The accident left 9 passengers injured, six of them critically. Three crew members died in the incident: two died at the scene while the third, a woman four months pregnant, died in the hospital.
1 April 2010 – Slovakia – A locomotive runs into a stationary passenger train after its brakes fail during a test ride in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia, killing three people and seriously injuring eight.Three people die and four are seriously injured. 24 March 2010 – Norway – Sjursøya train accident: Sixteen goods wagons run away for 8 km (5 mi) from a goods yard at Alnabu in Oslo, hitting and destroying a quayside warehouse.Police and METRO investigators claim that the bus ran a traffic light that was red for ten seconds before the bus passed it at 29 miles per hour (47 km/h). 15 March 2010 – United States – A METRO bus collides with a light rail METRO train in Houston, Texas, injuring nearly 20 people.25 February 2010 – Canada – A Via Rail train 15 travelling from Halifax to Montreal derails near Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse outside Quebec City, injuring four people and causing significant damage to nearby homes.19 people were killed and 171 were injured. 15 February 2010 – Belgium – Halle train collision: Two passenger trains collide laterally in Buizingen near Brussels.There were also difficulties with the radio systems. Contributing factors were poor supervision of the operator which prevented correct configuration of the train for the signal and control system. The NTSB concluded that the train operator (driver) was at fault for rule violations, including continuing past a red signal without authorization. Of the nearly 400 passengers on board, one person was taken to hospital. 12 February 2010 – United States – At 10.13, a train derails in the pocket track just north of Farragut North Washington Metro station when the front car leaves the tracks.4 January 2010 – Finland – 2010 Helsinki Central Station accident: A passenger train suffers a brake failure and crashes into a hotel at Helsinki Central station.Īfter a train accident at Helsinki Central railway station, 2010. Only the conductor of the train, which carried no passengers, was slightly hurt.
One of the carriages plunged into a Holiday Inn hotel's offices causing severe structural damage. Timely actions of operators and a guard diverted the train to a secondary track, and the platform was evacuated. 2 January 2010 – India – The Arunachal Pradesh Express derails near Helem.Though nobody was injured, the engine of the train was severely damaged. At Pratapgarh, 61 kilometres (38 mi) from Allahabad, the Sarayu Express ploughs into a tractor trailer at an unmanned railway crossing.The Gorakhdham Express and Prayagraj Express collide near the Panki railway station in Kanpur, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Lucknow, left five people dead and about 40 injured.At least 10 people were reported to have been killed. Ten people, including the driver of one of the trains, are injured. 2 January 2010 – India – The first of three accidents on the same day in Uttar Pradesh near the town of Etawah, occurs about 170 miles (270 kilometres) southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, when the Lichchavi Express entering the station in heavy fog runs into the stationary Magadh Express train stopped there.