causing extensive damage to the rolling stock, to the infrastructure or to the environment; “extensive damage” meaning damage that the investigation unit can immediately estimate at a value of at least EUR two million in total.
« SIGNIFICANT » ACCIDENT / INCIDENT LEVEL 2
Any type of accident / incident resulting:
in serious injuries to at least one person or
causing damages assessed to be worth at least EUR 150.000 or
suspension of rail traffic for over six hours.
« OTHER » ACCIDENT / INCIDENT LEVEL 3
Accidents and incidents that do not fall into the other two categories. The decision to open an investigation is taken by the IU independently on the basis of this information, potentially supplemented by a preliminary enquiry.
RID
The Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID) forms Appendix C to COTIF and has an annex. This Regulation applies to international traffic.
Directive 2008/68/EC transposes RID into the EU’s internal law, including for national transport. OTIF and the Commission have put in place the necessary coordination.
As a result of coordination work between the UNECE in Geneva and OTIF, the provisions on the carriage of dangerous goods by rail are also harmonised with the provisions for road transport (ADR) and inland waterways transport (ADN).
The on-going and closed investigations are listed below, with the most recent appearing first.
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Date
Place
Title
Level
Type
DG
Status
26/06/2026
Hasselt
Collision between a train and an agricultural vehicle on a level crossing
2
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
22/06/2026
Hoboken
Collision between a passenger train and a motor scooter on a level crossing
1
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
19/06/2026
Elsegem
Collision between a train and a road vehicle on a level crossing
1
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
27/05/2026
Bruxelles-Nord/Brussel-Noord
Person hit by a train
2
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
26/05/2026
Buggenhout
Collision between a passenger train and a school minibus on a level crossing
1
N/A
Open
26/05/2026
Lokeren
Catenary hit by a lorry
2
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
21/05/2026
Estaimpuis
Collision between a train and a car on a level crossing
1
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
29/04/2026
Linkebeek
Person hit by a train
1
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
29/03/2026
Anderlecht
Fire of an electric monowheel in an SNCB/NMBS train
