Skotterud derailment
| Skotterud derailment |
| Details |
| Date |
1 October 2010 |
| Location |
Skotterud |
| Country |
Norway |
| Rail line |
Kongsvinger Line |
| Operator |
SJ[1] |
| Type of incident |
Derailment |
| Cause |
Crack in a wheel of the first carriage |
| Statistics |
| Trains |
1 |
| Passengers |
300 |
| Deaths |
0 |
| Injuries |
40[2] |
The Skotterud derailment occurred on 1 October 2010, at Skotterud, Norway, when a InterCity train from Oslo (Norway) to Stockholm (Sweden) derailed due to a craked wheel. Forty people were reported injured.[3]
Accident
Shortly after leaving Kongsvinger the train derailed near Skotterud at 17:40, with one carriage flipping over on its side and another running off the track and stopping in a ditch.
Passengers reported loud noises, sudden braking and a crash that some thought resulted from a collision with a vehicle. Most managed to get out of the wrecked carriages themselves and an emergency reception center was set up at the nearby town hall in Skotterud.[1]
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Railway accidents in Norway
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Uttar Pradesh, India (2, 16, 17 and 22 January; 21, 24 September and 4 October) • Bilecik, Turkey (3 January) • Carrbridge, United Kingdom (4 January) • Buizingen, Belgium (15 February) • Sjursøya, Norway (24 March) • Moscow, Russia (29 March) • Merano, Italy (12 April) • Pretoria, South Africa (21 April) • Jiangxi, China (23 May) • Gyaneshwari, India (28 May) • Falls of Cruachan, Scotland (6 June) • Yanga, Republic of the Congo (21 June) • Castelldefels, Spain (23 June) • Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic (28 June) • Sainthia, India (19 July) • Fiesch, Switzerland (23 July) • Little Cornard, England (17 August) • Blackheath, South Africa (25 August) • Badarwas, India (20 September) • Bir El Bay, Tunisia (24 September) • Skotterud, Norway (1 October) • Petarukan, Indonesia (2 October) • Marhanets, Ukraine (12 October)
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