Talk:List of level crossing crashes

Use of flagicons
Flagicons are a good idea, even though this is not a sporty topic, because:


 * 1) Helps teach the flags, especially where flags of different countries are similar.
 * 2) Helps find things, flags are easier to read than words.
 * 3) E. Brittanica probably doesn't use flagicons.

Tabletop (talk) 04:47, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I disagree with this post. While I understand that when it was made a little more twelve years ago the guidelines on flag icon use might not have been as developed as they are today, the use of flag icons in this article is quite excessive per MOS:TOOMANY and doesn't really provide and real encyclopedic value to the reader per MOS:DECOR. There's no information being provided by a flag icon that can't be just as effectively provided by a simple Wikilink added to each article's entry. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:36, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

List accidents
The file List of level crossing accidents should contain all/most accidents. Then the main file need contain only significant accidents.

The Elsenham pedestrian accident, while there were "only" 2 killed fatalities, caused a major rethink. This accident was deleted from the main file by User:Signalhead without being put in the subsidiary file, which is wrong on two counts.

Tabletop (talk) 22:42, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Order of dates
Needs to be tidied up. From Old to New. Tabletop (talk) 01:44, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

A list of accidents moved from the Level Crossing article
I have moved this long list of accidents here from the Level Crossing article where only a few examples are required. Most of the items in this list are not cited and many may already be included in this article. Please integrate into article as appropriate. PeterEastern (talk) 21:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 🇧🇷 Nova Iguaçu level crossing disaster &mdash; A truck carrying gasoline hit by passenger train which kills 54 on June 1951.
 * 🇹🇼 Chiayi level crossing disaster &mdash; A local bus hit by an express train which kills 48 on July 1961.
 * 🇺🇸 Greely level crossing disaster &mdash; A Chicago-Denver passenger train smash into a bus carrying children in Colorado, with kills 20 on December 1961.
 * 🇦🇷 Salisberry level crossing disaster &mdash; An express train smash into an overcrowded bus carrying children, in suburb of Buenos Aires, which kills 41 and injures 70 on June 1962.
 * 🇺🇸 Salinas level crossing disaster &mdash; A freight train smash into a bus in California, kills 28 and injures 35 on September 1963.
 * 🇮🇳 Deoria level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a local bus in Assam, which kills 29 and injures 72 on December 1964.
 * 🇨🇦 Dorion level crossing accident &mdash; 1966 - 19 killed
 * Langenweddingen level crossing disaster &mdash; 1967 - 94 killed
 * 🇹🇭 Korat level crossing disaster &mdash; An overcrowded bus hit by passenger train, kills 40 and injures 39 on July 1967.
 * 🇬🇧 Hixon rail crash &mdash; 1968 - 11 killed
 * 🇰🇷 Onyang level crossing disaster &mdash; A charter bus hit by express train and kills 42 on October 1970.
 * 🇭🇺 Helvecia level crossing disaster &mdash; A regular route bus hit by commuter train, which kills 37 and injures 17 on January 1973.
 * 🇲🇽 1975 Cuautitlan level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus hit by Mexico City-Ciudad Juárez passenger train, which kills 29 and injures 32 on February 1975.
 * 🇹🇼 Tacheng level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a bus carryig schoolchildren in Changhua, kills at least 42 with injures at least 43 on April 1976.
 * 🇲🇽 Tianepantla level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a local bus, kills at least 42 on January 1977.
 * 🇪🇸 Munoz level crossing disaster &mdash; A train smashed into school-children bus and kills 27, injures 36 on December 1978.
 * 🇫🇷 Tarbes level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a charter bus, which kills 21 and injures 32 on October 1979.
 * 🇪🇬 Imbaba level crossing disaster &mdash; A suburban passenger train smash into a public bus in Al Jizah, which kills 28 and injures 30 on October 1979.
 * 🇿🇦 Empangeni level crossing disaster &mdash; A Nkilini-Empangeni passenger train smash into an overcrowded bus and other vehicles, which kills 69 and injures 93 on June 1980.
 * 🇹🇼 Hsinchu level crossing disaster &mdash; A truck hit by a passenger train, which kills 30 and injures 131 on March 1981.
 * 🇲🇽 Tula level crossing accident &mdash; A Nuevo Laredo-Mexico City passenger train smash into an express bus, which kills 23 and injures 32 on August 1982.
 * 🇦🇷 San Justo level crossing disaster &mdash; A local bus hit by a commuter train and kills at least 42, injures 22 on October 1984.
 * 🇮🇱 Moshav Habonim level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus with school children hit by passenger train and kills 22, injures 17 on August 1985.
 * 🇬🇧 Lockington rail crash &mdash; 1986 - 9 killed
 * 🇮🇳 Pathali Pahar level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a private bus in Assam, which kills 28 and injures 60 on September 1986.
 * Kasumbalesa level crossing disaster &mdash; A trailer-truck hit by a passenger train which kills 125 on July 1987. (present day of Democratic Republic of Congo)
 * 🇵🇰 Moro level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a local bus, which kills at least 50 and injures at least 40 on October 1987.
 * 🇪🇬 Ein Sham level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus carrying school children hit by an express train, which kills 62 and injures 67 on December 1987.
 * 🇹🇭 Takhli level crossing disaster &mdash; A trailer-truck hit by Lopburi-Phitsanulok passenger train and kills at least 27 on May 1988.
 * 🇨🇳 Qinghemen level crossing disaster &mdash; Kills at least 46 and injures 63 in Shenyang, on December 1988.
 * 🇨🇳 Huinan level crossing disaster &mdash; A local bus hit by a passenger train which kills 32 on January 1989.
 * 🇱🇰 Ahungalla level crossing disaster &mdash; Kills 51 and injures 110 on January 1989.
 * 🇲🇽 Saltillo level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a local bus, which kills 22 on February 1989.
 * 🇮🇳 Tarsai level crossing disaster &mdash; An express train smash into a bus packed with wedding guests in Gujarat, which kills 47 on May 1989.
 * Kamenskaya-Pogorolove level crossing disaster &mdash; A Adler-Voronezh passenger train smash into a bus, which kills 31 and injures 14 in Ukraine on July 1989.
 * 🇲🇽 Leon level crossing disaster &mdash; A freight train smash into a local bus, which kills 33 and injures 26 on January 1990.
 * Petrozavodsk level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a bus, which kills 27 and 50 on July 1990.
 * 🇹🇼 Luchu level crossing disaster &mdash; Kills 25 and injures 32 on December 1990.
 * 🇮🇳 Annupur level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into many vehicles in Madhya Pradesh, which kills 35 and injures 27 on March 1991.
 * 🇹🇭 Phutthamonthon level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a bus carrying school children in Nakhon Pathom, which kills 36 on April 1993.
 * 🇺🇸 Fox River Grove level crossing accident. A passenger train collided with a school bus full of children at a grade crossing. &mdash; 1995 - 7 children killed.
 * 🇪🇬 Al Minufiyah level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus carrying textile workers hit by an express train and kills 49 on April 1995.
 * 🇮🇳 35 wedding guests are killed when their bus is run down by a train in Alappuzha, Kerala on May 14, 1996
 * 🇮🇳 A train and collision with a tractor at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh which kills twenty-five on May 25, 1996
 * 🇨🇺 Holguin level crossing disaster &mdash; A local bus hit by Havana-Santiago de Cuba passenger train which kills 56 and injures 6 on November 1997.
 * 🇹🇲 Keshi level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus hit by a diesel locomotive train which kills at least 40 on September 1998.
 * 🇮🇳 Jhukia level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus carrying wedding party hit by passenger train and kills 45 on April 1999.
 * 🇺🇸 Bourbonnais train accident &mdash; 1999 - 11 killed
 * 🇨🇳 Yibin level crossing disaster &mdash; A passenger train smash into a school bus, which kills 25 and injures 24 on September 1999.
 * 🇦🇺 Gerogery level crossing accident &mdash; 2001 - 5 killed
 * 🇨🇳 Artux level crossing disaster &mdash; A mini bus hit by Urumqi-Kashi passenger train in Xinjiang Uygur, which kills 28 and injures 11 on December 2001.
 * 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton level crossing disaster &mdash; A double decker bus hit by Budapest-Nagykanizsa express train and kills 34, injures 42 on May 2003.
 * 🇵🇰 Malikwal level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus hit by Lalamusa-Surghoda passenger train and kills 27, injures 6 on September 2003.
 * 🇬🇧 Ufton Nervet rail crash &mdash; 2004 - 7 killed
 * 🇺🇸 Glendale train crash &mdash; 2005 - 11 killed
 * 🇱🇰 Polgahawela level crossing collision, Sri Lanka &mdash; 2005: a bus tries to beat the train at a level crossing; at least 35 people are killed.
 * 🇿🇦 Johannesburg level crossing accident &mdash; 2005: 9 killed.
 * 🇮🇳 Nagpur level crossing disaster &mdash; 2005 - 55 killed.
 * 🇷🇺 Voronezhskaya level crossing disaster &mdash; A bus carrying factory workers hit by Mineralye Vody-Krasnodar passenger train, which kills 21 and injures 6 on January 2006.
 * 🇧🇩 Akkelpur level crossing disaster &mdash; A Sayedpur-Khudna passenger train smash into a passenger bus in Jaipurhat, with kills 32 and injures 30 on July 2006.
 * 🇿🇦 Somerset West level crossing disaster &mdash; A commuter train smash into a truck carrying local farmworkers in Western Cape, which kills 27 and injures 12 on November 2006.
 * 🇲🇽 A passenger bus is hit by freight train at a level crossing in Cuautitlán, a suburb of Mexico City, with at least 28 deaths and 14 injuries, in December 2006.
 * 🇦🇺 Kerang train crash &mdash; 2007 - truck hits train; 11 train passengers killed.
 * 🇨🇺 Yara level crossing disaster &mdash; A Santiago de Cuba-Manzanillo passenger train smashed into a local bus, kills 28 and injures 73 on October 2007.
 * 🇦🇷 9 March 2008, Dolores, Buenos Aires - A bus collided with a passenger train, killing 17 and injuring at least 35, when the bus driver ignored the railroad crossing warning devices.
 * 🇧🇩 16 April 2008 – According to ATN Bangla television, a Dinajpur-Dhaka Ekoto Express train hit a local bus on a level crossing outside of Kalihati, Tangail, Bangladesh, killing 18 and injuring 30.
 * 🇪🇬 Marsa Matruh 16 July 2008- a truck failed to stop, pushing waiting traffic into the path of the train. At least 40 killed.
 * 🇸🇰 2009 Slovakian coach and train collision 21 February 2009 - 12 killed - lights but no booms.
 * 🇩🇪 Robert Enke 10 November 2009 - German goalkeeper, Robert Enke stood on a level crossing and commited suicide. Police confirmed a suicide note was discovered but would not publicise its details.

Should we include this one?
Should we include this one? --Guy Macon (talk) 01:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Words or numbers
I think it is more readable if words such as "forty-eight" are changed into numbers "48". Also more consistent. It might also be appropriate to have a "== Worst Ever ==" category. Tabletop (talk) 02:26, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Tanzania

 * RP   Tabletop (talk) 10:59, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 6 -- Twelve people died and others were injured when a bus collided with a train at Kiberege in Tanzania eastern region.

Six men, four women and two girls.

The driver, who tried to cross without taking any precautions, ran away after the incident.

In September 2014 Tanzanian Minister for Transport Harrison Mwakyembe announced the formation a task force to look into a lasting solution to the east African nation's road accidents that are claiming thousands of lives.

Mwakyembe said the east African nation recorded 3,738 accidents that killed 1,075 people and injured 3,845 others in June-August this year.


 * Presumably the bus company would know who was driving.   Tabletop (talk) 11:31, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

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