List of rail accidents in China

This is a list of rail accidents in China.

Location	Date	Killed	Injured	Description	Ref.
Tianjin	1889/03/25	15+		Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene.
Nunkouyu	1908/11/23	16		A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river.	[1]
Lichiatsai	1910/02	10+		Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train.	[2]
Honam	1910/12	31	111	Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train.	[3]
Changsha	1918/01	300		A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train.	[4]
Hankou	1926/05	50		A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons.	[5]
Anting	1926/08	20		A train derailed due to sabotage.	[6]
Pengpu	1928/04/13	10+		A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river.	[7]
Jinzhou	1930/12	100+		A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang.	[8]
Hankou	1931/02				[9]
Shumchun	1931/04/20	12	20	A train ran down an embankment.	[10]
Jaoyangho, Liaoning	1931/09/26	30		A train travelling from Mukden to Peking was derailed and looted by bandits.	[11]
Yaplonya	1932/05	40	100	A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train.	[12]
Harbin	1932/09/11			A train was derailed and looted by bandits.	[13]
Jiangxi	1933/08	200		A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang.	[14]
Chalantun	1933/11	20+	20+	A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manchuli derailed and crashed into a valley.	[15]
Huangtaohotze	1934/04/19			Derailment of a Japanese troop train.	[16]
Suichung	1935/01/01	12	30	A Japanese troor train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuoterritory.	[17]
Tengchatang	1936/10/22	60	100	Runaway coaches crashed into a train.	[18]
Sheklung, Guangzhou	1937/01/17	100	50	Fire on a passenger train.	[19]
Sishihpo	1937/11/08			Japanese air raid on a passenger train.	[20]
Kwangtung	1938/01/02	10	10	A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed.	[21]
Milokang, Hunan	1938/05/16	100+	100	Collision of a passenger train with a freight train.	[22]
Songjiang Town	1938/09/08	300	400	Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees.	[23]
Haiphong	1940/02/02	101	120	Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong.	[24]
Suzhou	1940/11/29	100	205	Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas.	[25]
Hunan	1946/05/30	90	60+	A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge.	[26]
Tientsin	1947/05	100		Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas.	[27]
Yingtan	1947/07/10	21	56	A train derailed and plunged into a river.	[28]
Shumchun, Guangdong	1948/09/03	25	98	A train derailed probably due to sabotage.	[29]
Pengpu	1948/09	100		Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas.	[30]
Chuchow	1949/04/22	11	10	A train derailed.	[31]
Guangzhou	1949/09/29	24	30		[32]
Tientsin	1950/01	17	60	Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway.	[33]
Fangshan District	1971/12/07	14	22	Collision between a passenger train and a truck.
Yangzhuang, Lujiang County	1978/12/16	106	218	Collision of two passenger trains.	[34]
Heilongjiang	1979/02/11	100+		A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed.
Zhuzhou	1980/01/22	22	4
Ganluo County	1981/07/09	200+	146	1981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash
Chaoyang Village	1981/10/20	3	65	Explosion.
	1984/05/14	6	22	Fire on a passenger train.
Hunan	1985/02	13	4	A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks.	[35]
Shaoguan	1986/01/15	7	38	Explosion on an express train.
Heilongjiang	1987/04/22	11	44	Explosion on an express train.	[36]
Mengmiao	1987/07/18	9	69	Explosion on a passenger train.
Matianxu, Hunan	1988/01/07	34	30	Fire on a passenger train.	[37]
	1988/01/17	19	76	Collision of a passenger train.
Yunnan	1988/01/24	90	67	A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun.	[38]
Nanxiang	1988/03/24	29	100	Collision of two express trains.	[39]
Liaoning	1988/12/23	46	54	A train crashed into a bus at a crossing.	[40]
Huinan	1989/01/18	32	41	A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing.	[41]
Shanghai	1989/06/26	24	39	Suicide bombing of a passenger train.	[42]
Guokou, Jiangsu	1991/09/18	13		A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog.	[43]
Wulidun, Zhuzhou	1992/03/21	15	25	Collision of a passenger train with a freight train.	[44]
Liaoning	1993/01/31	66	28	A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing.	[45]
Liaoning	1993/04/30	35		A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren.	[46]
	1993/07/10	40	48
Xiangfan passenger section	1994/01/15	8	23	7 passengers and 1 worker killed. 12 passengers and 11 workers injured
Guangxi	1994/08/13	12	50	Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin.	[47]
Beijing	1994/10/20	17	12+	A train crashed into a bus at a crossing.	[48]
Rongjiawan, Yueyang	1997/04/29	126	230	Collision of two passenger trains.	[49]
Central China	1998/09	27	4	A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party.	[50]
Liaoning	1999/01	24	100	Collision of a freight train with a passenger train.	[51]
Hengyang	1999/07/19	9	40	Derailment of a passenger train.
Shenyang	2005/07/31	5	30	Collision of a freight train with a passenger train due to a sabotaged signal.	[52]
Beijing Kowloon Railway, near Dongshui station (东水站)	2006/04/11	2	18	Signal failure leading to collision of 2 trains (T159 and 1017) causing derailment of last 4 carriages of train 1017
Outside Red Hill Station (红山渠站)	2007/02/28	3	32	High winds caused railed derailment for train bound for Urumqi[53]
Changyi	2008/01/23	18	9	Passenger train D59 travelling from Beijing to Qingdao[54]
Zibo	2008/04/28	72	416	Zibo train collision
Chenzhou	2009/06/29	3	63	Chenzhou train collision
Liuzhou	2009/07/29	4	34	Derailment of a passenger train	[55]
Dongxiang County, Jiangxi	2010/05/23	19	71	2010 Jiangxi derailment
Hohhot	2010/08/13	11	1	A train carrying stones derailed at a construction site.	[56]
Urumqi	2011/03/24	3	85	A train crashed into a bus.	[57]
Wenzhou	2011/07/23	40	210+	Wenzhou train collision

See also

• List of rail accidents by country

References

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