On 28 April 2006, a V/Line passenger train bound for Ararat with 36 passengers on board collided with a truck in Trawalla in country Victoria. The train's two carriages were derailed as a result of the high speed of the collision. Two people were killed and up to 20 passengers were injured. The crossing had a give way sign but no bells or boom gates. The State Government announced in early 2008 that the Trawalla crossing has been upgraded to feature boom barriers, flashing warning lights and audible warning bells.

Coronial investigations into the two deaths resulting from this incident began in 2011 but were adjourned as the events were the subject of civil action proceedings in the Supreme Court. A 2012/13 Coroner’s Court Report stated that investigations had resumed in 2013.