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Tignish train crash: 21 February 1932: near Tignish, Prince Edward Island: 4: 11: A snowstorm resulted in a train getting stuck in a snow drift. Another train collided head on with the stuck train. The incident is considered PEI's worst rail accident. [50] Cataraqui automobile/train crash: 6 October 1945: Chesterville, Ontario: 6: 0
Menheniot, 15 November 1897 – reconstruction of Trevido Viaduct: accident raising a heavy timber: 2 killed. [20] In 1898, a mail train was derailed near Penryn, Cornwall due to defective track and the oscillation of the locomotive hauling it. Following this accident, the 3521 Class locomotives were rebuilt as tender locomotives. [17]
Canada's deadliest traffic accident occurred in Les Eboulements, Quebec, after a bus transporting a group of seniors suffered brake failure and careened down an embankment into a ravine, killing 43 on board including the driver. Fatigue and maintenance were found to be contributing factors in the crash. [1] Eastman bus crash: 4 August 1978
Transportation Safety Board of Canada office in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB, French: Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada, BST), officially the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (French: Bureau canadien d'enquête sur les accidents de transport et de la sécurité des transports) [1] is the agency of the ...
It is the deadliest crash to occur in the state. [189] 1963 Chualar bus crash – September 17, 1963 – 32 killed, 25 injured – A flatbed truck being used as a bus was hit by a freight train in Salinas Valley, California. It was the worst fatal vehicle accident in United States history, according to the National Safety Council. [190]
A History of Railroad Accidents, Safety Precautions and Operating Practices. LCCN 78104064. Semmens, Peter (1994). Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-323-2. Trevena, Arthur (1981). Trains in Trouble: Vol. 2. Redruth: Atlantic Books. ISBN 0-906899-03-6.
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A bus carrying 51 people plunged off a cliff and ended up in the Cachimayo River, killing everyone on board. This crash tied with the 2018 Pasamayo bus crash as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history. October 19 – Philippines – Atimonan road crash. Three buses and four trucks collided in Atimonan, Quezon, killing 20 and injuring 54. [154]