Millas train-bus collision

Perpignan crash
Area map of the crash site with routes of school bus (yellow line) and train (purple line) before collision.
Details
Date14 December 2017
around 16:00 CET (15:00 UTC)
LocationMillas, Arrondissement of Perpignan, Occitanie
Coordinates42°41′08″N 2°42′14″E / 42.68547°N 2.70399°E / 42.68547; 2.70399
CountryFrance
LinePerpignanVillefranche-de-Conflent
OperatorSNCF
Incident typeCollision with a road vehicle on a level crossing
CauseUnder investigation
Statistics
Deaths6 (the fifth victim died the day after the crash, the sixth was announced on 18 December)
Injured24

The Perpignan crash occurred on about 4pm 14 December 2017 at a level crossing in the commune of Millas, in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales, between a coach carrying high school students and a TER train, which connects Villefranche - Vernet-les-Bains and Perpignan stations.

Six pupils on board were killed and 24 were seriously injured by the accident. Trains between Perpignan and Villefranche were cancelled.