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

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

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

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

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

1977 January 18th. Australia, Sydney, Granville: a commuter train derailed and crashed into the pillars of a bridge bringing it down on top of the train; 83 people died, more than 200 were 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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