| Place | Hither Green, Kent (1) |
| Date | 5 Nov, 1967, 9.16 p.m. |
| Railway Company | British Rail, Southern Region |
| No of Fatalities | 49 |
| Cause of Accident | Derailment |
| Brief description of events | 19.43 Hastings to Charing Cross was approaching Hither Green at speed when a wheel struck a small wedge shaped piece of steel that had broken away from the end of a running rail. This piece of broken rail caused a derailment. Poor track maintenance was blamed. |
| Source/Bibliography/Further Reading | Bexhill Observer, 1st December 2008 The Times, 7th November 1967 |
| ASHLEE; Rose Margaret; 36; Gladstone Road, Crowborough; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 312 | |
| ASHMORE; Elizabeth Tamara; 20; Headley Down, Bordon; HAM; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 376 | |
| AUSTIN; Howard L.; 17; Etchingham; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 376 | |
| BARTLETT; Janet E.; 18; Old Bakery, The Ridge, Hastings; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 378 | |
| BOHANE; Jennifer Ann; 26; Saxonbury, Mayfield Lane, Wadhurst; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 271 | |
| BRANCH; Jacqueline; 16; London Road, Hurst Green; SRY; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 378 | |
| BREEDS; Gay E.; 17; Student at Thomas Peacocke, now Rye College; Cross Way, Addington; SRY; Bench erected Rye SSX in memory; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 312 | |
| BREEDS; Judith M.; 21; Student at Thomas Peacocke, now Rye College; Cross Way, Addington; SRY; Bench erected Rye SSX in memory. Daughter of Mary Breeds; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 312 | |
| CANNON; Dorothy V.; 57; Priory Road, Hampton; MDX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 371 | |
| CHARLTON; Kathleen; 73; Bollo Lane, Chiswick, London W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 310 | |
| CHEVALLIER; Veronica B.; 34; Eamont Street, St John's Wood, London N.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 376 | |
| COVENEY; Eric G.; 64; Eckington House, South Tottenham, London N.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 340 | |
| CRONK; Terence D.; 19; Bishops Close, Wateringbury; KEN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 238 | |
| DUTCH; Edith Olive May; 65; Walham Grove, Fulham, London S.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 340 | |
| FLETTON; Eric H. O.; 64; Loughton Way, Buckhurst Hill; ESS; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 272 | |
| FORSTER; Rev. Harold Theodore Gibso; 51; Harrow; MDX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 377 | |
| HARDWICK; Julia H.; 28; Mayfield Road, Tunbridge Wells; KEN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 273 | |
| HARDWICK; Marion Gay; 23; Mayfield Road, Tunbridge Wells; KEN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 273 | |
| HAYCRAFT; Charles; 23; Rock Robin Farm, Wadhurst; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 237 | |
| HAZARD; Jacqueline A. (Mrs.); 20; Acorn Drive, Nottingham; NTT; An expectant mother; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 377 | |
| HEPPENSTALL; Gillian Mary; 29; Mark Cross; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 271 | |
| KEMP; Ella Gladys; 40; The Stream, Cartsfield; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 238 | |
| LAVENDER; Bernard John; 44; Kings Drive, Wembley; MDX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 274 | |
| LAVENDER; Irene E.; 44; Kings Drive, Wembley; MDX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 273 | |
| LAVERS; Mark Clifton; 20; Bowmans, Burwash; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 341 | |
| LEWIS; Betty; 26; Serving in the Women's Royal Naval Service; Swan Terrace, Hastings; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 311 | |
| LINGHAM; Ann E.; 19; Ribblesdale Road, Streatham S.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 238 | |
| MCPHERSON-HEARD; Juliet W.; 20; Linden Cottage, Mill Hill, London N.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 238 | |
| MEYERS; George Alfred; 26; Tadworth Road, Neasdon, London N.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 273 | |
| REED; Dianne Sandra; 22; a teacher who married the previous week; Curzon Avenue, Enfield; MDX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 377 | |
| RITSON; Susan Anne; 21; College Glen, Maidenhead; BRK; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 341 | |
| ROLLS; Ruby Hazel H. (Miss); 48; Tottenham. London N.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 377 | |
| ROOTS; Hugh P.; 19; Rolvenden; KEN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 237 | |
| SELLINGS; Geoffrey; 19; Naval cook; H.M.S Hardy, Royal Navy; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 340 | |
| SMITH; Michael; 2; Whitehall Hotel, Bloomsbury Square, London W.C.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 311 | |
| SMITH; Wendy (Mrs.); 38; Whitehall Hotel, Bloomsbury Square, London W.C.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 311 | |
| SPENCER; Richard; 21; Student at Thomas Peacocke, now Rye College; Woodhurst Road, Abbey Wood. London S.E.; LDN; Bench erected Rye SSX in memory; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 340 | |
| STEWART; Rosemary; 22; Fairmead Road, Upper Holloway, London N; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 312 | |
| THOMSON; William D.; 28; Flight Lieutenant; Relatives live at Luton Road, Hastings; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 311 | |
| TREACHER; Alison Winifred; 23; Lancaster, Steyning; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 377 | |
| TURNER; Christopher Ian; 31; Cross-in-Hand; SSX; Son of Surgeon Rear-Admiral P. S. Turner; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 238 | |
| TURNER; James Gordon Melville; 60; Former Merchant Navy officer; Cripps' Corner, Staplecross; SSX; Won the George Cross in WWII; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 239 | |
| WARD; Lindsay Margaret; 19; Gunters Lane, Bexhill-on-sea; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 239 | |
| WATSON; Joyce; 48; Chartfield Avenue, Putney, London S.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 342 | |
| WHITE; Harold Arthur; 75; Bollo Lane, Chiswick, London W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 310 | |
| WHITTARD; Walter H.; 64; Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London S.W.; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 239 | |
| WILLIAMS; Dianna; Student at Thomas Peacocke, now Rye College; Rye; SSX; Bench erected Rye SSX in memory | |
| WILLIAMS; Mabel Lillian Daisy; 69; Henderson Court, Fitzjohn's Avenue, Hampstead Ave; LDN; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 341 | |
| YEO; Catherine; 20; Parents live at Wadhurst; SSX; 1967/Dec Lewisham 5D 271 | |