List of Iranian rail accidents explained

This is a list of Iranian rail accidents.

Timeline

20th Century

• December 31, 1970 – Two trains collide at Ardakan, Yazd Province due to a signalman's error; a government source indicates 15 people killed, but journalists reported at least 70, with 130 injured.^[1]
• May 23, 1992  - A passenger train and freight train collided head-on along the Tehran-Ahvaz Line at the outskirts of Dorud, Lorestan, killing 26 people and injuring 28.

21st Century

• 18 February 2004  - Nearly 300 people were killed in the Nishapur train disaster^{[2] [3]} and the entire village of Khayyam near Nishapur, Khorasan Province, was destroyed when runaway train wagons crashed into the community in the middle of the night and exploded, resulting in Iran's deadliest rail disaster.
• 5 June 2014 – A passenger train collided with a freight train in the north of the country. Ten people are killed.^[4]
• 22 July 2016 - At least 30 people were injured after a train collides with a truck at a railway crossing in Mazandaran.
• 25 November 2016  - Dagham train collision, killed 49 persons, injured 103 others in Semnan Province.
• 24 May 2020 – In Tehran, a passenger train travelling from Hamedan to Mashhad derailed in Parand, there were a total of 45 people on the train, five people were injured.^[5]
• 22 December 2021 - A Tehran Metro train crashed into another train after passing a red signal, 22 people were injured.^[6]
• 8 June 2022  - South Khorasan train derailment, killed 22 persons and injured 86 persons in Tabas.

See also

• List of rail accidents
• List of rail accidents by country

Notes and References

1. Book: Semmens, Peter . 1994 . Railway Disasters of the World: Principal Passenger Train Accidents of the 20th Century . Patrick Stephens Ltd. 1-85260-323-2. 181.
2. News: Iran train blast kills hundreds. 2004-02-18. 2020-04-29. en-GB.
3. News: 'Error' caused Iran train blast. 2004-02-25. 2020-04-29. en-GB.
4. News: Treinbotsing noorden Iran eist levens . train crash in northern Iran claims lives . De Telegraaf . nl . 6 June 2014 . 10 June 2016.
5. Web site: Train Derailment Injures 5 in Iran.
6. Web site: Collision of two trains in Iran injures 22 people. 22 December 2021 . .