Dahlerau train disaster
| Dahlerau train disaster | |
|---|---|
Accident site, showing the destroyed first coach of the passenger train. | |
| Details | |
| Date | May 27, 1971 |
| Location | Dahlerau, Radevormwald, Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | West Germany |
| Line | Wupper Valley Railway |
| Operator | Deutsche Bundesbahn |
| Incident type | Collision |
| Cause | Not determined |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 46 |
| Injured | 25 |
The Dahlerau train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on May 27, 1971, in Dahlerau, a small town in Radevormwald, West Germany, in which a freight train and a passenger train collided head-on. Forty-six people perished in the accident; forty-one were senior year pupils of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Radevormwald. It was the deadliest accident in West Germany since its foundation in 1949, surpassed after German reunification by the Eschede train disaster in 1998.