Serious European train crashes since 1990
By APMonday, February 15, 2010
Serious European train crashes since 1990
Here is a list, compiled by the Brussels-based European Railway Agency, of European train accidents causing 15 or more fatalities since 1990. The number of dead is followed by the injured in parentheses:
Feb. 2, 1990 - Ruesselheim, Germany; 17 (42)
Aug. 21, 1990 - Wlochy, Poland; 16 (42)
Oct. 17, 1991 - Melun, France, 16 (50)
June 24, 1995 - Krouna, Czech Republic; 19 (4)
March 31, 1997 - Uharte Arakil, Estonia; 18 (40)
June 3, 1998 - Eschede, Germany; 98 (87)
Oct 5, 1999 - Ladbroke Grove, Britain; 31 (227)
Jan. 4, 2000 - Asta, Norway; 19 (18)
June 3, 2003 - Chinchilla, Spain; 19 (6)
Jan. 7, 2005 - Bolognina di’Crevalcore; Italy, 17 (15)
June 29, 2009 - Viareggio, Italy; 32 (26)
Feb. 15, 2010 - Buizingen, Belgium; at least 18 (55).
