All news on the topic: Train crashes

An Amazon driver from Wisconsin avoided death by just a few inches after an Amtrak train slammed into his delivery truck, splitting it in half and missing him by just a couple of inches

WARNING, GRAPHIC IMAGES: Barry Wallace, 13, was first knocked to the ground by a train's metal footstep at Prestwick Town Station, Ayrshire, and then hit again on the head leaving him with a shattered skull and paralysed

When the iconic trains entered service in 1976 it heralded a new era of rail travel in Britain but train drivers’ union ASLEF says a crash late last month exposed failures in the train’s design

Despite services being regularly haled by engineering works, Network Rail staff has taken almost £40million in bonus payments - including an average £35k payout for top bosses

A subway train in has derailed in Manhattan after it was involved in a collision with a work train, authorities said. No one was severely injured in the crash which has resulted in travel chaos

Known for her raunchy romance novels, Jilly Cooper has been appointed Dame in the New Years Honours List 2024 for her services to literature after penning her first novel in 1975

Erling Haaland was one of the most sought-after stars in world football ahead of his move to Manchester City but Paul Pogba prevented him from joining fierce rivals Manchester United

A Chicago commuter train derailed after it ploughed into rail equipment, leaving three people in critical condition and 35 others injured. The crash is now under investigation

Two teenage best friends from Boring, Oregon were killed in a freak incident while trying to retrieve part of their car. Tributes have been paid to Brayden Fear and Kaleb Banzer

Two trains collided in Andhra Pradesh state's Vizianagaram district, in India, leaving at least 19 people dead, with rescue teams and residents helping to extract those injured

One of the trains in the Salisbury Tunnel Junction crash - which left 14 injured - was only moments away from colliding with another train in a much more serious collision, a report has found

The crash near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire during August, 2020 was the result of a series of 'failings' by Network Railway, who were fined £6.7million over the fatal incident

Police Scotland confirmed that passengers have been treated by emergency services after the Flying Scotsman and Royal Scotsman crashed in the highlands - train services have now resumed as normal

There were seven people in the vehicle when it was hit by a train at a crossing in Hillsborough County, Florida. Five passengers, including three children, died at the scene, with two rushed to hospital. Dad Jose Hernandez later died

Jose Guadalupe Hernandez, 52, his wife Enedalia, 50, their three children - Julian, 9, Alyssa, 17, and Anaelia, 22, and friend Jakub Lopez, 17, were killed after a train hit their car on a crossing in Florida

Six are now dead after a freight train crashed into a family's SUV 'violently ejecting' them for the car. As their names are released it has been revealed that three of the dead were children.

The tragedy happened just before 8.30pm between the stations of Parets del Valles and Granollers as the group were crossing the tracks at a point 'with difficult visibility' near Barcelona, Spain

The 26-year-old was controversially shown a red card during Forest’s 3-2 defeat at Manchester United around the same time his Uncle Graham Saville was dying in hospital after attempting to save a distressed man from train tracks

It has been reported that 19 passengers have so far been killed with 100 more injured after ten cars of a train derailed near the Sarhari railway station close to Nawabshah, Pakistan

A cop in Colorado is set to go on trial accused of putting a handcuffed woman in a car that was hit by a freight train, causing a number of injures including a traumatic brain injury

DC Fire and Rescue Services are responding to an Amtrak train after it derailed with 230 passengers onboard. One worker is being evaluated for a "minor medical condition"

New images show the grim derailment of an Amtrak train that came loose from its tracks after smashing into a Ventura County truck near Moorpark in Southern California

The train was carrying hot asphalt and sulfur when the bridge collapsed plunging train cars into the Yellowstone River spreading hazardous chemicals into the water sparking fears

Debasish Patra, 10, was left trapped under the weight of seven dead bodies in near Balasore, India, before he was miraculously rescued by his older brother from the train wreckage

Passengers who survived a tragic train crash in India on Friday night have been taken to hospital - some seriously injured - in the hope they will recover after the accident