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*On December 16 1865, late in the evening, a goods train arrived at Bewdley with the brake van having been left behind at Cleobury Mortimer due to a broken coupling, the driver being unaware of this loss until braking assistance was required at the junction with the SVR at Dowles. The driver set off back to Cleobury to collect the brake van, only to find that another coupling had broken and three wagons had been left near the junction, which he then collided with in the dark.<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000150/18651223/070/0003?browse=False Worcester Journal - Saturday 23 December 1865 on The British Newspaper Archive]</ref>
*On 8 November 1866, a goods train from Buildwas ran through signals approaching Bewdley and collided with a standing goods train. The driver was fined for running too fast and the guard for failing to apply brakes when signalled to do so, the latter being cited as the main cause of the accident. Most locomotives of that time had either hand brakes on the tender only, or in the case of some tank engines, no brakes at all, train braking being primarily the responsibility of the guard acting on signals from the driver. Continuous brakes began to be introduced in the mid 1870s.<ref name="Marshall">[[Bibliography|Marshall (1989)]]</ref>.
*On 7 May 1867 a train derailed about 1½ miles beyond Highley station. The whole of the train, which consisted of engine and tender, four carriages, and one "break-van", left the rails and the engine and one of the carriages fell over. The primary cause was a track defect, with secondary causes being inadequate maintenance and hot weather. Seven injuries occurred. The report was written by Col. W. Yolland and published on 5 June 1867 by Board of Trade.<ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=2028 Railways Archive report] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
*On 20 June 1867, GWR 2-4-0 No 189 (ex OW&W) left the rails while departing Bridgnorth Station south-bound. The accident was attributed to the locomotive not having been properly balanced when leaving Worcester Works.<ref name="Beddoes">[[Bibliography|Beddoes & Smith(1995)]]</ref><ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=2843 Railways Archive accident summary] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
*On 16 June 1869 staff error lead to a collision with plant at Bewdley. There were no casualties and no formal accident investigation took place.<ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=7342 Railways Archive accident summary] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
*On 13 January 1928, 4575 class small prairie No 5508 was derailed north of Bridgnorth Tunnel while traveling at 45-50mph when rotten sleepers gave way. Nobody was injured in the accident<ref name="Marshall" />.
*In August 1947 a car was struck by a goods train on [[Level crossing at Hill Farm, Northwood Lane | Northwood Lane level crossing]], resulting in fatalities to two of the passengers. <ref name="Nabarro">[[Bibliography | Nabarro (1971) p53]]p. 53.</ref>
*In March 1956, [[Railcar 22|GWR Diesel Railcar W10W]] caught fire and was was burnt out at [[Bridgnorth]].<ref>The History of the Great Western A.E.C. Diesel Railcars, Colin [[Bibliography#Other References|Judge (2008), ]] p. 227., ISBN 9781906419110</ref>
*On 28 August 1964 another car was struck by an empty goods train on the same crossing, the primary cause being road vehicle driver error. It resulted in fatalities to two of the passengers.<ref name="Nabarro" /><ref>[https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=8787 Railways Archive accident summary] (Retrieved 8 November 2019)</ref>
