2011 Flores rail crash

2011 Flores rail crash
The level crossing on Artigas street,
where the accident happened
Details
Date13 September 2011 (2011-09-13)
LocationFlores, Buenos Aires
Coordinates34°37′39″S 58°27′54″W / 34.62750°S 58.46500°W / -34.62750; -58.46500
CountryArgentina
LineSarmiento Line
OperatorTrenes de Buenos Aires
Incident type(Part 1) grade crossing accident (Part 2) Head-on collision
CauseBus driver ignored level crossing warning signals
Statistics
Trains2 (and 1 bus)
Deaths11
Injured228

The 2011 Flores rail crash occurred at 06.23 ART on 13 September 2011 when a bus on a level crossing at Flores railway station, in the Flores barrio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was hit by a train on the Sarmiento Line, heading for Moreno. The accident caused that same train to collide into another one as it derailed.[1]

It is regarded as the worst train accident in Buenos Aires within 50 years.[2]

  1. ^ El de Flores es el quinto accidente grave de trenes en los últimos nueve meses en Buenos Aires on La Capital, 13 Sep 2011
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference bondi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).