File:Hixon rail crash.jpg

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Description An annotated photograph from the inquest into the Hixon rail crash in 1968. The photo was annotated by the Ministry for Transport, responsible for the inquest.
Author or
copyright owner
Daily Mirror Newspapers Ltd., annotated and reprinted by Ministory for Transport (Now Dept. for Transport)
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Report of the Public Inquiry into the Accident at Hixon Level Crossing on January 6th 1968

Immediate source: Screenshot from Report of the Public Inquiry into the Accident at Hixon Level Crossing on January 6th 1968 at Railways Archive.

Date of publication 1968
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Hixon rail crash
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) Provide visual explanation of severity of accident and damage inflicted in collision with truck.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Train crash was cleared away in the 1968 & damage repaired, and level crossing removed in 2002.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Photo is no larger than is needed to identify objects in photo and read text in photo.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
Photo was printed in a freely available inquest report that exited copyright in 2018, newsworthlyness of accident has long since passed.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Hixon rail crash//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hixon_rail_crash.jpgtrue

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current00:02, 16 January 2023Thumbnail for version as of 00:02, 16 January 2023256 × 389 (103 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
03:32, 15 January 2023No thumbnail380 × 576 (189 KB)The Navigators (talk | contribs)Reuploaded prior version. Photo contains text annotations that become effectively unreadable when reduced.
00:02, 26 November 2022No thumbnail256 × 389 (103 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
04:14, 25 November 2022No thumbnail380 × 576 (189 KB)The Navigators (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard
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