page_title: List of rail accidents (2010–2019)
section_title: 2017
hierarchical_section_title: List of rail accidents (2010–2019) / 2017
caption_attribution_description: An aerial photograph of the site of the March 10, 2017, Union Pacific Railroad train derailment near Graettinger, Iowa. The train consisted of 98 tank cars loaded with ethanol, three locomotives and two buffer cars filled with sand. Twenty of the 98 tank cars derailed, 14 of the 20 released about 322,000 gallons of undenatured ethanol, fueling a post-accident fire that burned for more than 36 hours. (NTSB photo)
context_page_description: This is a list of rail accidents which occurred between 2010 and 2019.
context_section_description: 4 January 2017 – United States – 2017 Brooklyn train crash - A Long Island Rail Road commuter train collides with a buffer at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, New York. At least 103 people are injured.
  21 January 2017 – India – Kuneru train derailment - A passenger train derails in Andhra Pradesh, killing at least 41 people and injuring 68 others.
  24 January 2017 – United States – A FrontRunner passenger train collides with a semi-trailer truck on a grade crossing in North Salt Lake, Utah. Weather caused the crossing arms to remain down and safe but responding employee disabled the crossing safety system so when the train approached, the gates did not activate. No one was injured.
  14 February 2017 – Australia – A V/Line VLocity diesel multiple unit collides with a vehicle that had been abandoned on the line near Kangaroo Flat, Victoria and is derailed. Two people are taken to hospital.
  14 February 2017 – Luxembourg – One person is killed and 2 are injured when a local commuter train crashes head-on with a freight train near Bettembourg, not far from the French border.
  14 February 2017 – United States – A driver of a van is killed after intentionally crossing in front of the University of Colorado A Line train in Aurora, Colorado.
  17 February 2017 – Saudi Arabia – A passenger train derails near Damman due to flooding of the line. Eighteen of the 199 people on board are injured.
  18 February 2017 – Belgium – 2017 Leuven derailment: A passenger train derails at Leuven. One person is killed and twenty-seven are injured.
  20 February 2017 – South Africa – Two trains on the same track at the Lynn Ross station in Rosslyn in Pretoria collide and leave more than 100 people injured.
  21 February 2017 – United States – A train on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line derails in a rail yard loop in Upper Darby, PA when it crashes into a stopped train, seriously injuring one of the operators and injuring three others. Cars from the derailed train collide with a third train on an adjacent track.
  28 February 2017 – United Kingdom – 2017 Liverpool Lime Street wall collapse.
  7 March 2017 – United States – Three locomotives and 20 cars of a CSX freight train on the River Subdivision partially derail at Newburgh, New York, after striking a disabled construction vehicle stuck on the tracks at a grade crossing in a steel-fabrication plant. There are no injuries and hazardous materials the train was carrying are not spilled; however a neighboring road is closed to traffic for several days during cleanup of spilled diesel fuel.
  7 March 2017 – United States – Four people are killed in Biloxi, Mississippi, when a CSX freight hits their charter bus after it gets stuck on the tracks at a grade crossing. The wreck was caught on video.
  10 March 2017 – United States – A freight train convoying ethanol derails and bursts into flames as it crosses a trestle bridge near Graettinger, Iowa. At least 27 of 101 cars derail.
  20 March 2017 – United Kingdom – A freight train derails at East Somerset Junction, Witham Friary, Somerset.
  22 March 2017 – Switzerland – A Eurocity 158 traveling from Milan, Italy to Basel, Switzerland comes off the tracks in Lucerne, Switzerland injuring six people. Lucerne station was closed for four days.
  29 March 2017 – India – Eight carriages of the Mahakaushal Express from Jabalpur to New Delhi derail at Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh state. Twenty-five people are injured.
  8 April 2017 – Russia – Two passenger trains collide in Moscow, injuring about 50 people.
  15 April 2017 – Austria – Two passenger trains collide in Wien Meidling railway station, injuring nine passengers.
  28 April 2017 – Netherlands – A passenger train collides with a lorry on a level crossing at Wouw and is derailed.
  1 May 2017 – Germany – An ICE 2 electric multiple unit derails at Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. Two people are injured.
  13 May 2017 – Greece – 2017 Adendro train derailment: A train heading from Athens to Thessaloniki derails near Adendro killing three people and injuring ten.
  15 May 2017 – United States – A freight train carrying automobiles, industrial chemicals and other
caption: Graettinger, Iowa
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