Editing West Coast Main Line (section)

== Accidents ==
{{See also|List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom}}
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! Name !! Date !! Killed and/or Injured !! Notes
|-
| [[Grayrigg derailment]] (at Lambrigg Crossovers, south of Grayrigg)
| 23 February 2007
| 1 killed
|-
| [[Tebay rail accident]]
| 15 February 2004
| 4 workers killed (no public involvement)
|-
| [[Norton Bridge rail crash]]
| 16 October 2003
| 1 injured
|-
| [[1999 Winsford railway accident|Winsford rail crash]]
| 23 June 1999
| 31 injured
|-
| [[Watford rail crash]]
| 8 August 1996
| 1 killed, 69 injured
|-
| [[Stafford rail crash (1996)]]
| 8 March 1996
| 1 killed, 22 injured
|-
| [[Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident|Newton rail crash]]
| 21 July 1991
| 4 killed, 22 injured
|-
| [[Stafford rail crash (1990)]]
| 4 August 1990
| 1 killed, 35 injured
|-
| [[Colwich rail crash]]
| 19 September 1986
| 1 killed 60 injured
|-
| [[Wembley Central rail crash]]
| 11 October 1984
| 3 killed, 18 injured
|-
| [[Nuneaton rail crash]]
| 6 June 1975
| 6 killed 67 injured
|-
| [[Watford Junction rail crash]]
| 23 January 1975
| 1 killed, 11 injured
|-
| [[Hixon rail crash]]
| 6 January 1968
| 11 killed, 27 injured
|-
| [[Stechford rail crash]]
| 28 February 1967
| 9 killed, 16 injured
|-
| [[Cheadle Hulme 'bend' derailment]]
| 28 May 1964
| 3 killed
|-
| [[Coppenhall Junction railway accident]]
| 26 December 1962
| 18 killed, 34 injured
|-
| [[Harrow and Wealdstone railway accident]]
| 8 October 1952
| 112 killed, 340 injured
| Worst peacetime railway accident in the UK
|-
| [[Weedon rail crash (1951)]]
| 21 September 1951
| 15 killed, 36 injured
|-
| Lambrigg Crossing signal box between [[Grayrigg]] and [[Oxenholme Lake District railway station|Oxenholme]]
| 18 May 1947 (express hit [[light engine]] driver missing a signal while looking in his food box)
| 4 in hospital, 34 minor injuries<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.clara.net/gw0hqd/bumps/180547/180547.htm |title=Ministry of Transport Accident Report Between Grayrigg and Oxenholme, L.M.S.R., 18 May 1947 |access-date=18 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000918224501/http://home.clara.net/gw0hqd/bumps/180547/180547.htm |archive-date=18 September 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lichfield rail crash]]
| 1 January 1946
| 20 killed, 21 injured.
|-
| [[Bourne End rail crash]]
| 30 September 1945
| 43 killed, 64 injured
|-
| [[Winwick rail crash]]
| 28 September 1934
| 12 killed
|-
| [[Weedon rail crash (1915)|Weedon (1915)]]
| 14 August 1915
| 10 killed, 21 injured
|-
| [[Quintinshill rail crash]]
| 22 May 1915
| 227 killed, 246 injured.
| Worst ever rail accident in the United Kingdom.
|-
| [[Ditton Junction rail crash]]
| 17 September 1912
| 15 killed
|-
| [[Chelford rail accident]]
| 22 December 1894
| 14 killed, 48 injured
|-
| [[Wigan rail crash]]
| 1 August 1873
| 13 killed, 30 major injuries.
|-
| [[Tamworth rail crash]]
| 14 September 1870
| 3 killed, 13 injured.
|-
| [[Warrington rail crash]]
| 29 June 1867
| 8 killed, 33 injured
|-
| [[Atherstone rail accident]]
| 16 November 1860
| 10 killed.
|}