This is a list of train surfing injuries and deaths.
Data of train surfing injuries and deaths
| Location | Time Period | Overall total accidents | Died | Injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia - Melbourne | 1990 - 1992 | 3 [1] | ||
| Austria | Jan 1994 to Dec 2008 | 1 [2] | 12 [2] | |
| Brazil - Rio de Janeiro | 1990 | 160 [3] | ||
| Brazil - São Paulo | 1990 | 34 [3] | ||
| Brazil - Rio de Janeiro | August 1991 - August 2000 | 200 [4] | 100 [4] | |
| Germany - Berlin | 1989 - 1995 | 41 [5] | 18 [5] | |
| Russia - Moscow | January to June 2014 | 3 [6][7] | 16[6][7] | |
| Russia - Moscow | 1 January to 20 August 2018 | 5 [8] | ||
| Russia - Central Federal District | 2012 | 4 [9] | 15[10] | |
| Russia - Central Federal District | 2013 | 16[10] | ||
| Russia - Central Federal District | 2015 | 16[11][12] | 24[10] | |
| Russia - Central Federal District | April - June 2016 | 4 [13] | ||
| Russia - Central Federal District | 2016 | 9 [11][12] | ||
| Russia - Central Federal District | 2017 | 14 [11] | ||
| South Africa | 2006 | 100 [14] | 19 [14] | |
| Ukraine | 2013 | 10[15] | ||
| Ukraine | 1 January to 29 July 2014 | 7 [16][15] | ||
| Ukraine | 2016 | 16 [17] | ||
| Ukraine | 2017 | 12 [18] | ||
| United Kingdom | In the years prior to August 1995 | 7 [5] | ||
| United Kingdom | April 2005 to March 2015 | 6 [19] | ||
| United States - New York | 1989 to 2011 | 13 [20] | 56 [20] |
Train surfing injuries and deaths
| Time | Location | Died/ Injured | Type | Ages | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | United Kingdom | Died | Collided with train | 14 | A 14-year-old was on the running board of a train when they fell from it and was then decapitated by a train.[21] |
| 22 November 1984 | United States - Newark / Harrison | Died | Electric shock / Collided with train | Both 21 | Two people died when they climbed on top of the roof of a train and as they were riding on the roof of the train a flash of light occurred and both people received an electric shock. One of the people was found lying on the roof of the train as it arrived at a train station. The second person fell from the train and onto a second set of railway tracks. As the person fell from the roof of the first train a second train was travelling down the second set of railway tracks and the person fell into the path of this second train.[22] |
| 6 June 1988 | Australia - Melbourne | Injured | Collided with sign | 17 | A 17-year-old was standing on a small ledge on the outside of a moving train when they hit their head on a railway sign and fell underneath the wheels of the train. They were found lying 100 metres from where they collided with the railway sign and it is thought that they remained conscious the whole time. Both of their legs were amputated above the knee and it remained uncertain as to whether more of their right leg would need to be amputated.[23][24] |
| 1988 | United Kingdom - London | Died | Fell under train | 18 | A person died when they were riding on the outside of a train and they fell under it.[25] |
| October 1989 | United Kingdom - London | Died | Collided with bridge | 16 | A person died when they were riding on the roof of a train and they collided with a bridge.[26] |
| November 1989 | United Kingdom - London | Died | Fell under train | 9 | A person died when they were riding on the outside of a train holding on to a handrail and they fell under the train.[27] |
| Germany - Berlin | Injured | Collided with pillar | 15 | A person was sitting down on the edge of a train with their legs hanging out the side and a pillar hit their leg and they received multiple fractures of their left leg with complications.[28] | |
| Germany - Berlin | Died | Collided with pillar | ? | A person died when they were riding on the outside of a train and their head collided with a pillar.[28] | |
| 27 January 1992 | Australia - Sydney | Died | Electric shock | 15 | As a train pulled out from a station a person climbed onto the roof from the space in between train carriages and they received an electric shock and died.[1] |
| 4 July 1992 | Australia - Sydney | Died | Electric shock | 23 | As a train was arriving at a station a person climbed onto its roof and received an electric shock and was killed.[29] |
| 27 May 1994 | United Kingdom - London | Died | Collided with train/ Fall | 14 approx. | It was thought that a person was train surfing and holding onto the edge of a train when they fell under a train and was killed.[30] |
| 31 May 1994 | United States - New York | Died | Collided with object | 19 | A 19-year-old was riding on top of a train when it is thought they hit the entrance to a tunnel and were killed.[31] |
| United Kingdom | Died | Fall | 21 | A person was riding on the outside of a train and holding on to it as it was travelling at 70 mph when they fell from the train and died.[32] | |
| May 1995 | United Kingdom | Injured | Fall | 22 | A person was riding on the outside of a train when they fell between the train and a station platform and was dragged along the train track and they had their right leg amputated and was seriously ill in hospital.[33] |
| 4 January 1996 | Australia - Melbourne | Died | Collided with bridge and train | 17 | A person died when they were riding on the outside of a train and they collided with a bridge and then fell from the train and into the path of another train.[34][35][36] |
| 26 January 1996 | Australia - Melbourne | Injured | Collided with overpass | 17 | A person was injured when they were riding on the outside of a train and they hit their head on an overpass and received a suspected fractured vertebra and lacerations to their left eye and skull.[34][35] |
| 15 July 1996 | United States - New York | Died | Collided with object | Between 16 and 20 | A person was riding on top of a train carriage when they hit a signal light, were thrown on to the tracks and killed. A news report estimated their age as between 16 and 20 years old.[37] |
| 18 December 1996 | United Kingdom | Injured | Fall | 15 | A train was at a train station and then it began to leave the station and as it was moving away a person jumped onto a rear carriage of the train and as they were attempting to get off they lost their footing and fell from the train. They received serious head and leg injuries and were in a stable condition in hospital.[38] |
| 13 February 1997 | Australia - Melbourne | Died | Electric shock | 16 | As a train was arriving at a train station a person was found lying dead on the roof of the train. It is thought possible that the person may have been train surfing and that the person had received an electric shock whilst on the roof of the train.[39] |
| January 2000 | Australia - Melbourne | Injured | ? | ? | A person was seriously injured while train surfing.[40] |
| 10 June 2000 | Australia - Melbourne | Injured | ? | 19 | A person was found lying unconscious on the roof of a train at a train station and they were not breathing and they were taken to hospital with serious head injuries and remained in a critical condition. They were found on a train that had been travelling between train stations.[36][40] |
| 17 July 2001 | Australia - Melbourne | Injured | Electric shock | 20 | A train arrived at a train station and a person climbed onto the roof of the train and it was speculated that they attempted to ride on the roof of the train and they received an electric shock and fell head first onto the station platform. They received head and burns injuries and did not have a pulse and they were then resuscitated and taken to hospital were they remained in a critical but stable condition.[41][42] |
| 5 November 2002 | United Kingdom - East Sussex | Died | Collided with object | 18 | An 18-year-old was killed when they were returning home by train from East Sussex and they climbed out of the window of the train and up onto the roof. It is thought that he was killed when the train traveled over a bridge and part of the bridge hit the 18-year-old. A person who was with the 18-year-old at the time alerted the train driver using the emergency cord and the driver stopped the train at the next station.[43][44] |
| 20 October 2003 | United States - New York | Died | Collided with object | 14 | A person was riding between two carriages using a safety chain and they climbed up the space in between the carriages to the top and wedged their legs in between two carriages. They were hit by a trackside beam, thrown onto the tracks by the impact and then hit by the rear carriages of the train.[45][46][47] |
| 4 December 2003 | Australia - Melbourne | Injured | Electric shock | 15 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they touched the trains power supply and became unconscious on the roof of the train and received burns to their stomach, chest and arms.[48][49] |
| 2004 | South Africa | Injured | Electric shock | 15 | A person was riding on a train carriage when they received an electric shock by the overhead power lines and received injuries including loss of the use of their right hand, loss of their two front teeth and two broken ribs.[50] |
| 14 February 2004 | Netherlands - Maassluis | Died | ? | 15 | Two people boarded a train at a train station and then opened the window of the train. As the train started moving they then began to hang on the outside of the train from the window. As the train was leaving the station platform it was speculated that one of the people had been unable to let go of the window in time and became stuck between the train and the platform and were dragged 200 metres from the platform. The person was found lying 200 metres from the station platform and the person died in the accident.[51][52] |
| 24 September 2004 | United Kingdom - Northwich | Injured | Collided with Train | 14 | A person climbed onto the outside of a freight train and they rode on it a short distance. The train began to pick up speed after it had left a train station and as the person attempted to get off the train they lost their grip and was dragged underneath the wheels of the train. One leg was amputated below the groin and the second leg was amputated below the knee and they were in a critical condition in hospital and then their condition later improved.[53][54] |
| 11 October 2005 | United States - New York | Injured | Fall | 23 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they fell from it and landed on a railway track receiving skull and pelvic injuries and they were in a critical condition.[55] |
| 26 April 2007 | South Africa | Injured | Fall | 16 approx. | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and fell from the train and received a head injury and their condition was stabilised and they were taken to hospital.[56] |
| 11 April 2007 | South Africa | Injured | Fall | 16 | A person riding on the roof of a train received an electric shock and fell from the train and received severe burns and possible fractures.[56] |
| 12 May 2007 | Denmark – Midtjylland – Ringkøbing | Died | Collided with object | 22 | A 22-year-old died when they were riding on the top of a train when it travelled through a viaduct and they collided the edge of the viaduct.[57][58][59] |
| 15 October 2007 | United States - New York | Died | Unconfirmed | 21 | A person died when they were riding on the roof of a train and they fell off.[60] |
| 2008 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Died | Fall | 15 | The body of a 15-year-old was found on the railway tracks after they had fallen from a train while riding on the outside of it.[61] |
| 18 May 2008 | Australia – Melbourne | Died | Unconfirmed | 20 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train at around 1:00 am and then at 8:30 am their body was found several stations away still on top of the roof of the train. It was thought that the person had received an electric shock.[62][63] |
| 5 February 2009 | New Zealand - Christchurch | Died | Collision with bridge | 23, 25 | Two people died when they were riding on the roof of a freight train and they collided with a pedestrian bridge.[64] |
| 16 May 2010 | Germany - Baden-Württemberg | Injured | Electric Shock | 18 | A person was injured when they were riding on the roof of a train and there was a flash of light and a loud bang and they received an electric shock. The injuries they received suggest they may have been crawling on all fours on the roof of the train when they received the electric shock.[65] |
| 23 May 2010 | Netherlands - Rotterdam | Injured | Fall | 23 | A train was about to leave a train station and a person held onto an open window of the train and began riding on the outside of the train and after 40 to 50 metres the person fell between the train and the platform. They were taken to hospital and received injuries including a broken arm, a collapsed lung and bleeding in their spleen.[66][67] |
| 14 February 2011 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Collided with tunnels | 19, 19 | Two people died when they were riding on the roof of a train and it is thought they collided with objects attached to a train tunnel. One of the two people was found lying on top of the accordion style gangway connection between the carriages and they had received multiple fractures. The second person was found lying on the ground in a train tunnel.[68][69] |
| Indonesia - Jakarta | Died | Fall | 21 | It is thought a person may have died as a result of riding on the roof of a train and then falling from it. It is also thought that it is possible they were texting at the time that they fell.[70] | |
| 5 September 2011 | United States – Longmont | Injured | Underneath train wheels | 17 | A person was alongside a moving freight train when they attempted to climb aboard the train while it was moving. The person described what occurred:"I managed to grab on with my arms ... but my legs didn't make it up onto the train. Instead, they bounced underneath it and dragged against the tracks until they weren't legs anymore.... I was conscious the whole time. I got to see my detached limbs lying next to me on the pavement.".[71] She lost her left leg from above the knee and her right leg from below the knee.[72][73][71] |
| December 2011 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Fall | ? | A person died when they were riding on the outside of the Sapsan train and they fell from it and were killed.[74][75] |
| 24 January 2012 | Australia – Melbourne | Died | Electric shock | 17 | A 17-year-old was with five friends at a train a station intending to travel back to their home. At about 11:00 pm, he was on the roof of the train when he came into contact with wires at Caulfield. Ambulance officers who arrived at the station had to wait for electricity to be turned off before being able to provide assistance to the person on the train roof. The 17-year-old died whilst they were still at Caulfield station.[76][77][78] |
| 7 February 2012 | Russia - St Petersburg | Died | Collision with train | 24 | As a train began to depart a train station a person jumped from the platform onto the connection in between the carriages and they fell from the train and landed underneath the wheels of the train and died.[79][80][81] |
| 31 March 2012 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Electric Shock | 14 | A person was thought to have been riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and received serious burns.[82] |
| 4 May 2012 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Fall | 17 | A person died when they were riding on an inter-car coupling in between the carriages and they fell onto the railway line.[83][84][85][86] |
| 7 May 2012 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Collision with object or tunnel | 18 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they hit their head on either the archway of a tunnel or an object on the tunnels roof. They received head injuries and damaged internal organs and they were in a critical condition in hospital.[87][88] |
| 19 May 2012 | Australia – Melbourne | Injured | Fall | Teenager | A person was riding on the roof of the rear carriage of a train when they fell, collided with the side of the train and then landed on the tack bed. The person received severe head injuries and injuries to their upper body. Whilst unconscious they were transported to a hospital, underwent surgery and remained in a critical condition.[89] |
| 19 May 2012 | Germany – Bavaria | Injured | Electric shock from an arc | 17 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train and after the train moved a few metres they were hit by an electric arc and the train stopped moving due to a short circuit. The person fell off the side of the train and they received burns to 75% of their body, were put into an artificial coma and were in a very critical condition.[90][91] |
| 10 June 2012 | Russia - Khabarovsk Territory | Died | Fall underneath train | 10 | Two 10-year-olds were travelling on a freight train in between carriages. As they were riding it they both jumped from the freight carriage and the clothes of one of the 10-year-olds got caught on the outside train and they fell underneath the wheels of the train and died.[92][93][94] |
| June 2012 | Russia - Ulan-Ude | Died | Electric shock | estimated around 30 | A person who was thought to be a train surfer jumped from a pedestrian bridge onto a freight train that was passing by below them. They caught their foot on the overhead power line and they received an electric shock and died.[95] |
| 16 July 2012 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Fall | 21 | A person was riding on the inter-car coupling on the rear car of a train and they fell from the train and received numerous fractures and were hospitalised in a serious condition.[96][97][98] |
| 14 September 2012 | Russia - Bashkortostan | Injured | Collided with train | 8 | A person attempted to board a slow moving freight train, fell underneath the wheels of the train and received injuries resulting in having both their legs amputated and receiving treatment in an intensive care unit.[99][100][101] |
| 16 September 2012 | Russia - St Petersburg | Died | Collision with train | 16 | A person was riding on the roof of a train, began climbing down the space between the carriages, fell underneath the wheels of the train and later died in hospital.[102][103][104][105][106] |
| 25 September 2012 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Fall | 17 | A person riding on a train fell onto the railway tracks and received a concussion, closed pelvic fracture, bruised kidney and a blunt abdominal wound.[107][108][100][101] |
| 24 March 2013 | Germany – Berlin | Injured | Fall | 22 | A person was hanging onto the windows on the outside of a train when the train was going through the process of preparing to leave the station and the train supervisor stopped the process from continuing. The person refrained from hanging onto the window, began to move away and the train began to leave the station. The person then moved back towards the train, jumped in the direction of the window, and then slipped and fell under the train. The station supervisor began an emergency stop and he was recovered from the track bed, hospitalised after receiving serious injuries and then later his condition was stabilised.[109] |
| 11 April 2013 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Collision with tunnel | Born 1993 | A person's body was found on the gangway connection between train carriages at an underground train station. They had climbed onto the train using the gangway connection and then was injured against the side of the metro tunnel. They had received injuries including an open craniocerebral injury and a fracture of the spine.[110][111][112] |
| 23 May 2013 | France – Paris | Died | Collided with object | 20s | A person in their 20s was with a friend when they boarded a train at Denfert-Rochereau at 10 pm. One of them climbed up between two carriages and the train went into a tunnel. His head hit the edge of the tunnel and he died from his injuries.[113][114] |
| 5 June 2013 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died, Injured | Electric shock | 15–18, 25 | Two people were on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock. A person aged 15–18 years old was killed and a second person, 25 years old, was taken to hospital in a serious condition.[115][116][117][118] |
| June 2013 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Fall | 15 | A person was standing between the cars of a train when they fell off and received a serious head injury and remained in hospital in a serious condition.[119] |
| 22 July 2013 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Died | Fall | Teenager | A person was riding on the gangway connection of a train when they fell onto the railway track, were taken to hospital and died from a head injury.[120][121][122][123] |
| 9 August 2013 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric Shock | Born in 1995 | A person was found lying dead on the roof of a train and it was thought that they had died from electric shock and it was speculated that they had been riding on the outside of the train.[124] |
| 30 October 2013 | United States - New York | Died | Collided with object | 45 | A person died when they were riding on top of a train carriage and as it arrived at a train station their head collided with a metal beam and they fell down into the space in between train carriages.[125][126] |
| 5 November 2013 | United States - New York | Injured | Collided with object | 17 | A 17-year-old was riding on top of a train with 3 friends when his head collided with a metal beam. His injuries included the loss of one eye and he was taken to hospital where he was in a serious condition.[127][128] |
| 5 March 2014 | Germany – Berlin | Died | Collided with tunnel | 19 | A 19-year-old was at Yorckstrasse station and climbed onto the roof of a train with four friends. Between Julius-Leber-Brücke and Schöneberg stations there is a low tunnel that leaves a gap of only 30 centimetres from the roof of the train. The 19-year-old was thrown off the roof as the train entered the tunnel and killed.[129][130][131][132][133] |
| 2 April 2014 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with object | 45 | A person climbed up on top of a carriage, was riding on top of the train when their head hit an object and they were found on top of the train as it arrived at a station and they were pronounced dead.[134][135] |
| 13 April 2014 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Collision with train | 14 | A person died when they were riding on the roof of a train and they fell from the roof of the train and landed underneath the wheels of the train.[136][137][138][139] |
| April 2014 | Ukraine - Kyiv Oblast | Injured | Electric shock | ?, ? | Two people were riding on the roof of a train when they both received an electrical shock resulting in them receiving burns injuries and they were hospitalised.[140][141] |
| 21 April 2014 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Died | Unconfirmed | 16 | A 16-year-old was on the roof of a train travelling on a bridge over a river when they received an electric shock and fell into the river. Their body was later recovered from the river.[142][143][144][145] |
| 14 May 2014 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | 16 | A 16-year-old was riding on the outside of a train, attempted to jump onto a platform, lost their balance and grabbed the overhead power line which gave them an electric shock, killing them.[146][147][148] |
| 25 May 2014 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | 25 | A person was seen riding on the roof of a train that was travelling towards a train station and then as the train approached this station they received an electric shock and died.[149][150][151][152][153] |
| 27 June 2014 | Australia – Melbourne | Died | Electric shock | 26 | A 26-year-old was a passenger on a train as it arrived at Balaclava. He took off his clothes and climbed onto the roof of the train. As he was walking on top of the train he fell, landed on the trains electrical system and was killed.[154][155][156] |
| July 2014 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Fall | 15 | A person was riding on the last carriage of a metro train when they fell onto the railway line. They were taken to intensive care, regained consciousness and were stabilised. It was uncertain as to whether the person would live permanently with the effects of their injuries.[157] |
| 1 August 2014 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | 14 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train, began riding it and then received an electric shock and died.[158][159][160][161] |
| 9 November 2014 | Ukraine | Injured | Electric shock | 14 | A person who was train surfing on the roof of a train received an electric shock. They received burns to 65% percent of their body and were due to receive treatment in hospital for two months.[15] |
| 9 November 2014 | United States - Connecticut | Died | Electric shock | 21 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and they were set on fire by the electric shock. As the train was arriving at a station it lost power and the person was found on the train roof and they were taken to hospital where they later died.[162] |
| 21 November 2014 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Fall | 18 | A person was riding in between train carriages and as the train approached a station they attempted to climb to the roof, fell off onto the railway track and received a brain injury.[163][164][165][166] |
| 6 December 2014 | Russia - Leningrad Oblast | Died | Electric shock | ? | Before a train was due to depart, a person's body was found on the roof and it was thought to be possible that the person was intending to ride on the outside of the train as it travelled its route.[167][168][169][170] |
| 1 January 2015 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Fall | 17 | A person was riding on a train in the space in between carriages and they went to take a photo and then they fell from the carriage and died from their injuries.[171][172] |
| 5 January 2015 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Fall | 14 | A 14-year-old was riding on the back of a train at 60 kmh through a tunnel when they fell off and were then picked up by the driver of the next train, taken to hospital and treated for injuries.[173][174][175] |
| 15 January 2015 | Germany – Berlin | Injured | Unconfirmed | 14 | A person was found with head injuries on the roof of a train. It was thought they were riding on the roof of the train and collided with a bridge.[176][177][178] |
| 18 February 2015 | South Africa – Cape Town | Died | Electric shock | 15 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and were killed.[179] |
| 11 April 2015 | Germany – Berlin | Died | Collided with object | 19 | A 19-year-old and 18-year-old jumped onto a train from a bridge and rode on top of the train roof. The 19-year-old hit a signal bridge at full speed and the 18-year-old held onto him on the roof of the train, carried the 19-year-old down onto a station platform where he was pronounced dead.[180][181][182] |
| April 2015 | India - Rajasthan | Died | Fall | ? | A person died when they were riding on the roof of a train and they fell off.[183] |
| 27 May 2015 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 17 | A 17-year-old was on the roof of a train, they touched a wire, received an electric shock and were killed.[184][185][186] |
| 27 May 2015 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 15 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they began to pull on the pantograph, received an electric shock and were killed.[187][184][185] |
| 1 June 2015 | France – Champagne-sur-Oise | Died | Collided with Train | 14 | A 14-year-old was riding on the back of a train when they attempted to jump onto a station platform, slipped, fell underneath the last carriage and was killed.[188][189][190] |
| June 2015 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Died | Fall | 12 | A person was riding on the side of a freight car and they fell off and died as a result.[191][192][193][194] |
| 7 June 2015 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | Teenager | A person riding on the roof of a train received an electric shock and was killed.[195][196][197][198] |
| 30 July 2015 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 18 | A person riding on the roof of a train received an electric shock that set the left side of their body on fire and they fell to the ground.[199][200][201][202][203] |
| 30 July 2015 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | 15 | A person died when they climbed onto the side of the last car of a train, climbed onto the roof and received an electric shock.[204][205] |
| 19 August 2015 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | Teenager | A person riding on the roof of a train received an electric shock and was killed.[206][207][208][209] |
| 7 September 2015 | Ukraine - Kharkiv region | Died, Injured | Electric shock | Two people born in 2000 | It was reported that "...the hook [train surfer] died after riding the car".[210] Two people both climbed onto a freight carriage and received an electric shock and one of the people died and the second was taken to hospital and treated for burns.[211] |
| 8 September 2015 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 15 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train and received an electric shock resulting in burns to 90% of their body.[212][213][214] |
| 9 September 2015 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 18 | A person received burns injuries to their upper and lower limbs after receiving an electric shock from riding on the roof of a train.[212][213][214] |
| 31 October 2015 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 13 | A person rode on the roof of a train and died of an electric shock.[215][216][217] |
| 4 February 2016 | Russia - Novosibirsk | Injured | Fall | 14 | A person jumped from a freight carriage towards a platform, fell under the wheels of the carriage, their leg was severed, they then crawled up onto the platform where they were found and taken to hospital. The injury resulted in them losing their leg.[218][219] |
| 10 April 2016 | Russia - Tver Oblast | Injured | Fall | 15 | A person riding on the outside of a Lastochka train fell off at about 11:30pm and was discovered unconscious the next morning by a person who was passing by and they were treated in hospital for injuries including craniocerebral trauma, traumatic amputation of the foot and injuries to their arm.[220][221][222] |
| 14 April 2016 | Ukraine - Kyiv Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 16 | A person climbed up onto the roof of a train, received three electric shocks, were taken to hospital where they received treatment for third degree burns to 60% of their body and multiple organ failure and after 11 days they died from their injuries.[223][224] |
| 6 May 2016 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with object | 24 | A person was riding on top of a train car when his head hit a metal beam causing him to fall in between two carriages. A person on a station platform noticed the person lying unconscious between two train cars and they were taken to hospital and later died.[225][226] |
| 14 June 2016 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 14 | A person died when it is thought they were riding on the roof of a train and they received an electric shock.[227] |
| 15 June 2016 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 15 15 | Two people riding on the roof of a train both received an electric shock. One received burns to 25% of their body including there head, trunk, arms and buttocks.[228][229][230] |
| 15 July 2016 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Injured | Electric shock | 17 | A person was riding on the outside of a train when they feel from it and were seriously injured.[231] |
| 17 July 2016 | Australia - Sydney | Injured | Fall | 24 | A train had arrived at a train station and a person climbed onto the back of the train and the train then departed and the person attempted to ride on the outside of the train. After the train had travelled about 500 metres the person fell off the train and onto the tracks. A train driver travelling in a second train going in the same directoin saw the person lying on the tracks and they stopped the train and pulled the person into the drivers cabin. The person received minor injuries including lacerations to their hands and the back of their head.[232] |
| August 2016 | Russia - Leningrad Oblast | Injured | Electric shock | 13 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when the train came to a stop and they lost their balance, grabbed the over head power line, lost consciousness and fell over the side of the train. They received a closed head injury and burns to their left thigh and right hand.[233][234][235] |
| 2 August 2016 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 31 | In May 2015 a person had been riding on the side of a train and as a result of this they received injuries including an open head injury and multiple fractures. The same person, in August 2016, died from an electric shock and their body was found on the roof of a train and it was thought that the person had been riding on the roof of the train.[236][237][238] |
| 3 August 2016 | Russia - Omsk | Injured | Electric shock | 14 | A person was riding on the side of the train on the gangway connection between two carriages. They then moved to the roof of the train and while stopped at a station received an electric shock. They were taken to intensive care, regained consciousness and were treated for burns injuries.[239][240][241][242] |
| 16 August 2016 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 13 approx. | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and were killed.[243][244][245][246][247] |
| 21 August 2016 | Russia - Mikhnevo | Injured | Electric Shock | 13 | It is thought that a person was going to train surf and they climbed onto the roof of a freight train and received an electric shock and were taken to hospital for treatment.[248][249] |
| 23 August 2016 | Russia - Serpukhov | Died | Electric shock | 20 | A person's body was found on railway tracks and it is thought that they had died from an electric shock and it is thought that they had been riding on a train when they received the electric shock.[250][251][252][253] |
| September 2016 | Germany – Stuttgart | Died | Collided with train | 38 | A person died when they climbed onto a freight train and collided with an oncoming train.[254] |
| 24 September 2016 | Germany – Berlin | Died | Collided with object | 22 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they collided with a bridge and were killed.[255] |
| Brazil – Fortaleza | Injured | Collided with train | ? | A person was riding on the outside of a train when they fell off and a train ran over their leg and after receiving treatment their leg was amputated.[256] | |
| 5 October 2016 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with train | 25 | A 25-year-old was moving between subway cars when he attempted to climb on top of one, was clipped by an object, fell from the train and was killed.[257][258][259] |
| 3 December 2016 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with Train | 31 | A 31-year-old, was riding inside a train when they began climbing up the gangway connection and whilst inside a tunnel the person collided with a pillar, fell off the train and was subsequently decapitated.[260][261][262][263][264] |
| 7 December 2016 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with train | 14 | A person was riding in between the carriages of a train with a friend when they attempted to jump onto the platform. They missed the platform and landed on the track bed. As the train moved down the line it rolled over the person. They were rushed to hospital where they were pronounced dead.[265][266][267][268] |
| 2017 | Ukraine | Died | Electric shock and Unconfirmed | Child | It was reported that a person was "riding on the roof of a train, received burns of 45% of the body surface. The child could barely get out, [of the hospital where they had been treated] and soon he climbed back on the train, and the second time it was not possible to save him."[18] |
| January 2017 | Germany - Sachsenheim | Injured | Fall | 15 | A freight train was slowly moving past a station platform and a person jumped onto a small ladder on the side of a carriage and slipped and fell between the train and the platform and received multiple lacerations all over their body.[254] |
| 22 January 2017 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 14 | A train surfer received an electric shock on the roof of a train.[269] |
| 26 January 2017 | Russia - St Petersburg | Died | Electric shock | Between 14 and 16 | It is thought possible a person had been riding on a train and then received an electric shock and was killed.[270][271] |
| 29 January 2017 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 15 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train and received an electric shock resulting in burns to 20% of their body.[272][273][274][275] |
| 17 February 2017 | Italy – Liguria – Ventimiglia | Died | Electric shock | 20s | A person died when they were riding on the roof of a train and they received an electric shock.[276][277][278] |
| 26 February 2017 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with train | 30s | A person was riding on the top of a train when they fell and the rear end of the train ran over them, killing them.[279][280][281] |
| 27 February 2017 | Switzerland – Ticino | Died | Electric shock | 20 | A person died when they were travelling on the roof of a train and they received an electric shock.[282][283][284][285] |
| 4 March 2017 | Russia - St Petersburg | Injured | Fall | 15 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they fell from it and received serious injuries and were taken to hospital where they remained conscious.[286][287] |
| 10 April 2017 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Fall | 14 | A person was holding onto the last carriage of a train, when they fell onto the rails and received injuries including concussion, closed trauma to the abdomen and chest, fractures and lacerations of soft tissue.[288][289][290] |
| April 2017 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 18 | A person was riding on the roof of a train, received an electric shock and fell from the train. They were taken to hospital and treated for burns to 40% of their body.[291][292][293][294] |
| 6 May 2017 | Brazil – São Paulo | Injured | Electric shock | 18 | A person climbed up on top of a train, made contact with the power lines, their legs caught on fire and they received 2nd and 3rd degree burns. They were airlifted to hospital and underwent emergency surgery.[295][296][297] |
| 28 May 2017 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Died | Unconfirmed | ? | A person was riding on the roof of a train carriage, fell onto the tracks and was killed.[298][299][300][301][302][303] |
| 8 June 2017 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Electric Shock | 29 | A person had died and there body was found on the roof of a train and it is thought that the person had been riding on the roof of the train when they received an electric shock.[304][305] |
| 8 June 2017 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Unconfirmed | 30s | A person climbed onto the back of a train, held onto a mirror and attempted to ride it to the next station. While riding on the train they received a fracture to the base of their skull and were killed.[306][307][308] |
| 8 June 2017 | Russia – Omsk | Injured | Fall | 10 | A person climbed onto the last carriage of a train, held onto the hand rails and fell onto the railway track, receiving an open head injury and a fracture of the spine.[309][310][311] |
| 22 June 2017 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Died | Collided with bridge | 25 | A person riding on the roof of a train collided with a bridge, fell off and was killed.[312][313][314][315] |
| 2 July 2017 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Injured | Fall | 15 | People who were passing by found a person lying unconscious near train tracks, covered in blood with an open head injury and in a critical condition. It was thought they had been riding on the outside of a train when they fell.[316][317][318][319] |
| 9 July 2017 | Russia - St Petersburg | Died | Electric shock | ? | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and were killed.[320][321][322] |
| 19 September 2017 | United States – New York | Injured | Collided with object | 13 | A person was riding on a train, jumped off and hit the "Do not enter" sign at the end of the platform, receiving injuries including ruptured testicles, cuts to their face and bruises to their stomach.[323][324][325] |
| 24 October 2017 | France – Paris | Died | Collided with object | 16 | A person was lying down on the roof of a train, they sat up, were hit by the canopy of the roof of a railway station, fell off the train carriage and onto the tracks and died as a result of the incident.[326][327][328][329][330][331][332] |
| 28 October 2017 | France – Paris | Injured | Fall | 21 | A person was riding on the roof of a train, attempted to climb down and fell, receiving an open head injury and bruises and were taken to hospital in a serious condition.[333][334][335] |
| Ukraine | Injured | Electric shock | 14 | A person would ride on the outside of trains and on one occasion they were on the roof of a train and they touched the power line with their head and received an electric shock. Their body caught fire, they received burns to 65% of their body and they were treated at a burns unit for 6 weeks and they underwent surgery 6 times.[18] | |
| 8 April 2018 | Russia – Moscow Oblast | Died | Fall | 13 | A person died when they were riding on the outside of a Lastochka train and they fell off to the ground and were killed.[336][337][338] |
| May 2018 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Unconfirmed | 16 | A 16-year-old died riding on the roof of a train.[339][340][341] |
| 14 May 2018 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Electric shock | 15 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train through the gangway connection, received an electric shock and was killed.[342][343][344] |
| 15 May 2018 | Ukraine - Poltava | Injured | Collided with train | Born 2007 | A person attempted a jump onto a moving train and fell underneath the train and had their right foot amputated.[345][346][347] |
| 10 June 2018 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | 13 | A person was a passenger on a moving train when they walked between the carriages and climbed up onto the roof. When on the roof of the train they received an electric shock and fell 5 metres. They were treated in hospital in a serious condition and doctors described their injuries as having a permanent effect on their life and those injuries included 2nd and 3rd degree burns to 55% of their body.[348][349] |
| June 2018 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Electric shock | Teenager | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and were killed.[350][351][352] |
| 30 June 2018 | Canada – Revelstoke | Injured | Collided with train | 25 | A person was riding on the outside of a train car when they fell off and sustained injuries after being hit by a moving train car. They were still conscious and able to talk when help arrived. They received injuries that resulted in full and partial limb amputations.[353][354][355] |
| 1 July 2018 | Ukraine - Kyiv | Injured | Electric shock | Teenager | A person was riding on the roof of a train and then received an electric shock, fell from the train and received burns to 50% of their body.[356][357][358][359] |
| 14 July 2018 | Russia – Leningrad Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 18 | A person riding on the roof of a train received an electric shock and died soon after.[360][361][362][363][364] |
| 21 July 2018 | Russia – St Petersburg | Died | Electric shock | 14 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when it is thought that they raised their head resulting in them receiving an electric shock and killing them.[365][366][367][368][369] |
| 19 August 2018 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Unconfirmed | 14 | A person had died and there body was found on the roof of a train with signs of electrical injury. It is thought that the person had been riding on the roof of the train and died of an electric shock.[8][370][371][372] |
| 2019 | Russia – Leningrad Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 21 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they slipped and grabbed overhead power lines. They then fell off the train and later died before paramedics arrived at the scene.[373] |
| 23 January 2019 | South Africa – Cape Town | Died | Electric shock | 30s | A person riding on the roof of a train received a fatal electric shock.[374] |
| 5 February 2019 | South Africa – Cape Town | Died | Electric shock | ? | A person riding on the roof of a train suffered a fatal electric shock.[375][376] |
| 13 February 2019 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died, Injured | Fall | 13, 9 | Two people had been riding on the roof of a train for the duration that it took the train to travel to one station and they both fell off. One of them died from the fall and the second received a closed head injury and an open leg fracture.[377][378][379] |
| 21 March 2019 | United Kingdom – London | Died | Electric shock | 27, 26 | Two people climbed onto a flat-bed container carriage and then one of them jumped across to a white cylinder when they both received a fatal electric shock from overhead power lines.[380] |
| 5 April 2019 | Portugal - Porto | Injured | Fall | Four people between 15 and 16 | Four people were riding on the outside of a train and they all fell off and were all injured with between one and two of them being seriously injured.[381][382] |
| 13 April 2019 | Ukraine – Kharkiv Oblast | Died | Fall | 12 | A person was holding on to a train when they fell off, received injuries including amputation of their lower leg and fractures. Passers by called an ambulance and the person was taken to hospital, but died two days later.[383][384][385][386] |
| May 2019 | Ukraine - Kiev | Injured | Electric Shock | 13 | A person climbed onto the roof of a train at a train station and attempted to ride on the roof of the train and they received an electric shock from the overhead power lines. They were unconsciousness and received burns to 45% of their body and were taken to hospital where they regained consciousness.[387] |
| 22 May 2019 | Russia – Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | Born2001 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they touched the current collector and were killed by an electric shock.[388][389][390] |
| 6 June 2019 | Russia - Rabochiy Poselok | Died | Electric Shock | ? | A person who had died was found lying on the roof of a train and it appeared as though they had received an electric shock and it was thought that the person had been train surfing.[391][392][393][394] |
| 8 June 2019 | Russia – Leningrad Oblast | Died | Electric Shock | 21 | A person riding on the roof of a train received an electric shock and was killed.[395][396][397][398][399] |
| July 2019 | Russia – Moscow | Injured | Fall | 13 | A person was riding on a train when they received an injury that resulted in a significant displacement of bone fragments in their forearms. Following an operation and 3 months rehabilitation the person will regain movement in their hands.[400][401] |
| 4 August 2019 | Russia - Tver Oblast | Died | Electric shock | Born 2001 | A person riding on the roof of a Sapsan train received an electric shock which set them on fire and they died.[402][403][404] |
| August 2019 | Russia – Moscow | Died | Unconfirmed | 13 | A person died riding on the roof of a train.[405] |
| September 2019 | Brazil – Guarujá | Died | Fall | 16 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they fell off and they were taken to hospital where they had their leg amputated and then later died.[406][407][408] |
| 23 November 2019 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with object | 14 | A person was riding on the outside of a train when their head hit a metal object, knocking them onto the railway track, killing them.[409][410][411] |
| 4 February 2020 | Belgium - Antwerp | Injured | Fall | 34 | A person attempted to open the doors of a departing train and the doors of the train closed and the train began to leave the station. The person then jumped onto the train as it left attempting to ride on the outside of the train and they fell between the platform and the train. They were found lying on the railway track and they received serious injuries and remained in a critical condition in hospital.[412] |
| 4 March 2020 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | Teenager | A person had died and their body was found on the roof of a train at a train station. It is thought possible that the person was riding on the roof of the train and while on the roof received an electric shock and died.[413][414] |
| 2 April 2020 | United States - Washington, D.C. | Died | Unconfirmed | Unconfirmed | A person jumped on to the roof of a moving train and was found dead on the tracks two stations later.[415] |
| 13 May 2020 | Russia - Vladimir Oblast | Died | Collided with object | 13 | A person was riding a train and then fell underneath the wheels of the train and was taken to intensive care with severe injuries.[416][417] |
| 23 May 2020 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Collided with train/Fall | 19 | As a train had begun leaving a railway station a person grabbed onto the train with their hands and travelled for a few metres before they fell from the train and died.[418][419][420] |
| 1 June 2020 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Electric shock | 13 | A person was riding on the roof of a train when they received an electric shock and they were taken to a burn intensive care unit.[421][422] |
| 17 June 2020 | Russia - Moscow | Injured | Fall | 17 | A person was riding on the outside of a train when they fell from it and were injured.[423] |
| 17 June 2020 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | Teenager | A person was on the roof of a train and as the train moved they received an electric shock and were killed.[424][425][426][427] |
| August 2020 | Russia | Injured | Electric shock | 18 | A person was riding on the roof of a Sapsan train when at one point they received an electric shock. They were removed from the roof and taken to hospital and were to undergo surgery to have their leg amputated.[428] |
| 23 August 2020 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Electric shock | 13 | A person died when they were riding on the roof of a train and they received an electric shock and their body was found lying on the railway track.[429][430] |
| 27 August 2020 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Injured | Fall | 11 | A person was injured when they riding on the step of the last carriage of a train and they began taking pictures and then fell to the ground to the side of the railway track. Almost two days after they had fallen from the train the person was found lying unconscious in a thicket not far from the railway track. They were showing the effects of severe hypothermia and they had not had any food or water during this period lying beside the track. The injuries they received included a head injury, an occiput wound, a bruised chest, a closed fracture of the pelvic bones, fractures to both ankles, a bruised cervical vertebra and wounds on both hands.[431][432][433] |
| 31 August 2020 | Russia - St Petersburg | Died | Unconfirmed | 22 | A person died when it is thought that they most likely either fell from a moving train or were run over by a train. A video camera was close by where their body was found lying inside a train tunnel and their backpack was found inside a subway train carriage.[434][435] |
| 25 September 2020 | Russia - Domodedovo | Died | Electric Shock | Teenager | A person died when they climbed onto the roof of a train through the space between the carriages and was riding on the roof when they received an electric shock.[436][437][438] |
| 28 September 2020 | Ukraine - Kiev | Died | Collided with train | 29 | A person was riding on the roof of a train and they fell from it and collided with a train and died from multiple injuries.[439][440][441] |
| 13 November 2020 | Australia - Sydney | Died | Fall | 20 | A person died in a train tunnel and it was speculated that the person had been riding on the outside of a train when they died.[442][443] |
| 26 December 2020 | Russia - St Petersburg | Injured | Collided with train | 11 | A person was riding on the outside of a freight train when they fell underneath the wheels of the train. The driver of another train that was passing by saw the person and they had been lying beside the tracks for 30 mins and were still conscious and one leg had been amputated by the freight train and their second was severely injured. Their second leg was later amputated in hospital.[444][445][446][447] |
| 26 March 2021 | Russia - Moscow | Died | Unconfirmed | Teenager | Two people were riding on the roof of a train when they received injuries and one of them died and the second received minor injuries.[448][449][450] |
| 2 June 2021 | Russia - Moscow Oblast | Died | Electric shock | 18 | A person had died and their body was found on the roof of a train; it is thought they had been riding on the roof of the train when they received an electric shock.[451][452] |
| 2 October 2021 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with train | 32 | A man fell off a train while riding on its roof and was struck by an oncoming train.[453] |
| 11 October 2022 | Switzerland – Geneva | Died | Electric shock | 18 | Teenage girl died of an electric shock after tripping her head on an electricity wire on the roof of a passenger train. The current also passed through her friend, who got heavy burns and is injured.[454] |
| 1 December 2022 | United States – New York | Died | Fall | 15 | A teenager fell off a train while riding on its roof and was subsequently electrocuted.[455] |
| 20 February 2023 | United States – New York | Died | Head hit structure | 15 | 15-year-old boy killed subway surfing on J train near Williamsburg Bridge.[456] |
| 4 March 2023 | United States – New York | Died | Fall | 14 | Teenager was spotted on top of a 5 train when he possibly slipped between two train cards near the East 180th Street Station.[457] |
| 17 May 2023 | United States – New York | Died | Head hit structure | 15 | Was riding on top of train car in Staten Island with friends. Hit his head on a structure, was rushed to the hospital but died from the injury.[458] |
| 20 June 2023 | United States - Washington, D.C. | Died | Fall | 15 | Was riding on top of a Shady Grove-bound Red Line train between Brookland and Rhode Island Avenue when he fell under the wheels of the train and onto the track.[459] |
| 22 June 2023 | United States – New York | Died/injured | Fall | Both 14 | Both teenage boys were seen surfing on top of a Manhattan-bound L train in Brooklyn when they were thrown from the trains. One of the teens died at the scene but the other teen was said to have survived and reported to be in stable condition.[460] |
| 29 June 2023 | United States – New York | Died | Fall | 14 | Was seen surfing on top of a Queens 7 train when it was reported he tumbled off the train cart. He was taken to a hospital where he died later because of a traumatic head injury.[461] |
| 12 January 2024 | United States – New York | Died | Collided with train | 14 | Surfing on F train in Brooklyn at Avenue N. Slipped and fell off train and was then struck by an oncoming train.[462] |
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