Szczekociny rail crash [SEP] point in time
Szczekociny rail crash
The Szczekociny rail crash occurred on 3 March 2012 when two passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Szczekociny, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Sixteen persons died in the incident and 58 were injured. The investigation into the collision began the next day, and its report was published on 15 February 2013.
Incident.
At around 20:57 CET on 3 March 2012, two passenger trains (totalling approximately 350 passengers in 10 carriages) collided at Chałupki near the Silesian Voivodship town of Szczekociny. One
Gdańsk, 18 killed
- M/v "Nysa", 1965 (10 January), North Sea, 18 killed
- Polish Air Force An-24 crash, 1973 (28 February), Szczecin airport 18 killed
- Struga 12 street gas explosion, 1976 (1 February), Gdańsk, 17 killed
- Szczekociny rail crash, 2012 (3 March), Szczekociny, killed 16
- Ursus rail crash, 1990 (20 August), Ursus (n. Warsaw), 16 killed
- Radkowice rail