Pécrot rail crash

The Pécrot rail crash was a rail accident in the village of Pécrot (part of the municipality of Grez-Doiceau), Belgium, that occurred on 27 March 2001 when two passenger trains collided head-on.

[1][2] The crash left 8 dead and 12 injured and was Belgium's worst rail disaster in a quarter of a century.

[1] Both French and Dutch are official languages in Belgium, and rail staff were only required to speak one.

NMBS/SNCB, the Belgian national railway company, admitted that the accident was caused solely by human error.

Judge Philippe Ridelle presided the trial and pronounced the sentence.