List of rail accidents (2000–2009)

2000

 * Norway - January 4, 2000 – Åsta accident, Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two diesel passenger trains collide on the Rørosbanen killing 19. The fire after the collision lasts nearly six hours.
 * Germany - February 6, 2000 – Brühl, Germany: An express night train from Amsterdam to Basel passes a construction area at excess speed and derails at Brühl station on the main line between Cologne and Bonn, crashing into a nearby house. Nine people die.
 * Denmark - March 2, 2000 – Kølkær, Denmark: Two regional trains collide head-on after one passes a red signal. Three die and 39 are injured.
 * Japan - March 8, 2000 – Naka-Meguro train disaster, Japan: A Tokyo Subway train derails and is hit by another train on the next track; Five die and 63 are injured.
 * Norway - April 5, 2000 – Lillestrøm in Skedsmo, Norway: A freight train's brakes fail between Strømmen and Lillestrøm; it collides with a stationary freight train at Lillestrøm station. Two gas wagons loaded with propane catch fire and 2000 people are evacuated in fear of a boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE); there are no casualties.
 * India - June 6, 2000 – A bomb explodes on a train in Bathinda, killing two and injuring one.
 * Indonesia - June 28, 2000 – 13 children die after a goods train they were riding on derails in Padang. As a result the Indonesian government cracks down on passengers clinging onto the sides of freight trains as a means of free travel.
 * Brazil - July 28, 2000 – At 21:15, a composition of the series 1700 (No 145) from Jaraguá to Francisco Morato parked at Perus station is struck by another empty composition of the series 1700 (No 127) that lost brakes on a stretch of descent, traveling 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) in eight minutes. The accident leaves nine dead and 115 injured; and destroys the Perus station.
 * Kenya - August 15, 2000 – According to a Kenya Broadcasting Corporation report, a Butere–Kisumu commuter train carrying 400 passengers derails on the shoreline of Lake Victoria, Lela, Nyanza, Kenya, in an incident caused by brake failure, killing 13; another 36 are injured.
 * Kenya - August 17, 2000 – six die in Kisumu after a freight train hits a packed bus on a busy level crossing during the morning rush hour.
 * Kenya - August 19, 2000 – According to a Kenya Television Network report, a Mombasa–Nairobi freight train with liquefied gas explodes and catches fire at Mavoko, Eastern, Kenya, killing 25 and injuring 50; most of the dead and injured are residents of houses near the railroad line.
 * United Kingdom - October 17, 2000 – Hatfield rail crash, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom: As the London–Leeds express passes at 115 miles per hour (185 km/h), a faulty rail shatters into 300 pieces because of a condition known as rolling contact fatigue. Four are killed and 102 are injured. This rail failure forces the biggest and most expensive re-railing exercise in British history, with huge service disruption for many months. Operator Railtrack is found guilty in one of the longest rail-related trials in UK legal history, but manslaughter charges against company managers are not sustained.
 * Austria - November 11, 2000 – Kaprun disaster, Austria: A funicular train catches fire in a tunnel because of an unsafely–installed heater. 155 die.
 * India - December 2, 2000 – Sarai Banjara rail disaster, a crowded commuter train crashes into a derailed freight train in Punjab. More than 45 die.
 * Philippines - December 30, 2000 - Rizal Day bombings, Philippines: A bomb explodes on a Manila Light Rail Transit System train during a terrorist attack near Blumentritt station. 22 die and hundreds are injured.

2001

 * Republic of the Congo January 12, 2001 – Nvoungouti, Congo: Over 30 die when two trains collide because of a brake failure at Nvoungouti.
 * Canada February 7, 2001 – Toronto, Ontario: Ontario Northland Railway's Northlander passenger train derails in the Don Valley near the Bayview Extension and Pottery Road area. 2 of the 23 passengers are slightly injured.
 * United Kingdom February 28, 2001 – Selby rail crash, Great Heck, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom: a driver on England's M62 motorway falls asleep at the wheel and runs off the road, landing on railway tracks; he escapes, and his vehicle is hit by a passenger train, which derails and hits a coal train traveling in the opposite direction. 10 die, over 80 are injured. The car driver is later jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.
 * Belgium March 27, 2001 – Pécrot rail crash, Pécrot, Belgium: Two passenger trains collide on the same track. 8 die and 12 are injured. Lack of common language like Seaspeak a factor.
 * Canada April 12, 2001 – Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada: a teenager tampers with a control switch on the VIA Rail Canada's Ocean. Many are injured in the resulting crash.
 * United States May 15, 2001 – Toledo, Ohio, United States: A CSX freight train of 47 cars, including some with hazardous molten phenol acid, runs away in the yard at Toledo with no engineer aboard. The engineer, Michael Scanlan, had stepped out to reset a switch but had improperly applied the dynamic brake. It runs for 66 miles (106 km) to Kenton, Ohio before being stopped by a railroad worker who jumps aboard and manages to stop it. CSX had slowed the train down to 10 mph by coupling an engine onto the end.
 * India June 21, 2001 – Kadalundi River rail disaster, Kerala, India: 57 people die.
 * United States July 18, 2001 – Howard Street Tunnel fire, Baltimore, Maryland, United States: A 60-car CSX train carrying chemicals and wood products derails in a 1.7 miles (3 km) long tunnel under Baltimore, causing water contamination and a fire that burns for six days.
 * Sri Lanka August 19, 2001 – Kurunegala train crash, Sri Lanka: 13 die when a train in Sri Lanka derails because of speeding and overcrowding.
 * Indonesia September 2, 2001 – Cirebon, Indonesia: A passenger train and a locomotive collide, killing 40 and seriously injuring 37.
 * Russia November 8, 2001 – Russia: A nuclear waste train from Bulgaria crashes at midnight between the Krasnoyarsk and Kemerovo on the Trans-Siberian railway. 14 of the 20 tanker-wagons derail and the line is closed for about 12 hours. 1 km of track is damaged.
 * Greece December 18, 2001 – Orestiada, Greece: 1 death results when a train becomes stuck in a snow drift and derails at the town of Orestiada, near the Bulgarian border. Temperatures fall to −10°C.
 * Indonesia December 25, 2001 – A packed passenger train careens into a station just outside Berbes, Indonesia and slams into a stationary train from Jakarta, killing 27 and seriously wounding dozens according to the local authorities and Indonesian Red Cross.

2002

 * United States January 21, 2002 – Minot train derailment, Minot, North Dakota, United States: A Canadian Pacific Railway train derails at 01:40 CST near a residential area west of Minot; the derailment results in a massive anhydrous ammonia leak. Seven of 15 tank cars rupture, releasing more than 750,000 liters (200,000 US gallons) of anhydrous ammonia which vaporizes in the sub-zero air, forming a toxic cloud that drifts over much of Minot. One man dies and numerous others are treated for chemical exposure.
 * South Africa February 6, 2002 – Charlotte's Dale train crash, South Africa: Two commuter trains collide in Charlotte's Dale near Durban. 22 die, including 16 children.
 * Egypt February 20, 2002 – Al Ayatt train disaster, Egypt: A train packed to double capacity catches fire, 373 die.
 * Spain March 30, 2002 – A Spanish high-speed express train on the Valencia–Barcelona route of the Euromed collides head-on with the Tortosa-Barcelona Catalunya express. Between both trains, 600 passengers were onboard, five cars of the Euromed are damaged at Torredembarra station, outskirts of Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. At least four die and another 88 are injured.
 * United States April 18, 2002 – Crescent City, Florida, United States: 21 cars of an Amtrak Auto-Train derail near Crescent City. Four deaths, 142 injured. The National Transportation Safety Board initial accident report finds that the ECP brakes purchased for the train were not functioning: the final report determines that the accident was caused by a hot-weather "sun kink" misalignment of the track due to inadequate CSX maintenance-of-way, and stated that equipment and track damages totaled about $8.3 million.
 * United States April 23, 2002 – Placentia, California, United States: a BNSF Railway freight train collides head-on with a Metrolink train in Placentia, near the Atwood Junction, at the intersection of Orangethorpe Avenue and Van Buren Street. Two people die in the crash and twenty-two are seriously injured.
 * Canada May 2, 2002 – Firdale, Manitoba, Canada: An eastbound CN train collides with a trailer; about 20 cars carrying plastic pellets, benzene, glycol and hexane catch fire, forcing the evacuation of nearly 200 residents.
 * United Kingdom May 10, 2002 – Potters Bar rail crash, north of London, England, United Kingdom: a northbound train derails at high speed; 7 die, 11 seriously injured.
 * India May 13, 2002 – Jaunpur train crash, 12 people die when a passenger train derails and crashes in Uttar Pradesh. It is insinuated that the train was sabotaged.
 * Mozambique May 25, 2002 – Tenga, Mozambique: In an accident reminiscent of the 1889 Armagh rail disaster, passenger carriages, separated from a train also carrying freight, run away and smash into a cement train, killing 200.
 * United States May 28, 2002 – Clarendon, Texas, United States: A BNSF Railway coal train exceeds its movement authority under an "after-arrival" track warrant while the engineer is making a personal cell phone call, and collides head-on with a BNSF intermodal train. All four crew members jump from their trains before impact and are injured, the intermodal engineer fatally.
 * Sri Lanka June 13, 2002 – Alawwa train crash, Sri Lanka: Train derails whilst coming into Alawwa station, killing 14 people.
 * Tanzania June 24, 2002 – Igandu train disaster, Tanzania: Nearly 300 die when a passenger train rolls backwards into a goods train.
 * Italy July 20, 2002 – The Palermo–Venice train derails in Rometta Marea, Messina, Italy, killing eight people.
 * United States July 29, 2002 – Kensington, Maryland, United States: The eastbound Amtrak Capitol Limited, train 30, while traversing a CSX route, strikes a sun kink at 1:55 PM while traveling at 60 mph (100 km/h) near milepost 11.78. Several cars go down an embankment and four Superliners overturn against trees. 16 people are seriously injured and 79 people suffer from minor injuries. The misalignment was determined to be caused by an improperly tamped ballast and excessive speed in the 96°F (35°C) sunny weather. "Slow orders" were imposed on passenger trains in the area on very hot days following this accident.
 * Germany September 9, 2002 – Bad Münder, Germany: Two freight trains collide head-on after a brake failure on one of the trains. A tank car loaded with 1-Chlor-2,3-epoxypropan explodes, contaminating the station and exposing 96 firemen to carcinogenic fumes.
 * India September 9, 2002 – Rafiganj rail disaster. Over 130 die when a passenger train derails and falls into the Dhave River in Bihar because of sabotaged tracks.
 * United States September 27, 2002 – Jamaica, New York: Three cars of a JFK Airtrain test train derail near Federal Circle. The train's lone occupant, a train operator testing the automated equipment, is crushed to death by the cement blocks inside the first car. The cement blocks were used to evenly distribute the weight inside the car, simulating the weight of customers when in passenger service. When the train derailed, the cement blocks collapsed onto the operator.
 * Australia October 13, 2002 – Benalla level crossing collision, Victoria, Australia. A heritage train hauled by K class steam locomotive K 183 collides with a B-Double truck that failed to clear the level crossing. The impact causes the locomotive to derail, rolling onto its side, and the locomotive's tender to be forced into the locomotive's cab. Three of the four people in the cab at the time of the collision are killed and one critically injured.
 * France November 6, 2002 – Nancy, France: A fire breaks out in the front two carriages of an overnight sleeper train heading from Paris to Vienna. 12 passengers die of smoke inhalation, 9 are injured.
 * India December 21, 2002 – Kurnool train crash, 20 die when a passenger train derails in Andhra Pradesh, the result of sabotage.

2003

 * India January 3, 2003 – Ghatnandur train crash, 18 people die in the collision of two trains at Ghatnandur in Maharashtra
 * Australia January 31, 2003 – Waterfall train disaster, Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia: The driver of a southbound passenger train suffers a heart attack and dies; the train speeds out of control and derails on a curve, overturning several cars; 6 passengers die.
 * Zimbabwe February 2, 2003 – Dete train crash, Zimbabwe: Two trains collide, derailing and catching fire, killing over 40.
 * Australia February 3, 2003 – Broadmeadows train runaway & crash, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: An unmanned electric suburban train rolls away from Broadmeadows Station and runs for 16.848 kilometres at speeds in excess of 100 km/h through many pedestrian and level crossings before crashing into a stationary Diesel passenger train at Southern Cross Station derailing both. No injuries result from this incident.
 * South Korea February 18, 2003 – Daegu subway fire, South Korea: A mentally ill man starts a fire which engulfs two subway trains, killing some 200.
 * Republic of China March 1, 2003 – Chiayi, Taiwan: A brake system malfunction aboard a train on the Alishan Forest Railway causes the driver to lose control and the train plummets into a valley. 17 die, 173 injured.
 * Netherlands March 20, 2003 – Roermond, Netherlands: The driver of an NS passenger train has a heart attack, runs through a red signal, collides head-on with a freight train; the driver is killed, six passengers are seriously injured. After passing a distant signal at danger the automatic safety system did not enforce a deceleration large enough to prevent a collision.
 * Hungary May 9, 2003 – Siófok, Hungary: A German tourist bus disregards the crossing signal at a level crossing and is struck by a fast train from Budapest to Nagykanizsa. 33 tourists are killed.
 * India May 15, 2003 – Ladhowal train fire, A passenger train catches fire, 38 die near Ladhowal in the Punjab.
 * Spain June 3, 2003 – Albacete train crash: 19 die when a TALGO train and a freight train collide head-on in Albacete, Southern Spain.
 * Germany June 11, 2003 – 6 die and 25 are injured when two passenger trains collide head-on near Schrozberg, Germany.
 * United States June 20, 2003 – Commerce, California: A runaway Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derails in the Los Angeles suburb, destroying several homes and rupturing natural gas lines.
 * India June 23, 2003 – Vaibhavwadi rail disaster: 51 die when a special holiday train derails in Maharashtra, India.
 * India July 2, 2003 – Warangal train crash: 22 die when a train's brakes fail and it falls off a bridge into a crowded fish market in Warangal, India.
 * United Kingdom July 7, 2003 – Between Evesham and Pershore, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, a First Great Western train collides with a minibus on a level crossing, killing 3 people in the minibus.
 * United Kingdom August 3, 2003 – Kent, England, United Kingdom: Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway steam train hits a car driven across the level crossing. Steam train driver dies, car driver with passenger and some train passengers are injured.
 * United States October 12, 2003 – Chicago, Illinois, United States: A Metra train carrying 350 passengers derails after its engineer ignores warning signals telling him to slow down for a track change and continues travelling 73 miles per hour over a 10 mph switch. Front engine rolls onto its side and catches fire. Almost 100 persons injured. The engineer is not terminated and continues to work for Metra. This occurs in the same spot and for the same reasons as the 2005 Metra crash.
 * Republic of China October 14 – at Yingge, Taipei County, Taiwan, a bus carrying students on a field trip collides with a south-bound train, killing 4 and injuring 42.
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo November 26 – Matadi-Kinshasa Railway - a train runs off the line in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is damaged in the river, officially causing 10 deaths.

2004

 * United Kingdom February 15, 2004 – Tebay rail accident, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom: A sleeper (railroad tie) transporter trolley with defective brakes carrying 16 tonnes of rails becomes detached from a maintenance train south of Penrith and rolls down the falling gradient until it strikes and kills 4 workmen in a team repairing the line at Tebay, between Oxenholme and Penrith. The owner of the sleeper transporter truck (a contractor working for Network Rail) is prosecuted.
 * Iran February 18, 2004 – Nishapur train disaster, Nishapur, Iran
 * Spain March 11, 2004 – 2004 Madrid train bombings: 191 die when bombs are detonated on four commuter trains in Madrid.
 * Turkey April 16, 2004 – Temelli, Turkey: An overnight İzmir to Ankara express hits a truck in Temelli, near Ankara, as it crosses a level-crossing. 7 to 10 children die and 2 to 5 more are injured according to various reports at the time.
 * North Korea April 22, 2004 – Ryongchon disaster, North Korea: 161 killed and more than 1000 injured when an explosion takes place.
 * India June 17, 2004 – Karanjadi train crash, near Matsyagandha, Mumbai, India: 20 die and 100 are injured when 10 carriages fall off a bridge during a monsoon-induced landslide.
 * United States June 28, 2004 – Macdona, Texas, United States, near San Antonio: 4 die and 51 are injured when a Union Pacific Railroad train fails to stop at a signal and collides with another train, causing lethal chlorine gas to leak out of a train car. The UP driver and two local residents living near the tracks die. Several other residents and many visiting an area SeaWorld theme park are seriously injured by the gas.
 * Turkey July 23, 2004 – An Istanbul–Ankara express with 230 people on board, derails at Pamukova, Sakarya Province, Turkey and the carriages overturn, according to Turkish government official confirmed, killing at least 38, injuring another 80.
 * Turkey August 4, 2004 – Near Tavsancil, Turkey: 6 die and 85 are injured when a train driver falls asleep at the controls, goes through a red light and hits a stationary train head-on.
 * Sweden September 10, 2004 – Nosaby, near Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden: A heavy truck is caught between the barriers at a level crossing, and is hit by a passenger train. Two aboard the train die, 47 are injured. The truck driver was found guilty of not attempting to move the vehicle away from the level crossing, and was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment.
 * Japan October 23, 2004 – Nagaoka, Niigata: During the Chūetsu Earthquake eight of ten cars of the Toki No. 325 train on the Jōetsu Shinkansen derail. None of the 154 passengers are killed or injured.
 * United States November 3, 2004 – Washington, D.C., United States: An out-of-service Washington Metro train rolls backwards into the Woodley Park-Zoo/Adams Morgan Station and hits a revenue train servicing the station. No one dies, 20 people are injured. The National Transportation Safety Board [RAR-06/01] determines that the probable cause was the failure of the operator of the out-of-service train to apply the brakes to stop the train, likely due to his reduced alertness.
 * United Kingdom November 6, 2004 – Ufton Nervet rail crash, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom: A High Speed Train hits a stationary car on a level crossing (an apparent suicide) at 100 mph and derails. Five train passengers and the drivers of both the train and the car die; over 100 passengers are injured.
 * Turkey November 10, 2004 – Ankara, Turkey: 37 die when an express train hits a truck on a crossing near Ankara and derails.
 * United States November 11, 2004 – San Antonio, Texas: A Union Pacific Railroad train derails off the tracks in an industrial district, killing one man working in a warehouse office and injuring others.
 * Turkey November 14, 2004 – Ankara, Turkey: 15 die and 45 injured as an express train derails near Ankara.
 * Australia November 15, 2004 – Cairns Tilt Train derailment, Berajondo (near Bundaberg), Queensland, Australia: The world's fastest narrow-gauge train derails at 112 km/h. No one is killed or permanently injured. The accident is blamed on the train travelling too fast on a curved line.
 * United States November 29, 2004 – Richland, Florida: Two CSX freight trains collide in early morning fog at Vitis Junction, killing one and injuring three.
 * Sri Lanka December 26, 2004 – Queen of the Sea rail disaster, Telwatta, Sri Lanka: Approximately 1700 die in the world's worst rail disaster as a train is overwhelmed by a tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

2005

 * United States January 6, 2005 – Graniteville train disaster, Graniteville, South Carolina, United States: 9 people (including the engineer) die and over 250 are injured when a 42-car Norfolk Southern freight train collides head-on with a stopped local near the Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville. 16 cars are derailed in this accident, including a tank car that ruptures 90 tons of chlorine gas into the air, leading to the deaths and injuries that occurred during this accident. The NTSB determines the cause of the accident is a failure to reline the switch for mainline operations.
 * Italy January 7, 2005 – A passenger train running from Verona to Bologna fails to stop at a red light and collides frontally with a freight train, near Crevalcore. There was thick fog at the time of the accident.[46] 17 die.
 * Canada January 12, 2005 – Fort St. John, Winnipeg. 5 cars of a CN propane tanker train de-rail, causing a major evacuation.
 * Thailand January 17, 2005 – Bangkok. 140 passengers are injured in a collision of 2 metro trains in the new MRT Blue-line.
 * United States January 26, 2005 – Glendale train crash, Glendale, California, United States: In a planned suicide attempt in which the suspect changes his mind, a southbound Metrolink double-deck commuter train collides with the man's vehicle that he has driven onto the tracks and then abandoned. The southbound train derails, then strikes both a moving northbound Metrolink train on the adjacent track as well as a parked Union Pacific Railroad freight train on a siding. 11 people die, about 100 injured.
 * India February 3, 2005 – Nagpur level crossing disaster, India: A tractor-trailer carrying a wedding party is hit by a train. 55 wedding guests die.
 * Latvia February 9, 2005 – Riga, Latvia: A Lielvarde-Riga passenger train collides with empty stock heading for Riga train depot, killing four people and injuring 32. Official report states that the conductor had missed the red signal.
 * Sweden February 28, 2005 – A chlorine tanker train derails due to brake failure after they were wrongly set to "empty". The line was closed for 2 weeks.
 * United States April 14, 2005 – Solon Springs, Wisconsin: 19 cars of a CN train derail and cause a forest fire.
 * Slovakia April 15, 2005 – in Bratislava-Petržalka railway station in the 11.00, the Austrian ÖBB railway company's international train IC 402 Gerlach Bratislava-Vienna hits a car - 1 member injured.
 * India April 21, 2005 – Vadodara rail collision, India: collision between freight and passenger express train; 18 die
 * Japan April 25, 2005 – Amagasaki rail crash, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan: A train derails on sharp curve and smashes into an apartment building. 107 die, 549 are injured. Investigation shows the driver was speeding because of a slight delay.
 * Sri Lanka April 26, 2005 – Polgahawela level crossing collision, Sri Lanka: a bus tries to beat the train at a level crossing; at least 35 die, all on the bus.
 * United States May 5, 2005 – Galt, Illinois, United States - A Union Pacific train derails and destroys the 140 ft Transcontinental mainline bridge at Elkhorn creek.
 * India May 9, 2005 – Biaora, India: 8 die when a bullock cart is hit at a level-crossing in Biaora.
 * Indonesia May 19, 2005 – Bandar Lampung, Indonesia: A passenger train from Palembang crashes into another passenger train at Bandar Lampung station and derails. 7 children die and just under 200 were injured. Human error is blamed for the accident and many of the dead are passengers clinging on to the sides of the Palembang train. The Indonesian government begins a crack down on people clinging on to the exteriors of trains as a means of travel.
 * Russia June 12, 2005 – between Uzunovo and Bogatishchevo, Russia: At 0710 a bomb explodes derailing the locomotive and first four passenger cars of the Grozny-Moscow train. Investigators find wires leading from the explosion site to a control panel and hideout about 50 m from the site.
 * Russia June 16, 2005 – Between Zubtsov and Aristovo in Tver Oblast of Russia: 27 of 60 fuel oil tankers bound from Moscow to Riga derail at a speed of about 70 km/h, about 300 tonnes of fuel leaks. 641 metres of track are destroyed and the Volga River was briefly contaminated. The crash was blamed on poor track maintenance.
 * Israel June 21, 2005 – Revadim, Israel: A Beersheba-bound passenger train collides with a coal delivery truck near Revadim, about 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of Tel Aviv. At least 7 die and more than 200 are injured.
 * Indonesia June 30, 2005 – Indonesia: 2 die and 80 are injured (most seated on the train's roof) when a passenger train between Bogor and Jakata ploughs into the back of another train that is waiting in the station after a previous train had broken down outside the same station. Heavy rain is blamed for reducing visibility.
 * United Kingdom July 7, 2005 – London, England, United Kingdom: A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 52, plus four suicide bombers. (See 7 July 2005 London bombings)
 * United Kingdom July 10, 2005 – Kent, England, United Kingdom: Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway steam train hits a car driven across a level crossing. Steam train driver dies, car driver and train passengers are uninjured.
 * Pakistan July 13, 2005 – Ghotki rail crash, Ghotki, Pakistan: A chain reaction accident caused by one train missing a signal and colliding into another results in three trains crashed and over 150 people dead.
 * Poland July 14, 2005 – Gliwice, Poland: two truck trains crash entering the station, one motorman dies, one motorman is seriously wounded.
 * Austria July 26, 2005 – Vienna rail crash - passenger train of the ÖBB crashes into a cargo train, injuring 43.
 * India July 28, 2005 – Jaunpur train bombing, Janpur, India: A bomb explodes on a train in Uttar Pradesh, killing 13.
 * People's Republic of China July 31, 2005 – Shenyang, China: A train from Xi'an to Changchun passes a sabotaged railway signal and collides with a freight train, killing 5 passengers. Officials state that some wiring was stolen from a nearby signal box causing the signal to malfunction.[56]
 * Greece August 1, 2005 – Kilkis, Greece: a truck driver is struck by a train on a crossing and dies. The driver ignored crossing warnings.
 * United States August 2, 2005 – Raleigh, North Carolina, United States: Two people are killed when their truck is hit by an Amtrak train. The driver bypassed safety barriers.[58]
 * Canada August 5, 2005 – CN Rail Cheakamus River derailment, British Columbia: Nine cars of a CN Rail train derail into the Cheakamus River near Whistler British Columbia. 40,000 litres of caustic soda enter the river, killing over 500,000 fish and greatly damaging the surrounding ecosystem.[59]
 * United States September 17, 2005 – Chicago, Illinois, United States: A Metra commuter train traveling into Chicago derails, killing two and injuring 83.
 * India October 3, 2005 – Datia train crash, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India: 16 die when a train travelling at six times the speed limit derails.
 * United States October 15, 2005 – Texarkana, Arkansas, United States: Union Pacific train rear-ends another train, derailing and puncturing a tank car containing propylene. The leak reaches an ignition source at a nearby house, causing a massive explosion and subsequent fire. A 1-mile radius is evacuated, and one resident is killed.
 * Italy October 23, 2005 – Bari province, Apulia region, Italy. Eurostar Italia train 9410, running from Taranto to Milan, derails between Acquaviva delle Fonti and Sannicandro di Bari when subsidence due to heavy rain causes a bridge to collapse under it, leaving two bare rails spanning the 12 m deep ravine. The train completes the crossing and comes to rest with its rear end suspended over the void. Nobody dies.
 * South Africa October 26, 2005 – The passenger train Shosholoza Meyl collides head on with the stationary Blue Train at Deelfontein station just outside of De Aar in the Northern Cape. Both trains derail. The Blue Train has much more damage than the Shosholoza Meyl. This particular set of the Blue Train (there are two sets) stayed out of service for the next two years.
 * India October 29, 2005 – Veligonda rail disaster, Veligonda, Andhra Pradesh, India: At least 114 die and many more are injured when part of the track is swept away by a flood, causing a train to derail.
 * Turkey November 23, 2005 - At 6.30 am a train hits a truck on a level crossing between Tarsus and Mersin. 9 die and 18 are injured.
 * United Kingdom November 26, 2005 – Moy near Inverness, Scotland. 9 are airlifted to hospital when a First ScotRail Class 170 DMU derails after hitting debris from a landslide caused by a local blizzard.
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo November 29, 2005 – Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo: Over 60 people are swept off the roof of a train by the beams of a bridge in the Maniema province.
 * Japan December 25, 2005 – Shonai, Yamagata, Japan: According to Japanese Railroad official and NTV report, all 6 cars of Akita–Niigata Inaho express train derail and three passenger cars are crushed, 5 die and 32 are injured. Strong winter winds are thought to be the cause

2006

 * United States January 6, 2006 – Possum Point, Virginia, United States: - A broken CSX rail causes Virginia Railway Express Train #304 to derail at Possum Point. The last 3 cars of the 6 cars come off the track but do not fall over. NTSB finds that CSX failed to post speed restrictions and repair/replace the track in a timely fashion. There are only a few minor injuries.[67]
 * Serbia and Montenegro January 23, 2006 – Bioče train disaster: A passenger train crashes into a ravine near Podgorica, killing 46 and injuring 198.[68]
 * Pakistan January 29, 2006 – A broken rail causes a derailment near Jhelum in the Punjab, killing 2 and injuring 29. Poor maintenance is officially being cited as cause of the accident; sabotage is suspected by some authorities. The government inquiry later blames defective and aging rails.[69][70][71]
 * Greece February 16, 2006 – Serres, Greece: An inter-city train strikes a truck at a grade crossing near Serres and derails. A passenger and the truck driver die, and 20 on the train are injured.
 * Canada February 17, 2006 – High winds derail six Canadian Pacific freight cars on the Saint-Laurent railway Bridge between Montreal and Kahnawake, Quebec, leaving them dangling precariously over the water. It takes several days to remove the cars, disrupting rail service. [3] [4]
 * Republic of China March 10, 2006 – Hualien, Taiwan- 5 railroad workers die when hit by a southbound train.
 * United States March 13, 2006 – Austin, Texas, United States: Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, the reigning Miss Deaf Texas, is killed by the snowplow on a 65-car Union Pacific freight train while trespassing on the tracks and text-messaging her parents. The train sounds its horn repeatedly and attempts to apply the emergency brakes but did not stop in time.[72]
 * United States April 5, 2006 – Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, United States: Patrick Deans, 18, High School football player, is struck and killed by a CSX freight train while trespassing on the tracks. Two CSX trains are passing at the time. Patrick escapes one train and is struck by the other.[73]
 * Indonesia April 15, 2006 – Gubug, Java: 13 die and 26 are injured as two trains collide and wreckage falls into a paddy field. One Swiss man is among the injured. Human error by the driver is officially blamed.[74][75]
 * Australia April 28, 2006 – Victoria, Australia: A V/Line VLocity high-speed train is derailed when struck by an 18 wheeler truck, killing 2 and injuring 28 on the Ballarat to Ararat line.[76]
 * Australia May 25, 2006 – Lismore, Victoria: truck fails to stop at level crossing, derailing trains and causing massive pileup of wagons.[77] Mist/fog is factor.
 * Israel June 12, 2006 – Netanya, Israel: A passenger train from Tel Aviv to Haifa derails after colliding with a lorry on a level crossing, killing 5 and injuring more than 100.[78]
 * United States June 14, 2006 – Madera, California: Two BNSF Railway freight trains collide head-on due to one of the trains running a red signal. One of the train's crews, the one that ran the red, is suspected to be high on cocaine. There was a camera on board one of the locomotives involved in the collsion; the video of the collision is widely available on YouTube and related sites.[79][80]
 * Spain July 3, 2006 – Valencia metro accident in Valencia, Spain: A Valencia Metro train derails after leaving Jesús station, killing 41 and injuring at least 47. The records of the train's black box show that the train passed a bend at 80 km/h, above the speed limited of 40 km/h at 80 km/h.[81][82]
 * India July 11, 2006 – A series of bomb attacks strikes commuter trains in Mumbai, India, killing at least 200.[83]
 * Bangladesh July 11, 2006 – A train collide with crowded bus at an unmanned railroad crossing at Akkelpur, Jaipurhat, Bangladesh, killing at least 33, another 30 are injured.
 * Luxembourg July 14, 2006 – Luxembourg: A man suspected to have a mental disorder sets a newspaper alight on board a train, resulting in a fire that injures 31, with 7 suffering critical injuries.[84]
 * India August 18, 2006 – two carriages catch fire on the Chennai-Hyderabad Express near Secundrabad station[85]
 * Egypt August 21, 2006 – Egypt: Two trains collide in the town of Qalyoub, 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Cairo, killing 57 people and injuring 128.[86]
 * Spain August 21, 2006 – Spain: A speeding eastbound RENFE intercity train derails in Villada, 40 km west of Palencia, leaving six people dead and 36 injured.[87][88]
 * Zimbabwe August 27, 2006 – Zimbabwe: 5 die in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train 30 km south of Victoria Falls.[89]
 * Egypt September 4, 2006 – Egypt: A passenger train collides with a freight train north of Cairo, killing five and injuring 30.
 * Germany September 22, 2006 – Lathen, Emsland, Germany: 21 passengers and two maintenance workers die and many more are injured when a German Transrapid train collides with a maintenance of way vehicle on the system's test track near the Netherlands border. See 2006 Lathen maglev train accident.
 * France October 11, 2006 – 2006 Zoufftgen rail crash, near Metz, France: Passenger and freight trains collide head-on at Zoufftgen, Moselle, close to the Luxembourg border. 5 die, including the drivers of both trains, and 20 are injured.[96] The accident is ascribed to human error in the controlling signalling centre in Luxembourg.
 * Italy October 17, 2006 – Rome Metro collision, Italy: Two metro trains collide at Rome's Vittorio Emanuele metro station, killing at least one person and injuring around 60.[97]
 * United States October 20, 2006 – New Brighton, Pennsylvania - A Norfolk Southern unit train of tank cars containing ethanol derails on a bridge over the Beaver River. The resulting fire burns for days and forces some evacuations.[98][99]
 * India November 9, 2006 – India: 40 die and 15 are injured in a West Bengal rail accident.
 * United States November 9, 2006 – Baxter, California - Six cars of a runaway maintenance train derail, killing two of the crew.[100][101]
 * South Africa November 13, 2006 – South Africa - A Metrorail train smashes into a truck carrying farm workers at a level crossing near Somerset West, killing 27.[102]
 * India November 20, 2006 – India: A bomb explodes on a train near Belacoba station in West Bengal, India, killing 7 and injuring 53. See 2006 West Bengal train disaster.[103]
 * Netherlands November 20, 2006 – A train passes a red signal causing a head-on collision in Rotterdam. The passenger train is empty and none are injured; thereis extensive damage to the rail track and its overhead power lines[104]
 * Netherlands November 21, 2006 – Arnhem rail crash, Netherlands - A train passes a red signal causing a head-on collision.[105]
 * Croatia November 24, 2006 – Drniš, Croatia - A HŽ ICN tilting train number 521 collides with a lorry loaded with Knauf cement boards at the railroad crossing that is not equipped with ramp or warning lights. Train engineer dies instantly, the lorry driver sustains severe injuries and survives. Train composition suffers major damage and is subsequently written off the Croatian Railways' rolling stock.[106]
 * United States November 30, 2006 – North Baltimore, Ohio - 15 cars carrying steel derail when the train inadvertently switches to a side track. These cars then impact a coal train on a parallel set of tracks, causing four of its cars to also derail. The PUCO blames the accident on a chain hanging from one of the rolling stock, which engaged a switch handle on the tracks, causing a shift of the rails. Three people who were in vehicles waiting for the train to pass are injured as a result of the accident, none seriously.[107][108]
 * India December 1, 2006 – Bihar, India - Bhágalpur in the Ganges a portion of the 150-year-old 'Ulta Pul' bridge being dismantled collapses over a passing train of India's Eastern Railways, killing 35 and injuring 17.[109][110]
 * Italy December 13, 2006 – Avio, Italy, a freight train operated by Trenitalia passes a red signal and crashes on a freight train of the private company Rail Traction Company. Two Trenitalia engineers die in the violent crash[111]
 * Mexico December 28, 2006 – In the industrial zone of Cuautitlán in Mexico City, 24 people die when their bus collides with a 36-wagon freight train. Another 12 passengers arehurt. Police arrest the bus driver who reportedly tried to flee the scene.

2007
* Turkey January 4, 2007 – Hatay Province, Turkey: A freight train crashes into a truck carrying farm workers at a railroad crossing in Hatay Province, Turkey, killing 7 and injuring 19.[112] * United States January 10, 2007 – Woburn, Massachusetts - A MBTA Commuter train crashes into a work crew, killing two and injuring three crew members. 40 passengers on the train are also injured. * United States January 16, 2007 – Brooks, Kentucky train derailment - A CSX freight train derails in Brooks, Kentucky.[113] * Indonesia January 16, 2007 – Central Java, Indonesia: The Senja Bengawan train derails, leading to five fatalities.[114] * Hungary February 6, 2007 – Hungary: An EU Regio passenger train traveling 101 km/h hits the end of a freight train between Almásfüzítő and Komárom stations. The driver of the passenger train dies, 4 passengers are injured. * India February 19, 2007 – Samjhauta Express bombings Deewana, near Panipat, Haryana State, India: At least 68 die in a suspected bomb blast on the Delhi-Attari Special train (the "Friendship Express") near Deewana, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Delhi, at around 23:55 local time.[115][116] * United Kingdom February 23, 2007 – Grayrigg rail crash, Cumbria, United Kingdom: A Virgin trains Pendolino service from London Euston to Glasgow Central derails at Grayrigg Cottage near Oxenholme, Cumbria. One woman dies. A set of points is thought to be the cause of the accident; the West Coast Main Line is closed for several days.[117] * People's Republic of China February 28, 2007 – Wind blows 10 passenger rail cars off the track near Turpan, China, killing 3 passengers and seriously injuring 2 others.[118][119] * Zimbabwe March 6, 2007 – A freight train collides with a Diivarasekwa–Mbare regular route bus at a rail crossing on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, killing 34 and injuring another 30. * India April 16, 2007 – A passenger train crashes into a minibus carrying local council officials at an unmanned rail crossing in southern India, killing 11 and injuring the other 12 in the vehicle. Seven of the injured are hospitalized in serious condition. * Ukraine May 2, 2007 – 32 passengers are injured as the "Stolichniy Express" high-speed train derails near Kiev, Ukraine. Sabotage is suspected but investigation reveals that technicians tried and failed to quick-repair a switch in front of the approaching train. * Australia June 5, 2007 – Kerang train crash, Victoria, Australia. A B-Double truck collided with a Melbourne-bound passenger train 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Kerang at the Murray Valley Highway level crossing, killing 11 rail passengers and injuring 23. * Croatia June 14, 2006 – Hrvatski Leskovac, Croatia - A HŽ commuter train bound from Zagreb to Karlovac collides with a lorry on the railroad crossing. The lorry driver dies instantly, and the train engineer dies during the rescue workers' attempt to get him out of the wreckage. The crash is caused by the lorry driver who ignored light and bell warning about the incoming train. The train conductor sustained minor injuries. The locomotive suffered major structural damage and was written off the rolling stock.[120] * Italy June 15, 2007 – Two trains collided on the Italian island of Sardinia, killing 3.[121] * People's Republic of China July 4, 2007 – A rail worker is killed by train numbered D1 near Jialing railway station. He saw the up train numbered T48 but did not see the down train numbered D1 from the other direction. * United States July 16–17, 2007 – Two Amtrak Silver Star trains on the Tampa to Miami route crash into automobiles and derail in two separate instances, one in Lakeland and one in Plant City. Four people in the automobile die in the first wreck; one in the automobile dies in the second accident. Nobody on either train is seriously injured.[122] * Ukraine July 16, 2007 – 15 carriages from a train carrying yellow phosphor derail and catch fire, releasing toxic fumes affecting 14 villages in a 90 km² area.[123] * Venezuela July 30, 2007 – Two subway trains collide in Caracas, Venezuela in a tunnel near the Plaza Sucre station in western Caracas, leaving 1 dead and 6 injured. * Democratic Republic of the Congo August 1, 2007 – Benaleka train crash, Kasai-Occidental province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A passenger train derails killing about 100 people and injuring more than 200 others, many riding on the roof.[124][125][126][127] Brake failure. * India August 7, 2007 – 32 passengers are injured when the Jodhpur-Howrah Express derails near Juhi Bridge, Kanpur, India. * Serbia August 24, 2007 – Two persons die and five are injured when a locomotive and a freight train collide near Čortanovci, Serbia.[128] * Brazil August 30, 2007 – 8 passengers die and 80 are injured when a commuter train collides with an empty train at Nova Iguaçu near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[129] * Democratic Republic of the Congo August 2007 – Mweka, Congo - a freight train derails killing about 100 people who were riding illegally on the wagons. * United States October 3, 2007 – Moving over the CSX east coast main line, the Amtrak Silver Meteor collided into a tractor-trailer after it attempted to cross a grade crossing in Port Wentworth, Georgia. No serious injuries are reported.[130] * United States October 10, 2007 – Painesville, Ohio train derailment: A CSX train Q380-09 carrying ethanol and butane derails in Painesville and Painesville Township, Ohio, causing an evacuation and fire that takes several days to burn out. Broken rail is suspected as the cause. * Bangladesh October 13, 2007 – 4 die and over 50 are injured when the rear carriages of the Probhati Express derails near Dhaka, Bangladesh. * United States October 22, 2007 – Train carrying gasoline derails in Middlebury, Vermont causing an evacuation. At least one car catches fire and several others leak gasoline into Otter Creek (Vermont).[131] * Sweden October 25, 2007 – A 15 year old boy dies when he is struck by a high speed train in Solna, Sweden while illegally crossing the railway.[132] * United States October 29, 2007 – Two BNSF Railway trains derail in Clara City, Minnesota, causing a hydrochloric acid spill that prompts the evacuation of about 350 people.[133] * South Korea November 3, 2007 – Two KTX trains collided inside Busan Station, with no casualties.[134] * United States November 9, 2007 – CSX train derailment in the District of Columbia dumps 10 rail cars of coal in the Anacostia River. Improperly secured, a free-rolling cut of hoppers from Bennington Yard rolls onto an out-of-service bridge, which collapses.[135] * United States November 30, 2007 – Amtrak train No. 371, the Pere Marquette, strikes the last car of COFC freight train on the Norfolk Southern (ex-PRR) line near 65th Street in Chicago. Two people in the cab of P-42DC No. 8 are injured, and many passengers are injured, including three critical. The crumple zone design of the locomotive is effective and prevents worse results. The engineer was running approximately 40 mph in a 15 mph zone due to confusion about the meaning of a signal. * Pakistan December 19, 2007 – Mehrabpur train derailment, Mehrabpur, Pakistan: A crowded passenger express train derails down an embankment 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-east of Karachi at about 2:20 am PST, killing 35 people and injuring about 269, 10 critically.

2008
* People's Republic of China January 23, 2008 – Number D59 high-speed passenger train Beijing-Solar Flare:RE plunges into a state owned construction zone where workers are doing safety maintenance on a stretch of track at Fangzi, Weifang, Shandong, China, killing 18 workers, injuring another nine. * United States January 25, 2008 – Amtrak train 91, the Silver Star, collides with a garbage truck sitting on the tracks on CR 427 in Longwood, Florida while waiting for the traffic light to change at the intersection next to the crossing. The two occupants of the garbage truck are not wearing seat belts and are ejected; one dies, the other is seriously injured. There are no injuries on the train. * United States January 25, 2008 – Amtrak train 1, the Sunset Limited, collides with a semi truck in north-east Harris County, Texas. The driver of the truck is taken to the hospital with minor injuries. * Turkey January 27, 2008 – A Pamukkale Express bound for Denizli, with 436 passengers on board derails after two cars roll over at Kutahya due to ice on the tracks in western Turkey, killing nine and injuring another 50. * United Kingdom February 1, 2008 – East Midlands Connect train from Nottingham to Norwich strikes a footbridge in its path at Barrow-on-Soar. A road vehicle had struck and damaged the bridge causing it to be foul of the line. Six passengers are on board; the driver has to be cut free from the driving cab.[136] * People's Republic of China February 4, 2008 – A 17 car freight train derails, crushing several houses at Qujing, Kunming–Guizhou Line, Yunnan, China; at least six die. * United States February 5, 2008 – Two people die and one is injured in a chain reaction accident involving six vehicles and a 50 car train at a fog-obscured rail crossing in Boswell, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Lafayette, Indiana. The rural crossing has seen five other crashes, two of which were fatal, since 1984. An FRA safety review is now planned for this crossing. The other fatalities were on October 10, 1984 and February 7, 1986 between a train and a truck, in which both truck drivers and the truck's passenger in the 1984 crash died.[137][138] * Bulgaria February 29, 2008 – Nine people die in a fire on board Bulgarian State Railways' train No.2637 travelling from Sofia to the north-eastern town of Kardam in Dobrich region. The fire starts in a couchette carriage with 35 people in it as the train enters the town of Cherven bryag around midnight, and spreads to a sleeping coach with 27 people. The fire takes more than three hours to extinguish. Among the victims of the fire is Rasho Rashev, the director of Bulgaria's National Archaeological Institute. Bulgarian government declares March 5, 2008 a day of mourning in memory of the victims of the deadly fire.[139][140] * United Kingdom March 1, 2008 – Containers are blown off a train by wind between Tring and Cheddington; also Shap.[141] * Argentina March 9, 2008 – A Ferrobaires passenger train going from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata strikes an El Rápido Argentino bus going from Mar de Ajó to San Miguel (Greater Buenos Aires) at a crossing on the outskirts of Dolores, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The bus had disregarded the active warning devices on the railroad crossing of Provincial Highway 63. 17 people die, 40 are injured.[142][143] * United States March 25, 2008 – Canton, Massachusetts - A MBTA train crashes into a runaway box car at Canton Junction station injuring 150 people onboard.[144] * Bangladesh April 16, 2008 – According to ATN Bangla television report, a Dinajpur–Dhaka Ekoto Express train collides with a local bus on a level crossing on the outskirts of Kalihati, Tangail, Bangladesh, killing 18 and injuring 30. * Germany April 26, 2008 – An InterCityExpress train runs into a herd of sheep that had wandered onto the tracks at the mouth of the Landrückentunnel, Germany's longest rail tunnel, on the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line near Fulda. The train stops 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) into the tunnel, 19 of the train's 135 passengers are slightly injured, four suffer fractures.[145] * People's Republic of China April 28, 2008 – China Railway train T195 accident Train No. T195 carrying approximately 1200 passengers from Beijing to Qingdao derails at a section of temporary detour tracks Zhoucun-Wangcun, Hejiacun, on the outskirts of Zibo, Shandong at approximately 4:38am. It is then struck by the No. 5034 (Yantai to Xuzhou) passenger train at approximately 4:41am, also with approximately 1200 passengers aboard. The detour tracks had a lower speed limit of 80 km/h, but the speed limit was not delivered to T195's operation monitor system or driver, and the driver was following the regular speed limit; T195 was running at the regular speed of 131 km/h before it derailed. Fourteen passenger cars are crushed, 72 people die and 416 are injured. * Greece April, 2008 – Larissa derailment, Greece - passenger train derails; 28 of 174 passengers injured [146] * Thailand May 4, 2008 – A Thai National Railroad Sungai Kolok–Phatthalung passenger train carrying 400 passengers onboard derails on the outskirts of Sungai Kolok, Songkhla, Thailand, killing one and injuring 30. * Sudan May 5, 2008 – A 20 car freight train carrying illegal passengers and including Kordofan University students derails on the outskirts of Al-Foula, South Kordofan, Sudan, killing 14 and injuring 28.[147] * Romania May 10, 2008 – The locomotive and three cars of Romanian National Railway Company (CFR) passenger train No 1661 going from Bucharest to Iasi derails at a defective switch near Valea Calugareasca station in Prahova county around 16:55 local time. Two of the cars are severely damaged. The train's speed is 68 km/h, below the 70 km/h maximum speed limit on that sector of 70 km/h. A 17 year old girl dies and four other persons are injured. * Bangladesh May 14, 2008 – According to ATN Bangla television report, an Upaban Express train rams into the rear of Noakhali Express train at Ashuganj station, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, killing 8 and injuring 100. * United States May 16, 2008 – Ottumwa, Iowa. A local man dies after being struck by a train at a level crossing. At least six people see the pedestrian on one track at around 5 p.m., waiting for a train on the other track to pass. They say he apparently did not see the second train, traveling along the track on which he stood. * United States May 28, 2008 – Boston MBTA Green Line D Train crashes into the rear of another train on the same line in Newton, Massachusetts between Woodland and Waban "T" stops. The driver of rear train dies, 12 others are injured.[149] * Turkey June 23, 2008 – A freight train rams into a minibus at a level crossing in Nurdagi, Gaziantep, Turkey, 11 bus passengers die. * Egypt July 16, 2008 – At least 44 are killed and 33 injured when a truck fails to stop at level crossing and pushes two vehicles into a Matruh–Alexandrea passenger train, at Marsa Matruh, Dabaa, Egypt.[150] * United Kingdom July 19, 2008 – An Arriva Trains Wales Class 158 train crashes into a tractor on the Shrewsbury to Chester Line[151] * India August 1, 2008 – According to Indian Railroad official, NDTV and Zee News reports, a Secunderabad-Kakinada nightly Gautami Express with 360 passengers catches fire at Tallapusalapalli-Mehboobabad, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India, killing at least 32 passengers. * United Kingdom August 4, 2008 – An Arriva Trains Wales Class 158 train 158821 strikes a woman on the Welsh Marches Line near Crewe railway station whilst working the 05:50 Carmarthen to Manchester Piccadilly. Service terminates at Crewe. The woman has serious injuries to her leg. * Czech Republic August 8, 2008 – Studenka Train Disaster: Express train EC 108 Comenius from Kraków, Poland to Prague, Czech Republic travelling at 140 km/h crashes around 10:30 local time (GMT+1) into a section of a bridge undergoing construction that had fallen onto the track. Eight people are killed and 91 injured.[152][153][154] * Indonesia August 15, 2008 – At least nine die and 67 are injured when a KA Limex Express from Palembang collides head-on with a freight train carrying natural coal approaching Bandar Lampung railroad station, southern Sumatra, Indonesia. * Republic of Ireland August 16, 2008 – Torrential rains lead to a landslide which causes a packed passenger train to derail in Portarlington, Co. Laois,Republic of Ireland. no one is injured. * Portugal August 22, 2008 – At least two die and 47 are injured when a Tua–Mirandela local passenger train with 59 people on board derails and plunges into Tua River, near Brunheda, Bragança. * New Zealand August 22, 2008 – One person dies when hit by a commuter train near Petone, Wellington.[155] * Romania September 12, 2008 – One railroad driver and another man dies when two trains collide in front of Heidelberg Cement Company Bicaz factory at Tasca, Neamţ County, Romania, in an incident caused by brake failure. * United States September 12, 2008 – Chatsworth train collision, California, United States: A northbound Metrolink (Southern California) double-deck commuter train runs a red light and collides head-on with a Union Pacific Railroad freight train pulled by three engines at about 60 mph and derails; the 220-ton derailed Metrolink engine is knocked 30 feet backwards into a 119-ton passenger car, crushing it in half. 25 people are killed and about 135 are injured in the accident.[156][157] * Malaysia September 24, 2008 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: two RapidKL LRT trains collide about 200 metres (660 ft) from the Bukit Jalil LRT station. A carriage of one of the trains involved in the accident hits the rear of the other train. Four passengers are injured. * India September 29, 2008: Yelagiri Express derails at Tirupattur in TamilNadu, India. The engine and three coaches attached to the Yelagiri Express derailed at Tirupattur, owing to a snag in the engine, in the early hours of Monday, disrupting train services for more than three hours. As there were no passengers, a major casualty was averted. [158]   * Hungary October 6, 2008 – Monorierdő train collision: Four people die and 26 are injured in a collision between two passenger trains near Budapest. * United Kingdom October 6, 2008 – A Mendip Rail freight train is hit from behind by a runaway train near Great Elm on the private line from Whatley Quarry, Somerset. There are no serious injuries.[159][160] * Netherlands October 11, 2008 – Thalys trainset 4536 running between Paris and Amsterdam collide with a Koploper ICM unit near Gouda. A steam train hauled by a BR 23 2-6-2 locomotive, which had its route set into the path of the collision, makes a successful emergency stop.[161] * United States October 14, 2008 – A late night CSX Transportation train derails in Decatur, Alabama, killing its conductor.[162] * United Kingdom October 15, 2008 – The 14:05 CrossCountry service from Edinburgh Waverley to Bristol Temple Meads strikes and kills a person near Newcastle upon Tyne. * United Kingdom November 7, 2008 – An 18-year-old woman loses part of an arm when she falls between a train and the platform at Wokingham Station in Berkshire.[163] * Australia November 18, 2008 – A Connex Melbourne express train collides with a car in Dandenong South, Victoria, killing the car's 53-year-old female occupant after she failed to stop at an active level crossing.[164] * United States November 19, 2008 – An LIRR train collides with another during AM Peak times. This caused serious mainline delays. * Netherlands November 20, 2008 – A Belgian freight train derails near Amsterdam Centraal. Services are disrupted for about ten days, 400 meters of track are damaged. * United States November 22, 2008 – A BNSF freight train derails east of Clarendon, Texas along U.S. Highway 287.[165] * Australia November 27, 2008 – Two people die and several others injured after a QR Tilt Train collides with a truck on the Bruce Highway level crossing about 20 km south of Cardwell, Queensland.[166] * Latvia December 23, 2008 – Ventspils, Latvia: A fuel cargo train crashes into a stationary train. Ten fuel tankers catch fire, two people die.[167] * Canada December 31, 2008 – 33 cars of a 115-car Canadian National Railway freight train running from Toronto to Moncton derail at 23:30 in Villeroy, Quebec. One car leaks propane, causing the evacuation of about 70 residents.[168]

2009
* Australia January 1, 2009 – One person is killed and six others injured after a QR Sunlander train collides with a garbage truck at a level crossing with no boom gates or warning lights, near Innisfail, Queensland.[169] * United States January 7, 2009 – A half-mile radius area is evacuated after a derailment of a CSX Transportation train in Queensgate, Cincinnati, Ohio. two of the four derailed cars are carrying propane, nothing leaked.[170] * Cuba February 7, 2009 – Three people are killed and more than 90 injured in a collision between two passenger trains in Camaguey, 570 kilometres (350 mi) east of Havana.[171][172] * India February 13, 2009 – Twelve carriages of the Howrah-Madras Express derail soon after the train departs Jajpur Road station near the city of Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa, killing 9 and injuring 250.[173] * Slovakia February 21, 2009 – Eleven people die in a collision between a bus and a train on a level crossing near Brezno.[174] * Tanzania March 29, 2009 – Equipment breakdown and culpability causes a rear end collision in Gulwe–Igandu section (Mpwapwa district), killing dozens of passengers and injuring many others.[175] * Republic of Ireland May 1, 2009 a passenger train travelling from Dublin–Waterford in the Republic of Ireland struck a cow in south Co. Kilkenny at 8:25p.m. The engine and one carriage partly derailed but was put back on the track by the sleepers. No one died but the engine sustained damage and required two other engines to remove it from the train. The rail line also sustained some damage. * Canada June 5, 2009 – A 111-car Canadian Pacific Railway train derails in Oshawa, ON around 2:15 p.m. CDT. Two locomotives and 27 cars of the train derail, some of the cars come to rest in nearby backyards and a schoolyard during recess.[176] * Romania June 7, 2009 – A girl trying to take a picture of a nearby bridge in Bacau is struck and killed by a regional express train. * United States June 19, 2009 – A major downpour of rain in Rockford, Illinois causes 14 of the 114 ethanol tankers of a Canadian National freight train to leave the track and explode into flames. One person at a rail crossing dies, several others are burned.[177] * United States June 22, 2009 – Two rush hour Washington Metro trains collide in Northeast Washington, D.C. killing nine people, the deadliest incident in the subway system's 33-year history.[178] * Italy June 29, 2009 – A freight train derails at Viareggio. Two wagons carrying Liquefied petroleum gas explode.[179] Thirty-two people die,[180] five of them when a house collapses.[179] * People's Republic of China June 29, 2009 – Two passenger trains collide at 2:34 a.m. local time at Chenzhou railway station, Hunan Province, killing 3 people and leaving 63 injured.[181] The accident is allegedly caused by a brake failure,[182] which is disputed.[183] * United States July 9, 2009 – An Amtrak passenger train hits the side of a vehicle in Canton Township, Michigan near Detroit. Five people in the vehicle die. * United States July 14, 2009 – A Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern freight train collides with parked rail cars in a local yard in Bettendorf, Iowa, a part of the Quad Cities. Both the engineer and conductor, who are from Savanna, Illinois, die. The front locomotive is severely damaged and will likely be scrapped on site. The DM&E is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway. * Croatia July 24, 2009 – Rudine, Croatia: HŽ ICN tilting train number 521 bound from Zagreb to Split derails at 10:08 GMT between Labin Dalmatinski and Kaštel Stari near the village of Rudine. 6 passengers die, 55 are injured, 13 of them seriously. The crash is caused by retardant that was sprayed on the railroad approximately 10 minutes before the accident, leaving the track surface slippery, which made braking impossible.[184]. 30 minutes after the crash, during the rescue operation, a rescue train experiences the same problem and derails on the very same spot. There are no further injuries or deaths, although the second train passes close to dozens of rescue workers and collides with the derailed wreckage. The ICN trainset has been written off due to the extreme damage. * People's Republic of China July 29, 2009 – A train runs off the line due to landslide at 4:22 a.m. local time in Liucheng, Guangxi, killing 4 people and leaving 71 injured.[186][187] * Romania August 14, 2009 – A bus ignores rail crossing signals in Scânteia (Iaşi county) and is struck by a semi-fast train, 14 die and 2 injured. * Cameroon August 28, 2009 – A freight train carrying fuel derails south of Yaounde, Cameroon and catches fire. Eleven wagons carrying diesel and petrol are destroyed. One person dies. * Cameroon August 30, 2009 – A passenger train derails near Yaounde, Cameroon killing five and injuring 275.[188][189] * Latvia September 2, 2009 – A Riga – Daugavpils train near Livani is struck by a "Volvo" excavator. 1 person dies, 3 are injured. The driver of the excavator was drunk and didn't see the train. * Germany September 12, 2009 – Two steam trains collide head-on on the Lößnitzgrundbahn. * Republic of Ireland 16 September 2009, at 3pm a red line Luas tram and a double-decker number 16 Dublin Bus collided at the intersection of Abbey Street and O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre. The front section of the tram was derailed in the incident and the driver's cabin was crushed flat against the left hand side of the bus. At least 21 people were injured and three were seriously hurt, including the driver of the tram who had to be cut out from the wreckage. * Romania September 21, 2009 – A passenger train derails after leaving Craiova station at a speed of about 100 km/h, injuring 16. Investigators suspect sabotage. * Romania September 21, 2009 – A truck loaded with bricks IS struck by a locomotive near Gura Ocniţei, Dâmboviţa County. The truck driver didn't see the train coming. No injuries. * Romania September 21, 2009 – A freight train loaded with diesel derails near Boju, Cluj County. Investigators suspect that the two locomotives of the train (one pulling, one pushing) are not synchronized in speed. Fuel leaks from the derailed cars. No injuries. * Netherlands September 24, 2009 – Two freight trains collide head-on below a viaduct on the A15 motorway near Barendrecht, killing the driver of one train. Derailed sections land on a parallel track, where a passenger train is approaching. A few passengers of the passenger train are lightly injured.[190] * Sweden September 30, 2009 – A 13 year old Norwegian boy is electrocuted by the overhead wire after climbing on a parked locomotive in Uddevalla to take a photo.[191] * Thailand October 5, 2009 – A passenger train derails in Hua Hin at 04:50 local time (21:50 on October 4 UTC). At least seven people die and dozens are injured.[192] Occurs during heavy rain.[193] * India October 21, 2009 – 21 passengers die and around 17 are injured when a Goa express runs into the last coach of a stationary Mewar Express. Later, it is determined that the signalling system was tempered with.[194] * India October 23, 2009 – Thane train accident: A huge concrete slab comes crashing down just before a train is about to run below it in northeast Mumbai on Friday morning, killing the driver and a commuter. Twelve others are also injured in the accident.[195] * Egypt October 24, 2009 – A passenger train was stopped after striking water buffalo in the al Ayyat area of Giza. Another passenger train, travelling in the same direction, later runs int o the back of the stationary train, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people.[196] * Pakistan November 4, 2009 – At least 18 people die after a passenger train, Allama Iqbal Express, collides head on with a goods train in the suburbs of the city of Karachi. The driver of the Allama Iqbal Express passed a stop signal at Juma Goth Station and rammed into another train from Karachi on the same track.[197][198] * United States November 24, 2009 – Houston, Texas: 116 cars of a Union Pacific Railroad train derail in southwest Houston, forcing the closure of several lanes of U.S. Highway 90 for several days.[199] * Russia November 27, 2009 – A 7-kilogram (15 lb) explosive device derails the last three cars of the Neva Express at Bologoye on a journey from Moscow to St Petersburg while traveling at 200 kilometres per hour, with at least 27 deaths reported.[200] A second bomb exploded during salvage operations.[201] * France December 20, 2009 – A Paris regional express train hits a concrete block and derails at Choisy-le-Roi, in the southern region of Paris, causing 17 injuries. * Croatia December 21, 2009 – Zagreb, Croatia - An early morning HŽ commuter train number 5100 bound from Sisak Caprag to Zagreb fails to stop and crashes into the platform bumper at Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor at 15–20 km/h. The cause of the crash, which occurred at the very end of its journey, is lack of antifreeze fluid in the locomotive's braking system which froze due to the low outside temperature (-22 deg. C). The crash occurs at 5:26 local time (4:26 GMT). 60 people from the train (including the train's engineer) are injured, 7 of them seriously. There are no injuries among people on the platform. Witnesses report that the engineer leaned out of the locomotive window to warn people on the platform that his brakes have failed and the train will crash at the end of the platform.