List of tram accidents

This is a worldwide list of accidents involving trams (or streetcars in U.S English) in which there was significant damage to the tramcar, or involving severe injury or death to those in the tramcar. Pedestrian fatalities are outside the scope of this list.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Brazil

Canada

Croatia

Germany

Isle of Man

Norway

Oslo.

Poland

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

1880s

1890s

1900s

Birmingham.

1910s

Crabble, Dover

1920s

1930s

1950s

1990s

Sandilands.

2010s

United States

Tacoma, Washington.

Zimbabwe

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