Flaujac
Risks and major accidents
Article REF: SE1055 V1
Flaujac
Risks and major accidents

Author : Jean-Louis NICOLET

Publication date: October 10, 2008, Review date: March 1, 2015 | Lire en français

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2. Flaujac

2.1 Context

On Saturday August 3, 1985, at 3:48 pm, the Capdenac-Brive 7924 railcar and the Paris-Rodez 6153 railcar, travelling in opposite directions on this track, collided 150 m from the Pradelles bridge in the commune of Durbans, near the Flaujac station. The consequences: 32 people killed, two locomotives and several wagons destroyed. How could such a catastrophe happen?

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