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| Mapleton train collision | |
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| Details | |
| Date | 27 July 1927 |
| Location | Roodekop, Germiston |
| Country | South Africa |
| Incident type | Head-on collision |
| Statistics | |
| Trains | 2 |
| Deaths | 29 |
| Injured | 54 |
On 27 July 1927, a catastrophic head-on train collision occurred on the single-track railway line between Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa, near Roodekop in Germiston. The accident involved a southbound goods train and a northbound passenger train.[1]
- ^ Semmens, P. W. B. (1994). Railway disasters of the world: principal passenger train accidents of the 20th century. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-85260-323-6.