Szczekociny rail crash

When

3 Mar 2012

Kind

Rail accident

Coordinates

50.62° N, 19.86° E

Description

2012 railroad accident in Poland

Deaths

16

Injured

58

2012 railroad accident in Poland

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 people died in the incident and 58 were injured. An investigative report showed that the cause of the crash was due to human error by train dispatchers and the train drivers.

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