Running
down a slope |
1973 |
February |
1st |
Medjez-
sfa |
Algeria |
Railway |
Out
of control |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger/Cargo:
130dd |
1982 |
January |
27th |
Beni
Helouane Station |
Algeria |
Railway |
Rolls
backwrds |
No |
Cardex |
Flaming
passenger train |
1997 |
August |
30th |
at
crossing, Relizane |
Algeria |
Railway |
Train
Hits Tanker |
No |
Cardex |
Local
& Excursion train |
1856 |
|
|
Camp
Hill, Pennsylvania |
America |
Railway |
Driver
error |
No |
Cardex |
Express
hits freight trains |
1900 |
April |
30th |
Vaughan,
Illinois |
America |
Railway |
Driver
error |
Yes |
442 |
Train
hit in rear: 32 dead |
1903 |
November |
14th |
Kentwood,Illinois
Station |
America |
Railway |
Driver
error |
No |
Cardex |
Two
passenger trains: 22dead |
1907 |
December |
25th |
Terra
Cotta, Washington |
America |
Railway |
Error
of station master |
No |
Cardex |
Pennsylvania
line: 8 dead |
1910 |
December |
24th |
Upper
Sandusky, Ohio |
America |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Train
derailed: 79 dead |
1943 |
September |
|
Frankford
Junction Pa. |
America |
Railway |
Axle
bearings |
No |
Cardex |
2nd
part of train hits 1st part |
1944 |
December |
31st |
Baglet,
Utah |
America |
Railway |
Driver
had heart attack |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hit in dark: 80 dead |
1950 |
November |
22nd |
Richmond
Hill, New York |
America |
Railway |
Driver
error |
No |
Cardex |
Commuter
Trains x 2: 45dead |
1972 |
October |
30th |
Chicago,
Illinois |
America |
Railway |
Driver
error |
Yes |
658 |
Two
train incident |
1977 |
February |
4th |
Chicago's
Loop, Chicago |
America |
Railway |
Hit
in back |
Yes |
657 |
Train
Crash Chemical Leak |
1986 |
July |
8th |
Miamisburg,
Ohio |
America |
Railway |
Derailment |
Yes |
444 |
Amtrak
' 87 |
1987 |
January |
4th |
Baltimore |
America |
Railway |
Collision |
Yes |
238 |
Passenger-Freight:8
dead Inj:81 |
1991 |
July |
31st |
Camden
Sth Carolina |
America |
Railway |
Derailed |
No |
Cardex |
Train
in alligator swamp: 40+ dead |
1993 |
September |
22nd |
Mobile,
Alabama |
America |
Railway |
Jumped
rails |
Yes |
245 |
Train
hits bus at crossing |
1995 |
October |
25th |
Chicago |
America |
Railway |
Traffic
signals? |
No |
Cardex |
Amtrak
& Maryland trains |
1996 |
February |
16th |
Nr.
Washington D.C. |
America |
Railway |
Unknown |
Yes |
635 |
Commuter
train:3 dead Inj:150+ |
1996 |
September |
2nd |
Secaucus,
New Jersey |
America |
Railway |
Investigation |
Yes |
636 |
Crash
at crossing:13 dead |
1999 |
March |
15th |
Bourbonnais,
Illinois |
America |
Railway |
Train
hit truck |
Yes |
(V)
488 |
Train
crash |
1860s |
|
|
Clinton,
Iowa |
America |
Railway |
Derailed |
Yes |
664 |
Passenger
train crashes |
1984 |
June |
18th |
S/E
of Luanda |
Angola |
Railway |
Engineer
drunk |
No |
Cardex |
Train
derailment:140 dead |
1994 |
September |
(late) |
Southern
Angola |
Angola |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Express
& Commuter |
1970 |
February |
1st |
General
Pacheo Station |
Argentina |
Railway |
Rammed
Rear |
No |
Cardex |
Train
rolls back into train |
1975 |
March |
25th |
|
Argentina |
Railway |
Lost
traction |
No |
Cardex |
Trains
collide: 30 dead |
1975 |
September |
29th |
Nr.
Rio Lujan |
Argentina |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Train
Hits Freight Cars:45d |
1981 |
March |
8th |
Coronel
Brandsen |
Argentina |
Railway |
Cars
derailed |
No |
Cardex |
Train
Hits Truck at Crossing |
1988 |
July |
9th |
El
Quebrechal |
Argentina |
Railway |
Unmarked |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
& freight cars |
1993 |
May |
27th |
Gyumri |
Armenia |
Railway |
Cars
on track |
No |
Cardex |
Disaster
at Horshoe Bridge |
1893 |
September |
|
Tasmania |
Australia |
Railway |
Unknown |
Yes |
666 |
Sunshine
(Braybrook):44 dd Inj:400+ |
1908 |
April |
20th |
Victoria |
Australia |
Railway |
Over
ran signals |
Yes |
419 |
Granville
Rail Disaster: 80 dead |
1977 |
January |
18th |
Sydney |
Australia |
Railway |
Speeding |
Yes |
Book
229 |
Two
trains collide: 12dead Inj:65 |
1999 |
December |
2nd |
Blue
Mountains, Sydney |
Australia |
Railway |
Signal
failure |
Yes |
641 |
Two
trains collide |
1997 |
June |
24th |
Arbing |
Austria |
Railway |
Driver
error |
No |
Cardex |
Baku
Metro Disaster:303 dead Inj:332 |
1995 |
October |
30th |
Baku |
Azerbaijan |
Railway |
Fire |
Yes |
254 |
Passenger
& Halted Train |
1972 |
June |
4th |
Jessore |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Misdirected |
No |
Cardex |
Express
derails:70dead |
1979 |
January |
26th |
Western
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
The
Samanta Express |
1985 |
January |
13th |
near
Puradaha Station |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Fire |
No |
Cardex |
Express
& Mail train |
1989 |
January |
15th |
Near
Tongi |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Engineers |
No |
Cardex |
Express
coaches derailed |
1989 |
February |
2nd |
Nr.
Chittagong |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
trains x 2 |
1995 |
January |
13th |
Near
Hilli |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
High
Speed |
No |
Cardex |
Railcars
roll into ravine |
1995 |
October |
25th |
btwn
Khaka - Sylhet |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Mahanger
Express |
1996 |
September |
14th |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Investigation? |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
& Cargo Train:17dead |
1998 |
May |
10th |
Eastern
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex
|
Local
& Express:40dead |
1908 |
May |
21st |
Contich
Station |
Belgium |
Railway |
Signalman |
No |
Cardex |
Crowded
express train |
1976 |
June |
27th |
Neufvilles |
Belgium |
Railway |
Jumped
tracks |
No |
Cardex |
Commuter
& Freight train:21dd Inj:40 |
1965 |
March |
29th |
Nova
Iguassu |
Brazil |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
and freight: 40 dead |
1965 |
April |
5th |
Paraiba
do Sul |
Brazil |
Railway |
Head
on |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
train & Bus: 20+ dead |
1965 |
April |
11th |
Mage |
Brazil |
Railway |
Speed |
No |
Cardex |
Trains
plunge into ravine |
1970 |
December |
27th |
Horizonte |
Brazil |
Railway |
Fell
from track |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hurtles into school |
1975 |
July |
17th |
Nr.
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Railway |
Speeding |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hits commuter bus |
1984 |
October |
31st |
(at
a crossing)San Justo |
Brazil |
Railway |
Bus
Evaded Gates |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
Trains collide |
1985 |
March |
11th |
near
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Railway |
Signals
error |
No |
Cardex |
Commuter
trains x2 |
1987 |
February |
17th |
Near
Itaquera |
Brazil |
Railway |
Missed
red light |
No |
Cardex |
Commuter
trains x 2 |
1987 |
December |
22nd |
Nova
Iguacu |
Brazil |
Railway |
Speeding |
No |
Cardex |
Freight
hits passenger Tr. |
1996 |
September |
18th |
Japeri |
Brazil |
Railway |
Out
Of Control |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
& Halted Train |
1972 |
December |
10th |
Venchan |
Bulgaria |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
& freight train |
1976 |
June |
14th |
Jasen |
Bulgaria |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
train derailed |
1989 |
December |
12th |
Near
Roman |
Bulgaria |
Railway |
High
speed |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
Mail/Freight:80+dd Inj:100 |
1965 |
December |
8th |
Toungoo |
Burma |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hit by landmines |
1985 |
July |
24th |
Kywebwe |
Burma |
Railway |
Rebels |
No |
Cardex |
Two
passenger trains |
1976 |
September |
9th |
South
Cameroon |
Cameroon |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Two
trains head on crash:28dd |
1902 |
December |
26th |
Wanstead,
Ontario |
Canada |
Railway |
On
same single line |
No |
Cardex |
Troop
train:36dead Inj:200+ |
1942 |
December |
27th |
Almonte,
Ontario |
Canada |
Railway |
Hit
passenger train |
No |
Cardex |
Mississauga
Incident |
1979 |
November |
10th |
Ontario |
Canada |
Railway |
Equip
Failure |
Yes |
230 |
Freight
& passenger |
1986 |
February |
8th |
Near
Hinton, Alberta |
Canada |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
train derails |
1997 |
September |
3rd |
Biggar,
Saskatchewan |
Canada |
Railway |
Investigation? |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
trains x 2 |
1986 |
February |
17th |
Near
Limache |
Chile |
Railway |
Head
on |
No |
Cardex |
Trainsx2
collide head on |
1988 |
January |
17th |
Heilongjiang |
China |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Train
catches fire |
1988 |
January |
17th |
Hunan
Province |
China |
Railway |
Paint
thinners |
No |
Cardex |
Express
train derailed |
1988 |
January |
24th |
Yunnan
Province |
China |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Trainsx2
collide head on |
1988 |
March |
24th |
Near
Shanghai |
China |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Train
Hits Bus A Crossing |
1988 |
December |
23rd |
Shenyang |
China |
Railway |
Unmarked |
No |
Cardex |
Explosion
In TrainsToilet |
1989 |
June |
26th |
Nr.
Shanghai |
China |
Railway |
Dynamite |
No |
Cardex |
Bus
Hit By Train At Crossing |
1993 |
January |
(late) |
Liaoning |
China |
Railway |
Bus
speeding |
No |
Cardex |
Freight
Train & Bus |
1994 |
October |
20th |
at
crossing, Nr. Beijing |
China |
Railway |
Unguarded |
No |
Cardex |
Two
trains crash:100dead |
1997 |
April |
29th |
RongjiawanStationHunan |
China |
Railway |
Human
error? |
No |
Cardex |
Trains
fall into ravine:100+dead Inj:66 |
1991 |
September |
5th |
Nr.
Dolisie |
Congo |
Railway |
Head
on |
No |
Cardex |
Santiago
de Cuba/Havana |
1973 |
March |
16th |
Las
Villas Province |
Cuba |
Railway |
Derailment |
No |
Cardex |
Train
crashes into bus |
1988 |
June |
25th |
Near
Havana |
Cuba |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
trains collide |
1989 |
August |
4th |
Colon |
Cuba |
Railway |
Head
on |
No |
Cardex |
Havana-Guantanamo:56
dead Inj:200+ |
1991 |
April |
6th |
Nr.
Manacas |
Cuba |
Railway |
Derailed |
No |
Cardex |
Prague-Bratislav
express:186dd |
1953 |
December |
25th |
Sakvice
Station |
Czechoslovakia |
Railway |
Hit
stationary train |
No |
Cardex |
Train
derailed: 50dead |
1979 |
October |
30th |
North
of Ali Sabieh |
Djibouti |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
trains collide |
1972 |
October |
30th |
Karl-Marx-Stadt |
East
Germany |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Express
& freight train |
1977 |
June |
27th |
Near
Lebus |
East
Germany |
Railway |
Track
error |
No |
Cardex |
Local
& express collision |
1984 |
February |
29th |
Near
Halle |
East
Germany |
Railway |
Heavy
fog |
No |
Cardex |
Overcrowded
train derails |
1975 |
January |
18th |
north
of Cairo |
Egypt |
Railway |
Speed |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hits stationary train |
1976 |
February |
17th |
Near
Alexandria |
Egypt |
Railway |
Speed |
No |
Cardex |
Two
train incident |
1976 |
April |
27th |
90
miles from Cairo |
Egypt |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
PassengerTrain
derailed |
1977 |
September |
8th |
Near
Assiut |
Egypt |
Railway |
Speeding |
No |
Cardex |
Crushed
to death: 15 |
1977 |
September |
18th |
Tukh |
Egypt |
Railway |
Overloaded |
No |
Cardex |
Train
& bus collide:30dd |
1979 |
October |
20th |
at
crossing, Cairo |
Egypt |
Railway |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
Passenger
& Freight |
1985 |
June |
17th |
Isna |
Egypt |
Railway |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hit bus at crossing |
1990 |
October |
25th |
Near
Cairo |
Egypt |
Railway |
Unmarked |
No |
Cardex |
Commuter
& Passenger |
1995 |
December |
21st |
Near
Cairo |
Egypt |
Railway |
Speed/
fog |
No |
Cardex |
Train
hits market: 47 dead |
1998 |
October |
18th |
Kafr
ad-Dawwar |
Egypt |
Railway |
Driver
error |
No |
Cardex
|
Liverpool/Manchester |
1830 |
September |
15th |
Opening
Ceremony |
England |
Railway |
Hit
by Engine |
No |
Cardex |
Goods/Passenger
train |
1841 |
December |
24th |
Reading |
England |
Railway |
Ran
Into Slip |
No |
Cardex |
Kentish
Town Fields:14 dead Inj:60 |
1861 |
September |
2nd |
North
London |
England |
|