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396:(191 yd), but the train would have required a distance of 800 metres (870 yd) to stop at the speed it was travelling at (140 kilometres per hour (87 mph)). The driver activated the emergency brakes within a second of seeing the obstruction, slowing the train to 107 kilometres per hour (66 mph) at the point of impact. The platform was pushed 15 metres (16 yd) along the line until it collided with a pole supporting the
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the cab of the train were four times higher than those it was designed to withstand, which is why the cab was destroyed in the accident. The driver had insufficient time available to avoid the accident or retreat from the cab to a survival space within the train. Following the accident, vehicles with steel caterpillar tracks were prohibited from using level crossings in the
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September 2017, the driver was
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should look at the issue of drivers of large/slow vehicles being able to ascertain whether or not it was safe to cross a level crossing. ProRail has responded by stating that it is "embracing" the recommendations.
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868:[Trains through Dalfsen again on Sunday] (in Dutch). De Telegraaf.
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685:"Deadly train crash in Netherlands"
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1155:Pasir Ris rail accident, Singapore
1128:Bad Aibling rail accident, Germany
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1200:O Porriño train derailment, Spain
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1173:Mosier train fire, United States
1137:Dalfsen train crash, Netherlands
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344:Overijssel
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