Editing Selby rail crash (section)

==Events==
{{Multiple image |align=left |direction=vertical |width=250px |image1=GNER train steams into Alnmouth Station - 07 June 2005.jpg |image2=66526 , North Wingfield (7649840470).jpg |alt1=An [[InterCity 225]] train travelling towards the camera, entering the platform at [[Alnmouth railway station]] |alt2=A [[British Rail Class 66|Class 66]] locomotive hauling wagons towards the camera |footer=An [[InterCity 225]] led by a [[Driving Van Trailer]] (top) and a [[British Rail Class 66|Class 66]] locomotive (bottom), similar to those involved in the crash}}
The accident sequence began at approximately 06:13 on 28 February 2001, when the car left the westbound carriageway of the motorway just before the bridge over the rail line. The vehicle travelled down an embankment and onto the southbound railway track.{{sfn|HSE|2002|pp=9–10}} After a failed attempt to reverse off the track, Hart exited the vehicle and called the emergency services using his mobile telephone. While he was on the phone, the Land Rover was hit by the InterCity 225.{{sfn|HSE|2002|p=10}} The sound of the train's horn and the collision with the car was captured on the call.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Martin |date=30 November 2001 |title=999 call played at rail crash court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/nov/30/selby.railtravel |access-date=10 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

After striking the Land Rover, the leading [[bogie]] of the DVT derailed, but the train stayed upright. The set of trailing points from the freight yard then deflected it into the path of the oncoming freight train.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/respects-paid-anniversary-great-heck-crash-1803064|title=Respects paid on anniversary of Great Heck crash|date=28 February 2016|work=The Yorkshire Post|accessdate=19 May 2020|archive-date=11 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111235948/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/respects-paid-anniversary-great-heck-crash-1803064|url-status=live}}</ref> The freight train and the InterCity 225 collided approximately {{convert|642|m|order=flip}} from the InterCity 225's impact with the Land Rover, resulting in the near-total destruction of the DVT and moderate to severe damage to all nine of the InterCity 225's coaches. Most of the coaches overturned and came to rest down an embankment to the east side of the track, in a field adjacent to the railway line just south of another bridge.{{sfn|HSE|2002|pp=11, 15}} The trailing locomotive of the InterCity 225 was derailed but remained upright and suffered only minor damage. The freight locomotive lost its bogies after impact, with debris from the DVT jammed underneath, rupturing its fuel tank.{{sfn|HSE|2002|p=15}} It overturned onto its left side, coming to rest in the garden of a house next to the line, north of the bridge. The first nine wagons following it were derailed and damaged to varying extents.{{sfn|HSE|2002|pp=27-28}} Two wagons that left the line with the freight locomotive flattened a caravan and garage on the grounds of the house all three came to rest in, but stopped short of striking the house itself.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 February 2021 |title=Selby rail crash: Disaster remembered 20 years on |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-56085631 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref>

Ten people were killed, including both train drivers, and 82 were injured, all as a result of the collision between the freight train and the InterCity 225.{{sfn|HSE|2002|pp=5,30}} Survivors of the crash included a train driver who was travelling in the cab of the freight train, supervising the experienced driver who was learning a new route.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Helen |date=10 September 2003 |title=Trapped driver tells of crash ordeal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/10/selby.railtravel |access-date=25 August 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>