What the records say
- When
- 21 Oct 2018
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 24.62° N, 121.82° E
- Description
- train derailed in Yilan County, Taiwan on 21 October 2018
- Deaths
- 18
- Injured
- 190
2018 Yilan train derailment
2018 rail accident in Taiwan
On 21 October 2018, a passenger train derailed in Yilan County, Taiwan, killing 18 people and injuring 187. At the time, it was Taiwan's deadliest rail accident since a collision near Miaoli in 1991 that killed 30 people. The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board titled this rail accident of "TRA's Train No. 6432 at Xinma Station".
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