What the records say
- When
- 4 Oct 1965
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 29.74° S, 31.01° E
- Description
- 1965 South African train disaster
- Deaths
- 87
1965 Durban rail accident
1965 South African train disaster
On 4 October 1965, during the Apartheid in South Africa, a passenger train of the South African Railways with up to 1500 black commuters onboard derailed, killing 87 of them.
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