On 2nd December 1930 the 2.30pm Derby to Yarmouth LMS express slowed down to take the curve into Trent Junction when five corridor coaches derailed, leaving the engine and first coach on the rails. Two of the coaches just missed the Sheet Stores signal box, another hit a tin hut next to the line containing cans of petrol. The coaches were all damaged, as was 150 yards of track. None of the 120 passengers were hurt and they were ferried to Trent Station using the surviving coach. More coaches were provided and the Yarmouth train continued only about 20 minutes behind schedule. Traffic was diverted along the north curve until the track at sheet stores junction was repaired.
On 20th December 1931 some actresses travelling between Hanley and London were injured by flying glass when a goods train hit their carriage at Trent Junction, smashing windows and ripping door handles off.
Early on 19th January 1932 a light engine was derailed at Trent Junction at low speed. It was put back on the track half an hour later.
In January 1936 traffic was delayed between Nottingham and Trent Junction after nine wagons of a goods train were derailed.
Speaking in 1937, a retired good guards related a story about an incident many years before when his train had pulled up at Trent Junction in thick fog. He heard a train approaching them through Red Hill tunnel. Realising that there would be crash and his train might be pushed into the river, he grabbed a red light and some fog signals (explosive detonators) which he placed on the line. The driver of the oncoming train heard the detonations and braked hard, stopping just short of the stationary train.
In May 1937 a man died suddenly in a carriage at Trent Station. He was identified as a retired blacksmith from Walsall who was visiting relatives in Derby and Nottingham.