The British Transport Police reported that eight passengers had been taken to hospital with minor bumps, bruises and whiplash but none were detained.

He was awarded compensation in a court case but commented "And there I believe the matter will rest until the next rail crash when we the long-suffering passengers should be aware that unless we are carted off to hospital we will have to fend for ourselves wherever we are dumped".

[2] Connex Rail admitted that its driver passed the signal at danger although the existing Automatic Warning System was working.

Disruption was caused to other rail services, although trains continued to run past the accident site on the Cannon Street lines.

Spa Road Junction is a busy ladder-crossover, located a short distance south east of London Bridge station.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) concluded that the accident was caused by the Connex train passing a signal at danger (red).

However the HSE report concluded that the Automatic Warning System (AWS) on both trains was probably working correctly, and that the shock of the collision had caused the electro-mechanical indicator to change.

In any case, even if the AWS had given a wrong indication this would not have absolved[8] the driver of the Connex train of his duty to observe and obey the signals.