List of rail accidents in the Netherlands

This is a list of railway accidents in the Netherlands, sorted chronologically.

2010–present

• 23 February 2016 – Dalfsen train crash; A passenger train collides with a crane at Dalfsen, Overijssel. One person is killed, six are injured.^[1]
• 12 March 2015 – A fire occurs on a passenger train at Abcoude, Utrecht. All on board are evacuated.^[2] Twenty-four people are taken to hospital.^[3]
• 6 March 2015 – A passenger train runs into the rear of a freight train between Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg stations. A few passengers suffer slight injuries.^[4]
• 17 March 2014 – A passenger train from Syntus crashes into the trailer of a truck that got stuck at a railroad crossing near the town of Almen. The truck driver escapes just in time. 3 train passengers are injured. The train was carrying 100 people.^[5]
• 17 March 2014 – A tram/LRT vehicle of HTM's Randstadrail service crashes into a city tram on an intersection near the city border with Delft. 20 people are injured, one of them severely.^[6]
• 21 January 2014 – An empty, out-of-service tram/LRT vehicle of HTM's Randstadrail service crashed into an in-service tram/LRT Randstadrail vehicle at a tram stop. 4 passengers were injured.^[7]
• 15 January 2014 – A passenger train from Dutch Railways derails near the central station of Hilversum. The train was carrying approx. 550 passengers. No injuries were reported.^[8][9]
• 2 September 2013 – The operator of a local train of Nederlandse Spoorwegen ignored a red light and was traveling way beyond the speed limit. The Automatic Train Control system didn't work. Therefore, the train severely damaged a turnout and ended up on the wrong track almost colliding with an intercity train at high speed. The train operators of both trains activated the brake systems just in time, thus avoiding a collision.^[10][11]
• 11 September 2012 – A HTM city tram crashed into the back of another HTM city tram at an intersection near the railroad station of The Hague Hollands Spoor. Both were carrying a good amount of passengers. 36 people got injured, including one of the operators.^[12]
• 21 April 2012 – Sloterdijk train collision – Two trains are involved in a head-on collision between Amsterdam Centraal and Amsterdam Sloterdijk stations; one person dies, at least 117 people are injured.^[13][14]
• 28 November 2011 – A Sprinter collides with a stationery Sprinter at Leiden Centraal. Three passengers are injured.^[15]
• 11 January 2011 – An ICE express train collides with a freight train and is derailed at Zevenaar. There are no injuries.^[16]
• 25 July 2010 – The driver and a second rail worker are injured when a Speno railgrinder fails to stop in front of the buffer stop at Stavoren. A shop lying behind the track is demolished.^[17]

2000–2009

• September 24, 2009 – Barendrecht train accident – 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.^[18]
• 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.^[19]
• 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; there is extensive damage to the rail track and its overhead power lines.^[20]
• November 21, 2006 – A train passes a red signal causing a head-on collision at Arnhem.^[21]
• September 5, 2006 – A diesel locomotive passes a red signal and collides with a passenger train at Amersfoort. Seventeen people are injured.^[22]
• March 20, 2003 – Roermond. The driver of an NS passenger train suffers a heart attack, runs through a red signal, collides head-on with a freight train; the driver is killed, six passengers are injured seriously. After passing a distant signal at danger the automatic safety system did not enforce a deceleration large enough to prevent a collision.^[23]

1900–1999

• November 30, 1992 – Hoofddorp train accident near Hoofddorp. An Intercity train, travelling from Amsterdam to Vlissingen derailed near Hoofddorp. Five people died, and thirty-three were injured.
• December 27, 1982 - A boat train heading for Hoek van Holland collides with a local train near Rotterdam. 3 people die and 20 are injured.^[24]
• July 25, 1980 – Winsum train disaster: Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and Roodeschool resulting in 9 deaths and 21 injured.
• August 29, 1979 – Nijmegen train disaster; 8 people die when two passenger trains (one of which wasn't carrying passengers) collide head-on at Nijmegen.^[25]
• May 4, 1976 – Schiedam train disaster near Schiedam: An international train collides with a local train, killing 24 people and injuring 11.
• January 8, 1962 – The Harmelen train disaster, the deadliest railway accident in the history of The Netherlands, occurs when Utrecht – Rotterdam express train driver misses a warning signal in fog and passes a red signal to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam. 91 people (including both drivers) die, 54 are injured of which 2 lost their lives while in hospital.^[26]
• September 13, 1918 – Weesp train disaster, Weesp, Netherlands. Heavy rainfall caused the embankment leading to the Merwedekanaal bridge to become unstable. When a passenger train approached the bridge the track slid off the embankment, causing the carriages to crash into each other and the locomotive to hit the bridge. 41 persons were killed and 42 injured. In the aftermath of the disaster, it was decided to establish a dedicated study of soil mechanics at the Delft University of Technology.

1800–1899

• August 10, 1856 - Train accident near Schiedam. A train from The Hague rammed another train which also came from The Hague and which was headed from Rotterdam. 3 persons were killed and 5 were injured, all were third class passengers.^[27]
• March 10, 1843 - During a test drive a locomotive derailed on a not well closed railway bridge near Warmond. 1 person was killed. This was the first railway accident in the Netherlands.^[28]

See also

Lists of rail accidents

References

External links

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