Cowden rail crash
| Cowden rail crash | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 15 October 1994 |
| Location | Cowden railway station, Kent |
| Country | England |
| Line | Oxted Line |
| Operator | Network SouthCentral |
| Incident type | Single-line collision |
| Cause | SPAD caused by driver error |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 5 |
| Injured | 13 |
| List of UK rail accidents by year | |
The Cowden rail crash occurred on 15 October 1994, near Cowden Station in Kent (UK), when two trains collided head-on, killing five and injuring 13, after one of them had passed a signal at danger and entered a single-line section. The cause was due to a collective of issues; the AWS being inoperative, the signal was dirty and the light intensity was low, and there were no trap points to prevent a train wrongly entering a section against the signal.