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 two 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
DG
Status
04/03/2021
Germoir/Mouterij (Ixelles/Elsene)
Derailment of a passenger train
3
N/A
Open
27/02/2021
Ruisbroek
Personnel hit by a passenger train
1
N/A
Open
28/01/2021
Weerde
Derailment of a passenger train
2
N/A
Open
14/04/2020
Tubize
Derailment of a work train (ballast regulator)
2
N/A
Closed
03/03/2020
Moelingen
Incident with numerous vehicles on a level crossing
3
N/A
Closed
06/02/2020
Walenhoek
Derailment followed by a side collision
1
Yes
Open
11/07/2019
Liège-Guillemins
Derailment of an empty SNCB/NMBS train
2
N/A
Open
20/06/2019
Aarschot
Road vehicle struck by freight train
1
N/A
Closed
09/05/2019
Belsele-Sinaai
Derailment of a wagon of a freight train
2
No
Closed
14/04/2019
Gent-Sint-Pieters
Side-on collision with a freight train by a runaway packing machine
