Johannesburg train crash

Denver train crash
Details
Date28 April 2015
07:10
LocationDenver station, Johannesburg
Coordinates26°12′21″S 28°05′49″E / 26.20583°S 28.09694°E / -26.20583; 28.09694
CountrySouth Africa
LineJohannesburg - Pretoria
OperatorMetrorail Gauteng
Incident typeRear-end collision
CauseSPAD, Overspeeding[1]
Statistics
Trains2
Passengers900
Deaths1
Injured~240
DamageR17.5 million

The Denver train crash occurred on 28 April 2015 when a passenger train ran into the rear of another at Denver station, Johannesburg, South Africa. One person was killed and about 240 were injured. Damage was R 17.5 million ($1.4M, €1.3M, or £960k as of May 2015).[1]

  1. ^ a b "RSR BOARD OF INQUIRY REPORT RSR/20150428/011" (PDF). Railway Safety Regulator South Africa. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.