Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision | |
|---|---|
491 001, one of the trains involved in the accident, seen ten years before in Nürnberg. | |
| Details | |
| Date | 12 December 1995 |
| Location | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| Country | Germany |
| Line | Mittenwald Railway |
| Operator | ÖBB, DB |
| Incident type | Collision |
| Cause | SPAD whilst departing |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Passengers | 76 |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 41 |
| Damage | 491 001 completely disabled after the accident |
The Garmisch-Partenkirchen train collision took place on 12 December 1995, when an ÖBB Regional-Express train traveling from Innsbruck to Munich departed from Garmisch-Partenkirchen Station in Bavaria despite a red light due to distraction, colliding with a DB tourist train, killing one person and injuring 51.