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The Hatfield rail crash was a railway accident on 17 October 2000, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK. The accident did not result in a large number of deaths, but it nevertheless exposed the major stewardship shortcomings of the privatised national railway infrastructure company Railtrack, and the failings of the regulatory oversight which the company displayed in its initial years, principally a failure to ensure that the company had a sound knowledge of the condition of its assets. Railtrack was subsequently partially renationalised as a result. ==Accident events== A GNER InterCity 225 train bound for Leeds had left London King's Cross at 12:10, and was travelling at approximately when it derailed south of Hatfield station at 12:23. The primary cause of the accident was later determined to be the left-hand rail fracturing as the train passed over it. Four passengers died in the accident and a further seventy were injured. The leading Class 91 locomotive (91023) and the first two coaches remained upright and on the rails. All of the following coaches, and the trailing Driving Van Trailer were derailed, and the train set separated into three sections. The restaurant coach, the eighth vehicle in the set, overturned onto its side and struck an overhead line gantry after derailing, resulting in severe damage to the vehicle. Those who died were all in the restaurant coach: *Robert James Alcorn, 37, of Auckland, New Zealand *Steve Arthur, 46, from Pease Pottage, West Sussex *Leslie Gray, 43, of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire *Peter Monkhouse, 50, of Headingley, Leeds Crash investigators identified the integrity and strength of the British Rail-designed Mark 4 coaches for protecting occupants. Coincidentally, the locomotive in the crash was also involved in the Great Heck rail crash (where the leading Driving Van Trailer hit a road vehicle on the track) a few months later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hatfield rail crash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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