Signal Passed at Danger - Accidents Involving SPADs

Accidents Involving SPADs

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• - Slough, 1900 (UK)
• - Tonbridge, 1909 (UK)
• - Ais Gill, 1913 (UK)
• - Charfield, 1928 (UK)
• - Norton Fitzwarren, 1940 (UK)
• - Eccles, 1941 (UK)
• - Potters Bar, 1946 (UK)
• - Kew Gardens, New York, 1950 (US)
• - Harrow and Wealdstone, 1952 (UK)
• - Luton, 1955 (UK)
• - Lewisham, 1957 (UK)
• - Dagenham East, 1958 (UK)
• - Newark Bay, New Jersey, 1958 (USA)
• - Harmelen, 1962 (Netherlands)
• - Marden, 1969 (UK)
• - Violet Town, Victoria, 1969 (Australia)
• - Paisley Gilmour Street, 1979 (UK)
• - Invergowrie, 1979 (UK)
• - Otłoczyn, 1980 (PL)
• - Wembley Central, 1984 (UK)
• - Eccles, 1984 (UK)
• - Hinton, AB, 1986 (Canada)
• - Colwich Junction, 1986 (UK)
• - Chase, Maryland, 1987, (US)
• - Glasgow Bellgrove, 1989 (UK)
• - Purley, 1989 (UK)
• - Shigaraki, 1991 (Japan)
• - Newton, 1991 (UK) - also single lead junction
• - Cowden, 1994 (UK)
• - Secaucus, New Jersey, 1996 (US)
• - Silver Spring, Maryland, 1996 (US)
• - Hines Hill, Western Australia, 1996 (Australia)
• - Southall, 1997 (UK)
• - Beresfield, New South Wales, 1997 (Australia)
• – Suonenjoki, 1998 (Finland)
• - Spa Road Junction, 1999 (UK)
• - Winsford, 1999 (UK)
• - Ladbroke Grove, 1999 (UK) - a SPAD that led to dozens of deaths. Prompts TPWS.
• - Åsta, 2000 (Norway)
• - Pécrot, 2001 (Belgium)
• - Norton Bridge, 2003 (UK)
• - Qalyoub, 2006 (Egypt)
• - Arnhem, 2006 (Netherlands)
• - Chatsworth, California, 2008 (USA)
• - Halle, 2010 (Belgium)
• - Badarwas, 2010 (India)
• - Saxony-Anhalt, 2011 (Germany)
• - Sloterdijk, 2012 (Netherlands)