| Szczekociny rail crash | |||
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Video of the site after the incident | |||
| Details | |||
| Date | 3 March 2012 20:55 CET | ||
| Location | Chałupki near Szczekociny | ||
| Coordinates | 50°37′14″N 19°51′30″E / 50.62056°N 19.85833°E | ||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Line | Kozłów – Koniecpol, section Sprowa – Starzyny | ||
| Operator | PKP Intercity (TLK), Przewozy Regionalne (iR)[1] | ||
| Incident type | Head-on collision | ||
| Cause | Train dispatcher error | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Trains |
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| Passengers | ~350 | ||
| Deaths | 16[2] | ||
| Injured | 58[2] | ||
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The Szczekociny rail crash occurred on 3 March 2012 when two passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Szczekociny, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.[2] Sixteen people died in the incident and 58 were injured.[2][4] An investigative report showed that the cause of the crash was due to human error by train dispatchers and the train drivers.
- ^ Polish State Railways (4 March 2012). "Wypadek pociągu TLK Brzechwa relacji Przemyśl – Warszawa – SZCZEGÓŁY NA TEMAT ZDARZENIA". Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Poland suffers deadly train crash near Szczekociny". BBC Online. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Onet Wiadomosci :Krok po kroku – jak doszło do katastrofy kolejowej w Szczekocinach Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Videoanimation(Polish)
- ^ "Poland train collision". IANS Live. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.