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railway accident

when a train collides with a pedestrian, animal or other objects (for train crash, see Q1078765 or Q11396408)
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railway accident

Summary

Key Facts

  • railway accident is a type of train wreck[1].
  • railway accident is a type of traffic collision[2].
  • railway accident is a type of railway incident[3].
  • railway accident's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway accidents and incidents[4].
  • railway accident's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox rail accident[5].
  • railway accident's different from is recorded as train wreck[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include train wreck[1], traffic collision[2], and railway incident[3].

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  1. 27d ago · Alan ffm · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Subclass of → train wreck, traffic collision, railway incident
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox rail accident
    Wikidata description → when a train collides with a pedestrian, animal or other objects (for train cras
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Moving sitelinks to [[Q1078765]]"
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