following railway accidents. Legislation should be introduced to make it an offence for railway staff with safety responsibilities to be intoxicated while on duty. (The main cause of the Eltham Well Hall rail crash). Sliding buffer stops might have minimised the injury compared to the hydraulic buffer stops in this incident. Arrangements for the booking-on of staff should be reviewed (a recommendation also made in the report for the Eltham Well Hall rail crash). References External links Accident at Cannon Street on 8 January 1991 Photographs of the accident More photographs of the accident Railway accidents and incidents in London Railway accidents in 1991 1991 disasters in the United Kingdom 1991 in London Transport in the City of London Accidents and incidents involving Network SouthEast January 1991 events in the United Kingdom Rail accidents caused by a driver's error