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The Ufton Nervet rail crash was a railway accident between a train and car in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England that caused seven deaths. On 6 November 2004 at 18:12 GMT, the First Great Western 17:35 service from London Paddington to Plymouth, a High Speed Train (HST) led by a Class 43 power car (43019), collided with a stationary vehicle at an automatic level crossing close to the rural Berkshire village of Ufton Nervet. The inquest concluded that the accident was caused by Brian Drysdale, a chef at the nearby Wokefield Park Hotel, attempting to commit suicide by parking his car on the crossing.

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  • The Ufton Nervet rail crash was a railway accident between a train and car in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England that caused seven deaths. On 6 November 2004 at 18:12 GMT, the First Great Western 17:35 service from London Paddington to Plymouth, a High Speed Train (HST) led by a Class 43 power car (43019), collided with a stationary vehicle at an automatic level crossing close to the rural Berkshire village of Ufton Nervet. The inquest concluded that the accident was caused by Brian Drysdale, a chef at the nearby Wokefield Park Hotel, attempting to commit suicide by parking his car on the crossing.
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  • --11-06
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  • Collision with car on level crossing
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  • 7(xsd:integer)
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  • Ufton Nervet rail crash
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  • The Ufton Nervet rail crash was a railway accident between a train and car in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England that caused seven deaths. On 6 November 2004 at 18:12 GMT, the First Great Western 17:35 service from London Paddington to Plymouth, a High Speed Train (HST) led by a Class 43 power car (43019), collided with a stationary vehicle at an automatic level crossing close to the rural Berkshire village of Ufton Nervet. The inquest concluded that the accident was caused by Brian Drysdale, a chef at the nearby Wokefield Park Hotel, attempting to commit suicide by parking his car on the crossing. The rear of the 220m-long HST set came to rest approximately 100m beyond the crossing with all eight coaches derailed. Six people were killed in the crash: the car's driver, the driver of the train, and four of its passengers. Another passenger subsequently died in a hospital. Approximately 200 people were on board at the time of the incident (official estimates are around 180-200), with around half of these injured, 12 of them seriously. Eleven people had to be cut free from the wreckage. The high structural integrity of the Mark 3 coaches prevented a much higher death toll[citation needed], plus the fact that the more lightly loaded first class coaches were at the leading end of the train. The accident, investigation and necessary repairs blocked the main railway route between London and the West Country until the morning of 16 November, subsequently operating under temporary speed restrictions to allow the bedding in of ballast. In the meantime inter-city trains operated via Swindon and Westbury and local services were replaced by rail and bus shuttles.
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