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
29/03/2026
Anderlecht
Incendie d'une monoroue électrique dans un train de la SNCB
3
Safety notice
N/A
Closed
17/02/2026
Antwerpen-Noord
Derailment of a tank wagon during a hump shunting operation
2
Yes
Open
17/02/2026
Mons
Derailment of a freight train
2
No
Open
04/02/2026
Merelbeke
Rear-end collision between two freight trains
3
No
Open
13/10/2025
Witte Molen
Face to face between two freight trains
3
No
Open
29/07/2025
Verrebroek
Lorry struck by freight train
2
N/A
Open
31/10/2024
Antwerpen-Noord
Derailment of 2 tank wagons during a hump shunting operation
1
Safety report
Yes
Closed
20/08/2024
Zeebrugge
Train mistakenly shunted onto an occupied track
3
Safety report
No
Closed
24/05/2024
Mechelen
Runaway of a passenger train
3
Safety report
N/A
Closed
13/05/2024
Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek
Collision of a locomotive with an empty, parked passenger train
