Selby Rail Crash

Date: February 28, 2001 • Location: Pollington, United Kingdom

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

The Selby rail crash was a railway accident that occurred on 28 February 2001 near Great Heck, Selby, North Yorkshire when a passenger train collided with a car which had crashed down a motorway embankment onto the railway line. The passenger train then collided with an oncoming freight train. Ten people died, including the drivers of the two trains, and 82 were injured. It remains the worst rail disaster of the 21st century in the United Kingdom.