Train Wrecks in Australia
	Train Wrecks in India

1831 June 17th. First person in America to be killed in a railroad accident due to a boiler explosion on America’s first passenger locomotive, ‘The Best Friend of Charleston’

1833 November 8th. -- USA, New Jersey, near Heightstown: a 24-passenger Camden & Amboy train derailed due to a broken axle; 2 passengers died, many others were injured, including former US President John Quincy Adams and Cornelius Vanderbilt, who later became a railroad baron.

1853 May 6th. USA, New Jersey, Secaucus: Head on collision of two trains, 46 people died

1856 July 17th. -- USA, Pennsylvania, Camp Hill, near Fort Washington: two Northern Penn trains collided head-on; Approximately 50-60 people died, many of them children on their way to a Sunday school picnic.

1859 June 28th. USA, Indiana, Mishawaka: Railroad bridge broke apart due to heavy rain, 41 people died

1876 December 29th. USA, Ohio, Ashtabula: Train plunged from a bridge, 80 people died

1887 August 10th. USA, Illinois, Chatsworth: Bridge over a culvert collapsed under the weight of the train, 82 people died

1879 December 28th. U.K., Eastern Scotland, Tay Bridge: bridge collapsed due to design errors and high winds; an entire train plunged 90 feet into the bay; 78 people died

1880 August 11th. -- USA, New Jersey, Mays Landing: 40 people died

1888 October 10th. USA, Pennsylvania, Mud Run: 55 deaths

1889 June 12th. Ireland, Amagh: 80 deaths

1891 June 14th. Switzerland, near Basel: at least 100 deaths

1896 July 30th. USA, New Jersey, Atlantic City: 60 deaths

1901 February 15th Australia, NSW, Sydenham: train derailment; 7 people died.

1903 December 23rd. USA, Pennsylvania, Laurel Run: 53 deaths

1904 August 7th. USA, Colorado, Eden: Train derailment on a bridge during a flash flood, 96 people died

1904 September 24th. USA, Tennessee, New Market: 56 deaths

1906 March 16th. USA, Colorado, Florence: 35 deaths

*1906 July 1st. UK, Salisbury: Train derailed at a speed of 60mph and crashed into an upcoming freight train, 24 people died

1906 October 28th. USA, New Jersey, Atlantic City: 40 deaths

1906 December 30th. USA, Washington D.C.: 53 deaths

1907 January 2nd. USA, Kansas, Volland: 33 deaths

1907 January 19th. USA, Indiana, Fowler: 29 deaths

1907 February 16th. USA, New York City: 22 deaths

1907 February 23rd, USA, California, Colton: 26 deaths

1907 May 11th. USA, California, Lompoc: 36 deaths

1907 July 20th. USA, Michigan, Salem: 33 deaths

1908 April 20th. Australia, Sunshine (near Melbourne): two trains collided in the station; 44 people died

1908 September 25th. USA, Montana, Young's Point: 21 deaths

1909 January 15th. USA, Colorado, Dotsero: 21 deaths

1910 March 1st. USA, Washington, Wellington: 96 deaths

1910 March 21st. USA, Iowa, Green Mountain: 55 deaths

1910 July 18th. Australia, Victoria, Richmond: in fog a train slammed into a locomotive; 9 people died.

1911 August 25th. USA, New York, Manchester: 29 deaths

1912 July 4th. USA, New York, East Corning: 39 deaths

1912 July 5th. USA, Pennsylvania, Ligonier: 23 deaths

1914 March 16th. Australia, NSW, Exeter: two trains collided in fog; 14 people died

1915 January 18th. Mexico, Guadalajara: train derailed on a steep incline, more than 500 people died

*1915 May 22nd. Scotland, Gretna/Quintinshall: Collision between two passenger trains and a troop train, 227 people died and 246 were injured

1916 March 29th. USA, Ohio, Amherst: 27 deaths

1917 September 28th. USA, Oklahoma, Kellyville: 23 deaths

1917 December 12th. France, Modane: 543 people died

1917 December 20th. USA, Kentucky, Shepherdsville: 46 deaths

1918 June 22nd. USA, Indiana, Ivanhoe: 68 deaths

1918 July 9th. USA, Tennessee, near Nashville: Two-train collision, 101 people died

1918 September 13th. Netherlands, near Weesp: an eleven-coach train rolled down a 20-feet drop after the embankment gave way just before a bridge across the Merwede Canal; 41 people died and 42 were injured

1918 November 1st. USA, New York, Brooklyn: 97 deaths

1920 August 30th. Australia, Sydney, Hurtsville: a train crashed into a standing locomotive; 5 people died.

1920 November 6th. Australia, Queensland, Wokalup: a timber train crashed; 9 people died.

1925 June 9th. Australia, Queensland, Traverston: a train derailed on a bridge; 10 people died.

1926 March 14th. -- Costa Rica, Virilla River Canyon: a train derailed while crossing the Colima Bridge; more than 300 people died and hundreds were injured.

1926 June 10th. Australia, NSW, Aberdeen: a Sydney-Brisbane express train fell from a timber bridge; 5 people died, 50 were injured.

1926 September 5th. -- USA, Colorado, Waco: 30 people died

1926 September 13th. Australia, NSW, Murulla: a Sydney-bound passenger train collided with a runaway freight wagons; 27 people died.

1933 Dec. 23rd. France, Lagny-Pomponne: 230 people died, 300 were injured

1935 December 24th. Germany, Gross-Herringen: Collision between a local train and the Berlin-Basel Express, over 30 people died and 27 were injured

1937 July 16th. -- India, near Patna: 107 people died

1938 June 19th. -- USA, Montana, Saugus, 47 people died

1939 August 12th. -- USA, Nevada, Harney: 24 people died

1943 May 8th. Australia, Victoria, Wodonga: a train collided with their bus on a level crossing; 25 people (most of them military personnel) died.

1943 September 6th. -- USA

1943 December 16th. -- USA, North Carolina, Rennert: collision of two Atlantic Coast Line trains; 72 people died.

1944 January 16th. Spain, Leon Province: 500 people died

1944 January 20th. Australia, NSW, Brooklyn: a mail train collided with a bus on a level crossing; 17 people died.

1944 March 4th. Italy, Salerno: 521 peo

1944 July 6th. -- USA, Tennessee, High Bluff: 35 people diedple died

1944 August 4th. -- USA, Georgia, near Stockton: 47 people died

1944 September 14th. -- USA, Indiana, Dewey: 29 people died

1944 December 31st. -- USA, Utah, Bagley: 50 people died

1945 July 16th. Germany, Assling, near Munich: Rear end collision, 102 people died

1945 August 9th. -- USA, North Dakota, Michigan: 34 people died.

1946 April 25th. USA, Illinois, Napierville: An express train crashed into another standing express train, 45 people died and 36 were injured

1947 February 18th. -- USA, Pennsylvania, Gallitzin: 24 people died

1947 May 5th. Australia, Queensland, Camp Mountain: a train derailed; 16 people died.

1947 October 18th. Australia, Queensland, Tamaree: mail trains collided; 8 people died.

1948 June 30th. Australia, NSW, Rocky Ponds (near Harden): a mail train derailed; 4 people died, 19 were injured.

1947 October 24th. UK, South Croydon: Train-collision, 32 people died and 183 were injured

1949 October 22nd. Poland, Dwor: More than 200 people died

*1950 February 17th. USA, New York, Long Island-Rockville Center: Two passenger trains collided at 50mph, 31 people died

1950 July 12th. East-Germany, between Zwickau and Aue: Estimated 150 people died

1950 September 11th. -- USA, Ohio, Coshocton: 33 people died

*1950 November 22nd. USA, New York, Richmond Hill: Collsion of two Long Island Rail Road commuter trains, 79 people died and 352 were injured

*1951 February 6th. USA, New Jersey, Woodbridge: Commuter train exceeded restricted speed, derailed and crashed in a curve, 84 people died




1951 February 24th. Australia, Victoria, Horsham: a train collided with a bus on a level crossing; 11 people died.

1952 March 4th. -- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: 119 people died

1952 May 7th. Australia, Sydney, Berala: train accident; 10 people died and 81 were injured.

1952 June 1st. Australia, Victoria, Boronia: a train collided with a bus on a level crossing; 9 people died.

1952 July 9th. Poland, near Rzepin: 160 people died

1952 October 8th. UK, Harrow-Wealdstone: Two express trains crashed into a commuter train, 112 people died and over 150 were seriously injured

1953 March 27th. USA, Ohio, Conneaut: Collison involving three trains, 21 people died

1953 December 19th. Australia, Sydney, Sydenham: two passenger trains collided; 5 people died and 748 were injured.

1953 December 24th. Czechoslovakia, Sakvice: 103 people died

1953, December 24th. New Zealand, Waiouru: With 285 passengers on the train, 151 died and 134 survived

1955 January 23rd. United Kingdom, Sutton Coalfield: A passenger train en-route from York to Bristol crashed; 23 people died and 43 were injured

1955 April 3rd. Mexico, Guadalajara: 300 people died

1955 UK, London: 123 people died, 150 injured

1955 November 20th. United Kingdom, near Didcot Oxfordshire: Train crash; 10 people died and 99 were injured

1956 January 22 USA, California, Los Angeles, South of Downtown, Washington Blvd./Santa Fe Ave.: A two-car passenger train derailed in a curve and flipped over; 30 people died, and 150 were injured

1956 December 1st. Australia, Queensland, Wallumbilla: train accident, 5 people died.

1957 March 15th. Finland, Kuurila (80 miles north of Helsinki): Two express trains collided on a single-line track, 25 people died and 45 were injured

1957 September 1st. Jamaica, near Kendal: Train plunged into a ravine, estimated 175 people died

1957 September 29th. West Pakistan, near Montgomery: Express train crashed into a standing oil train; nearly 300 people died

1957 Dec. 4th. UK, Lewisham: A steam express and a local commuter train collided in fog and caused a bridge to collapse, 92 people died and over 180 were seriously injured

1958 May 8th. -- Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: 128 people died

1958 September 15th. -- USA, New Jersey, Elizabethport: 48 people died
1960 January 30th.-- Germany, Hannover, Bessemer: 11 people died

1960 February 26th. Australia, Queensland, Bogantungan: a bridge, weakened by floodwaters, collapsed as the Rockhampton-bound "Midlander" train passed over it; 7 people died.

1960 November 14th. Czechoslovakia, Pardubice: Two train collision, 117 people died, 106 were injured

1960 November 2st. Netherlands, near Woerden: a British military train derailed after speeding in a construction area; 2 people died and 10 were injured

1962 January 8th. Netherlands, Harmelen, east of Woerden: head-on collision of two-trains; 93 people died

1962 May 3rd. Japan, near Tokyo: After a collision of a freight and a commuter train, another train crashed into the wreckage, 163 people died and 400 were injured

1963 November 9th. Japan, Yokohama: Two passenger trains crashed into derailed freight, 162 people died and 120 were injured

1964 July 26th. Portugal, Custoias: Passenger train derailed, 94 people died

1967 July 6th. Eastern Germany, Magdeburg: Crossing collision between a tanker truck and a train loaded with children, 94 people died

1969 February 7th. Australia, Victoria, Violet Town: a Sydney-Melbourne express, traveling at 120km/h (80 mph) collided with a freight train; 9 people died.

1970 February 4th. Brasilia, near Buenos Aires: Express train crashed into standing commuter train, 236 people died

1971 May 27th. West-Germany, Radevormwald: 46 people died, 25 were injured

1971 July 21st. West Germany, Freiburg im Breisgau: Express train exceeded speed limit, derailed on a curve and crashed, 23 people died, 142 were injured

1971 October 27th. Germany, Radevormwald: A train loaded with students collided with a freight train, 46 people died, 25 were injured

1972 June 16th. France, near Soissons: Two trains crashed into the debris of a collapsed tunnel, 108 people died

1972 July 21st. Spain, Seville: Head-on collision of two passenger trains, 76 people died

1972 October 6th. Mexico, near Saltillo: A train carrying religious pilgrims derailed and caught fire, 204 people died and over 1,000 were injured

1972 October 30th. USA, Chicago: A collision of two Illionois Central commuter trains injured 350 people, 45 people died

1974 August 30th. Yugoslavia, Zagreb: Train derailment close to Zagreb train station, 153 people died and over 60 were injured

1975 February 22nd. Norway, near Tretten: the Trondheim-Oslo Express collided on a single-line section with another train; 29 people died.

1975 February 28th. United Kingdom, London, Moorgate Station: a six-coach train was going to fast into the station and hit the end-wall of the Underground Station; it took more than 13 hours to rescue the last survivor and more than 4 days to recover the last bodies; 43 people died and 74 were injured.

1975 May 22nd. Morocco, near Kenitra: a passenger train derailed; at least 34 people died.

1975 June 8th West-Germany, between the towns Warngau and Schaftlach: Head on collision of two trains, 38 people died, 112 were injured

1975 July Germany, Hamburg: Train accident, 11 people died, 65 injured

1976 January 16th. Australia, NSW, Glenbrook: a freight train collided with the rear of a stalled passenger train; 1 person died, 10 were injured.

1976 May 4th. Netherlands, near Schiedam: collision of three trains; 24 people died (the "Rhine Express"),

1977 January 4th. USA, Chicago: Four elevated train cars fall to a street, nearly 200 people injured and 12 people died

1977 January 18th. Australia, crowded commuter train derailed and struck the supporting pillars of a road bridge, which collapsed. 200 people were injured and 83 people died

1981 June 6th. India, Bihar, near Mansi: Train with over 500 passengers hit the emergency brakes to avoid hitting a cow, causing the train to plunge off a bridge into Baghmati River; at least 268 people died, more than 300 others were reported missing

1981 June 6th. India, near Mansi: Train with over 500 passengers braked to avoid hitting a cow, causing the train to plunge off a bridge into Baghmati River; at least 268 people died, more than 300 others were reported missing

1981 November - Spain, Northeastern Region: a train and a truck collided at a rail crossing; at least 11 people died and 30 were injured, all of them passengers of the train.

1982 January 27th. -- Algeria, El Asnam: 130 people died

1982 July 11th. Mexico, Tepic: Train plunges down a mountain gorge, 120 people died

1983 February 19th. -- Mexico, Empalme: around 100 people died

1985 February 23rd. India, Madhya Pradesh, near Rajnandgaon: two bogies of a passenger train caught fire, 50 people died.

1985 June 13th. India, Agra: an express train collided with a freight train; 38 people died and more than 50 were injured.

1985 August 31st. France, Argenton-Sur-Creuse: Train derailed due to speeding and collided with an oncoming post train, 43 people died and 38 were injured

1985 September 11th. Portugal, near Viseu: Express train collided with commuter train, more than 100 people died

1985 October 11th. Eastern Germany, near Magdeburg: Collsion of a passenger train and a diesel locomotive, 13 people died, 40 were injured

1986 March 10th. India, Bihar, Khagaria: Two trains collided; about 50 people died and 200 others were injured.

1986 August 6th. India, Bihar, Palamau distrikt: two coaches of an express train fall into a stream after colliding with a stationary freight train; 52 people died and 35 were injured.

1987 July 2nd. -- Zaire, Kasumbalesha Shaba: 125 people died

1987 July 8th. India, Andra Pradesh, near Macherial: a Dakshin Express derailed; 53 people died.

1987 August 7th. Soviet Union, Kamensk: A freight collided with a standing passenger train in the train station, 106 people died

1988 March - Spain, Valladolid: two passenger trains collided in a station; 8 people died and 25 were injured.

*1988 June 4th. Soviet Union, Arzamas: A freight train loaded with explosives exploded, 350 buildings near the tracks were destroyed or damaged, an estimated 100 people died and 200 were injured

1988 July 8th. India, Kerala, Ashtamudi lake: an Island Express plunged into the water; 107 people died.

1988 August India, Kerala: Train plunged into a lake, 127 people died

1988 December 12th. UK, Clapham Junction: 35 people died and nearly 70 were injured

1989 January 15th. Bangladesh, Maizdi Khan: Head-on collision between a passenger train carrying Muslim pilgrims and a mail train, at least 170 people died and over 1,000 were injured

1989 India, Quilon river: The Trivandrum-bound Island Express from Bangalore plunged into the water due to a 'freak typhoon' that occurred when the train crossed the river bridge; 107 people died.

1989 April 18th. India, Uttar Pradesh, near Lalitpur: Karnataka Express derailed; at least 75 people died.

1989 April India, Jhansi: Train derailed in the station, 167 people died

*1989 June 4th. Soviet Union, Ufa: A fractured natural gas pipeline exploded when two trains passed the area, 575 people died and 623 were injured

1989 August 10th. Mexico, near Los Mochis: A passenger train plunged off a bridge into a river, an estimated 85 people died and 107 were injured

1989 September 7th. - Spain, Alava province, 70 miles northwest of Madrid: a train carrying 120 passengers and traveling nearly 90 miles an hour rammed into a stationary freight train; at least 5 people (the passenger train's engineer and four women) died and 54 were injured.

1989 November 1st. India, Bihar, Sakaldiha: Udyan Abha Toofan Express derailed; 48 people died.

1990 January 4th. Pakistan, Sindh province, Sangi village: An overcrowded passenger train was switched to the wrong track and collided with a standing freight train; at least 210 people died and more than 700 were injured

1990 April 16th. India, near Patna: a shuttle train caught fire; 70 people died.

1990 May 6th. Australia, Cowan (north of Sydney): an Intercity express train crashed into a vintage steam train; 6 people died.

1990 June 6th. India, Andhra Pradesh, Gollaguda: train collision; 36 people died.

1990 June 25th. India, Bihar, Daltongunj, Mangra: a freight train crashed into a passenger train; 60 people died.

1990 October 10th. India, Andhra Pradesh, near Cherpalli: fire in a passenger train; 40 people died.

1990 February 2nd. Germany, Ruesselsheim: Head on collision of two commuter trains, 17 people died, 90 were injured

1991 March 3rd. Africa, northern Mozambique: Train broke down, rolled downhill and crashed into a station, 109 people died, 100 were injured

1991 May 14th. Japan, Shigaraki: Head-on collision between two trains, 40 people died and 400 were injured

1991 September 6th. Congolese, Port of Pointe Noire: Passenger train collided with a fright train, two carriges fell into a ravine, 100 people died

1991 October 31st. India, Karnataka, near Makaligurga: Karnataka Express derailed; 30 people died.

1992 July 16th. India, Bihar, Darbhanga: train accident; 60 people died.

1992 September 5th. India, Madhya Pradesh, near Raigarh: train collision; 41 people died.

1992 November 15th. Germany, near Northeim: Express train crashed into the wreckage of a derailed freight train, 11 people died, 52 were injured

1993 August 2nd. - Spain, Vega de Anzo: train crash in a tunnel; 12 people died.

1993 September 21st. India, Rajasthan, near Chhabra: Kota-Bina passenger train collided with a freight train; 71 people died.

*1993 September 22nd. USA, Alabama, Near Mobile: Amtrak ‘Sunset Limited’ plunged from a weakened bridge, 47 people died, 150 survived

1993 November 26th. USA, Florida, near Kissimmee: Collision between Amtrak’s ‘Silver Meteor’ train and a stranded gas turbine: at least 80 people were injured

1994 March 8th. -- South Africa, north of Durban: 63 people died

1994 May 3rd. India, Andhra Pradesh, Nalgonda district: Narayanadri Express rammed into a tractor; 35 people died.

1994 September 22nd. Angola, Tolunda: 300 people died

1994 September 29th. Germany, Bad Bramstedt: Head-on collision of two commuter trains, 6 people died, 67 were injured

1994 December 30th. Burma, 130 miles north of Mandalay: Train derailed as it descended a steep hill, 102 people died, 53 were injured

1995 January 13th. Bangladesh, Dinajopur District: Passenger train crashed into another train standing in a station, at least 100 people died

1995 May 14th. India, Tamil Nadu, near Salem: Madras-Kanyakumari Express collided with a freight train; 52 people died.

1995 June 1st. West Bengal and Orissa: Seventy-three people were killed in two separate railway accidents; 73 people died.

1995 August 20th. India, Uttar Pradesh, Firozabad railway station: The Puroshottam Express ploughed into Kalindi Express at a speed of 110 km/h (70 mph). The Kalindi Express had stopped after hitting a cow on the tracks; as many as 400 people died and 120 others were injured.

1995 October 28th. Azerbaijan, capital city of Baku: Underground railway train caught fire, about 300 people died

1996 January 14th. Australia, Hines Hill (240km east of Perth): a freight train collided with a fuel train; 2 people died.

1996 February 9th. USA. New Jersey, near Jersey City: collision of two New Jersey Transit commuter trains: 408 people on board, 158 people injured (148 of them with minor injuries), 69 were transported to area hospitals, 3 died

1996 February 16th. USA, near Washington D.C.: Commuter Train and Amtrak Train collided, diesel fuel ignited, same wagons burned, 11 people died ( 8 of smoke inhalation or fire)

1996 April 18th. India, Uttar Pradesh, Domingarh, near Gorakhpur: Gorakhpur-Gonda passenger train crashed into a stationary freight train; 60 people died.

1996 May 14th. India, Kerala, near Alappuzha: a bus carrying a marriage party collided with the Ernakulam-Kayamkulam train at an unmanned level-crossing; 35 people died.

1996 May 25th. India, near Varanasi: an Allahabad-bound passenger train crashed into a tractor-trolley at an unmanned level crossing; 25 people died.

1996 November 18th. Channel between UK and France

1996 December 30th. India, lower Assam, between Kokrajhar and Fakiragram stations: bomb blast on Brahmaputra Mail; 33 people died.

1997 January 12th. Italy, Piacenza: High-Speed train ‘Pendolino’ derailed

1997 March 3rd. Pakistan: An express train travelling from Khanewal to Karachi crashed into buffers after switching lines to avoid a collision, at least 128 people died

1997 March 31st. -- Spain, Huarte Arakill: 21 people died

1997 April 29th. -- Cina, Hunan: 58 people died

1997 May 4th. -- Rwanda: more than 100 people died

1997 July 8th. India, Punjab, Bhatinda district, Lehra Khanna railway station: a bomb blast in a passenger train; 33 people died.

1997 July 28th. India, outskirts of New Delhi, Faridabad: Karnataka Express collided with Himsagar Express; 12 people died.

1997 September 14th. India, Madhya Pradesh, Bilaspur district: five bogies of Ahmedabad-Howrah express fell into a river; at least 81 people died.

1997 September 19th. U.K. Southall, West London: Express train smashed into a freight train, 150 people were injured, 7 people died

1998 February 19th. Cameroon, near capital city Yaounde: Two petroleum tanker trains crashed, estimated 200 people died

1998 April 4th. India, near Fatuha: Howrah-Danapur Express derailed on Howrah-Delhi main line between Ratuha and Bankaghat stations; at least 11 people died.

1998 April 24th. India, Madhya Pradesh, Parali Vaijanath (Beed) railway station: 15 wagons of a freight train crashed into the Manmad-Kachiguda Express; 24 people died and 32 were injured.

1998 May 19th. Australia, Robertson (south-west of Wollongong): a freight train derailed; 2 crewmembers died.

*1998 June 3rd. Germany, Eschede: High-Speed ICE-Train derailed and collided with an Highway overpass, 101 people died, 88 suffered injuries, mostly critical

	Colossal Impact of German Train Crash (published in FIRE International, November 1999)
	High-Speed Crash kills 101 ( published in NFPA Journal November/December 1999)

1998 June 9th. Australia, Sydney: the empty eight-car "Tangara" train derailed at Concord West; 2 crew were injured.

1998 August 13th. India, Tamil Nadu, outskirts of Karur town: a bus crashed into the Chennai-Madurai express train at an unmanned level-crossing on the New Karur-Salem bypass road; 19 people died and 27 were injured.

1998 September 24th. India, Andhra Pradesh, near the village Bottalapalem village: a train engine crashed into an Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation bus at an unmanned level-crossing; 20 people, including 14 school children died, and 33 others were injured.

1998 November 26th. India, near Khanna, Two train collision, 2,500 passengers on board, 201 people died, at least 250 were injured

1998 November 27th.: a Sealdah Express train collided with a number of carriages of the Frontier Golden Mail, which had derailed. The derailment straddled the opposite running line and despite the efforts of one railway man to warn the oncoming train, it was too close to stop in time and prevent the collision; more than 200 people died.

1999 March 15th. USA, Illinois, Kankakee: Amtrak train collided with a truck at a crossing; 11 people died, 122 were injured

1999 March 24th. -- Kenya, Nairobi: at least 32 people died

1999 April 22nd. Canada, Thamesville: Passenger train with 180 people aboard had switched onto the wrong track and smashed into a freight boxcar; 2 people died , about 100 were injured.

1999 June 22nd. India, New Jalpaiguri railway station: explosion; at least 9 passengers, including 2 Indian soldiers headed for Kashmir, died, 85 others were injured, including 10 soldiers.

1999 July 7th. Australia, Sydney (between Hornsby and Asquith stations): a CityRail train derailed; 3 passengers were injured.

1999 July 16th. India, near Mathura: Delhi-bound Grand Trunk Express from Chennai collided with derailed wagons of a freight train; 17 people died and more than 200 were injured.

1999 August 1st. India, West Bengal, Gaisal station: Brahmputra Mail train from Guwahati, filled mainly with military personnel hit a stationary Awadh-Assam Express head-on. Fifteen carriages were ripped apart, hurling sleeping passengers around the compartments; at least 400 people died.

1999 August 3rd. India, Gaisal: Head-on collision of two express -trains: Estimated 500 people died, nearly 1,000 of the estimated 2,500 passengers were injured

1999 August 18th. Australia, Zanthus (250km east of Kalgoorlie): an Indian Pacific hit a stationary freight train; 20 people were injured.

1999 September 20th. USA, Maryland, Cumberland: rear-end collision of an Amtrak train and a CSX freight train; at least 16 people were injured

1999 October 5th. . United Kingdom, London, Ladbroke Grove: A Thames train went through a red signal and collided head-on with a high speed commuter train traveling from Cheltenham to Paddington; at least 31 people died, approximately 500 were injured.

The Ladbroke Grove Rail Inquiry/Report

1999 November 18th, USA, Los Angeles/Fullerton: Metrolink commuter train carrying 65 passengers collided with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train; 15 people suffered mostly minor injuries; a ignited fire was quickly extinguished by the local fire department.

Report and Photos

1999 December 3rd.Australia, near Sydney: Commuter train slammed into the back of along-distance Indian-Pasific tourist train, from nearly 1.000 people aboard, 51 were injured and 7 died.

2000 January 4th., Norway, Rena: Head-on collision of two passenger trains on the same track at the Aasta Station in Aamot township, about 100 miles north of Oslo at a speed of 55 mph; it is estimated that one train was carrying 81 passengers and 2 crewmembers, the other 15 passengers and 2 crewmembers; 30 people were injured and taken to various hospitals; 19 persons died.

The diesel locomotives caught fire; smoke and heat conditions were battled for nearly six hours before rescuers could get into the heated wreckage; the section of track where the collision occurred had been due for a safety upgrade with an automatic train stop system;

Temperatures of minus 15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit) slowed down the recovery of bodies, many of them badly burned. They had been taken to the Norwegian capital of Oslo for identification.

2000 February 6th. Germany, Bruehl: express train derailed and crashed into the local train station, estimated 100 people were injured and 9 died

2000 February 13th. USA, Maryland, Baltimore airport: light-rail commuter train crashed at Baltimore/Washington International Airport, e20 people were injured

2000 April 13th. Africa, Congo Republic, near Pointe-Noire: collision of a freight train and a passenger train, 31 people were injured, 11 died

2000 June 21st. USA, New York City : a subway B-train bound for Manhattan derailed shortly after leaving a station in Brooklyn, sending 3 cars off the tracks; approximately 80 passengers were injured, 3 of them critically.

2000 October 17th. United Kingdom, Hertfordshire, near Hatfield Station: The London to Leeds express train derailed on a broken track; 4 people died and 87 were injured.

2000 December 7th. USA, California,near Mount Shasta: Five cars (including 2 engines, a baggage car, a crew dorm car, and a passenger car) of a 16-car Amtrak train en-route from Seattle to Los Angeles derailed after it clipped a tank car that had fallen off a parallel track. Of the 153 people (134 passengers and 19 crew members) aboard 9 persons sustained minor injuries.

2001, February 28th. U.K., Yorkshire, near Selby : a Land Rover hauling another car on a flat-bed trailer crashed onto the railway line and was then hit by a high-speed passenger train, which in turn derailed into the path of a freight train; at least 10 people died and approximately 70 were injured.

2001 March 17th. USA, Iowa, Corning: an Amtrak 'California Zephyr' train, enroute from Chicago to California with 195 passengers and 15 crew members derailed on a straightaaway between the communities of Brooks and Nodaway, about 70 miles southwest of Des Moines, IA. Nine cars were involved in the accident that occurred at 11.40 p.m. in chilly weather (28 degress Fahrenheit). Access to the site in a very rural area was limited, because the closest road was one mile away. Fire/Rescue/EMS and Law Enforcement agencies from different counties responded. Three critically injured people were transported by helicopter, one to a hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, and two to a hospital in Des Moines. Uninjured passengers were taken to a community center in Nodaway, Iowa, where Amtrak was arranging for shelter and alternate transportation. One person was killed and 90 others were injured.

2001 March 27th Belgium, Pecrot (east of Brussels): an empty train traveling at about 55 mph on the wrong tracks collided head-on with a crowded commuter train; at least 8 people died, 9 were injured; the driver of the empty two-carriage train neglected a red signal; an automatic system to avoid such accidents but the system is not yet fully operational.

2001 June 22nd. India, Kerala, near Kozhikode: due to the collapse of an ageing bridge three coaches of the Mangalore-Madras Mail tumbled into the Kadalundi River; 52 people died.

2001 August 16th. India, Jalgaon district, Maharasthra: At least 15 people, including eight women and two children were run over by a train while crossing a track in Maharashtra. They were hit after they exited a train that halted briefly between stations about 450 km from Mumbai.

Bihar, Jumui station: a freight train slammed into a stationary Muzzafarpur-Sealdah passenger train; 4 people died and at least 50 were injured.

2001 August 23rd. India, Bariar near Pathankot: at the unmanned railway crossing a vehicle t Bariar collided with the Ravi Express train; at least 11 people died.


2001 September 2nd. -- Indonesia, Island of Java, Cirebon: collision between a passenger train and a locomotive; at least 31 people died and more than 40 were injured.

2002 February 20th. Egypt, near Ayyat: A gas cylinder used for cooking exploded aboard crowded passenger train, at least 361 people died.

2002 March 30th. - Spain, Catalonia: two trains carrying 600 people collided; 2 people died and 142 others were injured.

2002 May 10th. -- United Kingdom, Potters Bar, north of London: a Cambridge Cruiser, a class 365 electric train, was traveling as a WAGN service from King's Cross in Central London to King's Lynn about 100 miles to the North. Potters Bar, just outside the capital, was not one of its scheduled stops. The train approached the station at nearly 100 mph when the last carriage derailed; the derailed (fourth) car with approximately 30 occupants crashed into a waiting room on one of the stations platforms; the three front carriages continued on the tracks and came to rest a few hundred yards later; 7 people died and dozens were injured

2002 May 25th. Mozambique, Muamba: 192 died and dozens more injured when passenger cars, which had been disconnected due to mechanical problems rolled for several miles at top speed and finally crashed into freight cars; at least 192 people died.

2002 May 25th. -- Mozambique, village of Tenga, 25 miles (40km) from the capital city Maputo: at least 205 people died, and more than 250 others were injured.

2002 June 24th. Tanzania, near Msagali: A runaway passenger train collided with freight train; more than 200 people died.

2002 September 9th. India, Bihar, Aurangabad district: a bogie of Howrah-Delhi Rajdhani Express plunged into the Dhave river; at least 100 people died, more than 150 were injured.

2003 January 4th. - Spain, Albacete province, near the town of Tobarra: around 7 p.m. a train traveling between Madrid and Cartagena with 200 passengers aboard derailed; 2 people died and 27 were injured.

2003 January 5th. India, Maharashtra, Ghatnandur station: the Secunderabad-Manmad express train rammed into a stationary freight train; at least 21 people died and 41 were injured.

2003 January 11th. India: the locomotive and 10 coaches of the Dibrugarh bound Kamrup Express from Howrah derailed due to a fractured rail. No fatalities.

2003 March 23rd. India, Madhya Pradesh, near Narsinghpur: 13 bogies of Lokmanya Tilak Superfast Express from Patna to Mumbai derailed between Bohani and Kareli stations; 7 people were injured.

2003 May 15th India, near Ladhowal railway station, 10 km from Ludhiana: three coaches of Amritsar-bound Frontier Mail caught fire; 38 people died and 13 were injured.

2003 May 28th. India, Ferozepur: the engine and three bogies of a local train caught fire; all 400 people aboard survived.

2003 June 1st. India, Baruna-Barasia section of Danapur division, near Buxar: 14 coaches of the Patna-New Delhi Magadh Vikramshila Express derailed; 1 passenger died and at least 25 others were injured.

2003 June 3rd. Spain, Albacete province, near Chinchilla: A high-speed Talgo passenger train en route from Madrid to Cartagena with 86 passengers aboard collided head-on with a 28-container freight train around 9:40pm; causing some of the coaches to burst into flames; at least 19 people (14 passengers and 5 railroad employees) died, and 40 were injured.

2003 June 23rd. India, Maharashtra, Sindhudurg district : the first three coaches and engine of the Karwar-Mumbai Central Holiday Special train derailed after crossing Vaibhavwadi station; 51 people, including three children died, 25 others were injured.

2003 July 2nd. India, Andhra Pradesh, Warangal: the locomotive and two adjoining coaches felt off a bridge after the brakes failed to stop the train; at least 22 people aboard and on the ground died.