were smashed. Mitcham, 1927 On 9 March 1927 there was a rear-end collision between a goods train and the Adelaide express. Fosters's Corner, Belair, 1929 On 10 January 1929 21 wagons containing livestock became separate from a southbound goods train. The wagons careered downgrade and eventually derailed. No humans were injured although livestock were killed in the accident. Mount Lofty, 1931 On 28 March 1931 due to an incorrect points setting a passenger train from Adelaide to Bridgewater was directed down a dead-end siding where it crashed through the dead-end structure. Ambleside, 1948 On 14 August 1948 an Adelaide-bound goods train derailed near the end of the loop outside Ambleside yard. No one was injured. Stockyard Creek, 1951 On 19 October 1951 a passenger train struck a goods train from behind. No one was injured. Tintinara, 1962 On 3 July 1962 a goods train travelling from Melbourne to Adelaide was derailed. No one was injured. Callington, 1972 On 20 December 1972 The Mile End (Adelaide) to Tailem Bend goods train was derailed. Jacobs Creek, 1977 On 19 June 1977 a cement and stone train was derailed after striking three steers. Balyarta, 1977 On 22 July 1977 an overnight Adelaide-Melbourne express goods train derailed. Renmark, 1980 On 17 December 1980 a goods train was derailed. Roopena, 2007 At approximately 0428 on 22 May 2007, ballast train 3MR2 derailed near Roopena (between Whyalla and Port Augusta). The derailment occurred about 28 track kilometres north of Whyalla. Twenty seven ballast wagons were derailed but there were no injuries. Birkenhead, 2008 At about 1448 on Wednesday 5 March 2008, a double road-train loaded with bulk cement drove into the path of a train that was conveying four empty fuel tankers at the Stirling Street level crossing, Birkenhead. The impact speed of both the train and road-train was low (about 15 km/h) but nevertheless sufficient to roll the prime mover and the first semitrailer onto their sides and to derail the lead bogie of the train's locomotive. The road-train driver was slightly injured; the two train drivers were shaken but otherwise unhurt. Bates, 2008 At approximately 0650 on 19 April 2008, freight train 5PS6, travelling from Perth to Sydney, derailed near Bates. The derailment occurred about 13 track kilometres east of Bates. Thirteen wagons were derailed and about 800 m of track was damaged. There were no injuries. Mount Christie, 2008 At approximately 2130 on