The Santiago de Compostela derailment took place on 24 July 2013, when an Alvia high-speed train travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, in the north-west of Spain, left its track at high speed on a curve, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside of the railway station at Santiago de Compostela. Of the 222 people (218 passengers and four crew) aboard, around 140 were injured and 78 were killed.
The train's data recorder confirmed the driver's statement that the train was travelling at over twice the posted speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) when it entered a bend in the line. The crash was recorded on a track-side camera, which shows all ten components (two locomotives and eight passenger carriages) derailing and four overturning.
The train's data recorder confirmed the driver's statement that the train was travelling at over twice the posted speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph) when it entered a bend in the line. The crash was recorded on a track-side camera, which shows all ten components (two locomotives and eight passenger carriages) derailing and four overturning.