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Train Crash in Cumbria
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6391633.stm
Anyone live near here?
So spookey I was watching a documentary on train crashes on Discovery just last night...:(
Anyone live near here?
So spookey I was watching a documentary on train crashes on Discovery just last night...:(
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I hope nobody has died, and it appears that nobody has done so yet. If not its a testament to just how safe Britain's trains now are.
Overall a very very lucky escape to say the train was at 100mph.
There were three seriously injured after the incident. I hope one fatality is all we have.
Story. Just to show it isn't just the BBC. I would post the ITN website too, but they don't even have the story on there yet. :rolleyes:
Trains don't usually come off the rails you know
You would be run over 4 times or in a car crash 7 times before you'd be in a train accident.
What this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayrigg_rail_crash
What's the big deal, it seems more informative then most of the news websites.
Seems pretty well written.
Bizarrely enough, it actually makes me less worried about getting on a Virgin train after this. Massive progress has obviously been made in the way trains are built. Considering all the carriges left the track, it's amazing that more people weren't killed or seriously injured. When you compare pictures of previous rail crashes and see how the trains just crumpled and then look at the intact pictures of last nights crash, it shows how much safer they are now.
Yes but it has still happened. And because they were so lucky in how many people have not been injured etc what might happen next time? The next time might be the time me or you are on a train. I know I am thinking rediciously (sp?) as I am more likely to die in a car crash or whatever but just makes you stop and think.
Cos if the carriages are attached like in the TGV it helps them stay together in a derailment so they are less likely to flip over, etc like in this picture - which derailed at 150 mph
Looks like the carriages all stay well in tact, what would have probably caused most injuries are people being thrown about inside of the train and being hit by luggage - never been on a Virgin Train - do they (or any train) have seltbelts (should you want to use them?)
Usually safer to sit backwards on a train so your entire back takes the force of a forward crash.
Frankly I was impressed with how well the train survived this incident. The glass in every carriage looked untouched, the front engine was upside-down or sideways or something but had only a few dents in it. Good thing it was a new style of train - if it were one of the stupid old rickety things they have doing the runs down here all the carriages would have disintegrated and people would have been spread over the fields. As it was, 80% of the people on board walked away.
Same here. Any of the older trains and there could have been fire an all sorts.