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===Safety=== HSR is much simpler to control due to its predictable course. High-speed rail systems reduce (but do not eliminate)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2010/08/17/train-crash-horror-in-germany/ice-slashed-open-by-garbage-truck-15-injured.html |title=ICE train slashed open by garbage truck in Germany |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Bild.de |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-date=20 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820045927/http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2010/08/17/train-crash-horror-in-germany/ice-slashed-open-by-garbage-truck-15-injured.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2010/06/24/fatal-spain-high-speed-crash/train-kills-12-young-people-near-barcelona.html |title=Fatal high-speed train kills 12 young pedestrians near beach in Barcelona |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=Bild.de |access-date=28 August 2010 |archive-date=27 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627030855/http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2010/06/24/fatal-spain-high-speed-crash/train-kills-12-young-people-near-barcelona.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> collisions with automobiles or people, by using non-grade level track and eliminating grade-level crossings. To date, the only three deadly accidents involving a high-speed train on high-speed tracks in revenue service were the 1998 [[Eschede train disaster]], the 2011 [[Wenzhou train collision]] (in which speed was not a factor), and the 2020 [[Livraga derailment]]. Shinkansen trains have anti-derailment devices installed under passenger cars, which do not strictly prevent derailment, but prevent the train from travelling a large distance away from train tracks in case a derailment occurs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jsme.or.jp/jsme/uploads/2016/11/awardn11-3.pdf|title=Award}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ejrcf.or.jp/jrtr/jrtr60/pdf/34-41_web.pdf|title=34-41}}</ref>
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