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January 14 – Ghana – An express train derailed between Accra and Kumasi, killing at least 21 people and injuring about 200. [10]January 19 – France – An RER A express train in Paris at Auber station crashed, killing one person and injuring 73 in a rear-end collision caused by the train driver misunderstanding a new signaling system installed only two days earlier.
On 3 June 1998, an ICE 1 train on the Hannover-Hamburg railway near Eschede in Lower Saxony, Germany derailed and crashed into an overpass that crossed the railroad, which then collapsed onto the train. 101 people were killed and at least 88 were injured, making it the second-deadliest railway disaster in German history after the 1939 Genthin rail disaster, and the world's worst ever high ...
January 3 – India – Ghatnandur train crash: 18 people died in a collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra [40] January 31 – Australia – Waterfall rail accident: The driver of a southbound passenger train suffered a heart attack and died; the train then sped out of control and derailed on a curve, overturning several cars and killing six passengers.
Crash. At 22:15 local time (15:15 UTC), a Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City passenger train, callsign SE5, collided with a lorry on a level crossing near Dien Sanh station in Quảng Trị Province. The crossing carried National Route 1 across the North–South Railway. The train consisted of D19E locomotive №968 and fourteen carriages.
Amagasaki rail crash (2005), a suburban train crash that occurred on a curve at high speed. Eckwersheim derailment (2015), a similar incident in France that occurred when a high-speed train entered a curve at excessive speed during commissioning tests of a new high-speed line; Valencia Metro derailment (2006) List of rail accidents (2010–2019)
January 4 – Pakistan – Sukkur rail disaster: A Multan–Karachi Bahauddin Zakaria Express collided head-on with an empty freight train at Sangi station, Sukkur, Sindh.The train was to pass through Sangi, but incorrectly set rail points directed the train to a siding where the freight train was parked. 307 people were killed and another 700 more injured in Pakistan's worst rail disaster.
On 7 March 2011, it was announced that the driver of the train at the time of its crash had been convicted of homicide and negligence, and would face a fine of 15,000 Swiss francs. [ 5 ] The Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents investigated the accident.
September 12 – Switzerland – A bus carrying German tourists collides with a train on a level crossing near Zürich, killing 39 people. The barriers were not closed, because the operator pressed a wrong button. Only two passengers survived the crash. It was the worst road crash in Switzerland to date. [85]