This is a list of rail accidents in China.

19th century

LocationDate Number Start Finish Type Deaths Injuries Description Tianjin 25 March 1889 15+ Collision of a passenger train with a truck loaded with kerosene.

20th century

LocationDate Number Start Finish Type Deaths Injuries Description Nunkouyu 23 November 1908 16 A train derailed on a bridge and fell into the river. Train wreck in China, St. Joseph Gazette (November 25, 1908) Lichiatsai February 1910 10+ Runaway coaches crashed into a freight train. A railway disaster in China, The Straits Times (March 4, 1910) Guangzhou December 1910 31 111 Collision of a passenger train with a luggage train. Terrible railway accident in China, Weekly Sun (December 17, 1910) Changsha January 1918 300 A train carrying retreating troops was ordered to dispatch and crashed into an oncoming train. Railway disaster near Changsha, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 11, 1918) Hankou May 1926 50 A freight train travelling from Beijing to Hankou derailed, killing passengers that were travelling on top of the waggons. Railway accident in China, The Straits Times (May 14, 1926) Anting August 1926 20 A train derailed due to sabotage. Twenty killed in Shanghai wreck, The Beaver Falls Tribune (August 26, 1926) Bengbu 13 April 1928 10+ A passenger train collided with an empty military train while crossing a bridge and plunged into the Fei river. China railway smash, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (May 9, 1928) Fengtian, Mukden 4 June 1928 Beijing Mukden Passenger 2 Huanggutun incident Jinzhou December 1930 100+ A passenger train plunged down an 80 feet high embankment between Jinzhou and Chaoyang. Railway disaster in China, The Straits Times (December 30, 1930) Hankou February 1931 Train disaster in China, The Straits Times (February 19, 1931) Shenzhen 20 April 1931 12 20 A train ran down an embankment. China train smash, The Straits Times (April 22, 1931) Liaoning, Mukden 18 September 1931 365+ Mukden Incident The Cambridge History of Japan: The Twentieth Century, p. 294, Peter Duus, John Whitney Hall, Cambridge University Press: 1989 An instinct for War: Scenes from the battlefields of history, p. 315, Roger J. Spiller, ; Harvard University PressConcise dictionary of modern Japanese history, p. 120, Janet Hunter, University of California Press: 1984, Jaoyangho, Liaoning 26 September 1931 30 A train travelling from Mukden to Beijing was derailed and looted by bandits. Some, such as Kuomintang-ran Leader newspaper, purported that track was ripped up by plain-clothes Japanese soldiers, and that the "bandits" were in fact Koreans working for Japan; the Leader argued that the Kwantung Army sought to use it as a pretext to extend their "protection" to the Peiping-Mukden Railway. Britisher killed by bandits, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (September 28, 1931) Yaplonya May 1932 40 100 A train crowded with refugees collided with a freight train. Chinese train crash, The Straits Times (May 29, 1932) Harbin 11 September 1932 A train was derailed and looted by bandits. Bandits wreck train in Manchuria: 100 killed, The Straits Times (September 12, 1932) Jiangxi August 1933 200 A train transporting troops crashed into a river between Nanchang and Lushang. China railway disaster, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (August 22, 1933) Zalantun November 1933 20+ 20+ A Japanese troop train on its way from Harbin to Manzhouli derailed and crashed into a valley. 20 soldiers killed, The Straits Times (November 28, 1933) Huangtaohotze 19 April 1934 Derailment of a Japanese troop train. Train jumps rails, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (April 20, 1934) Suizhong 1 January 1935 12 30 A Japanese troop train crashed down a valley in occupied Manchukuo territory. 12 killed in Japanese troop train tragedy, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 5, 1935) Tengchatang 22 October 1936 60 100 Runaway coaches crashed into a train. China train wreck kills 60 people, The Calgary Daily Herald (October 26, 1936) Sheklung, Guangzhou 17 January 1937 100 50 Fire on a passenger train. 100 persons perish in Chinese train disaster, Ottawa Citizen (January 18, 1937) Sishihpo 8 November 1937 Japanese air raid on a passenger train. Train bombed in China; 200 hurt or killed, The Milwaukee Journal (November 8, 1938) Guangdong 2 January 1938 10 10 A train derailed between Lehtung and Wangshih due to subsidence of the roadbed. Train derailed, ten killed, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (January 4, 1938) Milokang, Hunan 16 May 1938 100+ 100 Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. 200 dead in China rail smash, The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (May 20, 1938) Songjiang Town 8 September 1938 300 400 Japanese air raid on a train carrying refugees. Skies rain death on Chinese train, Lawrence Journal-World (September 8, 1938) Haiphong 2 February 1940 101 120 Japanese air raid on a passenger train between Yunnan and Haiphong. Bombing of Yunnan lione to go on, says Tokyo, The Straits Times (February 6, 1940) Suzhou 29 November 1940 100 205 Bombing of rail tracks by Chinese guerillas. Train blown up in China; many killed, Reading Eagle (November 29, 1940) Hunan 30 May 1946 90 60+ A train travelling from Canton to Hankou plunged into a river when crossing the Shaochi bridge. Ninety Killed In Train Smash, The Straits Times (June 4, 1946) Tianjin May 1947 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. Land mine wrecks train, killing 100, Spokane Daily Chronicle (May 31, 1947) Yingtan 10 July 1947 21 56 A train derailed and plunged into a river. , Chicago Tribune (July 13, 1947) Shumchun, Guangdong 2 September 1948 25 98 A train derailed probably due to sabotage. 25 Chinese dead in train wreck, Spokane Daily Chronicle (September 4, 1948) Bengbu September 1948 100 Bombing of rail tracks by Communist guerrillas. Mine blows up train in China, 100 killed, Eugene Register-Guard (September 16, 1948) Zhuzhou 22 April 1949 11 10 A train derailed. , The Hartford Courant (April 24, 1949) Guangzhou 29 September 1949 24 30 24 die in Canton train derailment, The Straits Times (October 1, 1949) Tianjin January 1950 17 60 Two trains collided on the Tianjin–Pukou Railway. 17 killed in rail crash, The Straits Times (January 29, 1950) Liaoning, Suizhong 22 July 1959 12 Passenger 0 0 Flood Fangshan District 7 December 1971 14 22 Collision between a passenger train and a truck. Liaoning, Haicheng 4 February 1975 31 Passenger 0 0 Haicheng earthquake Hebei, Tangshan 28 July 1976 40 Passenger 0 0 Tangshan earthquake Tianjin, Tanggu 28 July 1976 117 Jining Sankeshu Passenger 0 0 Tangshan earthquake Yangzhuang, Lujiang County 16 December 1978 106 218 Collision of two passenger trains. Trains crash in China; 100 killed, 200 injured, Toledo Blade (December 24, 1978) Heilongjiang 11 February 1979 100+ A train crashed into a standing passenger train due to excessive speed. Zhuzhou 22 January 1980 22 4 Ganluo County 9 July 1981 200+ 146 1981 Chengdu–Kunming rail crash Chaoyang Village 20 October 1981 3 65 Explosion. Liaoning, Xinmin 28 May 1982 193 Passenger 3 147 When the railway workers were doing the repair work of jointless track there, they violated the labor discipline and operating procedures, set up the track lifter on the inner side of the steel rail without authorization, and then withdrew from their posts. They went to the crossing guard room five meters away from the operation site to eat popsicles. When the 193 through passenger express train passed, they collided with the track lifter, causing the train to derail and overturn. Jiangsu, Nanjing 6 November 1983 155 Sankeshu Passenger 1 31 Rear end collision. Liaoning, Xinmin 14 May 1984 117 Jining Sankeshu Passenger 6 22 Fire on the train. Hunan February 1985 13 4 A train crashed into a group of people crossing the tracks. Train toll, The Straits Times (March 13, 1985) Shaoguan 15 January 1986 7 38 Explosion on an express train. Heilongjiang 22 April 1987 11 44 Explosion on an express train. Blast in train kills 11 in China, The Miami News () Mengmiao 18 July 1987 9 69 Explosion on a passenger train. Matianxu, Hunan 7 January 1988 34 30 Fire on a passenger train. 34 killed in China train fire, The Straits Times (January 9, 1988) 17 January 1988 19 76 Collision of a passenger train. Yunnan 24 January 1988 90 67 A train derailed and overturned between Qiewu and Dengjiacun. 90 killed, 66 injured in China train crash, Manila Standard (January 26, 1988) Nanxiang 24 March 1988 29 100 Collision of two express trains. Shanghai train crash leaves 26 dead, New Straits Times (March 26, 1988) Liaoning 23 December 1988 46 54 A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. 46 killed as train slams bus, Star-News (December 25, 1988) Huinan 18 January 1989 32 41 A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. , Toronto Star (January 19, 1989) Shanghai 26 June 1989 24 39 Suicide bombing of a passenger train. Train blast kills 20 near Shanghai, The Milwaukee Sentinel (June 20, 1989) Guokou, Jiangsu 18 September 1991 13 A freight train crashed into a group of railway workers due to fog. 13 railway workers killed by train in China, The Straits Times (September 20, 1991) Wulidun, Zhuzhou 21 March 1992 15 25 Collision of a passenger train with a freight train. Dozen killed when trains collide, Sun Journal (March 23, 1992) Liaoning, Fushun 11 October 1992 285 4 0 Dongfeng 4C diesel locomotives No. 4031 and 4045 in Meihekou locomotive depot are reconnected to draw a freight train to Shimenling railway station, ready to stop the 285 passenger train that will allow. As a corner cock of the train was closed, the train brake failed. In order to avoid train collision, the freight train derailed and overturned after entering the safety line of Shimenling station. The accident resulted in the death of four locomotive attendants, the suspension of driving for 10 hours and 25 minutes, and the scrapping of two locomotives, and no loss of 285 passenger train. Liaoning 31 January 1993 66 28 A passenger train crashed into a bus at a crossing. 66 die in China train-bus crash, New Straits Times (February 1, 1993) Liaoning 30 April 1993 35 A train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. 35 killed as train rams into bus in China, The Straits Times (May 1, 1993) 10 July 1993 40 48 Due to the illegal driving of the train driver, a passenger train and another freight train had a rear-end collision. Xiangfan passenger section 15 January 1994 8 23 7 passengers and 1 worker killed. 12 passengers and 11 workers injured Guangxi 13 August 1994 12 50 Explosion on a passenger train travelling from Zhanjiang to Guilin. Train blast kills 12, The Straits Times (August 19, 1994) Beijing 20 October 1994 17 12+ A train crashed into a bus at a crossing. , Chicago Tribune (October 21, 1994) Heilongjiang 1 February 1996 193 Jinan East Passenger 1 0 Zhang, the steward of the 193 through passenger train, treated the elderly female passenger rudely, which indirectly led to her illness. Rongjiawan, Yueyang 29 April 1997 126 230 Rongjiawan train disaster: Collision of two passenger trains. At least 67 killed in train crash in China, New Straits Times (May 1, 1997) Jilin, Changchun 28 August 1997 472 4 9 The driver of freight train 3312 dozed off. Central China September 1998 27 4 A train collided with a bus carrying guests of a wedding party. 27 in bridal party killed in accident, The Straits Times (September 17, 1998) Liaoning January 1999 24 100 Collision of a freight train with a passenger train. 24 killed in train crash in China, The Straits Times (January 8, 1999) Hengyang 19 July 1999 9 40 Derailment of a passenger train.

21st century