Remove all; Disconnect; The next video is starting stop. The accident happened at 1339 GMT when a train travelling from Horsham to London was hit from behind by another train going from Littlehampton to London. The Purley station rail crash was a train collision that occurred just to the north of Purley railway station in the London Borough of Croydon on Saturday 4 March 1989, leaving five dead and 88 injured. Bus routes 60,166,359,407 and 466 are on diversion via Banstead Road, Foxley Lane, Pampisford Road, Warham Road and Brighton Road. The white Range Rover was hurled across Brighton Road in Purley, London, by the force of the impact.
Purley Way accident: Photos and video from the scene as two people are injured in serious crash The road was closed for two hours while emergency services dealt with the crash Share 1989: Six die in Purley rail crash.
Loading... Watch Queue Queue. The extent of the crash is currently unknown, however it is thought to be serious.
Watch Queue Queue. This video is unavailable. One witness said on Twitter: "Avoid Purley car crash involving a police car." The Littlehampton train careered down the embankment into gardens below.
Police are searching for two men believed to have been involved in the crash. The A23 Purley Way is blocked after a car crashed into railings. BBC News Travel M25 Surrey anti-clockwise severe disruption, from J10 for A3 to J9 for A243.
Six people have died and 80 have been injured, some of them seriously, in a train crash at Purley in Surrey. Emergency services were called to the busy road, to where it meets with Brighton Road, at around 7am on Sunday (July 8). Watch Queue Queue.