Nuneaton rail crash
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The Nuneaton rail crash was a train crash which occurred on June 6, 1975, on the West Coast Main Line just south of Nuneaton railway station in Warwickshire, England.
It happened when the 23:30 sleeper from London Euston to Glasgow was derailed, caused by the failure of lineside equipment warning of a temporary speed restriction. Six people died and 38 were injured.