Moorgate tube crash

The Moorgate tube crash occurred on 28 February 1975 at 08:46 GMT on the Northern City Line, then operated by London Underground as the Highbury branch of the Northern line. A train failed to stop at the Moorgate station, the line's southern terminus, and crashed into the wall at the end of the tunnel. In the greatest loss of life during peacetime in the London Underground, 43 people died and a further 74 were injured. With no fault being found with the train equipment, a report from the Department of the Environment found that the driver had failed to slow the train and stop at the station and there was insufficient evidence to determine the reason.
Following the crash, London Underground introduced a safety system that automatically stops a train if it approaches a dead-end platform too fast. This became known informally as Moorgate protection.

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