South Africa
- January 29, 1970 - Henley on Klip level crossing disaster — An express train hits a bus carrying local students, killing 23 and injuring 16.
- June 7, 1980 - Empangeni level crossing disaster — Nkilini–Empangeni passenger train hits a bus, killing 69 and injuring 93 people.
- 2005 - Johannesburg level crossing accident — 9 killed.
- November 12, 2006 - Faure level crossing accident — A Metrorail commuter train hits a truck carrying local farmworkers, killing 19 and injuring 6.
- August 25, 2010 - Blackheath level crossing accident — A Metrorail commuter train hits a minibus filled with school children, killing 10. Accident allegedly due to the minibus driver's negligence.
- July 13, 2012 – Hectorspruit level crossing accident — A goods train hauling coal from Witbank to Maputo smashes into a truck carrying 44 farm workers near Hectorspruit, Mpumalanga, killing 26 people.
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