train accidents
Locomotive collision events
Train accidents are collisions, derailments, or other catastrophic incidents involving railway vehicles.
The term covers everything from minor derailments to major disasters with significant casualties: The train accident blocked the commuter line for hours.
Train accidents often make national news because of their potential for mass casualties and dramatic imagery of twisted metal and scattered cargo.
- human errorMistakes by people
- signal failureLoss of transmitted communication
- brake failureLoss of deceleration ability
- derailmentLeaving the intended track
- fatalitiesLosses of life
evacuation procedures · mechanical failure · injuries · collision · psychological trauma · first responders · cleanup operations · weather conditions · sabotage · environmental contamination · public outrage · level crossing · legal liability · economic loss · wrong side of the tracks · emergency drills · passenger safety · track maintenance
- fatal hazardsdrowning, falls, poisoning, overdose, car crashes
- train accidentsderailments, collisions, crashes, head-on collisions, rear-end collisions
train, accident, trains, trained, training, trainer, trainee, trainable, retraining