outer suburban electric unit Wagn is a franchise operator of commuter train services out of London Kings Cross and Moorgate stations. ...
This GNER train serving Kings Cross is named White Rose after the traditional symbol of Yorkshire. ...
Map sources for Kings Lynn at grid reference TF6120 Kings Lynn is a town in Norfolk, England on the River Great Ouse. ...
For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
Double switch aka scissors crossovers A railroad switch (known in British and Australian English as (a set of) points or, in technical usage, a turnout) is a mechanical installation provided at a point where rail track A divides into two tracks B and C. It can be set in either...
A parapet (from the Italian parapetto and/or the French parapet, from Italian para, imperative of Italian parare (to cover, defend) and petto (breast), ultimately from the Latin pectus (breast); the Germans use the term Brustwehr (breast-defence)) consists of a dwarf wall along the edge of a roof, or...
Six of the victims were travelling on board the train, while a seventh was killed by the falling debris.
A Health and Safety Executive report released in May 2003 found that the points were poorly maintained, and this was the principal cause of the accident. The bolts that held the stretch bars that keep the rails apart had become loose or missing, resulting in the points moving while the train passed over them. The points had been fully inspected on May 1 by a team working for the private railway maintenance firm Jarvis, and there had been a further visual inspection on May 9, the day before the crash, with no problems reported. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), reporting to the Health and Safety Commission, is the British government body responsible for the regulation of risks to health and safety in the UK. It was created as a result of the Health and Safety at Work, etc, Act 1974, and has since...
2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for May, 2003. ...
May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ...
Jarvis is an American teen R&B singer from Atlanta, GA. He had a big hit in the summer of 2004 with the song Radio. External links Official site eJams biographical article ...
May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ...
Initially after the accident, Jarvis claimed that the points' poor condition was due to sabotage of some sort, and that its maintenance was not to blame. However, no solid evidence of any sabotage has ever come to light. Furthermore, the HSE report found that other sets of points in the Potters Bar area showed similar (but not as serious) maintenance deficiencies, and the poor state of maintenance "probably arose from a failure to understand fully the design and safety requirements". This article is about Sabotage sabotage can also refer to: an early Black Sabbath album (Sabotage), the Alfred Hitchcock films (Sabotage or Saboteur), a Beastie Boys song, or a type of shock site. ...
The tragedy sparked a debate about whether private maintenance firms were paying too little attention to training and safety. In 2003 Network Rail announced it was taking all track maintenance in-house, ending the use of private contractors except for large-scale renewal or development projects. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Network Rails logo Network Rail is a British not for dividend Company Limited by Guarantee that owns the fixed assets of that part of the British railway system that formerly belonged to British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ...
On April 28, 2004 Jarvis sent a letter to the victim's families admitting liability for the accident. The company said that it would formally accept "legally justified claims" after making a financial provision of £3m. April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In the letter Kevin Hyde, chief executive, wrote: "In the aftermath of the crash, when Jarvis was under great pressure to explain itself, we were drawn into a debate about the possible causes of the crash. On behalf of the company and my colleagues, I would like to apologise for the hurt and anger our actions in responding caused."
The writer Nina Bawden was badly injured in the crash, and her husband was killed. Nina Bawden is a popular British childrens writer. ...
List of the deceased
- Austen Kark, 75
- Emma Knights, 29
- Chia-hsin Lin, 29
- Alexander Ogonwusi, 42
- Agnes Quinlivan, 80
- Jonael Schickler, 25
- Chia-Ching Wu, 30
See also This list is of railway accidents in Britain sorted chronologically. ...
External links - Guardian Unlimited Special Report
- BBC News In Depth - Potters Bar Crash
- HSE page on the crash, including reports
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