1996_Dniprodzerzhynsk_tram_accident
1996 Dniprodzerzhynsk tram accident
Deadly tram accident in Ukraine
On 2 July 1996, an overcrowded tram derailed during the evening rush hour in Dniprodzerzhynsk (now Kamianske), Ukraine, and crashed into a concrete wall. An investigation by the local railway department discovered that the brakes on the tram car failed as it was going down a hill. The derailment and subsequent crash killed a total of 34 people, and left over 100 others injured. The incident was the deadliest tram accident in Ukraine,[1] and one of the deadliest tram disasters anywhere in the world, surpassing the 1954 Zagreb tram accident which killed 19 people.[3]