Danger Ahead! Reports

Index 1999

asia
Disciplinary action against Indian Railways employees over GT Express smash (29/07/99)
Express train collision kills 17 in India
Express train collision kills 17 in India
11 killed as Indian Railways express collides with Jeep (28/11/99)
Indian train fire - scores injured
80 injured as Indian train explodes in flames
Train plunges into river in Bangledesh (05/11/99)
Indian train smash averted, railwayman rewarded (29/11/99)
Train Explosion kills 13 in India (11/11/99)
15 hurt in S. Korea derailment (04/09/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - 2 August 1999
Hundreds feared dead in Indian train collision (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal train collision - 100s feared dead (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal train collision - Death toll continues to mount (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal catastrophe - Death toll reaches 250 (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal catastrophe - Rescue operation scaled down (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal catastrophe - Rescue operation scaled down (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster (03/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - It was sabotage - Ramdoss, Minister urged to withdraw resignation over (...
India: Gaisal Disaster - Death toll reaches 275 (04/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - Inquiry begins (04/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - Death toll reaches 275 (04/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - New investigation announced as search ends, officials suspended (06/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - Report says negligence to blame (18/08/99)
Sabotage derails express train in northern India 11/09/99
8 killed in Chinese rail crash (10 Jul 99)
China: Derailment caused by excessive speed (10/08/99)
Report - Germany: 2 die in rail crash
Pakistan: 3 die 100 injured in derailment
India: Track fault caused Godavari Express crash killing 8
14 dead as Godavari Express derails
2 dead in Bangladeshi derailment
India: Rail station suitcase bomb kills 8
India: 9 die in station bomb blast
Germany: 2 die in rail crash
Pakistan: 10 killed in rail crossing crash
Chenab Express collision kills 20 in North Pakistan (20/09/99)

australia
Australian freight trains collide (26/11/99)
Australia: British safety expert to examine State Rail Safety (20/12/99)
Australia: British safety expert to examine State Rail Safety (20/12/99)
At least 6 killed in Australian train collision (02/12/99)
Toll could rise to 12 in Australian train collision (02/12/99)
Signal failure implicated in fatal Glenbrook collision (02/12/99)
Death toll now officially 7 in Glenbrook train crash (03/12/99)
Australia: Rail crash inquiry likely to focus on communcations between trains and signal staff (0...
Sydney commuter train derails injuring 3
Sydney commuter train derails injuring 3
Australia's 'Indian Pacific' collision injures 12 (18/08/99)
Australia's 'Indian Pacific' collision injures 12 (18/08/99)
Human error & unreliable safety system caused Indian Pacific smash (2910//99)
NSW: Freight train derailed near Nyngan (24/11/99)
MYANMUR (Burma): 5 die as trains collide (22/12/99)
Australia NSW: Empty train derails stranding Sydney commuters (21/12/99)

bangladesh
2 dead in Bangladeshi derailment

belarus
Belarus: Death toll 52 in Minsk underground station crush
40 killed in Minsk underground station
Belarus: 54 die in Minsk underground station

bourbonnais
Amtrak's City of New Orleans derailed after collision with truck
Death toll now 12 in 'City of New Orleans' train crash
13 die in Amtrak Illinois Train Crash
Death toll revised to 11 in Amtrak crash
City of New Orleans crash - Investigators begin probe
Train crash - evidence mounts against trucker
Questions remain unanswered in Amtrak crash
Coroner rules that Amtrak deaths were accidental
State Honors Amtrak Train Crash Responders
NTSB To Hold Public Hearing On Bourbonnais Train Accident
Bourbonnais: Bereaved seek damages (22/08/99)
Amtrak 'City of New Orleans' disaster - 15 March 1999: Index of Reports
Images from the 'City of New Orleans' train disaster, Monday March 15, 1999

britain
Poor training led to derailment
Report HSE Report - Bexley 1997
Management failures underlying cause of Burntisland derailment - HSE 10/07/99
Collision on Settle-Carlisle line
UK: Electrical fault causes train fire (14/12/99)
UK Railways to get New Safety System
Passenger trains collide at Lewes station (18/10/99)
Passenger trains collide at Lewes station (18/10/99)
Fatal rail crossing accident in Llanbrynmair (29/10/99)
Safety at occupation level crossings (01/11/99)
London Bridge collision train passed red light (27/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy (05/10/99)
Rail Crash near Paddington Station (05/10/99)
8 confirmed dead in rush hour train collision near Paddington station (05/10/99)
Deputy PM announces public inquiry into tragic rail accident (05/10/99)
Death toll rises to 26 Dead in Paddington Tragedy (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Rail industry accepts full responsibilty (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll of 26 is likely to rise (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - 27 Now known to have died (06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death Toll Reaches 70 and likely to rise (06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Driver error possbile cause of disaster(06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll remains uncertain as burnt-out carriage awaits examination (...
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll remains uncertain as burnt-out carriage awaits examination (...
All roads lead to Ladbroke Grove (07/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - First HSE interim report (08/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Search begins of burnt out carriage (09/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Railtrack's problem signals (09/10/99)
Railtrack to lose safety role (10/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll now believed to be less than 40 (09/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Crash train driver may have thought signal was green (14/10/99)
Expert says half of Paddington's signals are dangerous (19/10/99)
Paddington station to re-open (19/10/99)
Paddington signal could be obscured
Paddington Rail Tragedy: 2nd interim report says signal could be obscured
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Are We Safe in Their Hands? (03/11/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Railtrack under fire over profits (04/11/99)
Train crash survivors demand action on ATP (07/11/99)
Railtrack to loose safety role (10/10/99)
Manslaughter charges for Railtrack over man's death
Electrical fire halts Hampshire train (09/11/99)
Signalling Safety Fears
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter
Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe 01/07/99
Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe - Full details 01/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter 02/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter - Full Report 02/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter Judge hits out at lawmakers' inertia 02/07/99
Southall:GWT Trial - Court told that GWT's failure not major cause of accident 26/07/99
Southall: GWT Trial - £1.5M record fine for GWT 27/07/99
Southall Inquiry Re-opens (20/09/99)
Southall inquiry "downgraded" - survivors (24/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy: Railtrack to appeal against signal ban (29/10/99)
Strike vote by UK train guards (14/10/99)
Safety Report reveals positive trends on Britain's railways (13/08/99)
New safety measures for UK railways agreed (25/10/99)
Rail safety summit marks agreement on new safety measures (26/10/99)
UK rail companies must do more to stop SPADs (03/09/99)
UK Railways to get New Safety System
Rail Safety: Flawed Risk Perceptions Are Leading Human Factor in Railroad Grade Crossing Crashes;...
WAGN train derailed after hitting cow (11/10/99)
Virgin Trains high speed crash
45 injured in Virgin train crash
High Speed train crash injures 29
Missed danger signal said to have caused Virgin Trains crash

burma
MYANMUR (Burma): 5 die as trains collide (22/12/99)

canada
Amtrak train collides with truck in Canada (09/11/99)
Canadian Pacific train collides with truck in Ontario (19/11/99) (18/11/99)
Human error possible cause of VIA train crash
Via Passenger Train Crashes in Thamesville, Ontario
Canadian National announces plan to install Centralized Traffic Control on two line segments in O...

china
8 killed in Chinese rail crash (10 Jul 99)
China: Derailment caused by excessive speed (10/08/99)
China: Rail collision kills 24

egypt
10 die in Egyptian train crash (13/11/99)
Egyptian trains in head-on collision (11/04/99)

europe
Switzerland: 2 Dead in commuter train collison (01/11/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake defect known hours before accident (24/08/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake defect known hours before accident (24/08/99)
5 critical in German underground train collision (23/08/99)
Cologne underground trains collide injuring more than 60 (23/08/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake failure is possible cause (24/08/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake defect known hours before accident (24/08/99)
30 hurt in Polish train derailment
Report Erfurt, Germany
Eschede, Germany - Damaged points may have contributed to ICE crash
Eschede remembers - Anniversary of the ICE disaster
EUROPE: Storms wreak havoc on Europe's railways(28/12/99)
UK: Heritage Train Crash (26/12/99)
UK: Swanage steam railway collision (26/12/99)
UK Railways to get New Safety System
London Bridge collision train passed red light (27/10/99)
French train overuns buffers - 31 injured
Manslaughter charges for Railtrack over man's death
4 Die in 'Football Special' fire
Southall:GWT Trial - Court told that GWT's failure not major cause of accident 26/07/99
Southall: GWT Trial - £1.5M record fine for GWT 27/07/99
Safety Report reveals positive trends on Britain's railways (13/08/99)
UK rail companies must do more to stop SPADs (03/09/99)
UK Railways to get New Safety System
GERMANY: Historic monorail re-opens
German rack railway collision - 13 hurt (07/08/99)

france
EUROPE: Storms wreak havoc on Europe's railways(28/12/99)
French train overuns buffers - 31 injured

germany
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake defect known hours before accident (24/08/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake defect known hours before accident (24/08/99)
5 critical in German underground train collision (23/08/99)
Cologne underground trains collide injuring more than 60 (23/08/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake failure is possible cause (24/08/99)
Cologne U-Bahn collision - Brake defect known hours before accident (24/08/99)
Report Erfurt, Germany
Eschede, Germany - Damaged points may have contributed to ICE crash
Eschede remembers - Anniversary of the ICE disaster
EUROPE: Storms wreak havoc on Europe's railways(28/12/99)
Report - Germany: 2 die in rail crash
Germany: 2 die in rail crash
GERMANY: Historic monorail re-opens
Death toll now 4 in Schwebebahn river plunge
Schwebebahn salvage begins
German rack railway collision - 13 hurt (07/08/99)

india
Disciplinary action against Indian Railways employees over GT Express smash (29/07/99)
Express train collision kills 17 in India
Express train collision kills 17 in India
11 killed as Indian Railways express collides with Jeep (28/11/99)
Indian train fire - scores injured
80 injured as Indian train explodes in flames
Indian train smash averted, railwayman rewarded (29/11/99)
Train Explosion kills 13 in India (11/11/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - 2 August 1999
Hundreds feared dead in Indian train collision (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal train collision - 100s feared dead (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal train collision - Death toll continues to mount (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal catastrophe - Death toll reaches 250 (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal catastrophe - Rescue operation scaled down (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal catastrophe - Rescue operation scaled down (02/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster (03/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - It was sabotage - Ramdoss, Minister urged to withdraw resignation over (...
India: Gaisal Disaster - Death toll reaches 275 (04/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - Inquiry begins (04/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - Death toll reaches 275 (04/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - New investigation announced as search ends, officials suspended (06/08/99)
India: Gaisal Disaster - Report says negligence to blame (18/08/99)
Sabotage derails express train in northern India 11/09/99
Report - Germany: 2 die in rail crash
India: Track fault caused Godavari Express crash killing 8
14 dead as Godavari Express derails
India: Rail station suitcase bomb kills 8
India: 9 die in station bomb blast
Germany: 2 die in rail crash

italy
4 Die in 'Football Special' fire

kenya
Report - Kenya: Investigation begins into train crash which killed 32
Report: Driver error caused Man eaters junction train crash

mali
3 die in Mali train collision

myanmur
MYANMUR (Burma): 5 die as trains collide (22/12/99)

paddington
Fatal rail crossing accident in Llanbrynmair (29/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy (05/10/99)
Rail Crash near Paddington Station (05/10/99)
8 confirmed dead in rush hour train collision near Paddington station (05/10/99)
Deputy PM announces public inquiry into tragic rail accident (05/10/99)
Death toll rises to 26 Dead in Paddington Tragedy (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Rail industry accepts full responsibilty (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll of 26 is likely to rise (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - 27 Now known to have died (06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death Toll Reaches 70 and likely to rise (06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Driver error possbile cause of disaster(06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll remains uncertain as burnt-out carriage awaits examination (...
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll remains uncertain as burnt-out carriage awaits examination (...
All roads lead to Ladbroke Grove (07/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - First HSE interim report (08/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Search begins of burnt out carriage (09/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Railtrack's problem signals (09/10/99)
Railtrack to lose safety role (10/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll now believed to be less than 40 (09/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Crash train driver may have thought signal was green (14/10/99)
Expert says half of Paddington's signals are dangerous (19/10/99)
Paddington station to re-open (19/10/99)
Paddington signal could be obscured
Paddington Rail Tragedy: 2nd interim report says signal could be obscured
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Are We Safe in Their Hands? (03/11/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Railtrack under fire over profits (04/11/99)
Train crash survivors demand action on ATP (07/11/99)
Railtrack to loose safety role (10/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy: Railtrack to appeal against signal ban (29/10/99)
New safety measures for UK railways agreed (25/10/99)
Rail safety summit marks agreement on new safety measures (26/10/99)
WAGN train derailed after hitting cow (11/10/99)

pakistan
Pakistan: 3 die 100 injured in derailment
Pakistan: 10 killed in rail crossing crash
Chenab Express collision kills 20 in North Pakistan (20/09/99)

poland
30 hurt in Polish train derailment

portugal
Freight train derailment at Coimbra

russia
Belarus: Death toll 52 in Minsk underground station crush
40 killed in Minsk underground station
Belarus: 54 die in Minsk underground station

scotland
Management failures underlying cause of Burntisland derailment - HSE 10/07/99

southall
Train crash survivors demand action on ATP (07/11/99)
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter
Southall disaster - court date for Great Western Trains (12/06/99)
Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe 01/07/99
Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe - Full details 01/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter 02/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter - Full Report 02/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter Judge hits out at lawmakers' inertia 02/07/99
Southall:GWT Trial - Court told that GWT's failure not major cause of accident 26/07/99
Southall: GWT Trial - £1.5M record fine for GWT 27/07/99
Southall Inquiry Re-opens (20/09/99)
Southall inquiry "downgraded" - survivors (24/10/99)
Chenab Express collision kills 20 in North Pakistan (20/09/99)

sudan
7 killed in Sudanese rail collision

sweden
Sweden: 5 Die in crossing accident

switzerland
Switzerland: 2 Dead in commuter train collison (01/11/99)
EUROPE: Storms wreak havoc on Europe's railways(28/12/99)

uk
Poor training led to derailment
Report HSE Report - Bexley 1997
Management failures underlying cause of Burntisland derailment - HSE 10/07/99
Collision on Settle-Carlisle line
UK: Electrical fault causes train fire (14/12/99)
EUROPE: Storms wreak havoc on Europe's railways(28/12/99)
UK: Heritage Train Crash (26/12/99)
UK: Swanage steam railway collision (26/12/99)
UK Railways to get New Safety System
Passenger trains collide at Lewes station (18/10/99)
Passenger trains collide at Lewes station (18/10/99)
Fatal rail crossing accident in Llanbrynmair (29/10/99)
Safety at occupation level crossings (01/11/99)
London Bridge collision train passed red light (27/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy (05/10/99)
Rail Crash near Paddington Station (05/10/99)
8 confirmed dead in rush hour train collision near Paddington station (05/10/99)
Deputy PM announces public inquiry into tragic rail accident (05/10/99)
Death toll rises to 26 Dead in Paddington Tragedy (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Rail industry accepts full responsibilty (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll of 26 is likely to rise (05/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - 27 Now known to have died (06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death Toll Reaches 70 and likely to rise (06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Driver error possbile cause of disaster(06/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll remains uncertain as burnt-out carriage awaits examination (...
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll remains uncertain as burnt-out carriage awaits examination (...
All roads lead to Ladbroke Grove (07/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - First HSE interim report (08/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Search begins of burnt out carriage (09/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Railtrack's problem signals (09/10/99)
Railtrack to lose safety role (10/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Death toll now believed to be less than 40 (09/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Crash train driver may have thought signal was green (14/10/99)
Expert says half of Paddington's signals are dangerous (19/10/99)
Paddington station to re-open (19/10/99)
Paddington signal could be obscured
Paddington Rail Tragedy: 2nd interim report says signal could be obscured
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Are We Safe in Their Hands? (03/11/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy - Railtrack under fire over profits (04/11/99)
Train crash survivors demand action on ATP (07/11/99)
Railtrack to loose safety role (10/10/99)
Manslaughter charges for Railtrack over man's death
Electrical fire halts Hampshire train (09/11/99)
Signalling Safety Fears
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter
Southall disaster - court date for Great Western Trains (12/06/99)
Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe 01/07/99
Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe - Full details 01/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter 02/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter - Full Report 02/07/99
Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter Judge hits out at lawmakers' inertia 02/07/99
Southall:GWT Trial - Court told that GWT's failure not major cause of accident 26/07/99
Southall: GWT Trial - £1.5M record fine for GWT 27/07/99
Southall Inquiry Re-opens (20/09/99)
Southall inquiry "downgraded" - survivors (24/10/99)
Paddington Rail Tragedy: Railtrack to appeal against signal ban (29/10/99)
Strike vote by UK train guards (14/10/99)
Safety Report reveals positive trends on Britain's railways (13/08/99)
New safety measures for UK railways agreed (25/10/99)
Rail safety summit marks agreement on new safety measures (26/10/99)
UK rail companies must do more to stop SPADs (03/09/99)
UK Railways to get New Safety System
Rail Safety: Flawed Risk Perceptions Are Leading Human Factor in Railroad Grade Crossing Crashes;...
WAGN train derailed after hitting cow (11/10/99)
Virgin Trains high speed crash
45 injured in Virgin train crash
High Speed train crash injures 29
Missed danger signal said to have caused Virgin Trains crash

usa
Amtrak's City of New Orleans derailed after collision with truck
Death toll now 12 in 'City of New Orleans' train crash
13 die in Amtrak Illinois Train Crash
Death toll revised to 11 in Amtrak crash
City of New Orleans crash - Investigators begin probe
Train crash - evidence mounts against trucker
Questions remain unanswered in Amtrak crash
Coroner rules that Amtrak deaths were accidental
State Honors Amtrak Train Crash Responders
Bourbonnais: Bereaved seek damages (22/08/99)
Amtrak 'City of New Orleans' disaster - 15 March 1999: Index of Reports
Images from the 'City of New Orleans' train disaster, Monday March 15, 1999
Explosives train derails
U.S. Transportation Secretary Slater Announces Project To Conduct Passenger Rail Car Crash Tests ...
Simula to Evaluate Passenger Rail Safety Issues in Federal Railroad Administration's Full-Scale C...
Lightning Strike Affects CSXT Rail Operations
CSXT's Emergency Crossing Sign Program Proven To Enhance Safety
CSXT Expands Emergency Crossing Sign Program To Former Conrail Lines
Capitol Limited collision injures 27 (20/09/99)
18 injured in Sunset Limited collision
Commuter train and freight train collide in California (18/11/99)
Report - USA: USA: Long Island RR crossing smash
City of New Orleans in crossing collision
Train - car crash demo: chilling reminder to motorists (27/10/99)
Car versus train collision to be staged in downtown Los Angeles, October 27 (22/10/99)
Amtrak dismissed from Mobile lawsuit (14/08/99)
6 hurt in Sunset Limited derailment (22/10/99)
Earthquake, engineer not to blame in Amtrak derailment (28/10/99)
Signalling system & trucker at fault in Portage fatal train collision
UP train derails, bridge burns (15/12/99)
UP train derails, bridge burns (15/12/99)
Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited derails injuring 14 25/07/99
3 Rail workers suspended over Rensselaer derailment. 29/07/99
Government and private agencies at fault in Portage fatal accident 22/07/99
Sacremento Rail Crash - LR train position not known to controllers
Sacremento: Head-on collision on light rail system
Sacremento Rail Crash - LR train position not known to controllers
Coast Starlight derailed after collision with truck (05/11/99)
Simula's Aviation and Automotive Crash Research Expertise Utilized In Passenger Safety Analysis o...
Guards' safety protest outlawed (22/10/99)
US heritage steam mishaps
USA: L-3 Communications Wins Locomotive Event Recorder Contract From GE Transportation System (19...
USA: DuPage county, Illinois to Improve Safety at Rail Crossings With Nestor Rail CrossingGuard (...
E*billboards(SM) on NJ TRANSIT Platforms Will Give Deaf and Hard of Hearing Riders Essential Info...
Siemens-MATRA Selected to Lead the Train Control Revolution in New York (23/11/99)
USA: Slater announces final rule on steam locomotives (18/11/99)
USA: Trespassing is leading cause of rail-related deaths - CDC
USA: Westinghouse Air Brake Company Awarded Contract to Develop Positive Train Control Prototype
Westinghouse Air Brake Company Announces Agreement with Spoornet for an Advanced Braking and Dist...

wales
Fatal rail crossing accident in Llanbrynmair (29/10/99)
Safety at occupation level crossings (01/11/99)