Lists of rail accidents

A rail accident (or train wreck) is a type of disaster involving one or more trains. Train wrecks often occur as a result of miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, when the wheels of train come off the track or when a boiler explosion occurs. Train accidents have been widely covered in popular media and in folklore.

Lists

By year

• Before 1880
• 1880–1889
• 1890–1899
• 1900–1909
• 1910–1919
• 1920–1929
• 1930–1939
• 1940–1949
• 1950–1959
• 1960–1969
• 1970–1979
• 1980–1989
• 1990–1999
• 2000–2009
• 2010–2019
• 2020–present

By type

• By country
• By death toll
• Terrorist incidents

See also

• Trains portal
• Transport portal

• Derailment
• Rail transport
• Tram accident
• Train-pedestrian fatalities