Bridge Failure Database

Bridge near Kilosa (Udete River)

Year 1992
Type Rail
Country Tanzania
Cause Natural hazard (Flooding)
Details Flooding destroys bridge, train drives onto collapsed bridge
Fatalities 100
Injuries 0
Phase in service
Period 1991-2009
Continent Africa
Reference SCHEER, J., Versagen von Bauwerken, Band 1: Brücken, Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, 2000.

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