This page shows a timeline of accidents at Oxenholme Station together with links to further information.
Year | Mth | Day | Event |
| 1852 | Nov | 3 | Robert Bateman newspaper vendor aged 73 found drowned in the reservoir at Oxenholme Station |
| 1853 | Mar | 3 | William Dawson night porter aged 39 dies following accident on incline towards Kendal |
| 1859 | Mar | 29 | Thomas Thorpe engine driver aged 33 suffered fractured skull after falling from engine between Oxenholme and Tebay – he survived and continued as an engine driver |
| 1859 | Jun | Child from Preston fell from carriage after door flew open and mother instinctively jumped out after child suffering dislocated shoulder – the child was uninjured | |
| 1860 | Nov | 21 | William Simpson railway labourer killed on line two miles north of Oxenholme |
| 1861 | Jan | 7 | William Fletcher platelayer dragged by wagon causing injuries including broken arm |
| 1862 | Nov | Mr Shaw woollen merchant much injured after falling into cinder hole near water tank | |
| 1868 | Jan | 2 | John Cross platelayer killed half a mile from Oxenholme Station |
| 1868 | Jun | 26 | John Edward Gould breaksman aged 33 killed at Oxenholme Station |
1871 | Dec | 9 | James Armer gatekeeper killed at Oxenholme Level Crossing |
| 1875 | Mar | 2 | Thompson Holme foreman porter aged 44 loses arm and dies of injuries following day |
| 1878 | Dec | 25 | William Phillipson, who attended the mail bags, was killed at Oxenholme Station |
1880 | Sep | 11 | Stewardson Martin, a workman for the station alterations, was killed at Oxenholme Station |
| 1888 | May | William Armer guard aged 19 from Oxenholme killed at Tebay Station | |
1890 | Jan | 1 | John Pears foreman porter killed at Oxenholme Station |
| 1890 | Jul | 19 | Thomas Howson 36 killed after leaping in front of engine near Helmside Bridge |
1890 | Oct | 16 | William Langhorn porter killed at Oxenholme Junction |
1890 | Oct | 25 | John William Royston breaksman 36 killed near Oxenholme Station |
1896 | Jan | 15 | John Dobson foreman porter 36 killed at Oxenholme Station |
1909 | Feb | 10 | John Park shunter has lower limb amputated after accident at Oxenholme Station |
1913 | Dec | 1 | Harry Paine breaksman from Oxenholme critically injured at Wigan and died Dec 5 |
1920 | Jan | 8 | William Green killed at Oxenholme by Preston Express |
1925 | Aug | 25 | Ernest Nevinson porter guard dies following accident in Oxenholme shunting yard |
| 1938 | Jun | 30 | Richard Hill railway messenger aged 60 has left hand and left foot amputated after light engine ran over him near Oxenholme signal box – he is believed to have died shortly afterwards |
1965 | Feb | 10 | Armed man shoots three policemen at Oxenholme Station, killing Police Constable George William McKinley Russell, aged 35 |
| 1971 | Sep | 10 | Four people injured when Stirling to Sutton Coldfield Motorail train derailed on catch points at Hayfell near Oxenholme causing locomotive and leading carriages to flip on their sides |
Page last updated: 31 December 2022