RAILROAD/HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT--COLLISION OF AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NO. 301 ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD WITH MMS TERMINALS, INC., DELIVERY TRUCK, WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS, JULY 28, 1983

About 9:48 a.m., c.d.t., on July 28, 1983, Amtrak train No. 301, operating on the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, collided with a Marquette Motor Service Terminals, Inc., delivery truck at the New River Road railroad/highway grade crossing about 1 mile north of Wilmington, Illinois. The locomotive unit and all three cars of the train were derailed, and the truck and its lading were destroyed. Two train crewmembers, the truckdriver, and 18 train passengers were injured. Total damage was estimated to be $584,000. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the failure of the truckdriver for undetermined reasons to perceive the crossbuck warning signs, the flashing light signals, the approaching train, or the whistle of the approaching train and to stop his vehicle short of the tracks at the railroad/highway grade crossing.

  • Corporate Authors:

    National Transportation Safety Board

    Bureau of Accident Investigation, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
    Washington, DC  United States  20594
  • Publication Date: 1984-10-16

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures;
  • Pagination: 28 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00399378
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: NTSB/RHR-84/02, HS-038 356
  • Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Sep 30 1985 12:00AM