# List of rail accidents in China

This is a list of rail accidents in China.

## 19th century

| Location | Date | Number | Start | Finish | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Description | Ref. |
| Tianjin | 25 March 1889 | | | | | 15+ | | Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene. | |

## 20th century

| Location | Date | Number | Start | Finish | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
| Nunkouyu | 23 November 1908 | | | | | 16 | | A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river. |
| Lichiatsai | February 1910 | | | | | 10+ | | Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train. |
| Guangzhou | December 1910 | | | | | 31 | 111 | Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train. |
| Changsha | January 1918 | | | | | 300 | | A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train. |
| Hankou | May 1926 | | | | | 50 | | A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons. |
| Anting | August 1926 | | | | | 20 | | A train derailed due to sabotage. |
| Bengbu | 13 April 1928 | | | | | 10+ | | A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river. |
| Fengtian, Mukden | 4 June 1928 | | Beijing | Mukden | Passenger | 2 | | Huanggutun incident |
| Jinzhou | December 1930 | | | | | 100+ | | A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang. |
| Hankou | February 1931 | | | | | | | |
| Shenzhen | 20 April 1931 | | | | | 12 | 20 | A train ran down an embankment. |
| Liaoning, Mukden | 18 September 1931 | | | | | 365+ | | Mukden Incident |
| Jaoyangho, Liaoning | 26 September 1931 | | | | | 30 | | A train travelling from Mukden to Beijing was derailed and looted by bandits. Some, such as Kuomintang-ran Leader newspaper, purported that track was ripped up by plain-clothes Japanese soldiers, and that the "bandits" were in fact Koreans working for Japan; the Leader argued that the Kwantung Army sought to use it as a pretext to extend their "protection" to the Peiping-Mukden Railway. |
| Yaplonya | May 1932 | | | | | 40 | 100 | A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train. |
| Harbin | 11 September 1932 | | | | | | | A train was derailed and looted by bandits. |
| Jiangxi | August 1933 | | | | | 200 | | A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang. |
| Zalantun | November 1933 | | | | | 20+ | 20+ | A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manzhouli derailed and crashed into a valley. |
| Huangtaohotze | 19 April 1934 | | | | | | | Derailment of a Japanese troop train. |
| Suizhong | 1 January 1935 | | | | | 12 | 30 | A Japanese troop train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuo territory. |
| Tengchatang | 22 October 1936 | | | | | 60 | 100 | Runaway coaches crashed into a train. |
| Sheklung, Guangzhou | 17 January 1937 | | | | | 100 | 50 | Fire on a passenger train. |
| Sishihpo | 8 November 1937 | | | | | | | Japanese air raid on a passenger train. |
| Guangdong | 2 January 1938 | | | | | 10 | 10 | A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed. |
| Milokang, Hunan | 16 May 1938 | | | | | 100+ | 100 | Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. |
| Songjiang Town | 8 September 1938 | | | | | 300 | 400 | Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees. |
| Haiphong | 2 February 1940 | | | | | 101 | 120 | Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong. |
| Suzhou | 29 November 1940 | | | | | 100 | 205 | Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas. |
| Hunan | 30 May 1946 | | | | | 90 | 60+ | A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge. |
| Tianjin | May 1947 | | | | | 100 | | Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. |
| Yingtan | 10 July 1947 | | | | | 21 | 56 | A train derailed and plunged into a river. |
| Shumchun, Guangdong | 2 September 1948 | | | | | 25 | 98 | A train derailed probably due to sabotage. |
| Bengbu | September 1948 | | | | | 100 | | Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. |
| Zhuzhou | 22 April 1949 | | | | | 11 | 10 | A train derailed. |
| Guangzhou | 29 September 1949 | | | | | 24 | 30 | |
| Tianjin | January 1950 | | | | | 17 | 60 | Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway. |
| Liaoning, Suizhong | 22 July 1959 | 12 | Shenyang | Beijing | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Flood |
| Fangshan District | 7 December 1971 | | | | | 14 | 22 | Collision between a passenger train and a truck. |
| Liaoning, Haicheng | 4 February 1975 | 31 | Dalian | Beijing | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Haicheng earthquake |
| Hebei, Tangshan | 28 July 1976 | 40 | Qiqihar | Beijing | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Tangshan earthquake |
| Tianjin, Tanggu | 28 July 1976 | 117 | Jining | Sankeshu | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Tangshan earthquake |
| Yangzhuang, Lujiang County | 16 December 1978 | | | | | 106 | 218 | Collision of two passenger trains. |
| Heilongjiang | 11 February 1979 | | | | | 100+ | | A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed. |
| Zhuzhou | 22 January 1980 | | | | | 22 | 4 | |
| Ganluo County | 9 July 1981 | | | | | 200+ | 146 | 1981 Chengdu-Kunming Railway Train Crash |
| Chaoyang Village | 20 October 1981 | | | | | 3 | 65 | Explosion. |
| Liaoning, Xinmin | 28 May 1982 | 193 | Jinan | Jiamusi | Passenger | 3 | 147 | When the railway workers were doing the repair work of jointless track there, they violated the labor discipline and operating procedures, set up the track lifter on the inner side of the steel rail without authorization, and then withdrew from their posts. They went to the crossing guard room five meters away from the operation site to eat popsicles. When the 193 through passenger express train passed, they collided with the track lifter, causing the train to derail and overturn. |
| Jiangsu, Nanjing | 6 November 1983 | 155 | Sankeshu | Shanghai North | Passenger | 1 | 31 | Rear end collision. |
| Liaoning, Xinmin | 14 May 1984 | 117 | Jining | Sankeshu | Passenger | 6 | 22 | Fire on the train. |
| Hunan | February 1985 | | | | | 13 | 4 | A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks. |
| Shaoguan | 15 January 1986 | | | | | 7 | 38 | Explosion on an express train. |
| Heilongjiang | 22 April 1987 | | | | | 11 | 44 | Explosion on an express train. |
| Mengmiao | 18 July 1987 | | | | | 9 | 69 | Explosion on a passenger train. |
| Matianxu, Hunan | 7 January 1988 | | | | | 34 | 30 | Fire on a passenger train. |
| | 17 January 1988 | | | | | 19 | 76 | Collision of a passenger train. |
| Yunnan | 24 January 1988 | | | | | 90 | 67 | A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun. |
| Nanxiang | 24 March 1988 | | | | | 29 | 100 | Collision of two express trains. |
| Liaoning | 23 December 1988 | | | | | 46 | 54 | A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. |
| Huinan | 18 January 1989 | | | | | 32 | 41 | A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. |
| Shanghai | 26 June 1989 | | | | | 24 | 39 | Suicide bombing of a passenger train. |
| Guokou, Jiangsu | 18 September 1991 | | | | | 13 | | A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog. |
| Wulidun, Zhuzhou | 21 March 1992 | | | | | 15 | 25 | Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. |
| Liaoning, Fushun | 11 October 1992 | 285 | Tianjin | Jilin | PassengerFreight | 4 | 0 | Dongfeng 4C diesel locomotives No. 4031 and 4045 in Meihekou locomotive depot are reconnected to draw a freight train to Shimenling railway station, ready to stop the 285 passenger train that will allow. As a corner cock of the train was closed, the train brake failed. In order to avoid train collision, the freight train derailed and overturned after entering the safety line of Shimenling station. The accident resulted in the death of four locomotive attendants, the suspension of driving for 10 hours and 25 minutes, and the scrapping of two locomotives, and no loss of 285 passenger train. |
| Liaoning | 31 January 1993 | | | | | 66 | 28 | A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. |
| Liaoning | 20 April 1993 | | | | | 35 | | A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. |
| | 10 July 1993 | | | | | 40 | 48 | Due to the illegal driving of the train driver, a passenger train and another freight train had a rear-end collision. |
| Xiangfan passenger section | 15 January 1994 | | | | | 8 | 23 | 7 passengers and 1 worker killed. 12 passengers and 11 workers injured |
| Guangxi | 13 August 1994 | | | | | 12 | 50 | Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin. |
| Beijing | 20 October 1994 | | | | | 17 | 12+ | A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. |
| Heilongjiang | 1 February 1996 | 193 | Jinan East | Jiamusi | Passenger | 1 | 0 | Zhang, the steward of the 193 through passenger train, treated the elderly female passenger rudely, which indirectly led to her illness. |
| Rongjiawan, Yueyang | 29 April 1997 | | | | | 126 | 230 | Collision of two passenger trains. |
| Jilin, Changchun | 28 August 1997 | 472 | Harbin | Xuzhou | PassengerFreight | 4 | 9 | The driver of freight train 3312 dozed off. |
| Central China | September 1998 | | | | | 27 | 4 | A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party. |
| Liaoning | January 1999 | | | | | 24 | 100 | Collision of a freight train with a passenger train. |
| Hengyang | 19 July 1999 | | | | | 9 | 40 | Derailment of a passenger train. |

## 21st century

| Location | Date | Number | Start | Finish | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Description |
| Jilin, Fuyu | 14 April 2002 | 1417 | Harbin | Heze | PassengerFreight | 0 | 0 | The driver of 22927 freight train forgot to disconnect the main circuit breaker. |
| Shandong, Tengzhou | 10 January 2003 | 1227 | Fuxin | Shanghai | Passenger | 1 | 6 | The head of the dining car of the 1227 passenger train mistook a bag of Sodium nitrite for sugar and gave it to Ms. Su, the dining car attendant who sold milk, and told Ms. Su that White sugar could be added when preparing milk. Then Ms. Su sold the milk with Sodium nitrite added to the passengers, causing seven passengers to be Foodborne illness poisoned. One passenger, Mr. Ma, died after rescue. |
| Heilongjiang, Shuangcheng | 5 August 2003 | T184 | Harbin | Hankou | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Collided with two cows rushing into the railway, killing both. |
| Liaoning, Kaiyuan | 31 August 2004 | 1394 | Jiamusi | Yantai | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Railroad switch is in reverse position. |
| Guangdong, Heyuan | 20 June 2005 | T186 | Shenzhen | Shenyang North | Passenger | 0 | 0 | T186 passenger train is four days late. |
| Liaoning, Shenyang | 31 July 2005 | K127 | Xi'an | Changchun | Passenger | 6 | 30 | Collision of a freight train with a passenger train due to a sabotaged signal. |
| Liaoning, Jinzhou | 17 November 2005 | K27 | Beijing | Dandong | Passenger | 0 | 0 | The oil delivery pipe of the fuel oil boiler of the air-conditioning power car leaks oil. |
| Beijing Kowloon Railway, near Dongshui station (东水站) | 11 April 2006 | | | | | 2 | 18 | Signal failure leading to collision of two trains (T159 and 1017) causing derailment of last 4 carriages of train 1017 |
| Outside Red Hill Station (红山渠站) | 28 February 2007 | | | | | 3 | 32 | High winds caused derailment for train bound for Urumqi |
| Beijing, Daxing | 10 December 2007 | K215 | Beijing | Tumen | Passenger | 1 | 0 | Illegal operation in fog: Zhang, a railway worker, was hit by the K215 passenger train from Beijing railway station to Tumen railway station pulled by Dongfeng 4D diesel locomotive when measuring the parameters of the catenary, and died on the spot. |
| Changyi | 23 January 2008 | | | | | 18 | 9 | Passenger train D59 travelling from Beijing to Qingdao |
| Hunan, Guangdong | 24 January 2008 | T238 | Guangzhou East | Harbin | Passenger | 0 | 0 | snow disaster in southern China: The train pulled by electric locomotive could not move forward, causing the train to be delayed 73 hours and 28 minutes. |
| Hunan, Guangdong | 24 January 2008 | T124 | Guangzhou | Changchun | Passenger | 0 | 0 | snow disaster in southern China: the train pulled by electric locomotive could not move forward, causing the train to be delayed Six days and seven nights. |
| Zibo | 28 April 2008 | | | | | 72 | 416 | Zibo train collision |
| Chenzhou | 29 June 2009 | | | | | 3 | 63 | Chenzhou train collision |
| Liuzhou | 29 July 2009 | | | | | 4 | 34 | Derailment of a passenger train |
| Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway | 30 September 2009 | 1230 | Fuxin | Shanghai | Passenger | 0 | 0 | The crane at the construction site of Tianjin–Qinhuangdao high-speed railway tilted to Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway. |
| Dongxiang County, Jiangxi | 23 May 2010 | | | | | 19 | 71 | 2010 Jiangxi derailment |
| Hohhot | 13 August 2010 | | | | | 11 | 1 | A train carrying stones derailed at a construction site. |
| Urumqi | 24 March 2011 | | | | | 3 | 85 | A train crashed into a bus. |
| Wenzhou | 23 July 2011 | | | | | 40 | 210+ | Wenzhou train collision |
| Baoji | 24 March 2012 | | | | | 0 | 0 | A freight train numbered 10520 derailed. |
| Hebei, Qinhuangdao | 3 August 2012 | T121 | Guangzhou | Changchun | Passenger | 0 | 0 | When the T121 passenger train pulled by the No.3009 locomotive of Dongfeng 4D diesel locomotive in the Beijing Railway Bureau Tianjin locomotive depot ran between the longjiaying railway station and Shanhaiguan of the Tianjin–Shanhaiguan railway, it was attacked by mudflow. Huge mountain torrents washed away the railway revetment and rushed to the line, smashing the fuel tank of the No.3009 locomotive of Dongfeng 4D diesel locomotive, causing oil leakage and locomotive derailment. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the accident. At 5:20, the railway was reopened. |
| Ankang | 16 August 2013 | | | | | 0 | 0 | On a passenger train numbered T221, the diesel engine of the air-conditioned generator car was damaged, and the oil rushed out of the fuel port and burned in high temperature. |
| Jinzhou | 17 October 2013 | | | | | 0 | 0 | Two freight trains collided sideways. |
| Golmud | 23 October 2013 | | | | | 1 | 51 | A passenger train numbered 7581 was hit by a slipping train. |
| Loudi | 26 March 2014 | | | | | 0 | 0 | A freight train numbered 26326 derailed due to heavy rainfall. |
| Hailun | 13 April 2014 | | | | | 0 | 15 | A passenger train numbered K7034 was derailed because the rail tracks were manually removed. |
| Liaoning, Huludao | 12 May 2014 | T40 | Qiqihar | Beijing | Passenger | 0 | 0 | Vandalism. |
| Jingyuan County | 8 March 2022 | | | | | 3 | 1 | A freight train on the Honghui railway derailed after a dump truck struck a bridge. |
| Guizhou | 4 June 2022 | D2809 | Guilin North | Guangzhou South | Passenger | 1 | 8 | A high-speed train hit a mudslide: the driver was killed. |
| Beijing | 14 December 2023 | | Changping Line | | Subway | 0 | 515 | 2023 Beijing Subway collision |