Nosaby level crossing accident

The Nosaby level crossing accident (Swedish: Järnvägsolyckan i Nosaby or Tågolyckan i Nosaby) occurred on 10 September 2004 at 9.07 a.m. in Nosaby in Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden.

Nosaby level crossing accident
Details
Date10 September 2004
09:07
LocationLänsväg 118/Blekinge kustbana, Level crossing at Nosaby Church in Kristianstad
Coordinates56°03′05″N 14°11′41″E
CountrySweden
Incident typeCollision with truck
CauseTruck stopped at level crossing
Statistics
Trains1
Deaths2
Injured47

Accident

Train 357 bound for Malmö left Karlskrona at 7.33 a.m. According to witnesses, a truck was going to pass the level crossing near Nosaby Church exactly when the barriers went down at 9.00 a.m. The train crashed into the truck trailer and the pellets which were loaded in the trailer flew out. The truck was thrown forward and crashed into another truck that was waiting for the barriers to go up.

The first railcar derailed completely and rotated 180°. The second and third also derailed, destroying the rail and the embankment.

The two drivers who were at the front of the train (one on duty, one off) died and 47 passengers were injured.

The truck driver claimed that he was dazzled by the sun, and that he didn't see the barriers that went down.[4] Rather than quickly leaving the level crossing by driving through the barrier, he left the truck and tried to lift the barrier while the truck was left on the rail. On 19 December 2005, he was sentenced to prison for 1 year and 2 months for reckless driving ("vårdslöshet i trafik"), causing death ("vållande till annans död") and causing bodily harm ("vållande till kroppsskada") by Kristianstads Tingsrätt.[5]

References and sources
  1. "Lastbilschaufför döms för tågolycka". Svenska Dagbladet. 19 December 2005.
  2. "Hovrätten fastställde domen för tågolyckan - Kristianstad - Kristianstadsbladet - Nyheter dygnet runt". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  3. "HD tar inte upp Nosabyolyckan - Kristianstad - Kristianstadsbladet - Nyheter dygnet runt". Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
  4. "Chauffören som krockade med Kustpilen vill slippa fängelse - Sydsvenskan". Archived from the original on 2015-09-18.
  5. http://www.kristianstadsbladet.se/kristianstad/article1130584/Lastbilschauffoumlren-doumlmd-till-faumlngelse.html
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