The De Akkers metro station crash occurred just after midnight on 2 November 2020. During the accident, an empty metro train on the Rotterdam Metro crashed through the buffer stop at the end of the sidings beyond De Akkers metro station in the city of Spijkenisse, the Netherlands. The sidings are built on a viaduct projecting out over the canal. The lead car of the train partially rested on a 10-metre (33 ft) high whale sculpture erected in front of the sidings, preventing the train from falling to the canal below.