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2. 1976 Beckemeyer train accident - Wikipedia

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   The 1976 Beckemeyer crossing accident occurred on February 7, 1976 and was a collision between a pickup truck and a train in the town of Beckemeyer, Illinois. The train crash killed 12 people, including 11 children, and injured three others. The disaster was the worst in the history of Clinton County. [ 1][ 2]

3. National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act - Wikipedia

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   Systematic motor-vehicle safety efforts began during the 1960s. In 1960, unintentional injuries caused 93,803 deaths; [5] 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes. In 1966, after Congress and the general public had become thoroughly horrified by five years of skyrocketing motor-vehicle-related fatality rates, the enactment of the Highway Safety Act created the National Highway Safety ...

4. 1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois, train crash - Wikipedia

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   122. On March 15, 1999, Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans passenger train collided with a semi-trailer truck in the village of Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. Most of the train derailed, killing eleven people. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the accident attributed the cause to the truck driver ...

5. 2023 Chicago train crash - Wikipedia

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   Following the incident, service on the Yellow Line was fully closed and replaced with bus service, initially announced to be for a period of five days. [7] Following the release of the NTSB's preliminary report, the CTA announced that it would reduce the speed limit on the Yellow Line from 55 mph (89 km/h) to 35 mph (56 km/h), and to 25 mph (40 km/h) in the area where the crash occurred. [15]

6. 1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision - Wikipedia

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   On December 20, 1972, North Central Airlines Flight 575 and Delta Air Lines Flight 954 collided on a runway at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. [4][5] Ten people died – all on the North Central aircraft – and 17 were injured in the accident. [1]: 1 [6] This was the second major airliner accident to ...

7. Category : Railway accidents and incidents in Illinois

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   1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment. Categories: Railway accidents and incidents in the United States by state or territory. Transportation disasters in Illinois. Rail transportation in Illinois.