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24 February 1951 – 11 people killed in a collision between a bus and a train at a level crossing near Horsham, Victoria. [13] 1 June 1952 – Nine killed in bus-train accident at a level crossing at Boronia, Victoria. [13] 1 April 1970 - In Roseworthy, near Adelaide, fifteen were killed and twenty injured in a bus - train collision [14]
A westbound CN freight train shattered a school bus negotiating an unguarded railway crossing. The bus driver appeared to have been blinded by the rising sun in that direction. [34] [35] Dorion level crossing accident: 7 October 1966: Dorion, Quebec: 19: 26: An eastbound CN freight train struck a school bus on a railway crossing.
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Location: level crossing in Esquelbecq (59) Injuries: 1, slight Travelling at 106 km/h (66 mph), the train collided with a heavy goods vehicle stuck on the level crossing at Esquelbecq in northern France. The front power car was severely damaged, but only one bogie derailed. The train driver was slightly injured.
Witnesses stated that the truck failed to stop at the level crossing, [6] [7] despite the train driver giving warning by blowing the horn. The truck, along with its two trailers, was dragged for around 400 metres (1,300 ft), [ 1 ] and a car being transported on the train [ 8 ] was also crushed by the derailed train.
Immediately after the disaster Queen Elizabeth II sent her sympathies for the victims to then Governor-General Georges Vanier. [10]After receiving numerous complaints, requests to reopen the investigation and public demonstrations of disagreement by the citizens of the city of Dorion, the level crossing was replaced by a double underpass by direction of Paul Gérin-Lajoie during November 1972.
The collision occurred at a level crossing at the intersection of Tallangatta Road and the single-tracked Cudgewa railway line belonging to Victorian Railways. At the time of the accident the Victorian Railways train, according to eyewitnesses, was traveling at between approximately 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) to 18 miles per hour (29 km/h). [1 ...
The high-speed train lines are built with no level crossings, but high-speed trains are also used on conventional railway lines and exposed there to level crossing accidents. 100 crashes occurred at French level crossings in 2015, causing 26 fatalities. [9]