Ursus rail crash
| Ursus rail crash | |
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Memorial stone dedicated to the victims, unveiled on 34th anniversary of the crash | |
| Details | |
| Date | 20 August 1990 6:20 am |
| Location | Ursus, Warsaw |
| Country | Poland |
| Line | Warszawa Zachodnia - Katowice |
| Operator | Polish State Railways |
| Incident type | Rear-end collision |
| Cause | Signal fault |
| Statistics | |
| Trains |
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| Deaths | 16 |
| Injured | 64 |
Ursus rail crash (Polish: Katastrofa kolejowa w Ursusie) was a rear-end train collision, that occurred at 6:20 a.m. on 20 August 1990 in Warsaw neighborhood (today district) of Ursus. 16 people were killed and 64 were injured.
To date, it is the worst railway accident in Poland after 1989.