Canada
- October 7, 1966 - Dorion level crossing accident — - 19 killed
- December 12, 1975 - A TTC bus travelling east on St. Clair Ave. E. collided with a westbound GO Transit train at the level crossing just west of Midland. Nine people were killed and 20 others injured. This was the worst accident in terms of loss of life in the history of the TTC and GO Transit systems. The level crossing was replaced by an overpass a few years later.
- January 24, 2009 - A train collided with an empty police cruiser left at the crossing on Wallace Avenue, in Toronto.
- January 25, 2009 - A man is killed in Vanier after his car collided with a train on one of the last two level crossings in Quebec City.
- 2009- A Canadian National train collides with a flatbed truck in Vancouver. No one is hurt or killed.
Read more about this topic: List Of Level Crossing Accidents
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)