Elliot Junction rail accident

Elliot Junction rail crash
Date 28 December 1906
Time 15:30
Location Elliot Junction, Forfarshire
Country Scotland
Rail line Edinburgh to Aberdeen Line
Cause Driver error/signalling equipment failure
Statistics
Trains 2
Deaths 22
Injuries 8
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The Elliot Junction rail accident occurred on 28 December 1906 between Arbroath railway station and Carnoustie railway station in Scotland, with 22 fatalities.

A Dundee and Arbroath Railway train was standing at Elliot Junction railway station during a blizzard when it was hit by a North British Railway train.

The Board of Trade Inquiry placed primary responsibility on the driver of one of the trains who had "failed to heed instructions to drive with caution".[1] It also discussed the role of alcohol and said that "the proximity of the Victoria Bar to the up platform is a very undesirable feature in the surroundings of [Arbroath] station. The substitution of a coffee shop and refreshment room would be greatly in the general interests of the staff".[2]

One of those injured in the crash was the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Alexander William Black, who died of his injuries shortly afterwards.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/gallery/elliot_jct.html Gallery - Elliot Junction 1906
  2. ↑ Pringle, Maj J W. "Board of Trade Railway Department Inquiry into accident at Elliot Junction on 28th December 1906" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Election Intelligence. Banffshire". The Times (London). 31 December 1906. p. 9.

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Coordinates: 56°32′47″N 2°37′01″W / 56.54639°N 2.61694°W / 56.54639; -2.61694

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