2 January – India – In Uttar Pradesh near Etawah, about 170 miles (270 kilometres) southwest of Lucknow, the Lichchavi Express entering the station in heavy fog ran into the stationary Magadh Express train, killing ten people and injuring ten more.[1][2]
12 February – United States – A train derailed in the pocket track just north of Farragut NorthWashington Metrostation after the front car left the tracks. One person was hospitalized.[6][7]
15 March – United States – A METRO bus collided with a light rail METRO train in Houston, injuring nearly 20 people.[10] Authorities claimed that the bus ran a traffic light that was red for ten seconds before the bus passed it at 29 miles per hour (47km/h).[11][12]
24 March – Norway – Sjursøya train accident: Sixteen goods wagons ran away for 8km (5mi) from a goods yard at Alnabu in Oslo, hitting and destroying a quayside warehouse. Three people died and four were seriously injured.[13]
1 April – Slovakia – A locomotive ran into a stationary passenger train after its brakes failed during a test ride in Spišská Nová Ves, killing three people and seriously injuring eight.[14]
21 April – South Africa – 2010 Pretoria train accident: Coaches of a luxury tourist train operated by Rovos Rail ran away and derailed at Pretoria during a locomotive changeover. Three crew members died while 9 passengers were injured, six of them critically.[16]
4 May – Australia – A passenger train collided with a freight train approximately 3km (2mi) south of Craigieburn railway station, injuring five.[17]
16 June – Germany – A passenger train collided with a derailed freight train at Peine, injuring 16.[27]
18 June – India – Eight coaches and two engines of the Vasco-Howrah Amaravati Express (8048) derailed near Koppal in Karnataka after striking a road roller at an unmanned level-crossing. Six people, including the drivers of the road roller and the train, were injured.[28]
25 July – Netherlands – A driver and another rail worker were injured after a Spenorailgrinder failed to stop in front of the buffer stop at Stavoren. A shop lying behind the track was destroyed.[40]
17 August – Germany – The Intercity-Express from Frankfurt to Paris hit a truck that had slid onto the railway near Lambrecht. The first two carriages derailed and ten people were injured, one seriously.[44]
25 August – South Africa – Blackheath train accident: A Metrorail commuter train struck a minibus taxi carrying children to school, killing ten and injuring five. Witnesses stated that the minibus drove around closed booms; the driver was later convicted on ten counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.[46]
12 September – Sweden – A woman died, two people were seriously injured and 15 sustained minor injuries after an X 2000 high-speed train collided with a backhoe loader at Kimstad near Linköping.[48]
15 September – Belgium – Two trains collided at Aarlen, injuring 30–40 people, two seriously.[49]
30 September – New Zealand – A Wellington commuter EMU derailed after striking a landslip and was struck less than a minute later by a sister unit travelling on the opposite line. Two people were hospitalised.[51] The TAIC investigation found that no special track inspections were made and no speed restrictions were put in place despite rainfall well above average and the site at high risk of landslide.[52]
15 February – Germany – A collision occurred while two trains were being coupled at Berlin Ostbahnhof. One passenger was hospitalized.[61]
17 February – Argentina – A train rear-ended another train near San Miguel station, 30 kilometres (19mi) from Buenos Aires, killing four passengers and injuring 120. An investigation found that two of the four brakes from the Ferrobaires train's engine were unusable because "one was blocked and the other had been locked and nailed down."[62]
19 March – United States – In Spartanburg, South Carolina's Cleveland Park, a miniature red and silver F-series locomotive carrying minors derailed, killing 1 and injuring 28 people.[64][65]
23 March – Germany – A passenger train collided with a lorry on a level crossing near Gronau, injuring 14.[66]
27 March – Canada – About 20 cars of a train derailed and caught fire near Port Hope en route to Toronto. Families in 20 houses fled.[67]
28 March – United States – A CSX train travelling through Newton Falls, Ohio with an estimated 100 cars of mixed freight (including hoppers and tankers), suffered a 12-car derailment. Three rail cars fell off a bridge and onto Center Street.[68] Residents within 150 metres of the crash were evacuated.[69][70]
Netanya 7 April – Israel – Two trains collided near Netanya, injuring 60 people.[71]
27 April – Taiwan – Six people were killed and 61 injured in Alishan after a falling tree struck a train carrying mostly tourists from mainland China.[72]
28 April – Poland – A train derailed after hitting a lorry in Mosty, Pomeranian Voivodeship, killing two and injuring at least 20.[73]
8 May – United States – A PATH train collided with the spring bumper at Hoboken Terminal, New Jersey, injuring 34 people.[74]
20 May – South Africa – 857 people were injured, 25 seriously, after a rear-end collision at Soweto.[75]
24 May – United States – In Mineral Springs, South Carolina, a CSX train collided onto another Union Pacific train, killing two.[76]
27 May – Japan – The limited-express train Super Ozora No. 14, en route from Kushiro to Sapporo in Hokkaido, caught fire in a tunnel on the Sekisho Line after the second car of the six-car formation derailed. 39 were treated for smoke inhalation or minor burn injuries. The incident contributed to the apparent suicide of JR Hokkaido's president.[77]
24 June – United States – Despite the working signals on the track, a semi driving on a rural stretch of U.S. Route 95 near Reno and Sparks, struck a westbound California ZephyrAmtrak passenger train, killing six.[79]
10 July – India – The engine along with four coaches of the GuwahatiPuri Express derailed between Rangiya and Ghagrapar, Nalbari district, Assam and capsized in a rivulet, injuring more than 100 people, 20 critically.[83]
11 July – United States – An Amtrak Downeaster passenger train from Boston, Massachusetts heading to Portland, Maine was struck by a garbage truck at a crossing in North Berwick, Maine, killing the truck driver and setting the locomotive and one passenger car on fire.[84]
17 July – United States – A train derailed, injuring the engineer and conductor, and hopper cars containing corn fell into Rice Creek in Fridley, Minnesota after heavy rains caused a washout of the BNSF rail bridge.[85]
23 July – China – Wenzhou train collision – Due to signal failure, a high-speed train rear-ended a stopped high-speed train at a speed of 99km/h (62mph) near Wenzhou, killing 40 people and injuring at least 192.[86] Six carriages derailed, while four carriages fell off a viaduct.[87]
26 July – Poland – Seven goods wagons rolled for 2km (1.2mi) before it derailed and crashed into a railway station building, killing three.[88]
31 July – India – The engine and some coaches of the GuwahatiBangalore Express derailed and were hit by another train in Malda district, West Bengal, killing three and injuring 200.[89]
8 August – Switzerland – A passenger train and locomotive collided at Döttingen, injuring 22. The passenger train passed a signal at danger.[90]
28 August – Brazil – In Rio De Janeiro, a tram train derailed after a brake failure was reported, 6 people were killed and 50 people were injured.[93]
31 August – India – Two goods trains collided near Tangiriapal railway station, about 65km (40mi) from Keonjhar on the Jakhapura-Banspani railway line. Five crew members were killed.[94]
13 September – India – A passenger train slammed into a stationary cargo train near Chennai, killing ten and injuring 52.[95]
13 September – Argentina – 2011 Flores rail crash – In the Floresbarrio of Buenos Aires, a bus crashed into a train, which derailed and collided with a second train, killing 11 and injuring 228, 20 severely.[96][97]
15 September – Argentina – A collision in Buenos Aires between a bus, a concrete mixer and a light-rail train injured 90 people.[98]
Olten 6 October – Switzerland – Two trains collided at Olten, injuring two people.[90]
7 October – United States – 26 cars of a 131-car Iowa Interstate Railroad freight train derailed and exploded near Tiskilwa in Bureau County, Illinois, approximately 160 kilometres (99mi) west of Chicago. 800 people were evacuated.[100][101]
1 November – Moldova – A bus collided with a train in Anenii Noi, killing eight people and leaving a dozen injured.[104]
2 November – Argentina – A freight train collided with a school bus in a rural area of San Luis Province, killing eight girls and injuring 41.[105]
22 November – India – A fire on board a Doon Express train in Jharkhand destroyed two coaches and killed seven people.[106]
28 November – Netherlands – a Sprinter collided with a stationary Sprinter at Leiden Centraal, injuring three.[107]
27 December – Australia – Flood waters from Tropical Cyclone Grant washed away the southern abutment of the Edith River bridge, derailing a northbound Genesee & Wyoming Australia intermodal freight train on its way to Darwin near Katherine, south of Darwin, injuring one crew member. A crew van and five wagons fell into the river.[108][109][110]
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2012
6 January – United States – Three CSX freight trains collided in Westville, Indiana, resulting in a fire. Many stack cars were derailed as well. Two injuries were reported.[111] The NTSB report placed the blame on the second train which failed to obey signals, causing it to run into the first train. The third train ran into the derailed trains shortly thereafter.[112]
13 January – Germany – A passenger train of Nord-Ostsee-Bahn collided with a herd of cattle on the track from Sylt island to Hamburg, near Bargum, Nordfriesland, killing one passenger and injuring three.[113][114]
19 January – Spain – A commuter train collided with an empty train at Barcelona Clot Aragó station after the first train failed to obey a restriction signal, injuring six.[115]
1 February – United States – The Amtrak Wolverine train from Pontiac, Michigan to Chicago, carrying 71 passengers and 5 crew, struck a stalled tractor trailer in Leoni Township, Michigan. The lead engine and at least two cars derailed. Six people were injured.[116]
3 February – India – A passenger train derailed after striking a construction vehicle in Assam, killing three and injuring 50.[117]
9 February – Spain – A commuter train crashed into a buffer stop at Mataró station, 30km (19mi) northeast of Barcelona. The driver was seriously injured and ten passengers were injured.[118]
Nykirke 15 February – Norway – A passenger train derailed near Nykirke after overspeeding on the Vestfold Line due to driver error. Five crew members were injured.[119]
6 March – Ireland – Several detonators exploded in the driver's kit in the train cab of a DART train, injuring the driver's hands.[123][124]
13 April – Germany – A regional train on its way from Frankfurt to Hanau collided with a railway maintenance vehicle on the same track near Offenbach. The train's driver and two construction workers died, 12 train passengers and a conductor were injured. The investigation found that the excavator had been deployed onto the live track rather than the one reserved for construction work.[125][126][127]
31 May – India – Mahrawa derailment: Four people died and over fifty were injured in the derailment of the Doon express in Mahrawa, Uttar Pradesh.[133]
12 June – Germany – A tram rammed into two waiting trams at a stop in Essen, injuring 28.[134]
24 June – United States – Three crew members were killed after two Union Pacific trains slammed into each other just east of Goodwell, about 480 kilometres northwest of Oklahoma City. The crash triggered a diesel-fueled fireball that appeared to weld the locomotives together.[135][136]
4 July – United States – A Union Pacific Railroad coal train heading to Wisconsin derailed, collapsing an overpass on Shermer Road in Glenview, Illinois and killing a couple whose car was buried by the debris.[137]
11 July – United States – A Norfolk Southern train with two locomotives and 98 cars derailed in Columbus, Ohio, near the Ohio State Fairgrounds. The resulting explosion, caused in part due to the burning of 76,000 litres (17,000 imperial gallons) of ethanol, caused a mile-wide (1600m) evacuation. Two people were injured.[138]
17 July – Egypt – A passenger train struck wooden planks and chunks of metal put down by people to cross the tracks and derailed at Giza, injuring fifteen passengers.[140]
6 August – Argentina – At least 35 people were injured, six seriously, after a train derailed and crashed into an electricity pylon in a central station of Retiro in Buenos Aires.[143]
21 August – United States – Two pedestrians died after being buried under coal by a derailed CSX train on a railway bridge in downtown Ellicott City, Maryland.[145]
11 September – Netherlands – A HTM city tram crashed into the back of another tram at an intersection near the railroad station of The Hague Hollands Spoor. 36 people were injured, including one of the operators.[146]
24 September – Italy – A train driver died, and 25 passengers were injured when a high-speed Freccia Argento train, travelling between Rome and Lecce collided with a lorry at a level crossing in Cisternino.[147]
26 October – Slovakia – A passenger train Os2018 rear-ended stationary passenger train Os4618 between Bratislava-Vinohrady and Bratislava-Main Stations, injuring 23.[149]
3 November – Australia – A Metro Trains MelbourneComeng collided with a lorry at the Abbotts Road level crossing in Dandenong South on the Cranbourne line. The train derailed and the first car ended up on its side. A passenger died from a heart attack and eight suffered minor injuries while the driver was seriously injured.[150]
5 November – Moldova – A minibus collided with a passenger train Bender-Chișinău in Merenii Noi, killing four people and injuring six.[152]
9 November – Myanmar – 2012 Myanmar train crash: A train carrying liquid fuel and travelling from Mandalay to Myitkyina crashed and exploded near Kantbalu, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 80.[153]
17 November – Egypt – Manfalut railway accident: A school bus was hit by a train near Manfalut, 350km (220mi) south of Cairo, killing at least 50 children and the bus driver and injuring more than a dozen others. The Egyptian minister of transport, Mohamed Rashad Al Matini, subsequently resigned.[156]
19 December – Germany – Two freight trains tore through a stalled bus and derailed at a level crossing in Düsseldorf. The bus driver was treated for shock.[161][162]
15 January– Egypt– Badrashin railway accident– A passenger train derailed at Giza and collided with a freight train, killing 19 people and injuring 230.[164][165]
21 January – Portugal – Alfarelos train crash – An InterCity train from Lisbon to Porto collided with a regional train it was supposed to overtake, after both trains failed to stop before a signal on red at Alfarelos, injuring 25.[173][174]
31 January – Australia – A passenger train overshot the railway line and collided with Cleveland railway station, severely damaging a toilet block and injuring 14 people.[176][177][178]
31 January – South Africa – A moving passenger train slammed into the back of a stationary passenger train near Kalafong station near Pretoria, injuring up to 300 people, 28 of them seriously.[179][180][181][182]
10 April – India – Seven compartments of the 15228 Muzaffarpur-Yeshvantpur Weekly Express derailed near Arakkonam, 40km from Chennai, killing one passenger and leaving another seriously injured.
2 May – Serbia – A passenger train running in the same direction, one from Belgrade to Novi Sad, struck another passenger train running from Belgrade to Šid in a tunnel between Novi Beograd and Zemun, injuring 22.[186][187]
3 May – Belgium – A freight train derailed in Wetteren near Ghent. Three wagons carrying acrylonitrile exploded. One person died and 49 were injured from toxic fumes. 500 were evacuated.[188]
20 May – New Zealand – A Tranz Metro EMU commuter train derailed near central Wellington after part of the undercarriage came loose and punctured a hole in the carriage floor. Four people were injured.[190]
28 May – United States – A freight train derailed outside Baltimore after colliding with a garbage truck, injuring the truck driver and causing an explosion that damaged nearby buildings.[193]
4 June – Denmark – A train collided with a tractor close to a crossing near Holbæk, killing the tractor driver and injuring six train passengers.[194]
13 June – Argentina – 2013 Castelar rail accident – A passenger train travelling hit an empty stationary train near Castelar station, in Buenos Aires Province, about 30km (19mi) from Buenos Aires, killing at least three people and injuring 315.
4 July – United States – In Oahu, Hawaii, two trains at Dole Plantation collided head-on, injuring five people.[195]
Image from space of the fire resulting from the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, as bright as the lights of Quebec City 6 July – Canada – Lac-Mégantic rail disaster – A Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway freight train containing 72 tank cars of crude oil ran away while unattended and derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Several cars exploded, destroying over 30 buildings in the town's centre, roughly half of the downtown area, and requiring the demolition of all but three of the remainder of the buildings in the area due to contamination by petroleum from the train; these led to the evacuation of 2,000 people, a third of the town's population. 42 were killed, along with 5 missing and presumed dead, making this the fourth-deadliest rail accident in Canadian history, and the deadliest since Canadian Confederation in 1867.
25 July – Pakistan – A passenger train travelling from Lahore to Rawalpindi derailed on a closed track in Gujranwala, Punjab, killing at least two people.[204]
19 August – India – A high-speed Rajya Rani Express crashed into a crowd of Hindu pilgrims crossing the tracks at a remote station in the Saharsa District, killing 37 people.
25 August – Mexico – A cargo train ridden by Central American migrants heading to the U.S. derailed in Tabasco, killing at least five and injuring at least 35.[205]
25 September – United States – An empty BNSF intermodal train rear-ended another BNSF train, causing multiple empty intermodal cars to block the adjacent track which derailed a third BNSF train subsequently injuring 4 crew members in Amarillo, Texas.[208]
9 October – United States – A Union Pacific train hit a stalled tractor trailer carrying pipes in Odessa, Texas, causing the pipes to go flying and 100 US gallons (380L) of diesel fuel from the locomotive to leak.[210]
19 October – Argentina – 2013 Buenos Aires train crash – At least 80 people were injured after a train crashed into a walk in the center of Buenos Aires.[213]
21 October – United States – An inbound MetraMilwaukee West Line train collided with a stalled vehicle-hauling truck before arriving at Metra's station in Bartlett, Illinois, injuring two.[214]
23 October – United States – A train collided onto a car killing YouTuber Yoteslaya.[215]
31 October – Kenya – At least 11 people died and 34 others were injured in Nairobi after a passenger train ran into a bus.[217]
2 November – India – 10 people died and 20 were injured after being run over by the 13352 Alapuzha-Dhanbad express in Vizianagaram district. The victims had alighted from the 57271 Vijayawada-Rayagada train onto the tracks at Gotlam station when they heard a rumour that a compartment was on fire and failed to see the train coming.
8 November – United States – A train carrying crude oil from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation derailed and caught fire in western Alabama, spilling nearly 750,000 US gallons (2,800,000L; 620,000impgal) of its 2 million-US gallon (7,570,800L) load of crude in wetlands a half-mile (800m) south of Aliceville in Pickens County. The amount of crude spilled was almost as much oil as was spilled by U.S. railroads from 1975 to 2012, according to an analysis by the McClatchy news organization—a total of 800,000 US gallons (3,000,000L; 670,000impgal) over the 37-year period, making it the largest rail-related U.S. oil spill in 2013.
15 November – India – 13 Coaches of Ernakulam-bound 12618 Mangala Lakshadweep Superfast Express derailed near Ghoti village, killing 3 to 4 people.
9 December – Indonesia – 2013 Bintaro train crash – A commuter line train bound for Tanah Abang from Maja collided with a truck loaded with oil, which exploded. Five people died; another was seriously injured.[221][222][223][224]
22 December – Kenya – A cargo train derailed in the Nairobi slum of Kibera, injuring several people.[225][226]
28 December – India – At least 26 died and 12 were injured after an AC coach of the 16594 Bangalore City-Hazur Sahib Nanded express caught fire near Kothacheruvu in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh.
Taken 31 December 2013, shows aftermath of train collision near Casselton, ND. The DOT-111 tank car sustained a thermal tear. 30 December – United States – Casselton train derailment – Several cars from westbound BNSF grain train 6990 derailed after a reused axle broke on the 45th car. Shortly after, eastbound crude oil train 4934, operating on the adjacent eastbound track near Casselton, North Dakota, struck the derailed grain car, derailing locomotive 4934 and several of the oil tank cars, which caught fire and exploded, generating large clouds of black smoke which forced an evacuation of the area.[227][228][229]
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2014
7 January – Canada – A CN train carrying crude oil and propane derailed near Plaster Rock, New Brunswick. The resulting fire forced evacuations within a two-kilometre radius.[230][231]
11 January – Canada – A CP train carrying metallurgic coal derailed and spilled coal into a fish-bearing stream in Burnaby, British Columbia.[232]
21 January – Netherlands – An empty, out-of-service tram/LRT vehicle of HTM's Randstadrail service crashed into an in-service tram/LRT Randstadrail vehicle at a tram stop, injuring four passengers.[233]
28 January – United States – A CSX train carrying phosphoric acid derailed near McDavid, Florida, resulting in the destruction of the tracks and bridge over Fletcher Creek, and chemicals leaking into the water.[234]
31 January – United States – A CN train carrying crude oil, methane and liquid fertilizer derailed and leaked near New Augusta, Mississippi. 12 families were evacuated.[235]
8 February – France – Annot derailment – A train derailed between Digne-les-Bains and Nice after being hit by a falling rock, killing two people and injuring seven.[236]
15 February – Japan – Two commuter trains, operating in heavy snow and limited vision, bound for Yokohama Motomachi, collided. A subsequent two-car train derailed in Motosumiyoshi Station, Tokyu Toyoko Line, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. 19 were injured.[237]
20 February – United States – In Doctortown, Georgia, during the filming of Midnight Rider, an actress was hit and killed and another injured by a CSX Train at a trestle.[238]
17 March – Netherlands – A passenger train from Syntus crashed into a truck that got stuck at a crossing near Almen. The truck driver escaped while three train passengers are injured.[239]
17 March – Netherlands – A tram/LRT vehicle of HTM's Randstadrail service crashed into a city tram on an intersection near the city's border with Delft. 20 people were injured, one of them severely.[240]
4 April – Indonesia – Tasikmalaya derailment – The Kereta Api Indonesia passenger train Malabar derailed after being struck by a landslide, killing three and injuring 35.
13 April – China – 15 people were hospitalized after a passenger train derailed in Heilongjiang.[242]
16 April – Estonia – A truck crashed into Elron's train Stadler Flirt at Raasiku crossing. The truck driver and one passenger were killed and 12 others were injured.[243]
NTSB investigators at the scene of the Lynchburg, Virginia oil tanker derailment 30 April – United States – CSX derailment: 15 tankers carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire in Lynchburg, Virginia.[244]
20 May – Russia – Naro-Fominsk rail crash – Near Naro-Fominsk, a freight train derailed and entered an adjacent line. A passenger train then ran into it, killing nine and injuring around 50.[247]
17 July – France – Denguin rail crash – A TGV train collided with a regional TER train near Denguin.[255]
24 July – India – Medak district bus-train collision – A school bus was hit by Nanded Passenger train at an unmanned level crossing in Masaipet village of Medak district. 18 bus passengers died including 16 students.
Philippines – A RT8D5M LRV heading to Taft Avenue station went past its barrier, injuring several passengers and causing a post to fall over a car.[258]
17 August – United States – Two Union Pacific locomotives hit head-on, in Hoxie, Arkansas, killing two crewmen and injuring two others. Several cars derail, resulting in a fire that causes the evacuation of 500 residents.[259]
22 August – Australia – A V/line V/locity ran into a Metro Trains Comeng from Werribee to Flinders Street between former stations Galvin and Paisley on the express section of the Werribee line, injuring nine.[260]
30 September – India – The Lucknow–Barauni Express was rear-ended near Gorakhpur by the Krishak Express, killing at least 12 and injuring 46, 12 critically.[261]
5 October – United States – a Norfolk Southern freight train slammed into a lowboy trailer in Mer Rouge, LA, seriously injuring both railroad crew and causing two engines along with 17 cars to derail. 50 homes were evacuated due to the leakage of argon gas from the tank car.[262]
7 October – Canada – A CN train hauling dangerous goods derailed near Clair, Saskatchewan. Two cars leaked petroleum distillate and caught fire. The approximately 50 residences of Clair and surrounding farms were evacuated.[263]
16 October – United States – An excursion train of the Arkansas-Missouri Railroad stalled on the mainline near West Fork, Arkansas; the crew of the locomotive sent to help the train did not have its precise location and ran into the stalled train's locomotive after rounding a curve. 44 people were injured, five critically.[264][265]
6 November – Canada – A QNSL train hit a landslide, causing the lead locomotives to derail and fall down an embankment into a river near Sept-Îles, Quebec. The engineer was killed.[267][268]
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2015
7 January – Canada – A CN freight train hauling 114 cars heading east from Edmonton to Saskatoon derailed between the community of Jarrow, Alberta and the village of Irma. One derailed car discharged a non-dangerous liquid adhesive, prompting the temporary closure of a section of Highway 14.[269]
16 February – Canada – A CN freight train transporting crude oil derailed 80km south of Timmins, Ontario, with seven crude oil tank cars catching fire.[274]
6 March – Netherlands – A passenger train rear-ended a freight train between Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg stations. A few passengers suffered slight injuries.[279]
7 March – Canada – A CN freight train derailed near the small village of Gogama, Ontario. Five cars entered the Makami River and seven carrying crude oil caught fire and burned for several days.[280]
9 March – United States – At around 12:19 ESTAmtrak's Carolinian smashed into a semi carrying an oversized load that was obstructing the track at a grade crossing in Halifax, North Carolina, causing the engine and a baggage car to derail. No one was killed, but 55 people were injured. The crash was captured on camera by a witness.[281]
15 March – United States – A car ignored warning signals at an open grade crossing in Louisville, Kentucky and was struck by Norfolk Southern freight train with leased locomotives from Union Pacific Railroad, killing two passengers and critically injuring two others.[282][283]
26 March – Thailand – 2015 Phachi collision – A passenger train rear-ended another train in Phachi District. 52 people were injured, three seriously.[285][286]
28 April – South Africa – Johannesburg train crash: Two passenger trains collided at Denver station, near Johannesburg, killing one person and injuring about 240.[288]
28 April – United States – In Roswell, New Mexico, two BNSF trains collided into each other, killing one person and injuring another.[289]
4 May – Mexico – In Mexico City, two Metro trains on Line 5 collided at Oceanía station, injuring 12 people.[290]
5 May – Austria – Two passenger trains collided in Graz, killing one of the drivers; eight passengers were injured.[291]
6 May – United States – A BNSF train derailed near Heimdal, North Dakota, igniting a crude oil fire in six tanker cars and forcing the evacuation of approximately 40 residents.[292]
13 May – United States – A CSX freight train collided with a MARTA bus in East Point, Georgia that was trapped on a railroad crossing by traffic while stopped at a traffic light, injuring six.[294][295]
25 May – India – An express train derailed between Athsarai and Sirathu stations in Uttar Pradesh, killing two and injuring over 100.[297]
30 May – United Kingdom – Two electric multiple units collided at Cambridge at low speed while coupling, injuring three.[298]
16 June – Tunisia – 2015 El Fahs train accident: 19 people were killed and 98 injured after a rush hour passenger train hit a lorry and derailed at an unmarked crossing in El Fahs, around 60 kilometres south of Tunis.[299][300]
28 June – India – An electric multiple unit overran the buffers at Churchgate, Mumbai, injuring five.[301]
15 July – United States – In Sandersville, Georgia, two Norfolk Southern trains collided onto each other, injuring four.[307]
17 July – South Africa – Two passenger trains collided at Booysens, Johannesburg, injuring over 100.[308]
22 July – Czech Republic – 2015 Studénka train crash: Czech Railways passenger train SC 512, a ČD Class 680, hit a truck at a crossing near Studénka railway station, killing three people and injuring 13.[309]
8 August – Russia – Four railcars of Passenger train number 233 en route from Yekaterinburg to Adler, Krasnodar Krai derailed in Mordovia, injuring five passengers.[311]
12 September – Germany – A passenger train collided with a car in Monzingen, killing the five occupants of the car.[312]
12 September – India – A passenger train derailed on the Kalka-Shimla Railway killing two and injuring nine.[313]
1 December – Austria – A freight train on the Semmering railway line collided with a single locomotive that had been ordered to tow the train back into a station when it had to stop on the track because another train ahead had broken down. The engineer in the assistant locomotive was injured.[316]
27 December – Australia – A freight train carrying 819,000 litres of sulphuric acid derailed about 20 kilometres (12mi) east of Julia Creek, Queensland, leaking up to 31,500 litres of sulphuric acid.[317][318]
31 January – Egypt – Seven were killed and scores injured after a train crashed into a truck in Giza. Reports said the gatekeeper forgot about the coming passenger train until a truck pulled out in front of the crossing.[326]
5 February -India – Four coaches of Kanyakumari-Bangalore City Express derailed near Vellore, injuring a few.[327]
9 February – Germany – Bad Aibling rail accident: Eleven people were killed in a head-on collision between two passenger trains near Bad Aibling;[328][329] investigators attributed it to the dispatcher giving the trains incorrect information while he was distracted by a game he was playing on his mobile phone.[330]
21 February – Switzerland – a steam railcar collided with wagons at Sihlbrugg. Sixteen people were injured, while 40 suffered from shock.[331]
8 April – Costa Rica – Two commuter trains collided head-on near Pavas injuring more than 200.[337]
9 April – Sweden – An empty passenger train crashed through buffer stops at Karlstad while being shunted into a siding that was too short for it. Several staff on board were injured.[338]
10 April – United Kingdom – An Abellio Greater AngliaClass 170 passenger train collided with an agricultural tractor on a level crossing at Roudham, Norfolk. The tractor driver was seriously injured, six passengers sustained minor injuries.[339]
19 April – Thailand – A garbage truck broke through a grade crossing and hit passenger train No. 447 from Surat Thani to Sungai Kolok with six carriages in Phunphin District, Surat Thani Province. The truck hit the fifth and sixth cars, derailing the train. The truck driver was killed and six persons were injured.[340]
22 April – South Korea – A passenger train derailed near Yulchon station, Yeosu, probably due to excessive speed, killing person and injuring eight.[341]
1 May – India – Old Delhi-Faizabad Express derailed near Hapur. At least a dozen injuries were reported.[342]
23 June – South Africa – 130 people were injured in a head-on crash between two trains near Durban.[347]
26 June – United States – An Amtrak passenger train collided with a van on a grade crossing in southern Colorado, killing five of the six persons in the van.[348]
28 June – United States – Two BNSF freight trains collided head-on near Panhandle, Texas. Three crew members were killed, and one was injured after jumping from one of the trains. The wrecked locomotives caught fire following impact.[349]
14 July – United States – Norfolk Southern train 164 struck a tractor-trailer in Chattanooga, Tennessee, resulting in the train derailing and the lead locomotive overturning. Two employees were injured.[351]
22 July – Iran – At least 30 people were injured after a train collided with a truck at a railway crossing in Mazandaran.[citation needed]
13 August – Finland – Two cargo trains collided, causing a derailment of a locomotive and three cargo wagons in Oulu. The rail yard and train equipment suffered substantial damage while driver was hospitalized for minor injuries.[352][353][354]
10 September – United Kingdom – A Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway passenger train collided with a tractor on an occupation crossing at Dymchurch. The locomotive is derailed. The train driver and four passengers sustained minor injuries.[355]
15 September – Pakistan – A passenger train and a freight train collided near Multan, killing six and injuring more than 150.[356]
20 September – Canada – A 3-car C-Train owned by the Calgary Transit derailed and ran into a pole, injuring the driver.[359]
24 September – Algeria – Two trains crashed into each other killing 1 and injuring 60.[citation needed]
29 September – United States – 2016 Hoboken train crash: A NJ Transit train entering Hoboken Terminal overran the end-of-track bumper block and smashed into a wall, causing structural damage to the terminal building. A woman on the platform was killed by falling debris and 114 others were injured.[360]
8 October – United States – 33 people were injured, four seriously, after a Long Island Railroad commuter train struck a work train that was partially fouling the track near a switch near New Hyde Park.[361][362]
9 November – United Kingdom – 2016 Croydon tram derailment: A Tramlink two car tram, No. 2551, derailed and overturned while approaching the Sandilands tram stop in the London borough of Croydon, killing seven and injuring 58.
25 November – Iran – Semnan–Damghan train collision – Four coaches derailed, two of which caught fire, after a passenger train crashed into a second passenger train that had broken down at Haf-Khan, Semnan Province, killing 49 and injuring 103.
29 November – Romania – A collision between two trains in Gorj County left one dead and another in critical condition.[367]
10 December – Bulgaria – Hitrino train derailment – A Bulmarket Rail Cargo freight train traveling from Burgas to Ruse derailed at Hitrino station. Two tank cars, loaded with propane-butane (LPG) and propylene, struck an electricity pylon and exploded, killing seven and injuring 29.[369]
28 December – India – Sealdah-Ajmer Express train derailed near Kanpur, injuring 63.[370][371]
28 December – Tunisia – A collision between a freight train and a lorry in Métlaoui killed the train driver's assistant and injured the train driver.[373]
8 February – United States – Miami: A Metromover train collided with a piece of engineering equipment near Brickell Train Station, killing one person and injuring another.[377]
14 February – Australia – A V/Line VLocity diesel multiple unit derailed after colliding with an abandoned vehicle on the line near Kangaroo Flat, Victoria. Two people were hospitalized.[378]
20 February – South Africa – Two trains on the same track at the Lynn Ross station in Rosslyn in Pretoria collided and injured more than 100 people.[384]
21 February – United States – A train on SEPTA'sMarket-Frankford Line derailed in a rail yard loop in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania after crashing into a stopped train, seriously injuring an operator and injuring three others. Cars from the derailed train collided with a third train on an adjacent track.[385]
7 March – United States – Four people were killed in Biloxi, Mississippi after a CSX freight train hit their charter bus after it got stuck on the tracks at a grade crossing.[386]
Graettinger, Iowa 10 March – United States – A Union Pacific freight train convoying ethanol derailed and burst into flames while crossing a trestle bridge near Graettinger, Iowa.[387]
22 March – Switzerland – A Eurocity 158 traveling from Milan to Basel derailed in Lucerne injuring six.[388][389]
29 March – India – Eight carriages of the Mahakaushal Express from Jabalpur to New Delhi derailed at Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh, injuring 25.[390]
8 April – Russia – Two passenger trains collided in Moscow, injuring about 50 people.[391]
21 July – United States – The second set of wheels on a southbound New York City Subway train derailed near Brighton Beach, injuring nine people.[400]
26 July – Cameroon – A freight train operated by Camrail and carrying hydrocarbon products derailed near Makondo, killing a guard.[401]
28 July – Spain – 2017 Barcelona train crash: A train ran into the buffers at França Station in Barcelona. 56 people were injured, three critically.[402]
11 September – Switzerland – An engine of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn collided with its own coaches during maneuvers at Andermatt station, injuring about 30 people.[408]
2 October – Poland – An EN57 electric multiple unit hit a woman passing between platforms 1 and 2 of Pabianice station, crushing her leg.[409]
6 October – Russia – A train hit a bus in Vladimir Oblast and killed 16 people.[410]
8 October – India – A train hits a cement mixer truck in Punjab, killing the train driver.[411]
26 October – Finland – Three military conscripts and a train passenger were killed and four conscripts were injured after a passenger train collided with an off-road military lorry in Raseborg.[412] The collided vehicles were Sisu A2045 and Dm12.[413]
12 November – Democratic Republic of the Congo – A train carrying flammable material caught fire after crashing into a ravine, killing 33.[414]
15 November – Singapore – Joo Koon rail accident: An inbound train to Tuas Link collided with a stationary out of service train at Joo Koon platform due to a bug in the train's signalling equipment, resulting in 36 injuries.[415]
25 November – India – A passenger train derailed in Chitrakoot District, Uttar Pradesh, killing three.[416]
27 November – Belgium – Morlanwelz train collision and runaway: A passenger train collided with a car on a level crossing at Morlanwelz, Hainaut and was damaged by the consequent fire. The car driver and all on board the train escaped without injury.[417] During recovery operations, the train ran away for 14 kilometres (8.7mi), striking and killing two track workers and severely injured two others before colliding with a passenger train at Strépy-Bracquegnies. Five passengers on the latter train were injured.[418][419]
29 November – Spain – Heavy rains caused a train traveling from Málaga to Seville to derail near Arahal, leaving 27 injured, two seriously.[420][421]
5 December – Germany – Meerbusch train crash: A passenger train rear-ended a freight train near Meerbusch. 50 people were injured, nine seriously.
14 December – France – Perpignan crash: A school bus was struck by a passenger train on a level crossing at Millas and was cut in two. Six people were killed and 24 were seriously injured.[422][423]
18 December – United States – 2017 Washington train derailment: Amtrak Cascades passenger train #501, the inaugural run of the Cascades service on a new rail line designed for higher speeds than the previous route, failed to slow down when approaching a 30 miles per hour (48km/h) speed restriction and derailed on a bridge over I-5 in Pierce County, Washington. Three people were killed and over 80 were injured.[424][425]
4 January – South Africa – 2018 Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train derailed after colliding with a lorry on a level crossing near Kroonstad. At least one of the carriages caught fire. 20 people were killed and 254 were injured.[429]
9 January – South Africa – A Metrorail passenger train rear-ended another train at Geldenhuis, injuring 226 people.[430]
25 January – Italy – Pioltello train derailment: A train derailed in Pioltello near Milan, killing at least three people and injuring over 100, including over ten seriously.[432] The derailment occurred between the Treviglio and the Pioltello railway stations.[433]
20 April – Austria – Two passenger trains collided at Salzburg, injuring around 40 people.[440]
7 May – Germany – A passenger train collided head-on with a freight train that had been parked on the same track in Aichach, Bavaria, killing the train driver and a passenger.[441]
30 May – Mexico – Two Ferromex trains collided and caught fire between Chihuahua and Ciudad Juárez. The conductor of the northbound train was killed and the other five crew members were injured.[443]
17 June – United States – A CSX freight train carrying propane derailed and exploded outside Princeton, Indiana. Authorities evacuated homes within a 1-mile (1.6km) radius.[444]
22 June – United States – A BNSF oil train derailed near Doon, Iowa. An estimated 230,000 gallons (870600L) of oil spilled.[445][446]
26 June – Austria – A Mariazellerbahn passenger train was derailed near Sankt Pölten. 30 people were injured, three seriously.[447]
21 July – United States – Union Pacific's steam locomotive 844 struck and killed a pedestrian trying to photograph it in Henderson, Colorado while pulling a special excursion from Denver to Cheyenne, Wyoming.[450]
31 July – Peru – In Machu Picchu, 10 people were injured when two passenger trains collided.[451]
23 August – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Two freight trains collided head-on in Donja Jablanica, near Jablanica killing two people and injuring one.[453]
25 August – United States – An outbound Trinity Railway Express train collided with a dump truck at a railroad crossing in Euless, Texas, killing two people from inside the truck and injuring 11 others in the train.[454]
20 September – Netherlands – Oss rail accident: A passenger train collided with a Stint cart on a level crossing at Oss, killing four people and injuring two.[456][457]
12 October – Germany – In Frankfurt, an ICE train caught on fire, injuring three.[458]
16 October – Morocco – A train from Rabat to Kenitra derailed in Bouknadel, killing seven people and injuring about 80.[459]
20 November – Spain – A passenger train was derailed by a landslide at Vacarisses, killing one person and injuring 44.[461]
13 December – Turkey – Marşandiz train collision: A high-speed train collided with a pilot locomotive at Ankara, killing nine people and injuring 48.[462]
14 December – Portugal – In Lisbon, a tram derailed due to excessive speed in a curve, injuring 28.[463]
21 December – Serbia – A train collided with a bus carrying school students in Donje Međurovo, near Niš, cutting it in half. Five people were killed and more than 13 were injured.[464]
6 January – United States – A Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed in Jefferson County, Georgia near Bartow, prompting the evacuation of residents within a 7-mile (11km) radius of the crash site due to tanker leakage. At least 26 people, including a firefighter and three police officers, were treated for chemical exposure.[466]
8 January – South Africa – Mountain View train collision: Two passenger trains collided at Mountain View station in Pretoria, killing at least four people and injuring at least 620 others.[467]
10 January – Nigeria – Three train cars derailed in Lagos, injuring several people.[468]
3 February – India – Seemanchal Express derailment: The Seemanchal Express train derailed near Sahdei Buzurg in Vaishali district of Bihar, killing at least six passengers.[471]
27 February – Egypt – Ramses Station rail disaster: A train smashed into a barrier inside Ramses Station, causing a major explosion and a fire. More than 25 people died and at least 50 others were injured.[475]
17 March – Democratic Republic of Congo – A freight train with many passengers on its cars derailed, killing 32 and injuring around 70.[476]
19 May – Philippines – An unpowered Manila Light Rail Transit SystemLine 2 train parked on a pocket track fouled the eastbound track of the main line and collided head-on with another train, injuring 30 passengers and four staff.[478][479]
6 June – United States – In Chicago, Illinois, a CTA Yellow Line train derailed injuring seven people.[480]
24 June – Bangladesh – a passenger train derails at Moulvibazar, killing at least four people and injuring more than 200.[321]
3 July – United Kingdom – Two track workers wearing ear defenders were struck and killed by a GWR Express near Port Talbot in South Wales.[481]
12 September – Democratic Republic of the Congo – A passenger train derailed in Tanganyika Province, killing more than 50.[485]
31 October – Pakistan – 2019 Tezgam train fire: a fire on a passenger train near Rahim Yar Khan killed at least 64 people and injured 30.[486]
12 November – Bangladesh – Mondobhag train collision: Two passenger trains collided head-on at Kasba; killing at least 16 people and injuring 100.[487]
12 November – India – Two passenger trains collided head-on at Hyderabad, killing 1 and injuring 12 passengers.[488]
10 December – Botswana – A Botswana Railways train derailed, killing two crew members.[489]
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