Posts Tagged ‘collision’
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Train Collision with Derailment
Figure. Illustration of the accident scene. The preliminary review revealed that the operator of the striking train placed the master controller in a full-power position prior to the accident. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators conducted sight-distance observations to the west. The preliminary [...]
Train: Preliminary Report on Collision Between Sacramento Regional Transit District Light Rail Vehicles
On the day of the accident, SacRT passenger train No. 9 was operating about 15 minutes behind its designated schedule. A maintenance train technician requested and received permission from the controller at the Metro Control Center to enter the mainline to complete postmaintenance intervention propulsion testing. After receiving permission, [...]
Buses Collide in Bolivia; 22 Killed, 37 Injured
Two buses collided head-on in the Bolivian altiplano, on January 20th. Authorities said the accident happened when the buses were traveling at the road connecting Oruro and Potosi. Twenty-two people were killed in the crash. Thirty-seven others were injured.
Passenger Trains Collide in South Africa; At Least 3 Dead, Over 300 Injured
Two passenger trains collided in Pretoria, South Africa, on January 8th. Authorities said the accident happened near Mountain View train station during early morning rush hour. At least three people were killed in the crash. Over three hundred others were injured.
Florida Road Crash Leaves 7 Dead
A collision between two big rigs and two passenger vehicles spilled gasoline and sparked a fire on southbound Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Florida, on January 3rd. Six people were killed in the accident. At least eight others were injured.
Train Crash in Turkey Leaves At Least Nine Dead
A high-speed train crashed into a locomotive at a station in Ankara, Turkey, on December 13th. The accident happened when the high-speed train was on its way to Konya. At least nine people were killed in the crash. At least forty-six others were injured.
At Least 47 Dead in Zimbabwe Bus Collision
Two buses collided head-on near Rusape, Zimbabwe, on November 7th. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said, “The accident occurred at the 166km peg on the Harare-Mutare Road, just after the Rusape tollgate drifting towards Harare.” At least forty-seven people were killed in the crash. Over sixty others were injured.
Bus Carrying Junior Hockey Team Crashes in Canada; 14 Dead
A bus collided with a tractor-trailer in Saskatchewan province of Canada, on April 6th. The accident happened when the bus was transporting the members of a junior hockey team Humboldt Broncos to playoff game in Nipawin. Fourteen people were killed in the crash. At least fourteen others were injured. An investigation into the cause of [...]
Subway Trains Collide in Germany; 23 Injured
Two subway trains collided in Duisburg, Germany, on April 3rd. The accident happened in a tunnel at the Auf dem Damm subway stop in Meiderich district. Twenty-three people were injured in the accident. The cause of accident is being investigated.
1 Killed, 22 Injured After Trains Collide in Austria
An intercity train collided with a regional passenger train in Styria, Austria, on February 12th. The accident happened in Niklasdorf when the intercity train as heading to Saarbruecken, Germany. One person was killed in the crash. Twenty-two others, including three children, were injured. The cause of crash is under investigation.
