List of Accidents and Disasters By Death Toll - Rail Accidents and Disasters

Rail Accidents and Disasters

Rail accidents and incidents with 90+ deaths

1. +1,700 – Sri Lanka tsunami-rail disaster (Sri Lanka, 2004)
2. 800–1000 – Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment (France, 1917)
3. 600–1000 – Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 1917)
4. 500-800 – Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)
5. 600+ – Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 1915)
6. 575 – Ufa train disaster (Russia, 1989)
7. 521-600+ – Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944)
8. 200-500+ – Torre del Bierzo rail disaster (Spain, 1944)
9. 428 – Awash rail disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
10. 383 – Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
11. 358 – Firozabad rail disaster (India, 1995)
12. 320 – Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
13. 307 – Sukkur rail disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
14. ~300 – Montemorelas, (Mexico, 1915)
15. 300 – Tolunda (Angola, 1994)
16. 289 – Baku Metro fire (Azerbaijan, 1995)
17. 285 – Gaisal train disaster (India, 1999)
18. 281 – Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
19. 250 – Montgomery oil train disaster, (Pakistan, 1957)
20. 248 – El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)
21. 230 – Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster, (France, 1933)
22. 226 – Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915) / "Estrella del Norte" número 1016 (Argentina, 1978)
23. 212 – Khanna rail disaster (India, 1998)
24. 208 – Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
25. 200 – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster (Poland, 1949). Not confirmed by any official source, cf. Katastrofy kolejowe w Polsce (Polish).
26. 192 – Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
27. 186 – Genthin train disaster (Genthin, Germany, December 22, 1939)
28. 185 – Aracaju train crash, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, March 20, 1946)
29. 184 – Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
30. 181 – Ajikawaguchi train disaster (Osaka, Japan, 1940)
31. 162 – Mikawashima train crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
32. 161 – Tsurumi rail accident (Japan, 1963)
33. 155 – Kaprun disaster (Austria, 2000)
34. 154 – Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004) / Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
35. 153 – Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, 1974)
36. 151 – Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
37. 150 – 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
38. 148 – Gyaneshwari Express train derailment, (India, 2010)
39. 142–236 – Benavidez rail disaster (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)
40. 100–140 – Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy,1944
41. 139 – Bintaro train crash, (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1987)
42. 135 – Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
43. 132 – Ghotki rail crash (Sindh, Pakistan, 2005)
44. 131 – Bouhalouane train crash, (Algeria, 1982)
45. 130 – Rafiganj train disaster (India, 2002) / Liziyida bridge destroyed by mud-flow, caused a train disaster. (Sichuan, China, July 9, 1981) / Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
46. 128 – Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997) / Mangueira train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
47. 126 – Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
48. 120 – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997) / Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
49. 119 – Anchieta rail disaster (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
50. 118 – Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960) / Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, (Portugal, 1985)
51. 114 – Veligonda train disaster (India, 2005) / Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
52. 112 – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952) / Nebukawa, derailment caused by Great Kanto Earthquake, (Japan, 1923)
53. 110 – Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
54. 108 – Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
55. 107 – Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937) / Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972) / Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005) / Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerala, India, 1988)
56. 106 – Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951) / Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster (Russia, 1987) / Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
57. 105 – Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
58. 103 – Šakvice train disaster, (Czechoslovakia, 1953)
59. 93–102 - Malbone Street Wreck, (Brooklyn, NY, 1918)
60. 102 – Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, July 16, 1945) / Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
61. 101 – Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, December 22, 1939) / Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)/ The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 1918)
62. 100 – Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, (East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953) / Benaleka train crash, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)
63. 99 – St-Hilaire train disaster, (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, June 29, 1864)
64. 97 – Eden train wreck, (Colorado, United States, 1904)
65. 96 - Great Wellington train disaster, (Sky Valley Washington, United States, 1 March 1910)
66. 93 – Harmelen train disaster, (Netherlands, 1962)
67. 90 - Lewisham rail crash, (Lewisham, England, 1957)
68. 43 - Street car derailment (Tacoma, WA 4 July 1900)
69. 30 – Tram derailment (Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, 13 July 1947)
70. 15 – Tram derailment (Szczecin, Poland, 7 December 1967) / Tram derailment (Gothenburg, Sweden, 12 March 1992)