List of rail accidents in China

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This is a list of rail accidents in China.

Location Date Number Start Finish Type Deaths Injuries Description Ref.
Tianjin 25 March 1889 15+ Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene.

20th century

Location Date Number Start Finish Type Deaths Injuries Description Ref.
Nunkouyu 23 November 1908 16 A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river. [1]
Lichiatsai February 1910 10+ Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train. [2]
Guangzhou December 1910 31 111 Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train. [3]
Changsha January 1918 300 A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train. [4]
Hankou May 1926 50 A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons. [5]
Anting August 1926 20 A train derailed due to sabotage. [6]
Bengbu 13 April 1928 10+ A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river. [7]
Fengtian, Mukden 4 June 1928 Beijing Mukden Passenger 2 Huanggutun incident [8]
Jinzhou December 1930 100+ A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang. [9]
Hankou February 1931 [10]
Shenzhen 20 April 1931 12 20 A train ran down an embankment. [11]
Liaoning, Mukden 18 September 1931 365+ Mukden Incident [12][13][14]
Jaoyangho, Liaoning 26 September 1931 30 A train travelling from Mukden to Beijing was derailed and looted by bandits. Some, such as Kuomintang-ran Leader newspaper, purported that track was ripped up by plain-clothes Japanese soldiers, and that the "bandits" were in fact Koreans working for Japan; the Leader argued that the Kwantung Army sought to use it as a pretext to extend their "protection" to the Peiping-Mukden Railway. [15]
Yaplonya May 1932 40 100 A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train. [16]
Harbin 11 September 1932 A train was derailed and looted by bandits. [17]
Jiangxi August 1933 200 A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang. [18]
Zalantun November 1933 20+ 20+ A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manzhouli derailed and crashed into a valley. [19]
Huangtaohotze 19 April 1934 Derailment of a Japanese troop train. [20]
Suizhong 1 January 1935 12 30 A Japanese troop train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuo territory. [21]
Tengchatang 22 October 1936 60 100 Runaway coaches crashed into a train. [22]
Sheklung, Guangzhou 17 January 1937 100 50 Fire on a passenger train. [23]
Sishihpo 8 November 1937 Japanese air raid on a passenger train. [24]
Guangdong 2 January 1938 10 10 A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed. [25]
Milokang, Hunan 16 May 1938 100+ 100 Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. [26]
Songjiang Town 8 September 1938 300 400 Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees. [27]
Haiphong 2 February 1940 101 120 Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong. [28]
Suzhou 29 November 1940 100 205 Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas. [29]
Hunan 30 May 1946 90 60+ A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge. [30]
Tianjin May 1947 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. [31]
Yingtan 10 July 1947 21 56 A train derailed and plunged into a river. [32]
Shumchun, Guangdong 2 September 1948 25 98 A train derailed probably due to sabotage. [33]
Bengbu September 1948 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. [34]
Zhuzhou 22 April 1949 11 10 A train derailed. [35]
Guangzhou 29 September 1949 24 30 [36]
Tianjin January 1950 17 60 Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway. [37]
Liaoning, Suizhong 22 July 1959 12 Shenyang Beijing Passenger 0 0 Flood [38][39][40]
Fangshan District 7 December 1971 14 22 Collision between a passenger train and a truck.
Liaoning, Haicheng 4 February 1975 31 Dalian Beijing Passenger 0 0 Haicheng earthquake [41][42]
Hebei, Tangshan 28 July 1976 40 Qiqihar Beijing Passenger 0 0 Tangshan earthquake [43]
Tianjin, Tanggu 28 July 1976 117 Jining Sankeshu Passenger 0 0 Tangshan earthquake [44][45]
Yangzhuang, Lujiang County 16 December 1978 106 218 Collision of two passenger trains. [46]
Heilongjiang 11 February 1979 100+ A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed.
Zhuzhou 22 January 1980 22 4
Ganluo County 9 July 1981 200+ 146 1981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash
Chaoyang Village 20 October 1981 3 65 Explosion.
Liaoning, Xinmin 28 May 1982 193 Jinan Jiamusi Passenger 3 147 When the railway workers were doing the repair work of jointless track there, they violated the labor discipline and operating procedures, set up the track lifter on the inner side of the steel rail without authorization, and then withdrew from their posts. They went to the crossing guard room five meters away from the operation site to eat popsicles. When the 193 through passenger express train passed, they collided with the track lifter, causing the train to derail and overturn. [47][48][49]
Jiangsu, Nanjing 6 November 1983 155 Sankeshu Shanghai North Passenger 1 31 Rear end collision. [50]
Liaoning, Xinmin 14 May 1984 117 Jining Sankeshu Passenger 6 22 Fire on the train. [51]
Hunan February 1985 13 4 A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks. [52]
Shaoguan 15 January 1986 7 38 Explosion on an express train.
Heilongjiang 22 April 1987 11 44 Explosion on an express train. [53]
Mengmiao 18 July 1987 9 69 Explosion on a passenger train.
Matianxu, Hunan 7 January 1988 34 30 Fire on a passenger train. [54]
17 January 1988 19 76 Collision of a passenger train.
Yunnan 24 January 1988 90 67 A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun. [55]
Nanxiang 24 March 1988 29 100 Collision of two express trains. [56]
Liaoning 23 December 1988 46 54 A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [57]
Huinan 18 January 1989 32 41 A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [58]
Shanghai 26 June 1989 24 39 Suicide bombing of a passenger train. [59]
Guokou, Jiangsu 18 September 1991 13 A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog. [60]
Wulidun, Zhuzhou 21 March 1992 15 25 Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. [61]
Liaoning, Fushun 11 October 1992 285 Tianjin Jilin 4 0 Dongfeng 4C diesel locomotives No. 4031 and 4045 in Meihekou locomotive depot are reconnected to draw a freight train to Shimenling railway station, ready to stop the 285 passenger train that will allow. As a corner cock of the train was closed, the train brake failed. In order to avoid train collision, the freight train derailed and overturned after entering the safety line of Shimenling station. The accident resulted in the death of four locomotive attendants, the suspension of driving for 10 hours and 25 minutes, and the scrapping of two locomotives, and no loss of 285 passenger train. [62]
Liaoning 31 January 1993 66 28 A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [63]
Liaoning 20 April 1993 35 A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. [64]
10 July 1993 40 48 Due to the illegal driving of the train driver, a passenger train and another freight train had a rear-end collision. [65]
Xiangfan passenger section 15 January 1994 8 23 7 passengers and 1 worker killed. 12 passengers and 11 workers injured
Guangxi 13 August 1994 12 50 Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin. [66]
Beijing 20 October 1994 17 12+ A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. [67]
Heilongjiang 1 February 1996 193 Jinan East Jiamusi Passenger 1 0 Zhang, the steward of the 193 through passenger train, treated the elderly female passenger rudely, which indirectly led to her illness. [68]
Rongjiawan, Yueyang 29 April 1997 126 230 Rongjiawan train disaster: Collision of two passenger trains. [69]
Jilin, Changchun 28 August 1997 472 Harbin Xuzhou 4 9 The driver of freight train 3312 dozed off. [70]
Central China September 1998 27 4 A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party. [71]
Liaoning January 1999 24 100 Collision of a freight train with a passenger train. [72]
Hengyang 19 July 1999 9 40 Derailment of a passenger train.

21st century

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