An express from Nancy to Dijon collides with a locomotive at Port d'Atelier, near Amance. Two wooden passenger cars are crushed between the steel cars in front of and behind them. Before dying of his injuries, the driver of the express manages to protect the wreck site by laying down detonators and notifying the crossing keeper. Altogether 43 people are killed. February 19 – United Kingdom – A freight train becomes divided at , Middlesex. The rear portion runs away, but is not derailed at catch points due to a signalman's error. The wagons enter the main line and are run into by a parcels train. April 24 – United States – Smith County, Tennessee, Gordonsville, 10 persons were killed coming home from church at approximately 10:30 pm when a loaded locomotive hit them at a high speed. The family, in two trucks, was returning from church services. The driver, Jessie Bennett, aged 50, was blind in one eye. He was killed along with his wife, 45, and three of their sons, aged 12, 10, and 8. Also killed were the Bennett's daughter, 24, her husband, 24, their daughter, aged 1, the brother of the driver, aged 49, and a close family friend, 17. April 25 – United Kingdom – An express passenger train overruns signals and derails at Douglas Park Signal Box, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Signalman suspected of moving the points under the train. April 28 – South Africa – In the suburbs of Johannesburg, on the line from Langlaagte to Midway station in Soweto, two successive electric trains are stopped for signals when a third one crashes into the second and pushes it forward to hit the first. Altogether 70 people are killed and 166 injured. July 4 – France – A Strasbourg-to-Paris express train derails in Emberménil, killing at least six and injuring at least 29. July 15 – Japan – Mitaka incident: An unmanned 63 series train with its operating handle tied down drives into Mitaka Station and derails, killing six and injuring 20. August 17 – Japan – Matsukawa derailment: A Japanese National Railways passenger train derails and overturns on the Tōhoku Main Line between Kanayagawa and Matsukawa stations in Fukushima Prefecture due to sabotage, killing three crewmembers; all 412 passengers survive. October 11 – Argentina – A passenger train collides with a freight train in Palermo, Buenos Aires, killing 18 and injuring more than 80.