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  2. Moorgate tube crash - Wikipedia

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    The crash forced the first carriage into the roof of the tunnel at the front and back, but the middle remained on the trackbed; the 16-metre-long (52 ft) coach was crushed to 6.1 metres (20 ft). The second carriage was concertinaed at the front as it collided with the first, and the third rode over the rear of the second.

  3. Knowle and Dorridge rail crash - Wikipedia

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    The crash occurred in fine dry weather, at around 1.10 pm. The express was travelling at its usual speed of around 80 mph (130 km/h) approaching the station when the driver noticed the Knowle and Dorridge distant signal at caution.

  4. Motorcycle safety - Wikipedia

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    Traveling on a motorcycle carries a much higher risk of death or injury than driving the same distance in a car. In 2006 US motorcyclists had a risk of a fatal crash that was 35 times greater than that of passenger cars, based on 390 motorcyclist deaths per billion vehicle miles and 11.1 car fatalities for that distance.

  5. List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities - Wikipedia

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    Bike BMW Battle of the Legends Practice A collision involving several motorcycles caused Reiman to be thrown from his bike on the infield section of the road course. The 58-year-old Harley-Davidson dealer was pronounced dead at Halifax Medical Center. [54] [55] Chad Matteson: October 31, 1997 Bike NASB: Lightweight Sport Bike/GT3 race Practice

  6. Peg Leg Joe - Wikipedia

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    Peg Leg Joe is a legendary sailor and underground railroad conductor, popularly associated with the song "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd".According to the folklorist H.B. Parks, who collected the song in the 1910s, Peg Leg Joe was an abolitionist who led enslaved people through the Underground Railroad to freedom during the last years of American slavery.

  7. Phineas Gage - Wikipedia

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    Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable: 19 survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and behavior over the remaining 12 years of his life‍—‌effects sufficiently ...

  8. List of rail accidents in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    3 November 1962, Te Kauwhata, Waikato – A northbound freight train ran a red signal and crashed into the back of a stationary freight train after the driver of the first train fell asleep at the controls; one killed. This crash sparked the introduction of vigilance devices in diesel locomotives. [83]: 49–50

  9. Selby rail crash - Wikipedia

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    The Selby rail crash (also known as the Great Heck Rail Crash) was a high-speed rail accident that occurred on 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, Selby, North Yorkshire. Ten people were killed, including the drivers of the two trains involved, and 82 were seriously injured. It remains the worst rail disaster of the 21st century in the United ...

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