Yes, one of the most significant rail disasters in British history occurred on November 5, 1967, known as the Hither Green rail crash. On a busy Sunday evening, a 12-coach diesel-electric express train traveling from Hastings to London Charing Cross derailed near the Hither Green maintenance depot in Southeast London. The train was traveling at approximately 70 mph (113 km/h) when a broken rail caused eleven of the twelve coaches to leave the tracks, with four turning over onto their sides. The disaster resulted in 49 deaths and 78 injuries, many of whom were standing passengers returning to the city. One notable survivor of the crash was Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who was traveling with his future wife at the time. The subsequent investigation found that the rail had fractured due to a fatigue crack that had been poorly maintained. This tragedy led to a massive overhaul in British Rail's maintenance procedures and accelerated the transition from "jointed" track to continuous welded rail, which is much safer and less prone to the types of fractures that caused the 1967 catastrophe.