Luxembourg’s Fatal N15 Crash: Nation's Worst in 36 Years

Luxembourg is grappling with a fresh tragedy after a head-on collision between a car and a van on the N15 near Feulen and Heiderscheid on September 1, 2025, at approximately 6 p.m. The crash claimed the lives of all five occupants on the spot, making it the deadliest road accident the country has seen since 1989.

The scale of the disaster has cast a stark light on one of the nation's most severe traffic incidents in decades. Reflecting on the gravity of the situation, fire and rescue officials noted that no comparable tragedy has occurred in their 35 years of service.

A Glance Back Through Tragedy
This recent loss mirrors a pattern of serious accidents in Luxembourg’s past, each leaving its mark on the national memory:

• In March 2023, a deadly crash on Rue de Neudorf, Luxembourg City, occurred when two vehicles attempted to overtake a parked bus. The impact killed three people and injured another, with one car even crashing into a building during the collision.
• On the A3 motorway near Luxembourg, in September 2018, four teenagers from the Moselle region of France lost their lives in a head-on collision with a bus after a night out.
• A decade earlier, in September 2015, a multi-vehicle collision between Waldhof and Gonderange claimed three lives after a driver collided with an oncoming van, sparking further accidents as others swerved to avoid the initial crash.
• The tragedy of March 1989 still weighs heavily in national memory. A single-vehicle accident between Alzingen and Schlammesté ended in the loss of five lives after the car veered off road during an overtaking attempt, striking multiple trees before bursting into flames.
• Even before that, in August 1970, the country mourned the deaths of five members of the same Portuguese family when their car veered off a bend near Saeul and caught fire. The victims ranged in age from 23 to 49. 

The most devastating incident in regional history occurred on 21 August 1967, when an LPG tanker crashed and exploded on the border near Martelange, killing 22 and injuring 47—a catastrophe that remains unmatched in its scale.

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