Fatal Incidents
The Purley station rail crash on 4 March 1989 occurred just to the north of the station, and left five dead and 94 injured. A memorial garden was created at the station to commemorate this.
On the night of Friday 5 July 2002 a fire occurred on the 23:15 from Caterham train. A rail attendant, Philip Cable, helped put out the fire, and suffered an asthma attack and collapsed. He died at Mayday Hospital in Croydon a few hours later. A charge of manslaughter was laid against Karl Lacey, who had set fire to newspapers and cushions in the carriage, and he was sentenced to four years' youth custody.
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