List of rail accidents in China

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This is a list of rail accidents in China.

Location Date Killed Injured Description Ref.
Tianjin March 25, 1889 15+ Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene.
Nunkouyu November 23, 1908 16 A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river. [1]
Lichiatsai February 1910 10+ Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train. [2]
Honam December 1910 31 111 Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train. [3]
Changsha January 1918 300 A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train. [4]
Hankou May 1926 50 A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons. [5]
Anting August 1926 20 A train derailed due to sabotage. [6]
Pengpu April 13, 1928 10+ A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river. [7]
Jinzhou December 1930 100+ A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang. [8]
Hankou February 1931 [9]
Shumchun April 20, 1931 12 20 A train ran down an embankment. [10]
Jaoyangho, Liaoning September 26, 1931 30 A train travelling from Mukden to Peking was derailed and looted by bandits. [11]
Yaplonya May 1932 40 100 A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train. [12]
Harbin September 11, 1932 A train was derailed and looted by bandits. [13]
Jiangxi August 1933 200 A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang. [14]
Chalantun November 1933 20+ 20+ A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manchuli derailed and crashed into a valley. [15]
Huangtaohotze April 19, 1934 Derailment of a Japanese troop train. [16]
Suichung January 1, 1935 12 30 A Japanese troor train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuoterritory. [17]
Tengchatang October 22, 1936 60 100 Runaway coaches crashed into a train. [18]
Sheklung, Guangzhou January 17, 1937 100 50 Fire on a passenger train. [19]
Sishihpo November 8, 1937 Japanese air raid on a passenger train. [20]
Kwangtung January 2, 1938 10 10 A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed. [21]
Milokang, Hunan May 16, 1938 100+ 100 Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. [22]
Songjiang Town September 8, 1938 300 400 Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees. [23]
Haiphong February 2, 1940 101 120 Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong. [24]
Suzhou November 29, 1940 100 205 Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas. [25]
Hunan May 30, 1946 90 60+ A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge. [26]
Tientsin May 1947 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. [27]
Yingtan July 10, 1947 21 56 A train derailed and plunged into a river. [28]
Shumchun, Guangdong September 3, 1948 25 98 A train derailed probably due to sabotage. [29]
Pengpu September 1948 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. [30]
Chuchow April 22, 1949 11 10 A train derailed. [31]
Guangzhou September 29, 1949 24 30 [32]
Tientsin January 1950 17 60 Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway. [33]
Fangshan District December 7, 1971 14 22 Collision between a passenger train and a truck.
Yangzhuang, Lujiang county December 16, 1978 106 218 Collision of two passenger trains. [34]
Heilongjiang February 11, 1979 100+ A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed.
Zhuzhou January 22, 1980 22 4
Ganluo County July 9, 1981 200+ 146 1981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash
Chaoyang Village October 20, 1981 3 65 Explosion.
May 14, 1984 6 22 Fire on a passenger train.
Hunan February 1985 13 4 A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks. [35]
Shaoguan January 15, 1986 7 38 Explosion on an express train.
Heilongjiang April 22, 1987 11 44 Explosion on an express train. [36]
Mengmiao July 18, 1987 9 69 Explosion on a passenger train.
Matianxu, Hunan January 7, 1988 34 30 Fire on a passenger train. [37]
January 17, 1988 19 76 Collision of a passenger train.
Yunnan January 24, 1988 90 67 A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun. [38]
Nanxiang March 24, 1988 29 100 Collision of two express trains. [39]
Liaoning December 23, 1988 46 54 A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [40]
Huinan January 18, 1989 32 41 A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [41]
Shanghai June 26, 1989 24 39 Suicide bombing of a passenger train. [42]
Guokou, Jiangsu September 18, 1991 13 A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog. [43]
Wulidun, Zhuzhou March 21, 1992 15 25 Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. [44]
Liaoning January 31, 1993 66 28 A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [45]
Liaoning April 30, 1993 35 A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. [46]
July 10, 1993 40 48
Guangxi August 13, 1994 12 50 Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin. [47]
Beijing October 20, 1994 17 12+ A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [48]
Rongjiawan, Yueyang April 29, 1997 126 230 Collision of two passenger trains. [49]
Central China September 1998 27 4 A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party. [50]
Liaoning January, 1999 24 100 Collision of a freight train with a passenger train. [51]
Hengyang July 19, 1999 9 40 Derailment of a passenger train.
Shenyang July 31, 2005 5 30 Collision of a freight train with a passenger train due to a sabotaged signal. [52]
January 23, 2008 18 9
Zibo April 28, 2008 72 416 Zibo train collision
Chenzhou June 29, 2009 3 63 Chenzhou train collision
Liuzhou City July 29, 2009 4 34 Derailment of a passenger train [53]
Dongxiang County, Jiangxi May 23, 2010 19 71 2010 Jiangxi derailment
Hohhot August 13, 2010 11 1 A train carrying stones derailed at a construction site. [54]
Urumqi March 24, 2011 3 85 A train crashed into a bus. [55]
Wenzhou July 23, 2011 40 210+ Wenzhou train collision

See also

References

  1. ↑ Train wreck in China, St. Joseph Gazette (November 25, 1908)
  2. ↑ A railway disaster in China, The Straits Times (March 4, 1910)
  3. ↑ Terrible railway accident in China, Weekly Sun (December 17, 1910)
  4. ↑ Railway disaster near Changsha, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 11, 1918)
  5. ↑ Railway accident in China, The Straits Times (May 14, 1926)
  6. ↑ Twenty killed in Shanghai wreck, The Beaver Falls Tribune (August 26, 1926)
  7. ↑ China railway smash, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (May 9, 1928)
  8. ↑ Raiwlay disaster in China, The Straits Times (December 30, 1930)
  9. ↑ Train disaster in China, The Straits Times (February 19, 1931)
  10. ↑ China train smash, The Straits Times (April 22, 1931)
  11. ↑ Britisher killed by bandits, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (September 28, 1931)
  12. ↑ Chinese train crash, The Straits Times (May 29, 1932)
  13. ↑ Bandits wreck train in Manchuria: 100 killed, The Straits Times (September 12, 1932)
  14. ↑ China railway disaster, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (August 22, 1933)
  15. ↑ 20 soldiers killed, The Straits Times (November 28, 1933)
  16. ↑ Train jumps rails, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (April 20, 1934)
  17. ↑ 12 killed in Japanese troop train tragedy, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 5, 1935)
  18. ↑ China train wreck kills 60 people, The Calgary Daily Herald (October 26, 1936)
  19. ↑ 100 persons perish in Chinese train disaster, Ottawa Citizen (January 18, 1937)
  20. ↑ Train bombed in China; 200 hurt or killed, The Milwaukee Journal (November 8, 1938)
  21. ↑ Train derailed, ten killed, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 4, 1938)
  22. ↑ 200 dead in China rail smash, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (May 20, 1938)
  23. ↑ Skies rain death on Chinese train, Lawrence Journal-World (September 8, 1938)
  24. ↑ Bombing of Yunnan lione to go on, says Tokyo, The Straits Times (February 6, 1940)
  25. ↑ Train blown up in China; many killed, Reading Eagle (November 29, 1940)
  26. ↑ Ninety Killed In Train Smash, The Straits Times (June 4, 1946)
  27. ↑ Land mine wrecks train, killing 100, Spokane Daily Chronicle (May 31, 1947)
  28. ↑ 21 Killed, 56 Injured in Chinese Train Wreck, Chicago Tribune (July 13, 1947)
  29. ↑ 25 Chinese dead in train wreck, Spokane Daily Chronicle (September 4, 1948)
  30. ↑ Mine blows up train in China, 100 killed, Eugene Register-Guard (September 16, 1948)
  31. ↑ Chinese Train Derailed, The Hartford Courant (April 24, 1949)
  32. ↑ 24 die in Canton train derailment, The Straits Times (October 1, 1949)
  33. ↑ 17 killed in rail crash, The Straits Times (January 29, 1950)
  34. ↑ Trains crash in China; 100 killed, 200 injured, Toledo Blade (December 24, 1978)
  35. ↑ Train toll, The Straits Times (March 13, 1985)
  36. ↑ Blast in train kills 11 in China, The Miami News ()
  37. ↑ 34 killed in China train fire, The Straits Times (January 9, 1988)
  38. ↑ 90 killed, 66 injured in China train crash, Manila Standard (January 26, 1988)
  39. ↑ Shanghai train crash leaves 26 dead, New Straits Times (March 26, 1988)
  40. ↑ 46 killed as train slams bus, Star-News (December 25, 1988)
  41. ↑ 32 killed in China as train slams bus, Toronto Star (January 19, 1989)
  42. ↑ Train blast kills 20 near Shanghai, The Milwaukee Sentinel (June 20, 1989)
  43. ↑ 13 railway workers killed by train in China, The Straits Times (September 20, 1991)
  44. ↑ Dozen killed when trains collide, Sun Journal (March 23, 1992)
  45. ↑ 66 die in China train-bus crash, New Straits Times (February 1, 1993)
  46. ↑ 35 killed as train rams into bus in China, The Straits Times (May 1, 1993)
  47. ↑ Train blast kills 12, The Straits Times (August 19, 1994)
  48. ↑ 17 killed when train hits bus in China, Chicago Tribune (October 21, 1994)
  49. ↑ At least 67 killed in train crash in China, New Straits Times (May 1, 1997)
  50. ↑ 27 in bridal party killed in accident, The Straits Times (September 17, 1998)
  51. ↑ 24 killed in train crash in China, The Straits Times (January 8, 1999)
  52. ↑ China crash 'due to cable theft', BBC News (August 2, 2005)
  53. ↑ Four killed, dozens injured after train derails in S China, Eastday (July 29, 2009)
  54. ↑ Train derails in North China, 11 dead, China Daily (August 14, 2010)
  55. ↑ 3 killed, 85 hurt in Urumqi when train hits bus, China Daily (March 24, 2011)