50 injured. August 13 – British-occupied zone of Germany – Two trains carrying soldiers on leave collide head-on at Goch on the single-track branch from Krefeld, reopened only a week before; 21 people are killed. September 2 – United Kingdom – , West Sussex, England. A Streatham-to-Newhaven empty coaching stock train, failed to stop after being signalled into a siding. It ran through the buffer stops and into the buttress of Haywards Heath Tunnel, killing the driver and fireman. It had been diverted into the siding, in order to reverse onto the up line, as the down line had been taken out of service by an engineering possession. September 4 – France – Due to a signalman's error, a military mixed train consisting of 8 passenger cars followed by 4 empty freight wagons, and 19 tank cars of gasoline is diverted into a siding at Kédange-sur-Canner where it crashes into a stationary freight train. The resulting fire spreads to the passenger cars; 39 people are killed and 34 injured. September 4 – United States – The second section of the EB double-headed AT&SF California Limited derails at Arcadia, California, roughly one mile (1600 m) from the Santa Anita racetrack, killing the engineer, four passengers, and injuring 115 others. Company officials place blame on the engineer for excessive speed but an investigation by Los Angeles county authorities suggests that a broken rail may have been responsible. September 6 − Japan − According to former Japan Railroad Ministry official confirmed report, a local train derailment and crush into safety guard, when a train driver asleep condition and regressing at a switchback type Sasago station, Chuo Line, Yamanashi Prefecture, 60 persons were human fatalities and 90 persons were hurt. September 7 – United Kingdom – The bank of the Shropshire Union Canal fails near , Denbighshire and causes the trackbed of the Ruabon–Barmouth line to be washed away for . A Great Western Railway mail and freight train is derailed, with all vehicles except a brake van destroyed in the ensuing fire. One person is killed and two are injured. September 9 – Argentina – A passenger train derails in Iturbe, Jujuy, killing 36 and injuring more than 50. September 12 – United States – The Pennsylvania Railroad's Washington-to-Detroit Red Arrow strikes a stalled automobile at Tiro, Ohio, derailing the locomotive and seven cars. At least 14 are injured. September 21 – France