Rail accident

2018 Yilan train derailment

21 Oct 2018 · 24.62° N, 121.82° E

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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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