12 people died and 46 were injured as a result of a rear-end collision in a tunnel, caused by driver error after a signal failure.
A similar accident at exactly the same location, occurred in 1946, before the line was open for public traffic; one railwayman died.
The driver claimed to have been travelling slowly and that his vision had been obscured by a cloud of dust, but it was felt his memory could have been affected by concussion.
[3] A memorial plaque to the accident was unveiled at Stratford Station on 8 April 2016 by Lyn Brown, Member of Parliament for West Ham.
[4] Members of the families of those killed in the crash were also in attendance along with Mike Brown, Commissioner of Transport for London.