Kalamazoo, MI - Fatal Injuries in Train Accident (2024)

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What was the worst train accident in history? ›

The Great Train Wreck of 1918. On July 9, 1918, two passenger trains collided head-on in Nashville, Tennessee. Today, it remains the worst railroad accident in United States history.

The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the largest single rail disaster in world history by death toll, with 1,700 fatalities or more. It occurred when a crowded passenger train (No 50, Matara Express) was destroyed on a coastal railway in Sri Lanka by a tsunami that followed the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

December 26 – Sri Lanka – 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck: Approximately 1,700 people died in the world's worst rail disaster after a train was overwhelmed by a tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

The Karanjadi train crash was an accident resulting in derailment of a passenger train at Karanjadi, a village in Maharashtra, India, on 17 June 2004. 20 people were killed and well over 100 injured in the crash, which was the result of heavy monsoon rains.

Brightline high-speed passenger trains operate between Orlando and Miami and hold the unwelcome distinction of being both the first intra-city high speed rail in the U.S. and the deadliest trains in America, by far.

The deadliest was on Malbone Street in Brooklyn, New York, where on November 1, 1918, a train carrying passengers to Brighton Beach approached a curve in a tunnel where cars are supposed to slow to 6 mph. The train was traveling at 35 mph and derailed, killing 102 people and injuring many others.

The 1993 Big Bayou Canot Amtrak train wreck is the deadliest train wreck in U.S. history. NTSB photo. It was 2:45 a.m., Sept. 22, 1993, the fog low and thick on the Mobile River in southwest Alabama.

The United States has the highest number of rail accidents in the world, with an average of 124 accidents per year between 2010 and 2019. India is the second most accident-prone country, with an average of 60 accidents per year during the same period.

The Malbone Street wreck remains the deadliest crash in the New York City Subway's history, as well as one of the worst rapid transit crashes in the history of the United States.

Over 300 vehicles. A dense fog was once again the culprit for the largest car pileup in history, occurring at the Rodovia dos Imigrantes Highway in Sao Paulo, Brazil. With over 300 vehicles crashing into one another, the accident stretched along for over one mile, with many vehicles also catching fire.

Has a train ever crashed into another train? ›

The Wenzhou train collision was a railway accident that occurred on 23 July 2011, when a high-speed train travelling on the Yong-Tai-Wen railway line collided into the rear of another stationary train on a viaduct in Lucheng District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China.

6 June, 1981- India recorded its worst train accident which occurred in Bihar. A train fell into the river Bagmati while crossing a bridge, killing more than 750 people.

The 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck is the deadliest recorded train disaster in history, claiming the lives of at least 1,700 people. The incident was the result of a devastating tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which caused severe destruction to railway infrastructure.

On March 24, 2014, a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) passenger train overran the bumper at O'Hare station, injuring 34 people.

The most number of fatalities in a single incident was 47 in the Big Bayou Canot crash in 1993, when the Sunset Limited fell off a bridge that had been struck by a barge eight minutes earlier.

The Wenzhou train collision was a railway accident that occurred on 23 July 2011, when a high-speed train travelling on the Yong-Tai-Wen railway line collided into the rear of another stationary train on a viaduct in Lucheng District, Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China.

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Great Train Wreck of 1918 / Number of deaths

On February 8, 1986, twenty-three people were killed in a collision between a Canadian National Railway freight train and a Via Rail passenger train called the Super Continental, including the engine crews of both trains.