List of railway accidents in Namibia

The list of rail accidents in Namibia shows in chronological order accidents in Namibia (and the predecessor states German South West Africa and South West Africa ) in which the loss of human life or great damage was caused.

Railway accidents

date	Place / railway line	the accident	Damage	Fatalities
March 25, 1977	in Keetmanshoop ( Windhoek – Keetmanshoop )		one passenger was killed	1
August 28, 2007	10 km south of Windhoek ( Windhoek – Nakop )	Lack of braking force due to a vacuum hose not attached	Driver died; high property damage	1
December 7, 2009	in Mariental (Windhoek – Nakop)		One passenger (child) died, 42 injured	1
June 2010	in Okahandja ( Windhoek – Kranzberg )	Collision with a vehicle on a level crossing	Driver of the vehicle died	1
1 August 2013	Kranzberg station ( Kranzberg – Walvis Bay )	Collision with another train after a derailment	high property damage	0
June 6, 2015	near Kalkfeld ( Kranzberg – Otavi )	Rear-end collision with empty fuel cars that have not been removed	Deputy Driver died; high property damage	1
5th July 2015	near Wilhelmstal (Windhoek – Kranzberg)	Collision between a freight train and a combined train	26 injured; high property damage	0
July 13, 2015	near Walvis Bay (Kranzberg – Walvis Bay)	Derailment of a train loaded with acid	high property damage	0
22nd September 2015	at Uuhuma (Tsumeb – Oshikango)	Collision with a vehicle on a level crossing	One passenger (infant) died, 6 injured	1
August 6, 2016	at Aiyandja ( Tsumeb – Oshikango )	Collision with vehicle	Driver of the vehicle died	1
June 16, 2017	in Usakos (Kranzberg – Walvis Bay)	Person was hit by train	Pedestrian died	1
December 28, 2017	in Okahandja (Windhoek – Kranzberg)	Collision with a vehicle on a level crossing	Driver of the vehicle died	1
May 28, 2018	at Omuthiya (Tsumeb – Oshikango)	Person lay on the rails	Person hit by train	1
October 12 or 13, 2018	in Mariental (Windhoek – Nakop)	Person lay on the rails	Person hit by train	1
December 24, 2018	near Kombat ( Otavi – Grootfontein )	People lay on the rails	People hit by the train	2
April 29, 2019	in Mariental (Windhoek – Nakop)	The truck was on the rails	Vehicle detected by train	0
June 11, 2019	near Kranzberg (Kranzberg – Walvis Bay)	Head-on collision between two vehicles, after which a truck fell down a bridge onto the rails and was hit by a train	Vehicle detected by train	0
June 30, 2019	between Tsumeb and Oshivelo (Tsumeb – Oshikango railway)	Vehicle stood on rails	Vehicle destroyed, 3 injured	0

See also

• List of serious accidents in rail transport
• Navigation bar lists of railway accidents

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituaries in 1977. ESPN Cricinfo, 1978. Accessed April 4, 2018th
2. ^ Deadly train accident caused by oversight. The Namibian, May 23, 2008.
3. ↑ Trans Namib Investigates Train Accident. AllAfrica, December 9, 2009.
4. ↑ Okahandja is killed in horrific train accident. The Namibian, July 12, 2010.
5. ^ Train accident at Kranzberg. The Villager, August 2, 2013.
6. ↑ Train driver dies in crash. The Namibian, June 8, 2015.
7. ↑ 26 injured in train accident. Allgemeine Zeitung, July 6, 2015.
8. ↑ Acid train derails near Walvis. The Namibian, July 15, 2015.
9. ^ Toddler killed in train accident. New Era, September 24, 2015.
10. ↑ Man dies after train drives into his sedan. NBC, Aug 8, 2016.
11. ↑ Four deaths recorded in Erongo over the weekend. New Era, June 19, 2017.
12. ^ Driver smashes into train. Namibian Sun, December 29, 2017.
13. ↑ Man this in train accident at Omuthiya. Namibia Press Agency, May 29, 2018.
14. ↑ Man killed in an apparent train accident in Mariental. Namibia Press Agency, October 13, 2018.
15. ^ Two men killed by train at Kombat. Namibia Press Agency, December 24, 2018.
16. ^ Truck and train involved in accident in Mariental. Namibia Press Agency, April 29, 2019.
17. ↑ Crashed truck hit by train. Namibian Sun, June 11, 2019.