As of 2026-10-12, 1917 Ciurea rail disaster tops the list with 1,000 deaths.
- #1 1917 Ciurea rail disaster — 1,000 deaths
1917 train wreck
The Ciurea rail disaster, known in Romania as the Ciurea catastrophe, occurred on 13 January 1917, during World War I, when a passenger train derailed and collided with a stationary train on another track. It occurred at Ciurea Station, in Iași County, a train station with a passing loop, located on the railway line from Iași to Bârlad. Two commissions of inquiry were held, one military and one technical; the report of the technical commission of the CFR, dated 24 January 1917, attributed... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #2 Bihar train derailment — 800 deaths
Major Indian train tragedy
In the Indian state of Bihar, on June 6, 1981, a passenger train carrying more than 800 passengers between Mansi and Saharsa, derailed while crossing a bridge and plunged into the river Bagmati. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #3 1994 Tolunda rail disaster — 300 deaths
derailment in Angola
The 1994 Tolunda rail disaster happened near Tolunda, in the Namibe Province, Angola on 22 September 1994. A freight train of the Benguela railway derailed due to malfunctioning brakes and crashed into a 10 metres (33 ft) deep ravine. Around 300 people died and 147 more were injured. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #4 Ajikawaguchi station rail accident — 189 deaths
train wreck
source Wikidata - #5 Hachikō Line derailment — 184 deaths
train wreck
The Hachikō Line derailment was a major fatal railway accident which occurred on 25 February 1947 between Komagawa and Higashi-Hannō stations on the Hachikō Line in Japan. It is the worst railway accident to have occurred in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #6 Pukhrayan train derailment — 146 deaths
train derailment in India
On 20 November 2016, the Indore–Patna Express 19321, a scheduled train from Indore to Patna, derailed near Pukhrayan, Kanpur, India, resulting in the death of 150 passengers and injuries to at least another 150. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #7 Valigonda train accident — 116 deaths
2005 train derailment near Valigonda, 75 km from Hyderabad
The Valigonda rail crash occurred on 29 October 2005 between the Valigonda and Ramannapet stations, about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Hyderabad in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. A flash flood swept away a small rail bridge, and a train travelling on it derailed at the broken section of the line, killing at least 116 people and injuring many others. Many people were suspected of being washed away in flooded waters. Initially sources had reported that about 150 persons could have been killed... Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #8 Nebukawa rail accident — 112 deaths
1923 railway accident in Japan
The Nebukawa Station accident is a railway accident that occurred in Japan on September 1, 1923. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #9 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash — 112 deaths
train wreck
Three trains collided at Harrow and Wealdstone station in Wealdstone, Middlesex, England during the morning rush hour of 8 October 1952. The crash resulted in 112 deaths and 340 injuries, 88 of these being detained in hospital. It remains the worst peacetime rail crash in British history and the second deadliest overall after the Quintinshill rail disaster of 1915. Read more on Wikipedia.
Wikidata - #10 Amagasaki derailment — 107 deaths
2005 rail accident in Amagasaki, Japan
The Amagasaki derailment occurred in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on 25 April 2005 at 09:19 local time, just after the local rush hour. A seven-car commuter train came off the tracks on West Japan Railway Company's Fukuchiyama Line just before Amagasaki on its way for Dōshisha-mae via the JR Tōzai Line and the Katamachi Line, and the front two cars rammed into an apartment building. The first car slid into the first-floor parking garage and as a result took days to remove, while the... Read more on Wikipedia.
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