This is a list of rail accidents which occurred between 2010 and 2019. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems.
This is a list of rail accidents which occurred between 2010 and 2019. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems.
2010
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.
India – A second accident, similar to the above, also occurred on this date. In this second case two trains collided in dense fog near Kanpur, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, killing five people and injuring 40.
3 January – Turkey – Two trains collided between Bayirkoy and Vezirhan, killing one person and injuring three.
4 January – Finland – 2010 Helsinki Central Station accident: A passenger train suffered a brake failure and crashed into a hotel at Helsinki Central station.
12 February – United States – A train derailed in the pocket track just north of Farragut North Washington Metro station after the front car left the tracks. One person was hospitalized.
15 February – Belgium – Halle train collision: Two passenger trains collided laterally in Buizingen near Brussels, killing 19 people and injuring 171.
25 February – Canada – A Via Rail train travelling from Halifax to Montreal derailed near Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse outside Quebec City, injuring four people and causing significant damage to nearby homes.
15 March – United States – A METRO bus collided with a light rail METRO train in Houston, injuring nearly 20 people. 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 (47 km/h).
24 March – Norway – Sjursøya train accident: Sixteen goods wagons ran away for 8 km (5 mi) from a goods yard at Alnabu in Oslo, hitting and destroying a quayside warehouse. Three people died and four were seriously injured.
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.
12 April – Italy – Merano derailment: A passenger train was hit by a landslide and partially derailed near Merano, South Tyrol, killing nine and injuring 28.
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.
4 May – Australia – A passenger train collided with a freight train approximately 3 km (2 mi) south of Craigieburn railway station, injuring five.
13 May – United States – A northbound Amtrak Piedmont collided with a truck towing a low loader in Mebane, North Carolina, injuring between 11 and 17 people.
23 May – China – 2010 Jiangxi derailment: A passenger train derailed after being knocked off the tracks by a landslide in Jiangxi, killing 19 people and injuring 71.
25 May – India – A passenger train derailed at Naugachia, injuring 11 people.
28 May – India – Jnaneswari Express train derailment – A train derailed in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, caused by either sabotage or a bomb that damaged the railway track, and was struck by an on-coming goods train, killing 148.
6 June – United Kingdom – Falls of Cruachan derailment – A First ScotRail passenger train collided with boulders that fell on the line near Falls of Cruachan, then derailed and caught fire. Several people were hospitalised.
16 June – Germany – A passenger train collided with a derailed freight train at Peine, injuring 16.
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.
22 June – Republic of the Congo – Yanga derailment: A passenger train derailed between Bilinga and Tchitondi, about 60 km (37 mi) from Pointe-Noire, killing at least 76 people.
23 June – Spain – Castelldefels train accident – 12 people died and 14 were injured after being struck by an Alaris while crossing the tracks at Castelldefels Playa station.
28 June – Czech Republic – Ústí nad Labem derailment: A CityElefant passenger train from Prague to Ústí nad Labem derailed while entering the Ústí nad Labem station, killing the driver and injuring 11 passengers.
13 July – Poland – Two trains collided at Korzybie, Pomeranian Voivodeship, injuring 36.
19 July – India – Sainthia train collision: At least 63 people died and over 150 were injured after the Uttar Banga Express rear-ended the stationary Vananchal Express at Sainthia railway station.
21 July – United States – Miami: 2 Metromover Trains collided at 12th Street Train Station, injuring 16.
23 July – Switzerland – Fiesch derailment: One person was killed and 42 are injured after a Glacier Express derailed near Fiesch on the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn.
25 July – Netherlands – A driver and another rail worker were injured after a Speno railgrinder failed to stop in front of the buffer stop at Stavoren. A shop lying behind the track was destroyed.
6 August – Italy – Circumvesuviana derailment: One person died and about 40 were injured in a derailment in Naples, on the Circumvesuviana railway.
6 August – Israel – A passenger train struck a minibus near Kiryat Gat, killing seven and injuring 20.
11 August – United States – In Jefferson County, Colorado, a miniature train carrying 30 people derailed at a curve, 15 people were injured.
17 August – United Kingdom – Little Cornard derailment: A sewage tanker lorry struck and derailed a passenger train (the 17.31 National Express East Anglia service from Sudbury to Marks Tey) on a level crossing at Little Cornard, Suffolk, injuring eighteen people, two of them seriously.
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.
17 August – India – Four people died in an accident on the Faizabad-Lucknow railway at Goryamau station in Barabanki district between Rudauli and Rozagaon.
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.
10 September – United States – A conductor lost his arm after two Union Pacific freight trains collided in Fontana, California.
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.
15 September – Belgium – Two trains collided at Aarlen, injuring 30–40 people, two seriously.
24 September – Tunisia – Bir el-Bey train collision: Two trains collided at Bir El Bay, killing one and injuring 57.
20 September – India – 2010 Badarwas train collision, In Badarwas, two trains collided head on, killing 23 and injuring 30.
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. 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.
30 September – United States – Two Canadian National ore trains collided head-on twelve miles (19 km) north of Two Harbors, Minnesota, injuring all five crew members.
1 October – Norway – Skotterud derailment: 40 people were injured after a train derailed at Skotterud.
2 October – Indonesia – Petarukan train collision: 36 people were killed and 60 were injured after a train ran into the back of another at Petarukan.
2 October – Indonesia – A train crashed at Solo, Central Java, killing one person.
12 October – Ukraine – Marhanets train accident: At least 43 people were killed in a collision between a train and a bus at Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
5 November – United Kingdom – Seven people were injured after a lorry fell off an overbridge onto a passing South West train at Oxshott, Surrey.
8 December – Bangladesh – Two passenger trains collided head-on near Narsingdi, killing 19.