Szczekociny rail crash
| 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) | ||
| Incident type | Head-on collision | ||
| Cause | Train dispatcher error | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Trains |
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| Passengers | ~350 | ||
| Deaths | 16 | ||
| Injured | 58 | ||
The Szczekociny rail crash occurred on 3 March 2012 when two passenger trains collided head-on near the town of Szczekociny, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Sixteen people died in the incident and 58 were injured. An investigative report showed that the cause of the crash was due to human error by train dispatchers and the train drivers.