List of rail accidents in China

This is a list of rail accidents in China.

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

See also

• List of rail accidents by country

References

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3. Terrible railway accident in China, Weekly Sun (December 17, 1910)
4. Railway disaster near Changsha, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 11, 1918)
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8. Raiwlay disaster in China, The Straits Times (December 30, 1930)
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11. Britisher killed by bandits, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (September 28, 1931)
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13. Bandits wreck train in Manchuria: 100 killed, The Straits Times (September 12, 1932)
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15. 20 soldiers killed, The Straits Times (November 28, 1933)
16. Train jumps rails, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (April 20, 1934)
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20. Train bombed in China; 200 hurt or killed, The Milwaukee Journal (November 8, 1938)
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23. Skies rain death on Chinese train, Lawrence Journal-World (September 8, 1938)
24. Bombing of Yunnan lione to go on, says Tokyo, The Straits Times (February 6, 1940)
25. Train blown up in China; many killed, Reading Eagle (November 29, 1940)
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44. Dozen killed when trains collide, Sun Journal (March 23, 1992)
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48. 17 killed when train hits bus in China, Chicago Tribune (October 21, 1994)
49. At least 67 killed in train crash in China, New Straits Times (May 1, 1997)
50. 27 in bridal party killed in accident, The Straits Times (September 17, 1998)
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52. China crash 'due to cable theft', BBC News (August 2, 2005)
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56. Train derails in North China, 11 dead, China Daily (August 14, 2010)
57. 3 killed, 85 hurt in Urumqi when train hits bus, China Daily (March 24, 2011)