1991 Miaoli train collision

Railway incident in Taiwan 1991 11 15 yes About 16:00 local time Zaoqiao, Miaoli County Taiwan Taichung Line Taiwan Railways Administration Zaoqiao_Station_Map.jpg 台鐵造橋火車對撞事故.jpg 30 112 2 24 39 58 N 120 50 5 E Collision ATS failure On 15 November 1991, two passenger trains collided in Miaoli County, Taiwan, killing 30 people and injuring 112.https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/at-least-3-dead-over-20-injured-after-train-derails-in-taiwans-north-eastern-yilan At least 18 dead after train derails in Taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades Seok Hwai Lee 2018-10-21 The Straits Times 2019-03-25 2019-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20190107080720/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/at-least-3-dead-over-20-injured-after-train-derails-in-taiwans-north-eastern-yilan live It was the deadliest train accident in Taiwan since 1948 until April 2021 when 49 passengers were killed after a train derailed in Hualien. Incident 24 39 58 N 120 50 5 E 15 right 250 200 Location of Collision 100 image Red pog.svg 24 39 58 N 120 50 5 E 10 left 14 black Location of derailment At about 16:00 (UTC+8), EMU100 series Tze-Chiang (T.C) 1006 Train and Chu-Kuang (C.K) 1 Train collided. Chu-Kuang 1 was turning into the centre of the secondary line but Tze-Chiang 1006 lost its control. The signal of K134 Station was green, so the driver of Tze-Chiang 1006 Train did not notice anything wrong. When he noticed the unusual condition, it was too late. The first three carriages of Tze-Chiang 1006 crushed to the antepenultimate carriage of Chu-Kuang 1 and all of the six carriages turned over onto the ground.https://news.cts.com.tw/cts/general/201101/201101040644985.html 80 years of the Republic of China, two trains collided at Zaoqiao Station caused 30 people died and 112 injured CTS zh-Hant-TW https://web.archive.org/web/20201221075207/https://news.cts.com.tw/cts/general/201101/201101040644985.html 2020-12-21 2019-05-08 live The accident caused 30 deaths and 112 injuries. Tze-Chiang 40ED102、40ET101 and Chu-Kuang 35FPK10207、35FPK10209 were all scrapped. There were many Japanese passengers among the casualty, including Congressman Hideaki Oshiro (大城秀昭). Investigation The reason for this crash was because of the automatic train stop (ATS) emergency braking system. The ATS of the Tze-Chiang 1006 was not working, so it did not stop before crashing to the Chu-Kuang 1.https://www.ettoday.net/news/20181026/1290686.htm 27 years ago, two trains collided at Zaoqiao Station caused 30 people died and 112 injured! The Railway Administration director was found not guilty and the driver was sentenced to 4 years in prison News cloud zh-Hant https://web.archive.org/web/20190412142038/https://www.ettoday.net/news/20181026/1290686.htm 2019-04-12 2019-05-08 live Also, Taiwan Railway dispatched cranes and lifted the bogies, and at the same time investigated the cause of the accident from the mechanical parts of the signal, track conversion, and self-propelled operation or if there were some human factors. Taiwan Rail way also simulated and restored the train collision which saw the Tze-Chiang 1006 train crushing the Chu-Kuang 1 train and all three carriages of the Chu-Kuang train were all crushed heavily. Mr. Chen Shifang, the railroad chief who just took office four months ago, initially excluded the disabled part. He said: "There are no problems of signal. The collision was because the train did not slow down, all the responsibility were all on drivers." The direction of the survey points to human error, and Huashi had an exclusive interview with the injured driver of Tze-Chiang. The automatic braking system was actually installed but had failed at that time, so it needed to be repaired in advance. The train driver felt wronged. The whole incident showed that the machine and human conditions were both fine, but injured people and the bereaved were all unsatisfied with this result, so the Taiwan Railway Administrator had to investigate faster. Finally, the result was because the ATS system had broken down. The driver and the railroad chief were sentenced to involuntary homicide. Aftermath After the accident, Premier of the Executive Yuan Hau Pei-tsun and Chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government Lien Chan went to condole every passenger and gave them NT$3 million as compensation.https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/2593308 The Puyuma express train derailment accident was similar to the accident 27 years ago. The train driver said: Taiwan Railway Management Association still didn't have any introspection 26 October 2018 Liberty Times News zh-Hant-TW https://web.archive.org/web/20190412142037/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/2593308 2019-04-12 2019-05-08 live Chen Shifang and the Tze Chiang train driver Su Jinkun (蘇金焜) were both prosecuted for professional negligence. Su was sent to jail for four years and Chen was acquitted.http://www.tiesin.cn/article/146735.html In nearly four years, there were over 2000 accidents of Taiwan Train, at least 448 people injured and died Yi Chen www.tiesin.cn https://web.archive.org/web/20190512145705/http://www.tiesin.cn/article/146735.html 2019-05-12 2019-05-12 dead References Category:1991 in Taiwan Category:Railway accidents in 1991 Category:Train collisions in Taiwan Category:Transportation in Miaoli County Category:November 1991 in Asia Category:1991 disasters in Taiwan