In December 2000 and June 2001, within a period of only six months, the Keifuku Electric Railroad suffered two frontal impact accidents of trains on the Echizen Main Line in Fukui Prefecture (refer to the section concerning train crashes on the Echizen Main Line of the Keifuku Electric Railroad) and was therefore ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to hold up the train operation on the lines in the Fukui area.
2000年12月と2001年6月、福井の越前本線で僅か半年間に2度の電車同士の正面列車衝突事故（京福電気鉄道越前本線列車衝突事故を参照）を起こし、国土交通省から福井地区各線の列車運行停止を命ぜられた。