This is a list of rail accidents in Yugoslavia.
| Accident | Date | Killed | Injured | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevnica train disaster | 13 | 90 | An explosion in the Ljubljana-Zagreb passenger train caused a fire near the Sevnica train station. Three cars were completely burned. 13 passengers were killed and 90 injured.[1] | ||
| Batajnica train crash | 2 | 16 | Passenger train from Subotica collided with a mixed train in the Batajnica railway station. Two passengers were killed and 16 more injured.[2] | ||
| Voganj tran crash | 3 | 9 | A passenger train collided with a freight train near the Voganj railway station. Three people were killed and nine injured.[3] | ||
| Stalać tunnel train crash | 1 | 3 | Two freight trains collided inside a tunnel near Stalać. One train stoker was killed and three more people injured.[4] | ||
| Zemun train crash | 2 | 20 | Fast train from Zagreb collided with the passenger train Belgrade-Subotica near the Zemunski Obori railway station. Two soldiers were killed and 20 more people injured.[5] [6] | ||
| Subotica train derailment | 3 | ? | Passenger train Novi Sad-Subotica partially derailed while entering the Šomšićevo train station in Subotica. Three passengers were killed and several more injured.[7] [8] | ||
| Boiler explosion near Čoka | 2 | 0 | Boiler exploded on a freight train traveling between Čoka and Potiski Sveti Nikola. Both the driver and the stoker were killed.[9] | ||
| Murska Sobota derailment | 1 | 1 | One passenger was killed and one brakeman injured when the passenger train Murska Sobota-Hodoš derailed between the Gornja Lendava and Mačkovci stations.[10] | ||
| Ugljevik train accident | 2 | 3 | Two rail workers were killed and three more injured when a freight train derailed and fell from the embankment between the Ugljevik and Modran.[11] | ||
| Ečka train accident | 2 | 0 | A passenger train bound to Veliki Bečkerek collided with a rail push trolley at the Ečka train station. Two railway workers in the trolley were killed.[12] | ||
| Konjic train accident | 2 | 2 | A freight train derailed while crossing a bridge between the Bradina and Brđani stations (near Konjic). Eight cars fell into the river.[13] | ||
| Čoka train derailment | 5 | 6 | Passenger train Subotica-Đala derailed in the Čoka train station killing five and injuring six passengers.[14] | ||
| Batajnica train crash | 3 | 19 | A passenger train collided with a freight train on the rail line between Batajnica and Zemun Polje railway stations.[15] | ||
| Celje train-bus colision | 8 | 10 | Eight people were killed and ten injured when a train collided with a bus at a level crossing near Celje.[16] | ||
| Drvar train derailment | 4 | 2 | Four brakemen were killed and two more injured when eight freight wagons derailed and fell down an embankment near the Drvar train station.[17] | ||
| Klačevica train accident | 4 | 9 | Four people were killed and nine injured when a locomotive of a mixed train derailed near the Klačevica station on the Zaječar-Paraćin line.[18] | ||
| Ivanjska train crash | 9 | 24 | 18 wagons separated from a freight train in the Ivanjska station (near Banja Luka) and rolled down the track out of control, crashing into the Prijedor-Banja Luka passenger train.[19] Nine people were killed and 24 injured, all in the freight wagons.[20] | ||
| Ozalj train accident | 18 | 30 | Passenger train Karlovac-Ljubljana ran onto a rockfall, derailed and fell into Kupa river near Ozalj.[21] 18 people were killed[22] and around 30 were injured. One body was never recovered from the river. | ||
| Donja Dubrava train derailment | 2 | 14 | Passanger train Osijek-Zagreb derailed near the Čulinec station in Donja Dubrava, Zagreb. Two passengers were killed and 14 injured.[23] | ||
| Uroševac train accident | 5-6 July 1948 | 21 | 11 | Passenger train collided with a freight train between the stations of Uroševac and Grlica. One car was crashed. 21 people were killed and 11 injured.[24] | |
| Bačinci train derailment | 3 | 24 | Fast train bound to Sarajevo derailed while entering the Bačinci station, due to excessive speed. Three people were killed, 24 sustained injuries.[25] | ||
| Sveti Petar u Šumi train accident | 15 | 17 | Fifteen children were killed and 17 injured when a passenger train carrying war orphans from Belgrade and Zagreb derailed in the Sveti Petar u Šumi train station.[26] [27] | ||
| Rakovica train-tram crash | 1 | 2 | A freight train collided with a tram at a crossing in Rakovica. One tram passenger was killed and two more injured.[28] | ||
| Slakovci train crash | 6 | 26 | Two trains collided in the Slakovci railway station killing 6 people (one police officer and five convicts en route to Sremska Mitrovica Prison).[29] | ||
| Vinkovci train disaster | 17 | 32 | Two passenger trains collided in the Vinkovci railway station. 17 people were killed and 32 injured,[30] most of them political prisoners en route to the Goli Otok prison.[31] | ||
| Mojstrana train accident | 1 | 3 | Train carrying workers to Jesenice fell into the river when the bridge collapsed near Mojstrana.[32] | ||
| Visoko train crash | 13 | 15 | Fast train from Zagreb collided with the freight train from Visoko between the Visoko and Dobrinja stations. 13 people were killed and 15 injured.[33] | ||
| Karlovac train crash | 4 | 26 | Fast passenger train Split-Zagreb collided with the local train Karlovac-Ogulin in the Mrzlo Polje station near Karlovac. Four people were killed and 26 injured.[34] | ||
| Zagreb train explosion | 2 | 0 | Two railway workers (a driver and a stoker) were killed when a boiler exploded on the Tauern-Express international train in the Zagreb Zapadni railway station.[35] | ||
| Zenica tran-truck collision | 8 | 9 | Eight workers were killed and nine injured when a train collided with a truck on a level crossing near Zenica.[36] | ||
| Leskovac train crash | 2 | 0 | Two railway workers (a driver and his assistant) were killed when two freight trains collided in the Pečenjevce train station.[37] | ||
| Zagreb train crash | 5 | 20 | Passenger train from Split collided with a freight train carrying gas tanks. The collision happened within the city of Zagreb. Two tanks exploded.[38] Five people were killed and 20 injured.[39] | ||
| Jablanica train accident | 2 | 15 | Passenger train Titograd-Sarajevo ran onto a rockfall, derailed and fell into Neretva river near Jablanica. Two passengers drowned while 15 were injured.[40] [41] | ||
| Banja Luka train disaster | 12 | 37 | Passenger train Sarajevo-Zagreb derailed and then fell into the river near the Zalužani train station.[42] 12 people were killed and 37 injured.[43] | ||
| Martin Brod train crash | 6 | 18 | Fast passenger train arriving from Knin collided with a freight train in the Martin Brod train station. Six people were killed and 18 injured.[44] [45] | ||
| Bosanski Novi train accident | 1 | 4 | One person (driver of the freight train) was killed and four passengers injured when a local passenger train collided with a freight train near Bosanski Novi.[46] | ||
| Beška train crash | 15 | 56 | Passenger train from Subotica collided with a freight train in the Beška train station.[47] [48] 15 people were killed[49] and more than 50 injured. | ||
| Lapovo train crash | 1 | 5 | A freight train crashed into a local passenger train between the goods and passenger stations in Lapovo. Driver of the passenger train was killed and five more people injured.[50] | ||
| Kumanovo train disaster | 25 | 19 | Passenger train Belgrade-Skopje derailed in the Tabanovce train station (near Kumanovo).[51] 25 people were killed and 19 injured.[52] | ||
| Knin train accident | 4 | 0 | Four railway workers were killed when a freight train fell from a viaduct near Oton due to strong winds.[53] | ||
| Čakovec train crash | 2 | 33 | Two persons were killed and 33 injured when a passenger train collided with an freight train in the Čakovec train station.[54] | ||
| Križanci train-bus collision | 2 | 10+ | Two workers were killed and more than 10 injured when a freight train collided with a bus full of workers on a level crossing in Križanec near Varaždin.[55] | ||
| Jajinci train disaster | 62 | 300 | 62[56] persons were killed when the local train from Požarevac collided with the fast train Skopje-Belgrade near the Jajinci railway station.[57] | ||
| Miravci train accident | 2 | 2 | A train driver and a stoker were killed and two more railway workers injured when two freight trains collided near the Miravci train station (near Gevgelija).[58] | ||
| Doboj train crash | 3 | 12 | Passenger train Tuzla-Doboj collided with a locomotive between Doboj Novi and Bosansko Suho Polje stations near Doboj.[59] Three people were killed and 12 injured.[60] | ||
| Džumajlija train-truck crash | 5 | 14 | Five people were killed and 14 injured when an interurban train collided with a truck at a level crossing in Džumajlija (between Titov Veles and Štip).[61] | ||
| Zidani Most train crash | 8 | 12 | Passenger train from Maribor collided with a freight train within the Zidani Most railway station. Eight people were killed and 12 injured.[62] | ||
| Šaš train crash | 5 | 10 | Fast train Split-Belgrade collided with a freight train in the Šaš train station (near Sunja). Five people were killed and 10 injured.[63] [64] | ||
| Kaštel Stari train disaster | 29 | 27 | After a failure, a passenger train went out of control and collided with a mixed train near the Kaštel Stari train station. 29 people were killed and 27 injured.[65] | ||
| Futog train accident | 9 | 13 | Nine people were killed and 12 injured when a train collided with a tractor at a level crossing near Futog (all victims were in the tractor trailer).[66] [67] | ||
| Demir Kapija train accident | 2 | 0 | Two railway workers (a driver and his assistant) were killed when two freight trains collided in the Demir Kapija train station.[68] | ||
| Ristovac train accident | 1 | 28 | One person was killed and 28 wounded when an express international train Paris-Athens collided with a freight train within the Ristovac train station.[69] | ||
| Vrpolje train accident | 1 | 5 | Driver's assistant was killed and five other wounded when a freight train collided with a fast passenger train in the Vrpolje train station.[70] | ||
| Hrastnik train accident | 1 | 3 | One railway worker was killed and three injured when their freight train collided with a rail push trolley near the Hrastnik train station.[71] | ||
| Batajnica train crash | 4 | 20 | Fast passenger train coming from Sarajevo collided with a freight train in the Batajnica railway station.[72] Four people were killed[73] and 20 more injured. | ||
| Podvis train crash | 2 | 1 | Two freight trains collided inside a tunnel near Podvis on the Niš-Zaječar rail line. Two brakemen were killed and a stoker was injured.[74] | ||
| Badovina train disaster | 29 | 17 | Interurban train collided with three runaway wagons of a freight train on the Tetovo-Gostivar railway near the Badovina staion.[75] 29 people were killed and 17 injured,[76] | ||
| Okučani train disaster | 11 | 60 | Express train Belgrade-Zagreb collided head-on with a freight train in the Okučani railway station. Eleven people were killed and around 40 injured.[77] | ||
| Preserje train derailment | 2 | 10 | Fast passenger train coming from Roma Termini railway station derailed while passing thorugh the Preserje station near Ljubljana.[78] Two people were killed (a passenger and a conductor) and 10 injured.[79] | ||
| Vranduk train dissaster | 33 | 117 | Local train carrying factory workers and miners on the Žepče-Zenica line caught fire while passing trough the Vranduk tunnel. 33 people were killed and 117 injured.[80] | ||
| Semizovac train disaster | 15 | 7 | A passenger train on the Belgrade-Ploče line collided with a freight train in the Semizovac train station. Passenger train was carrying elementary school students from Kragujevac and Stragari. 15 people (14 student and one teacher) were killed and 7 injured.[81] [82] | ||
| Vrčin train dissaster | 39 | 73 | Interurban train Belgare-Požarevac collided with a freight train between the Kasapovac and Lipe stations near Vrčin. 39 people were killed and 73 injured.[83] [84] | ||
| Ivanić-Grad train derailment | 4 | 82 | International passenger train (Orient Express) derailed near the Deanovec train station (near Ivanić-Grad).[85] Four passenger was killed and 82 injured.[86] | ||
| Dugo Selo train crash | 8 | 1+ | Passenger train Zagreb-Koprivnica partly derailed and then collided with a freight train in the Prikraj train station near Dugo Selo. Eight people were killed[87] [88] | ||
| Novi Marof train-truck crash | 5 | 50 | A passenger train collided with a truck at a level crossing near the Podrute train station in Novi Marof (near Varaždin). Five people were killed and 50 injured.[89] | ||
| Velika Plana train accident | 3 | 6 | Fast train Kosovo Polje-Belgrade ran into a group of passengers who were disembarking from the passenger train Belgrade-Niš in the Velika Plana train station. Three people were killed and five injured.[90] | ||
| Perković train accidents | 5 | 31 | Two accidents happened in the time-span of 6 minutes. First, business train from Split collided with a diesel locomotive in the Perković train station, injuring 18 people. Six minutes later, fast passenger train Split-Novi Sad collided with a freight train between the Perković and Primorski Dolac stations, killing five and injuring 13.[91] | ||
| Nomenj train crash | 5 | 29 | Two trains collided on the Jesenice-Nova Gorica rail line, between the Soteska and Nomenj stations. Five people were killed and 29 injured.[92] | ||
| Ovčari train crash | 5 | 7 | Local passenger train collided with a freight train between the Ovčari and Grad stations near Konjic.[93] Five person were killed and seven injured.[94] | ||
| Vrpolje train crash | 4 | 1 | Four railway workers were killed and one lightly injured when two freight trains collided near the Vrpolje train station.[95] | ||
| Zagreb train disaster | 153 | 60 | An express train (number 10410)[96] traveling from Belgrade to Dortmund, derailed before entering Zagreb Main Station, killing 153 people.[97] [98] It was the worst rail accident in Yugoslavia[99] and remains one of the worst in Europe's history.[100] | ||
| Vranje train disaster | 13 | 168 | A bridge collapsed while the fast passenger train Skopje-Belgrade was passing over it, in Mazarać near Vranje. The locomotive and six cars crossed the bridge, but the seventh car fell off from the bridge into the river. 13 people were killed and 168 injured.[101] | ||
| Zrenjanin train accident | 1 | 30 | One railway worker was killed and 30 people injured when a local passenger train collided with a freight train in Zrenjanin at a goods station.[102] | ||
| Zemun train dissaster | 16 | 38 | Business train on the Belgrade-Sarajevo line collided with the passenger train Belgrade-Vinkovci in the Zemun Novi Grad train station. 16 passengers were killed and 38 injured.[103] | ||
| Brčko train accident | 1 | 1 | A stoker of a switcher locomotive was killed and driver injured when their locomotive collided with a freight train in the Brčko Novo train station.[104] | ||
| Preserje train crash | 18 | 39 | A passenger train and an express train (Direct Orient Express) collided head-on on the Ljubljana-Postojna rail line, between the stations of Preserje and Notranje Gorice.[105] 18 people were killed. | ||
| Teovo train derailment | 1 | 18 | One passenger was killed and 18 injured when the interurban train Bitola-Skopje derailed near the Teovo train station.[106] | ||
| Stalać rail crash | 62 | 106 | A head-on collision occurred between two trains near the village of Stalać. The crash involved a head-on collision between a packed Express passenger train bound for Skopje and an intermodal freight train on a single-track section of the railway.[107] 62 people were killed and 106 injured.[108] [109] [110] | ||
| Ćićevac train-bus collision | 8 | 10 | Eight people were killed and ten injured (all in the bus) when business train Belgrade-Skopje collided with a bus at a level crossing in Ćićevac.[111] [112] [113] | ||
| Ćuprija train accident | 2 | 3 | Local passenger train Lapovo-Stalać ran out of control, broke trough a bumper block and fell into an abyss near Ćuprija. Two railway workers (a driver and a stoker) were killed and three passengers injured.[114] | ||
| Celje train accident | 2 | 0 | A train driver and his assistant were killed when their freight train collided with another train in the Celje railway station.[115] | ||
| Podvran train crash | 23 | 10 | A passenger train collided with a freight train near the village of Podvran between Bosanska Krupa and Bosanska Otoka. 23 people were killed and 10 injured.[116] | ||
| Stevanac train disaster | 40 | 30 | Two cars of the Niš-Belgrade fast passenger train derailed when a retaining wall collapsed and caused a landslide between the Braljina and Stevanac stations.[117] 40 people were killed and around 30 injured.[118] [119] [120] | ||
| Sremska Mitrovica train crash | 1 | 1 | One person was killed (a train driver) and one injured when four freight trans collided in the Sremska Mitrovica railway station.[121] | ||
| Duševići train derailment | 3 | 32 | Three cars of the passenger train Kosovo Polje-Peć derailed near the village of Duševići. Three people were killed and 32 injured.[122] | ||
| Borovnica train crash | 1 | 1 | One train driver was killed and another injured when their two freight trains collided in the Borovnica train station.[123] | ||
| Zagreb train crash | 2 | 9 | Two train drivers were killed when their interurban train collided with a freight train in Zagreb.[124] | ||
| 31 | 47 | A freight train violated signals and crashed into a stationary express en route from Belgrade to Koper and Pula in the Divača railway station, killing 31 people and injuring 47.[125] [126] [127] | |||
| Zlatibor train crash | 7 | 25 | A passenger train on the Belgrade–Bar railway ran onto a rock fall, ran out of control a crashed into a tunnel. Seven people were killed and 25 injured.[128] | ||
| Titova Mitrovica train accident | 2 | 1 | A train ran into a group of workers at a level crossing in Titova Mitrovica. Two workers were killed and one injured.[129] | ||
| Aleksa Šantić train-bus crash | 8 | 1 | Eight people were killed and one injured when passenger train Subotica-Vinkovci collided with a bus at a level crossing in Aleksa Šantić.[130] | ||
| Ovčari train accident | 3 | 16 | Local passenger train Sarajevo-Kardeljevo ran onto a landslide, derailed and crashed into a tunnel near the Ovčari train station. The driver and two passengers were killed.[131] | ||
| Rogljevo train crash | 11 | 50 | A freight train collided with an interurban train near Rogljevo on the Negotin-Zaječar line. Eleven people were killed and 50 injured.[132] [133] | ||
| Glogovac train-bus crash | 8 | 48 | Passenger train Kosovo Polje-Peć collided with a bus at a level crossing in Nekovce near Glogovac. Eight people (all in the bus) were killed and 48 injured.[134] | ||
| Barajevo train accident | 3 | 1 | Three railway workers were killed and one injured when a freight train collided with a locomotive near Boždarevac (near Barajevo) on the Belgrade-Bar railway.[135] | ||
| Knin train crash | 2 | 6 | A freight train collided with two electric locomotives and caught fire on a railway between Kninsko Polje and Vrpolje stations. Train driver and his assistant were killed.[136] | ||
| Lapovo train disaster | 33 | 16 | Two cars of the business train Skopje-Belgrade derailed in the Lapovo train station and collided with a freight locomotive.[137] 33 people were killed and 16 injured.[138] | ||
| Putinci train-truck collision | 6 | 100 | International passenger train Frankfurt-Belgrade collided with a truck at a level crossing in Putinci (near Ruma).[139] Six people were killed[140] and around 100 injured. |