1. January 2, 2010. The first of three accidents in Uttar Pradesh on this day takes place near the town of Etawah, about 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, when the Lichchavi Express entering the station in heavy fog runs into the stationary Magadh Express train stopped there. Ten people, including the driver of one of the trains, are injured. At least 10 people were reported to have been killed.
2.January 2, 2010. The Gorakhdham Express and Prayagraj Express collide near the Panki railway station in Kanpur, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Lucknow, leave five people dead and about 40 others injured.
3. January 2, 2010. At Pratapgarh, 61 kilometres (38 mi) from Allahabad, the Sarayu Express plows into a tractor trailer at an unmanned railway crossing. Though nobody is injured, the engine of the train is severely damaged.
4. January 2, 2010. All seven coaches of the Arunachal Pradesh Express, running between Murkongselek and Rangiya derail between Helem and Nij Bogaon in Assam, India in the early hours of the day. No passengers are hurt.
5. January 16, 2010. Three people die and around a dozen are injured when two express trains collide in thick fog near Tundla, 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Agra, in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The driver of one of the trains apparently did not react to a signal, slamming his train into another on the same track.
6. January 17, 2010. The Lucknow-Sultanpur Harihar Nath Express strikes a car at an unmanned railway crossing under Haidergarh police station area on Sunday afternoon in Barabanki district, India. Two persons traveling in the car die on the spot and four others who sustained serious injuries were referred to Trauma Centre in Lucknow. Train traffic on this route is disrupted for nearly two hours after the accident. This is the fifth accident in a series of similar accidents in the area.
7. January 22, 2010. Three bogies of a goods train derail at Sathiyaon station near Azamgarh, in Uttar Pradesh, disrupting rail traffic in the region. No one is injured. Traffic is disrupted on the busy Varanasi–Azamgarh–Gorakhpur route.
8. May 25, 2010. A passenger train derails at Naugachia, injuring eleven people.
9. May 28, 2010. A train derails in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India, caused by either sabotage or a bomb that damaged the railway track, and is struck by an oncoming goods train, resulting in at least 90 passenger deaths.
10. June 18, 2010. Eight coaches and two engines of the Vasco-Howrah Amaravati Express (8048) derailed near Koppal in Karnataka, India, on Friday after the train hit a road roller at an unmanned level-crossing.Six persons, including the drivers of the road roller and the train, were injured in the accident.
11. July 19, 2010. At 2:00am, on the morning of July 19, about 50 people died and about 100 others were injured in a train collision. 2 coaches and a luggage car were crushed to splinters as ahigh speed train, hit a train standing local train at Sainthia station in West Bengal. Another coach was flung onto an over-head bridge at the station and was also smashed by the violent impact forces. The town is 200 kilometres north of the state capital, Kolkata (Calcutta).
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