This is a list of rail accidents from 2020 onward. This list does not contain incidents with singular fatalities of pedestrians who were not in a vehicle.
Entries that involve no injuries/deaths and no spilled hazardous materials may be deleted. Entries must be sourced. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems.
Bold text in the list below indicates that an article about the accident has been created.
This is a list of rail accidents from 2020 onward. This list does not contain incidents with singular fatalities of pedestrians who were not in a vehicle.
Entries that involve no injuries/deaths and no spilled hazardous materials may be deleted. Entries must be sourced. For a list of terrorist incidents involving trains, see List of terrorist incidents involving railway systems.
Bold text in the list below indicates that an article about the accident has been created.
2020
1 January – United States – In Bonners Ferry, Idaho, a BNSF train derailed and fell into the Kootenai River, injuring two people.
7 January – Mexico – Seven people died and more than 30 were injured after a Ferromex train struck a bus at a level crossing in Sonora.
29 January – Australia – A freight train derailed near Barnawartha, Victoria and collided with a passenger train coming in the other direction. Nineteen people required medical treatment.
6 February
Italy – Livraga derailment: A Frecciarossa high-speed train derailed at Livraga. Two people were killed and 31 were injured.
Canada – A Canadian Pacific freight train carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire at Guernsey, Saskatchewan. The village was partially evacuated. The Canadian government halved the speed limit for freight trains carrying hazardous materials as a result.
10 February – United States – In Morgantown, West Virginia, a Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit train was struck by an oncoming falling boulder, injuring three people.
13 February – United States – Five cars of a 96-car CSX freight train derailed in Draffin, Kentucky due to a rockslide. The locomotives and train cars caught fire, causing evacuations of nearby communities. Two crew members were hospitalized.
20 February – Australia – Wallan derailment: Sydney to Melbourne XPT derailed near Wallan, Victoria. Two people were killed, one was airlifted to hospital.
24 February – Thailand – a freight train from Hat Yai Junction to Bang Sue and passenger train No.37 collided head-on at Pak Tho Railway Station in Ratchaburi Province, injuring at least 30.
28 February – Pakistan – In Sukkur, a train crashed into a bus, killing 20 and injuring dozens.
5 March – France – Ingenheim derailment: A TGV derailed near Ingenheim, Bas-Rhin due to a landslide. Twenty-two people were injured, one seriously.
10 March – Mexico – A Mexico City Metro train crashed into another at Tacubaya station, killing one person and injuring 41.
27 March
United States – 2020 New York City Subway fire: A fire on the 2 train at 110th Street station on the Lenox Avenue Line killed the train operator and injured 16 others.
United States – In DeLand, Florida, an Amtrak Auto Train derailed when 8 train cars tipped over. One person was injured.
30 March – China – A passenger train running from Jinan to Guangzhou derailed after colliding with debris on the track due to a landslide in Hunan Province. A railroad police officer was killed and 127 people were injured, four severely.
3 April – Germany – A freight train collided with a concrete piece of a bridge near a construction site. The engineer was killed and 3 others were injured.
8 May – India – Aurangabad railway accident: A goods train ran over and killed 16 migrant labourers who were walking to their homes in Madhya Pradesh and slept on the railway tracks, believing that trains would not be running (only passenger trains were stopped, while goods railway services continued to function) due to a nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
22 May – Netherlands – Hooghalen train crash, a train driver was killed and three people were injured after a Nederlandse Spoorwegen train collided with an agricultural vehicle.
24 May – Iran – In Tehran, a passenger train travelling from Hamedan to Mashhad derailed in Parand, injuring five.
2 June – Spain – A high-speed passenger train collided with a lorry that fell off a bridge on to the track at La Hiniesta and derailed, killing two people.
7 June – China – Train D1862 traveling between Guangzhou and Chongqing derailed at a tunnel between Huaiji County in Guangdong and Hezhou in Guangxi, injuring one. The suspected cause was a landslide from heavy rain.
7 July – Czech Republic – On the Karlovy Vary–Johanngeorgenstadt railway a ČD Class 814 Regionova and ČD Class 844 RegioShark collided head-on, killing two and injuring 24. In total there were 33 passengers aboard both trains.
15 July – Czech Republic – A ČD Class 471 train collided with a freight train at Český Brod, killing one person and injuring 35.
29 July – United States – In Tempe, Arizona, a Union Pacific train derailed on the Salt River Bridge over Tempe Town Lake, injuring one.
31 July – Portugal – Soure train crash: An Alfa Pendular high-speed passenger train derailed after colliding with a catenary maintenance vehicle, killing two and injuring 43.
12 August – United Kingdom – Stonehaven derailment: A ScotRail Inter7City passenger train derailed near Carmont following stormy weather, killing three people and injuring six.
19 August – Italy – Carnate derailment: A passenger train ran away crewless from Paderno d'Adda and derailed at Carnate-Usmate station, injuring three people.
27 August – United Kingdom – Llangennech derailment: A freight train derailed and caught fire at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire.
20 September – United States – A New York City Subway train derailed in a suspected act of sabotage after a man clamped wooden planks onto the roadbed. Three passengers were injured.
11 October
United States – In Lilburn, Georgia, a CSX train derailed during heavy rains following Hurricane Delta, causing minor injuries to the two occupants of the locomotive.
Thailand – A freight train crashed into a bus at a railroad crossing, killing 20 people and injuring dozens.
29 October – United States – A 25-car Kansas City Southern freight train derailed in Mauriceville, Texas. Five tank cars were punctured, with one tank car containing a "corrosive material" that caused the evacuation of those within a mile (1600 m) of the crash site while those within a half-mile (800 m) of the evacuation zone were told to stay indoors. No injuries were reported.
2 November – Netherlands – Rotterdam metro crash: A Rotterdam Metro train collided with a buffer and nearly fell off the end of an elevated guideway, but was saved by a whale's tail sculpture at De Akkers metro station. No one was injured.
28 November – United States – In Wellington, Colorado, a BNSF train collided with an empty train car and derailed, injuring one.
19 December
United States – Two people were injured after a Dallas Area Rapid Transit northbound orange line train derailed and collided with a southbound red line train in downtown Dallas.
Bangladesh – In Dhaka, a passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing, the cause was attributed to a gatekeeper sleeping on his job at the time of the crash. The gatekeeper was later fired, 12 people were killed and six others were injured.
22 December – United States – Near Custer, Washington, ten railcars of a BNSF train carrying Bukken crude oil derailed, and three cars caught fire. About 120 people in the half-mile (800 m) vicinity were evacuated and Interstate 5 was closed.