The Nocton rail crash was a rail accident that happened on 28 February 2002 near Nocton, Lincolnshire, England, after a vehicle smashed through a wall and fell onto the railway line.
The driver, who was trapped in his van, was talking to emergency services on his mobile phone when his vehicle was hit by an oncoming train, killing him.
The incident happened exactly a year to the day after the similar Great Heck rail crash.
[4] At 18:30, as Fletcher was talking on his mobile phone to an emergency services operator, the 15:42 Central Trains service from Birmingham New Street station to Sleaford via Lincoln,[5] a two-carriage Sprinter train (156409) travelling at 55 miles per hour (89 km/h),[6] impacted his van and shunted it 40 metres (130 ft) along the tracks.
Fourteen of the train's 41 occupants, including the driver, were taken to Lincoln County Hospital with minor injuries.