Accidents and Incidents
- 2 February 2002, 24 people die in the 2002 Charlotte's Dale train collision
- 26 October 2005, 2005 Deelfontein train collision, head-on collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo
- 13 November 2006, Faure level crossing accident, 19 people were killed at a level crossing near Somerset West when a metrorail train collided with a truck carrying farm workers.
- 21 April 2010, 3 crew died in the Pretoria runaway of a Rovos Rail train
- 25 August 2010, Blackheath level crossing accident, 10 children died as a result of a level crossing crash between a Metrorail commuter train and a minibus taxi.
- 13 July 2012. Hectorspruit level crossing accident, at least 25 people were killed at a level crossing near Hectorspruit, Mpumalanga, when a coal train collided with a truck carrying farm workers.
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