Saturday 6th November 2004

The Ufton Nervet rail crash in England caused seven deaths. At 18:12 GMT, a Class 43 (HST), operating First Great Western’s 17:35 service from London Paddington to Plymouth hit a stationary car with the driver inside at an automatic level crossing close to the rural Berkshire village of Ufton Nervet. A subsequent inquest concluded that the accident was caused by Brian Drysdale, the driver of the car, committing suicide by parking on the crossing.