Editing Level crossing (section)

==Major accidents==
{{Main|List of level crossing crashes}}
[[File:NTSB aerial view of Bourbonnais grade crossing accident.jpg|thumb|[[1999 Bourbonnais, Illinois train accident|Amtrak train wreck in Bourbonnais, Illinois (US)]], in 1999 was attributed to a malfunction of the warning signals, with fatigue of the driver of a semi truck as a contributing factor.]]
Level crossings present a significant risk of collisions between trains and road vehicles. This list is not a definitive list of the world's worst accidents and the events listed are limited to those where a separate article describes the event in question.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Accident
! Deaths
! Country
! Year
! class="unsortable" |Ref.
|-
| [[Langenweddingen level crossing disaster]]
| 94
| East Germany
| 1967
| <ref>[https://mx-schroeder.medium.com/fatal-misinterpretation-the-1967-langenweddingen-level-crossing-inferno-49fc6a77664d Langenweddingen level crossing disaster]</ref>
|-
| [[Amritsar train disaster]]
| 58
| India
| 2018
|
|-
| [[Nagpur level crossing disaster]]
| 55
| India
| 2005
| <ref>{{Cite news|title = India train crash deaths reach 55|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4233159.stm|newspaper = BBC|date = 4 February 2005|access-date = 22 June 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Manfalut train accident]]
| 51
| Egypt
| 2012
|<ref>{{cite news |title=UPDATE 5-Train ploughs into school bus in Egypt, 50 killed |work=[[Reuters]] |last=Blair |first=Edmund |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/egypt-crash-idUSL5E8MH0L220121117 |date=17 November 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| San Justo level crossing tragedy
| 48
| Argentina
| 1984
| <ref name="Bus-train crash kills 43 people">{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/10/31/Bus-train-crash-kills-43-people/8288468046800/ |website=[[UPI]] |title=Bus-train crash kills 43 people |first= |last= |date=31 October 1984 |access-date=18 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
| [[Marhanets train and bus collision]]
| 45
| Ukraine
| 2010
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Ukraine train and bus collision kills 42 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11522009 |publisher=BBC |date=12 October 2010 }}</ref>
|-
| San Isidro level crossing disaster
| 44
| Argentina
| 1948
| <ref name="Bus-train crash kills 43 people"/>
|-
| [[Villa Soldati level crossing tragedy]]
| 42
| Argentina
| 1962
| 
|-
| [[Polgahawela level crossing accident]]
| 35
| [[Sri Lanka]]
| 2005
| <ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/27/srilanka Polgahawela level crossing accident]</ref>
|-
| [[Dorion level crossing accident]]
| 19
| Canada
| 1966
| <ref>{{cite news |date=7 October 2019 |newspaper=[[The Gazette (Montreal)]] |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/history-through-our-eyes/history-through-our-eyes-oct-7-1966-dorion-bus-tragedy |title=History Through Our Eyes: Oct. 7, 1966, Dorion bus tragedy level crossing accident }}</ref>
|-
| [[2009 Slovak coach and train collision]]
| 12
| Slovakia
| 2009
|<ref name="Slovak bus-rail crash 'kills 11'">{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7903166.stm |title=Slovak bus-rail crash 'kills 11' |date=21 February 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 February 2009}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 Flores rail crash|Flores rail crash]]
| 11
| Argentina
| 2011
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Al Menos Once Muertos y 228 Heridos en la Mayor Tragedia con Trenes en la Ciudad en Casi 50 Años |url= http://www.clarin.com/ciudades/tren-embistio-colectivo-Flores-heridos_0_553744795.html |access-date=23 February 2012 |newspaper=Clarín |date=13 September 2011 |location=Buenos Aires |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Argentina Bus and Trains Crash Killing at Least 11 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14900399 |access-date=24 February 2012 |publisher=BBC |date=14 September 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bourbonnais train accident]]
| 11
| United States
| 1999
|<ref>{{cite news |work=WMAQ TV Chicago |publisher=[[NBC]] |url=http://www.nbc5.com/news/3766654/detail.html |title=Driver Sentenced in Deadly Amtrak Crash |date=28 September 2004 |access-date=19 January 2006 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| [[Hixon rail crash]]
| 11
| United Kingdom
| 1968
|<ref name="MoT">{{cite book |last=Ministry of Transport |year=1968 |title=Report of the Public Inquiry into the Accident at Hixon Level Crossing on January 6, 1968 |publisher=HMSO |isbn=978-0-10-137060-8 |url= http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=74 |access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kerang rail accident]]
| 11
| Australia
| 2007
|<ref>{{cite news |first1=Dan |last1=Oake |last2=Doherty |first2=Ben |last3=Webb |first3=Carolyn |last4=Guerrera |first4=Orietta |title=11 die in train crash |url= http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/six-dead-in-train-crash/2007/06/05/1180809490082.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 |newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |date=5 June 2007 |access-date=6 June 2007}}</ref>
|-
| [[Glendale train crash]]
| 11
| United States
| 2005
|<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metrolink21-2008aug21,0,680687.story |title=Metrolink killer is sentenced to 11 life terms in prison |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last=Simmons |first=Ann M. |date=21 August 2008 |access-date=21 August 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lockington rail crash]]
| 9
| United Kingdom
| 1986
|<ref>{{cite book |year=1996 |title=British Railway Disasters |location=Shepperton |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-7110-2470-0 }}{{page needed|date=November 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[1995 Fox River Grove bus–train collision|Fox River Grove level crossing accident]]
| 7
| United States
| 1995
|<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.cnn.com/US/9510/bus_crash/10-27/ |title=Driver says light did not turn green - October 27, 1995 |publisher=CNN |date=27 October 1995 |access-date=19 November 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ufton Nervet rail crash]]
| 7
| United Kingdom
| 2004
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3992537.stm |title=Seven train crash dead are named |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 March 2010 |date=8 November 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613200207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3992537.stm |archive-date=13 June 2006 }}</ref>
|-
| [[2013 Ottawa bus–train crash|Ottawa bus–train crash]]
| 6
| Canada
| 2013
|<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/americas/canada-bus-train-colllision/ | title = 5 dead in Ottawa train-bus collision | access-date = 18 September 2012 | date = 18 September 2012 | work = [[CNN International]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Valhalla train crash]]
| 6
| United States
| 2015
|<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/nyregion/metro-north-train-hits-vehicle-on-tracks.html |title=Metro-North Crash Kills 7 in Worst Accident of Railroad's History - February 3, 2015 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 February 2015 |access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gerogery level crossing accident]]
| 5
| Australia
| 2001
|<ref name=jkerr>{{cite news |url= http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/13/1084289819358.html |title=Riding a slow train to nowhere |date=14 May 2004 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|first=Joseph |last=Kerr |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]] |access-date=11 August 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[2022 Missouri train derailment]]
| 4
| United States
| 2022
|
|-
|[[2019 Westbury train collision]]
|3
|United States
|2019
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=3 dead when LIRR trains hit vehicle that bypassed crossing gates on Long Island |url=https://abc7ny.com/lirr-accident-train-hits-truck-long-island/5158670/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nosaby level crossing disaster]]
|2
|Sweden
|2004
|
|}