Hinton train collision
1986 railway accident near Hinton, Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On 8 February 1986, twenty-three people were killed in a collision between a Canadian National Railway freight train and a Via Rail passenger train called the Super Continental, including the engine crews of both trains. It was the deadliest rail disaster in Canada since the Dugald accident of 1947, which had thirty-one fatalities, and was not surpassed until the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in 2013, which resulted in 47 deaths.
Hinton train collision | |
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Date | February 8, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-02-08) 8:40 am |
Location | Dalehurst, Alberta |
Coordinates | 53°29′47″N 117°22′11″W |
Country | Canada |
Line | Edson Subdivision |
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Incident type | Train collision |
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Trains | 2 |
Passengers | 94 |
Crew | 24 |
Deaths | 23[1] |
Injured | 71[1] |
After 56 days of testimony at a public inquiry, a commission concluded that the collision was caused by the freight head end crew failing to stop their train because of incapacitation or other unknown factors, while the conductor in the caboose failed to use the emergency brake to stop the train. The report also highlighted serious flaws in the culture and safety practices at Canadian National Railway.