What the records say
- When
- 2 Nov 2020
- Kind
- Road accident
- Coordinates
- 51.83° N, 4.31° E
- Description
- accident 2 November 2020 when a metro train ran through safety block and landed on top of an artwork called 'Walvisstaarten'
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 1
Rotterdam metro crash
Rail accident in Spijkenisse, Netherlands
On 2 November 2020, an empty train of the Rotterdam Metro overran a buffer stop just after midnight near De Akkers station in Spijkenisse, Netherlands. The metro was driving to the dead-end siding located after the station, but was unable to stop in time before crashing into the buffers.
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