- List of road accidents
List of road accidents records serious road accidents: those which took a high
death toll , occurred in unusual circumstances, or hold some other historical significance. For crashes in which famous people died, please refer toList of people who died in road accidents . It should be noted that the prevalence of bus accidents in this list is a function of severity rather than of frequency.__notoc__1700s
* 1771 –
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot 's second steam-powered vehicle is widely believed to have crashed into a wall during a test run, in what would have been the firstautomobile accident . However, it is disputed that this ever happened. [According to Georges Ageon – cite web|title=Le fardier de Cugnot|url=http://www.ile-de-france.drire.gouv.fr/vehicules/homolo/cnrv/histoire.htm – the earliest mention of this occurrence dates from 1801 and it does not feature in contemporary accounts.]1800s
* August 31, 1869 – Mary Ward is thrown from and falls under the wheels of an experimental
steam car built by her cousins, thought to be the first ever recorded automobile death.cite web
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title = Mary Ward 1827-1869
work = Famous Offaly People
publisher = Offaly Historical & Archaeological Society
accessmonthday = April 25
accessyear = 2006]
* 17 August 1896 –Bridget Driscoll is the first person to die in a petrol-enginedcar accident .
* 25 February, 1899 –Edwin Sewell andMajor Richer are the first recorded driver and passenger fatalities respectively. They are thrown from their vehicle onHarrow on the Hill ,Middlesex , London.
* 13 September, 1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person killed by a car in the United States.1940s
1941
* October – A
Royal Air Force bus crashes into a lorry and catches fire nearCheltenham ,Gloucestershire , killing 9 airmen and injuring 13.1944
* June – An Army lorry crashes into a house at
Burley in Wharfedale ,Yorkshire , killing 19 soldiers."Twenty-three Cadets Killed by Bus at Chatham", "The Times ", 5 December 1951]
* October – AUnited States Army bus collides with a lorry nearMarlborough ,Wiltshire , killing 10 soldiers and injuring 21.1946
* November – A
bomber hits an RAF bus atWeston-super-Mare ,Somerset , killing 8 airmen and injuring 14.1947
* October – A bus crashes into a building at
Holmfirth , Yorkshire, killing 9 people.1948
* January – A bus skids into a bus queue at
Bargeddie , nearGlasgow ,Scotland , killing 8 people and injuring 12.1950s
1950
* February 11 – A
Takase -Kumamoto Kyūshū Sanko regular route bus plunges into pond 40 feet below atMatsuo , Kumamoto,Kyūshū , Japan, killing 22, and injuring 18.National Police Agency of Japan]
* May – A bus and atram collide inGlasgow , killing 7 people and injuring 43.
* November 7 – A regular route bus plunges 240 feet into the Mononobe river,Mirabu , easternKochi ,Shikoku , Japan, killing 33; another 24 are injured.1951
* July 15 – A Shimokawai-Chubutenryu regular route bus plunges off the Harada bridge,
Tenryu River ,Urakawa , northwestern Shizuoka, Japan, killing 24.
* December 4 – Gillingham bus disaster: A bus plows into a column of marching marine cadets inGillingham, Kent , England killing 24 boys and injuring 18. [cite web|url=http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/bopall/ref9265.html|title=Road safety: report: bus accident at Gillingham| authors=Braithwaite, J.G.| publisher=Ministry of Transport| year=1952| accessdate=2007-06-27]1954
* 29 September – The brakes and gear box of a Belgian tourist bus fail on the downhill slope of the
Cauberg , nearValkenburg aan de Geul . The out of control vehicle hits a pedestrian, then a monument and a building. 12 people are killed instantly, 7 (including the pedestrian) die in hospital. [ [http://www.tvvalkenburg.nl/Busongeluk_1954.3686.0.html Busongeluk 1954] ]
* 12 November – The brakes of a Reunionese bus fail on the downhill slope ofPlateau-Caillou , in Saint-Paul. 27 people are killed, 23 instantly. []1958
* 28 February –
Prestonsburg bus disaster : A school bus inFloyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollenLevisa Fork River . The driver and 26 children die in what remains the worst school bus accident in U.S. history.1959
* 20 June – A crowded bus collides with a train on a level crossing in
Lauffen ,West Germany killing 45, the worst bus accident in German history. [http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/24/busunfall_a14/070619_chronologie.jhtml Chronik: Schwere Busunfälle in Deutschland] ]1960s
1960
* July 24 – A charter bus collides with a regular route bus, the charter bus plunging 270 feet into a valley along the toll road of
Mount Hiei ,Otsu ,Shiga , Japan, killing 30 and injuring another 18.1963
* – February 7 – A bus in Northland,
New Zealand leaves the road and hits a pole, killing 15. This is considered the worst road accident in New Zealand history. [ [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/D/DisastersAndMishapsRoad/WaitangiDayBusAccident1963/en Waitangi Day Bus Accident, 1963] , "The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966"]
* – April 7 – A bus returning from a African church meeting plunges into the Tiva River,Mitaboni ,Machakos ,Kenya , killing at least 72.Kenya Broadcasting Corporation radio report]1965
* January 1 A
Huancayo -Ayacucho regular route bus plunges 300 feet into a ravine of theMantaro River ,Peru , killing 31.Fact|date=June 2008
* January 10 – A bus carryingZona Centro soccer players and their families plunges 450 feet into a ravine on the outskirts ofDolores Hidalgo ,Guanajuato ,Mexico , killing 19 and injuring 22.Notimex news agency]
* February 3 – A regular route bus plunges 300 feet off a cliff along theMexico -Ciudad Juarez expressway on the outskirts ofZacatecas ,Mexico , killing 25 and injuring 40.Televisa news report]
* February 10 – A truck carrying 66 people plunged into a canal on the outskirts of al-Ayyat,Egypt , killing 36. The truck driver is arrested on suspicion of driving without a license.Fact|date=June 2008
* February 18 – A Naples-Salerno regular route bus plunges 50 feet into a ravine on the Naples-Pompeii expressway nearMount Vesuvius , Italy, killing 17 and injuring 60.ANSA news agency]
* November 1 – A crowded trolley bus plunges intoNile River on the outskirts ofDokki ,Giza ,Egypt , killing 74. [ [http://timelines.ws/countries/EGYPT.HTML Timlines of history: Egypt] ]
* December 6 – Two trucks carrying United Nation Peace Keeping Force workers collide atSotouboua ,Togo .Togolese authorities claim 125 are killed. [ [http://www.historyorb.com/today/search.php?day=6&month=December&year=All+Years&e=1&start=0 Search the Today in History Archives ] ]1966
* 25 July – A bus carrying Belgian children from vacation plunges off a West German
autobahn bridge and crashes on its roof. 33 are killed, including 27 children and the bus driver who fell asleep behind the wheel. Only 4 people survive. [ [http://www.gva.be/dossiers/-e/eeuw/1966/1966_13.html Een eeuw in beeld - 1966] ]
* October 7 –Dorion level crossing accident : 19 are killed when a schoolbus is hit by a CN train inVaudreuil-Dorion ,Quebec , Canada.1967
* December 15 –
Silver Bridge collapses under heavy traffic inPoint Pleasant, West Virginia , killing 46.cite journal
author = Seim, Charles
year = 2008
month = May
title = Why Bridge Have Failed Throughout History
journal = Civil Engineering
volume = 78
issue = 5
pages = 64–71, 84–87
url = http://www.ASCE.org ]1968
* January 6 – A passenger train hits a low-loader transporter and derails, killing 11 and injuring 45 in Hixon, England.cite book | last=Ministry of Transport | year=1968 | title=Report of the Public Inquiry into the Accident at Hixon Level Crossing on January 6, 1968 | publisher= HMSO | id=ISBN 0-10-137060-1 | url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=74 ]
* August 18 – Due to heavy rain, two charter buses crash into theHida River on national highway route 41 in Gero,Gifu Prefecture , Japan, killing 104.1969
* June 6 – A regular route bus navigating a sharp descending curve on a narrow mountain road near
Baler, Aurora ,Quezon ,Philippines , plunges into a ravine and bursts into flames. 40 people are killed and another 32 are injured.GMA Network news report]
* June 21 – An overcrowded vehicle carrying 35 workers crashes atMahradah ,Al-Amam , Syria, killing 25 people.Syrian Arab News Agency ]1970s
1970
* September 27 – A regular route bus plunges off a mountain cliff on the outskirts of Myongju,
Gyeongsangnam-do ,South Korea , killing 15 and injuring 20.Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation report]
* November 22 – A bus plunges into a creek on the outskirts of Reconquista, Santa Fe,Argentina , killing 56.Artear television news report]1971
* 10 May – A crowded bus plunges off a 30 foot cliff, crashing into a reservoir on the outskirts of
Kapyong , northeasternGyeonggi ,South Korea , killing 75.
* 10 May – Two local buses collide head-on on the Pinotepa National Highway,Florencio Villarveal ,Guerrero ,Mexico , killing 30; another 30 are injured.
* September 5 – According to South Korean "Dong-A Ilbo " newspaper, aMasan -Jinhae regular route bus carrying 30 passengers onboard, where crashed 50-yard off a mountain road at outskirt of Jinhae,Gyeongsangnam-do ,South Korea , killing 17 and injuring 16.
* September 17 – According to Spanish television TVE, a bus carrying Canadian tourlist head on collided with a truck at outskirt ofValdepenas ,Ciudad Real , Spain, killing 17.
* November 5 – According to "Kyunghyang Shinmun " newspaper of South Korea, a local bus plunged a 900 feet-high mountain slope atYeongdo-gu ,Busan ,South Korea , killing 26 and injuring 30.
* November 8 – According toBBTV Channel 7 of Thailand, a local bus head on collided with atruck at outskirt ofKorat ,Nakhon Ratchasima ,Thailand , killing 27 and injuring 20.
* December 18 – According toEgyptian "Al-Ahram " newspaper, a trailer truck carrying local workers plunged into irrigation canal at outskirt ofAswan ,Egypt , killing 50.1972
* February 15 – According to Filipino police, a
Batangas -Manila Laguna transit bus collided with a truck, and plunged atBarrio Calamba ,Lagana, Philippines , in an incident caused by exceed speed, killing 13; another 41 are injured.
* February 18 – A crowded bus carrying 90 students overturns and plunges into an irrigation canal atBenha ,Kfar Saad ,Egypt , killing 77.
* March 22 – InCongers, New York , five Nyack High School students are killed and 44 injured when a train hits a school bus that failed to stop at a crossing. This incident led New York State to require school vehicles to stop at all railroad crossings.
* 25 August – In a sudden dense fog on highwayA16 nearPrinsenbeek , many cars and trucks collide. 13 lives are lost in the crash and subsequent fires. [ [http://www.zero-meridean.nl/ramp_sel.html#25aug72 Kettingbotsing A16, Prinsenbeek] ] After this accident, a fog warning system was installed along the route. Nevertheless, almost 20 years later a similar accident happened.
* September 23 – According to the National Police Agency of Japan and JapaneseFuji Television Network , anAkakura -Togakushi regular route bus carrying 82 passengers onboard plunged into a ravine atShinano, Nagano , Japan. The NPA reports that this road is single lane. 15 are killed, and another 67 are injured.1973
* January 1 – According to
Television Nacional de Chile , a bus carrying Condor soccer club ofCurico players and fans skidded on a sharp curve and plunged into theChimbarongo River , on the outskirts of San Fernando,Colchagua ,Chile . The bus was returning from a Chilean soccer league second division match; 35 were killed in the crash.
* July 18 – A bus carrying Belgian tourists plunges into a ravine inVizille , France, killing 43. [http://www.quid.fr/2007/Transports_Divers/Accidents_De_La_Route/1 Accidents de la route] ]
* October 13 – According toAll India Radio , a regular route bus plunged off a bridge on the outskirts ofHazaribash ,Bihar ,India , killing 74.
* November 10 – According toBBTV Channel 7 of Thailand, a truck carrying 60 workers plunged off a steep road on the outskirts ofDoi Inthanon ,Chiang Mai ,Thailand , killing 40 and injuring 20.1974
* 28 July – A crowded bus and a truck collide near
Belém ,Brazil , killing 69.
* September 8 – According toTelefe television of Argentina, a bus returning from religious pilgrimage ran off a road and plunged 750 feet into a canyon on the outskirts ofLa Vina , Santa Fe,Argentina , killing 32.1975
* January 1 – According to the Japanese
National Police Agency and Japanese media, a charter bus carrying 62 passengers plunged 100 feet into Aoki Lake,Omachi ,Nagano , Japan, killing 24.
* March 1 – According toKenya Broadcasting Corporation , aNairobi -Mombasa regular route bus blast at downtown Nairobi,Kenya , killing 26, another injuring are 60, where blamed on Kenyan People Liberation Front terrolist group.
* April 2 – According to La Deuxieme Chaine television of France, a bus carrying French pilgrims plunged 120 feet into theRamache River along the A58 highway,Vizille ,Rhone-Alpes , France, killing 28, and injuring 17.
* April 20 – According to ItalianRai Uno television, at least 27 vehicles crashed within 15 minutes on theNaples -Caserta Autostrada del Sole expressway on the outskirts of Naples, Italy, killing 11 and injuring 53.
* 27 May –Dibbles Bridge bus crash , England: a bus full of pensioners falls off a bridge nearHebden, North Yorkshire , killing 32. [cite web | url=http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/5/20/153289.html | title=Dibbles Bridge: 25 years on | date=2000-05-20 | accessdate=2008-03-06 | work=Telegraph & Argus | publisher=Newsquest Media Group ]
* June 15 – According toAustrian ORF television, a bus carrying elderly tourists plunged 120 feet into a ravine on the outskirts ofVillach ,Carinthia , Austria, killing 21 and injuring 23.
* July 29 – According to the Mexican Red Cross and Notimex news agency, a passenger bus carrying religious pilgrims plunged 200 feet down the side of mountain before coming to rest. The crash was at Chalma,Veracruz ,Mexico , killing 18 and injuring 30.
* 13 September – A crowded bus plunges off a cliff inCosta Rica , killing 48.1976
* March 10 – According to
Guatemala n police, a regular route bus lost control due to brake failure and plunged down a mountain side in centralEscuintla ,Guatemala , killing 38; another 14 are injured.
* May 21 – A bus carrying theYuba City High School a cappella choir flies off I-680 inCalifornia , killing 28 students and a teacher. [ [http://timelines.ws/20thcent/1976.HTML Timeline 1976] ]
* October 31 – According toIndonesia n "Kompas " newspaper, a tourist bus head-on collide with a mini bus at outskirt ogBogor ,West Java ,Indonesia , in an incident caused by tourist bus driver has brake failure, killing 34 and injuring 25.
* November 14 – According toBrazil ianRede Globo television network, a bus carrying municipal election candidate and supporters has plunged into river near ferry terminal atManaus -Itacoatiara expressway,Uruara ,Para ,Brazil , killing 38.
* November 15 – According to Lesotho government official report, a bus swept by flash flood in Tsoaing River, Thaba Pechela,Mafeteng ,Lesotho , killing at least 90.
* November 21 – According to Antenne 2 (present day ofFrance 2 ) television, a mentally school bus returning from Edward Seguin Children Medical Center's meeting, plunged intoRhone River , outskirt ofLyon , France, at least 14 killed.1977
* April 3 – According to "Al-Gomhouria" newspaper of Egypt, a crowded bus skidded off the road, and plunged into irrigation
Kassed Canal where runa parallel to the road at outskirt ofTanta ,Nile Delta ,Egypt , killing 19.
* June 9 – A truck crashes into a crowd at a downtown Moscow bus stop, killing eight and injuring 18.Oberg, James E. "Uncovering Soviet Disasters: Exploring the Limits of Glasnost." New York: Random House, 1988: 106. ]
* August 11 – According to the JapaneseNational Police Agency andNHK television, a charter bus plunged 120 feet into a ravine at Nagatoro bridge,Kofu ,Yamanashi , Japan, killing 11; another 39 are injured.1978
*flagicon|Thailand January 1 – According to
BEC News of Thailand, a truck carrying many passengers collided head-on with a bus on the outskirts of Nong Bua Daeng,Chaiyaphum ,Thailand , killing 25; another 86 are injured.
*flagicon|Colombia January 3 – According toRadio Cadena Nacional of Colombia, aVillavicencio -Bogotá regular route bus plunged 130 feet off a cliff on the outskirts ofQuetame ,Oriente ,Colombia , killing 30; another 16 are injured.
*flagicon|Brazil March 9 – According toSBT television network of Brazil, aBrasilia -São Paulo regular route bus collided with a gasoline tank truck on the Faria Lima expressway nearBarretos in the state ofSão Paulo ,Brazil . The bus driver swerved and lost control, and the vehicle burst into flames, killing 19. Another five are injured.
*flagicon|Spain July 11 –Los Alfaques Disaster : inSant Carles de la Ràpita , a tanker containing 45 m³ of liquefied propylene leaves the road and veers into the Los Alfaques camping site after colliding with a building. The resulting fire ball is over 100 m in diameter and kills at least 215 (some sources speak of 216 or even 270), and injures 200 people. [ [http://www.unizar.es/guiar/1/Accident/Alfaques.htm Accidente de Los Alfaques (San Carlos de la Ràpita, España)] ]
* 4 August – A bus carrying mentally handicapped people plunges into a lake inEastman, Quebec , Canada killing 40. Only seven survive. [fr icon [http://www.historiatv.com/emission/tragedies/1646639/ Catastrophes Sur Les Routes] ]1980s
1980
* February 12 – According to
Bulgaria n news agencyBTA , anOhrid -Izmir regular route bus carrying 50 passengers onboard failed to make a curve and plunged into theMarica River nearSofia ,Bulgaria , killing 25.
* February 18 – According to theCosta Rican police, a 40 passenger bus and an 18 passenger bus collided head-on atSan Isidro ,Heredia ,Costa Rica , killing 16, with 39 injured.
* 3 March – 23 are burned to death when city bus 62 catches fire inMinsk ,Belarus after driving into a pool of gasoline spilled from a fuel truck. [ [http://mk.by/archiv/28.09.2006/rub7.php Minskiy Kurier article (in Russian)] ]
* March 5, – According toPress Trust of India , a bus slammed into a banyan tree, before bus trying over take a truck at outskirt ofKrishnanagar ,West Bengal ,India , killing 32 and another injuring are 42.
* 9 May – 35 are killed in the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster,Tampa, Florida , after afreighter collided with a bridgepier , knocking down over 1200 ft. of the bridge.
* June 5 – A tour bus rolls off the highway nearJasper, Arkansas , killing 22 and injuring 19. [ [http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1981/HAR8101.htm Highway Accident Report HAR-81/01] ]
* June 25, – According to the "Times of India ", a bus carrying 100 passengers lost control and plunged into theRahand Nullah River ,Bilaspur ,Madhya Pradesh , India, killing 58.
* June 29 – According to theAssociated Press of Pakistan , a bus carrying over 100 children and women plunges into an Upper Jhelam canal nearMirpur , Kashmir ofPakistan , and at least 90 people drown as a result. Shafer, Jack. "The Rise and Fall of the "Bus Plunge" Story: What Killed This Former "New York Times" Staple? http://www.slate.com/id/2152895" "Slate.com" 13 November 2006 ]
* July 4, – According to the Philippine News Agency, two passenger buses collided head-on on National Highway Route 1,Camalig ,Albay ,Philippines , killing 13 and injuring 28.
* November 11, – According to the "Al Gomhouria" newspaper of Egypt, a bus collided with two trucks, then plunged into an irrigation canal nearBeni Sweif ,Egypt , killing 30 and injuring at lesat 30.
* November 25, – According toUnited News of India , aGwalior -Delhi Delhi Transport Bus tumbled into theChambal River ,Dholpur ,Rajasthan , India, killing 40 and injuring 30.1981
* January 3 – According to "Times of India", a passenger bus skidded and plunged 200-feet down into a ravine at outskirt of
Galhar , Indian Kashmir, killing 17 and injuring 18.
* February 12 – According toVenezuela nVenevision report, a crowded bus, heavy truck, a small vehicle and many vehicles pile-up collision disaster atBarquisimento ,Venezuela , killing 36 and injuring 31.
* April 9 –; According toNicaraguan Army official report, an Nicaraguan Army's jeep and head-on collided with a regular route bus at outskirt ofEsteli ,Nicaragua , killing twenty and injuring forty.
* April 14 – According to Indian police official report, a bus carrying Hindu Pilgrims swerve to the left of the road, and negotiating a turn with brakes failure of the road, and negotiating a turn with brakes failure, caught fire atSrisailam ,Andhra Pradesh , India, killing 61.
* July 7 – According to Press Trust of India, a bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge at outskit ofKawanpui ,Mizoram ,India , killing 32 and injuring 19.
* June 14 – According toPakistan iDaily Jang newspaper report, a bus plunged 300-feet into a ravine atKohat Pass ,Kohat ,Pakistan , killing 23 and injuring 25.
* August 12 – According to United News of India, an Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation regular route bus plunged into a 450-feet deep ravine along a mountain road in Pithorgarh,Uttar Pradesh ,India , killing 43.
* September 9 – According to theRede Globo television network of Brazil, a truck rammed a bus on a hairpin curve and forced it over a 330-foot cliff near Santos, state ofSão Paulo ,Brazil , killing 29 and injuring 14.
* September 29 – A head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Toledo province, Spain, kills at least 25 people. [ Associated Press. " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E0DF1539F93AA1575AC0A967948260&sec=&pagewanted=print Bus Crash Kills 25 in Spain] " "The New York Times" 29 September 1981 ]
* October 14 – According toTimes of India , a public bus plunged into foothills at outskirt ofSimla ,Himachal Pradesh ,India , killing forty and injuring 45.1982
* January 21 – An overcrowded bus swerves to avoid a speeding truck and plunges nine meter off a bridge at
Narayanganj ,Isa Khan ,Bangladesh , killing at least 28; another 40 are injured.
* 31 January – Two buses collide and plunge into agorge on the outskirts ofSantiago, Chile , killing 14 and injuring 70. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00EFD61338F932A05752C0A964948260 Reuters report via New York Times] ]
* March 27 – According to Mexican Red Cross report, aToluca -Mexico City Passenger bus head on collided with a trailer truck at outskirt of Mexico City, in an incident caused by condition of rain with narrow road, at least twenty-eight death and injuring 32.
* 1 August – Two buses carrying children collide with cars and burst into flames inBeaune , France, killing 53, including 44 children. Worst highway crash in France. [ [http://www.humanite.fr/2002-08-01_Societe_-Route-Il-y-a-vingt-ans-l-accident-de-Beaune Il ya vingt ans, l'accident de Beaune] ]
* September 9 – According to Hungarian Police and Railroad Authority, Magyar Televiso Report, an express train collided with a bus at outskirt of Szekestehervar,Fejer ,Hungary , killing at least sixteen passengers.
* 12 September – A bus carrying German tourists collides with a train on a level crossing nearZürich ,Switzerland , killing 39. The barriers were not closed, because the operator pressed a wrong button. Only two passengers survive the crash. [http://www.adac.de/Tests/Mobilitaet_und_Reise/Busreisen/bustest_2004/busunfaelle_europa/default.asp?TL=2 Busunfälle in Europa seit 1982] ]
* 13 September – Grace, Princess of Monaco drove her Rover P6 off a serpentine and down a mountainside. She died the following day.
* 3 November – Hundreds are allegedly killed in theSalang tunnel fire in Central Afghanistan, following a disaster involving a Soviet fuel convoy. Estimates are as high as 2,000 dead.
* November 25 – According to India Police service official and All India Radio report, an overloaded truck spun out of control and flipped over near Kaitanol, Karnataka, India, killing at least 18 and injuring 14.
* December 26 – According to Bangladeshi police official and Bangladesh media, a passenger bus plunged into a river at Brahmanbari, Bangladesh, at least forty-five dead and eighty injured.1983
* February 11 – According to the ERT television of Greece report, a
Salonica -Athens express bus head on collided with a truck at outskirt ofAmfikleia ,Phthiotis , Greece, in an incident caused by both vehicles are excceded speed, killing seventeen and injuring ten.
* February 13 – According to theAnatolia news agency of Turkey report, a passenger bus head on collided with a truck, when driver trying to pass a care at outskirt ofSanliurfa ,Turkey , killing twenty and injuring ten.
* March 2 – According to thePanamericana Television television network of Peru, a charter bus plunged off mountainous highway intoMantaro River ,Jauja ,Junin ,Peru , killing thirty.
* November 1 – A bus collides with amotorcycle and hits a second bus 370 miles northeast ofBangkok ,Thailand , killing 21 and injuring 40. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06EED71639F932A35752C1A965948260 UPI report via New York Times] ]
* December 4 – According to theCanal Caracol television network of Colombia, a regular route bus crashed into a utility pole and caught fire on the outskirts ofBogotá ,Colombia , in an incident caused by technical problems and excessive speed, killing 21. Another five are injured.1984
* January 30 – According to Indian police and the Press Trust of India, a
Paonta Sahib -Nangai regular route bus plunged 14 feet into a canal and sank at the Sarsa Bridge on the outskirts ofRapar , Punjab ofIndia , killing 80.
* August 1 – According toAll India Radio , a bus carrying local government employees plunged into a canal after its right front tire burst. The crash, on the outskirts ofIngraj Bazar ,West Bengal ,India , killed 40.
* August 1 – According toPakistan Television , a bus skidded on a wet road, lost control and plunged into theIndus River on the Karakoram Highway,Baiji Sharif , northernPakistan , killing 27.
* August 26 – According to the RSS news agency of Nepal, a bus slipped and plunged into a 13-feet deep irrigation canal nearSalkot ,Nepal , killing 25.
* September 5 – According to United News of India, a bus carrying 50 passengers plunged into a 3300-foot deep gorge nearShillong ,Meghalaya ,India , in an incident caused by the driver losing control on a sharp curve and by heavy fog. 29 people are killed, and another 25 are injured.
* September 24 – A bus plunges into a gorge inUttar Pradesh ,India , killing 42 and injuring 15. [ Associated Press " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E1DD143BF937A1575AC0A962948260&pagewanted=print Bus Crash in India Kills 34] " "The New York Times" 14 September 1992 ]
* November 25 – According to Turkish Anatolia news agency, a bus returning from Black Sea, collided with a lorry in thick fog at northernCankiri ,Turkey , at least thirty death and injuring twenty-four.
* December 23 – According to Mexican Televisa report, an overcrowded passenger bus plunged off a expressway at Apaseo Grande, Guanjuato,Mexico , at least twenty-two dead and injuring thirty-five.
* December 24 – According to South African Press Agency report, an overcrowdwd bus with ninety passengers skidded off a steep overcrowdwd bus with ninety passengers skidded off a steep bank on Wapadsberg Mountain, Craddock-Graaff Region,Eastern Cape ,South Africa , at least 42 dead and injuring 25.1985
* January 11 – According to the
Korean Broadcasting System , a regular route bus skidded off a covered bridge in icy conditions and plunged into a frozen river at Yongdong,Chollanam-do ,South Korea , killing 38.
* January 28 – A bus carrying skiers plunges into a reservoir inNagano , Japan killing 25.
* April 6 – According to the "Times of India ", a regular route bus suffered brake failure and plunged 20 feet atBherughat , Madhy Pradesh, India, killing 16 and injuring 39.
* April 20 – According toSouth African Broadcasting Corporation , a bus plunged 500 feet down the side of road at outskirt ofHibberdene ,KwaZulu-Natal ,South Africa , killing 18, another injuring are 29.
* July 21 – According to Thai television network BEC news, a bus carrying 42 passengers returning from a Buddhist ordination ceremony collided head on with a truck at an intersection in a suburb ofBangkok ,Thailand , killing 26 and injuring 16.
* July 21 – According to the FilipinoGMA Network , a bus overturned after brake failure and ploughed through a crowded market at Halsema expressway,Atok ,Benguet ,Philippines , killing 28 and injuring 70.
* 22 September – A school bus rolls over inLeiah ,Pakistan , killing 30 children. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E2DC1439F931A1575AC0A963948260 Brief New York Times Report] ]
* 21 October – A coach collides with stationary traffic due to construction work on theM6 motorway betweenPreston and Lancaster, killing 13 people.
* December 21 – According toBrazil ianSBT television report, aSão Paulo -Rio de Janeiro Cometa Transport bus veered off the road and into Guandu River, outskirt ofPirai , Rio state,Brazil , killing 22.1986
* January 17 – According to
United News of India , a crowded passenger bus plunged into 89-feet deep ravine, with negotiate a sharp curve atNavsari ,Gujarat ,India , killing 49 and injuring ten.
* April 26 – According to "Times of India ", a bus carrying pilgrims to a shrine where plunged off a cliff at outskirt ofKathgodam ,Uttarakhand ,India , killing 44 people.
* May 12 – According to the SAPA news agency, an overcrowded bus lost control due to brake failure and flipped over nearMount Frere ,Transkei ,South Africa , killing 30. Another 64 are injured.
* 23 May – A bus falls off a cliff and explodes inAntique Province ,Philippines , killing 23 and injuring 15. [ Associated Press. " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6DE153DF936A15756C0A960948260&sec=&pagewanted=print Philippine Bus Crash Kills 23] " "The New York Times" 25 May 1986 ]
* 30 May – A tour bus plunges into theWest Walker River nearWalker, California , killing 21 and injuring 19. [ [http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1987/HAR8704.htm Highway Accident Report HAR-87-4] ]
* June 17 – According toPanamericana Television , a bus carrying 40 passengers, including school children, plunged off a highway and into an irrigation ditch nearCanete ,Peru , killing 19 and injuring 17.
* June 22 – According to "China Daily " and Shanxi Television, two buses carrying Baobaoshan rural factory workers plunged 800-feet before a sharp curve in theWutai Mountain erea,Shanxi , China, killing 31 and injuring 35.
* July 26 –Lockington rail crash : A train derails after colliding with a Ford Escort at a rail crossing in Lockington, England, killing 8 aboard the train and one aboard the car.
* October 8 – According toTaiwan ese CTS, a tourist bus plunges 33-yards down a valley onto a river bank at East-West Cross Island Expressway, outskirt ofTaichung ,Taiwan , killing 39.
* October 21 – According toPakistani "Daily Jang ", two packed buses hit by a passenger express train atLandhi ,Karachi ,Pakistan , both bus driver has try to pick up waiting passenger train and often are involved accidents, killing 35 and injuring 24.
* November 3 – According to "Times of India ", a bus crashed into road side at outskirt ofMurshidabad ,West Bengal ,India , killing 33 and injuring 28.1987
* January 4 – According to
Rede Globo television of Brazil report, a bus carrying workers head-on collided with a truck carrying tomatoes atItapetininga , state ofSão Paulo ,Brazil , killing fifteen and injuring eleven.
* January 21 – A truck and a bus collide nearTemuco ,Chile , killing 43.
* February 23 – According to News Agency of Nigeria report, a bus carrying attend of wedding ceremony skidded off an express way at outskirt ofNsukka ,Anambra ,Nigeria , killing 35.
* 29 March – A bus plunges off a cliff inShaanxi Province , China, killing 19 and injuring 28. [ Reuters [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5DE1F31F936A35757C0A961948260 Chinese Bus Plunge Kills 19] "The New York Times" 5 April 1987 ]
* May 6 – According to MCOT news ofThailand , a bus carrying university students and teachers rammed into the side of a mountain nearKanchanaburi ,Sri Sawat , Thailand, killing 20 and injuring 27.
* July 7 – According to GermanARD television, a tank truck carrying gasoline crash and hit icecream palor atHerborn ,Lahn-Dill-Kreis ,Hesse , Germany, killing thirty and injuring 29.
* July 30 – According toUnited News of India , a regular route bus into Yanto canal at outskirt ofDakpatthar ,Uttar Pradesh ,India , killing 39.
* October 20 – According toSudanese official report, a bus veered into a high voltage power pole and caught fire after colliding with another bus at Al-Kufaytah, Nahr-an-nil,Sudan , killing 64.
* 28 October – A diesel tanker collides with stationary traffic on the M61 nearPreston ,Lancashire , killing 12 and injuring 6.
* December 11 – According to theEgypt ian government, a bus carrying local primary school children returning from theGuiza zoo was smashed by high-speed train at an unmarked railroad level crossing atEin Sham , on the outskirtsCairo ,Egypt , killing 62 children and injuring 67. [ Associated Press. " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE7D7123FF931A25751C1A961948260&sec=&pagewanted=print Egypt Bus Crash Kills At Least 57 Children] " "The New York Times" 12 December 1987 ]
* December 27 – According to theAlgerian newspaper "Ech Chaab", a passenger bus and two trucks carrying illegal passengers collided near Bouandas,Setif ,Algeria , killing 32 and injuring 19.1988
* February 1 – According to an official
Haitian confirmed report, a truck carrying many hitchhikers was hit by ten-wheel flatbed truck carrying coffee. The truck overturned and plunged into theGrande-Anse River , nearJérémie ,Grand'Anse ,Haiti , killing 70.
* February 15 – According to an officialPeru vian police report, a bus plunged into a 170-foot ravine nearPallasca ,Ancash ,Peru , killing 14.
* April 10 – According to Bec News of Thailand, an overcrowded regular route bus blew a front tire and plunged into an irrigation canal nearMueang Chainat ,Chainat ,Thailand , killing 42 and injuring 11.
* April 20 – According to ThaiMCOT television, a local bus collided with a paramilitary troop tank atKakhon Ratchasima ,Thailand . The resulting explosion killed 25 and injured nine.
* 14 May – 27 die in the Carrollton bus disaster nearCarrollton, Kentucky , after a collision with adrunk driver driving the wrong way onInterstate 71 .
* July 18 – According to theBrazil ianSBT television network, aLondrina -Campinas regular route bus swerved to avoid three cows crossing the national highway 369 road, then struck the rear of another bus nearCornelio Procopio , Parana,Brazil , killing 39.
* 12 August – Two buses collide on the highway betweenTehran andTabriz in northernIran , killing 30 and injuring 50. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DC1031F937A2575BC0A96E948260 AP report via New York Times] ]
* 15 August – A bus plows into a concrete wall in a tunnel 60 miles outside ofBergen, Norway , killing 15 passengers and the driver and injuring 19. SeeMåbødalen disaster .
* August 23 – According toORF television of Austria, a Hungarian tour bus lost control and slammed into a truck atSchwadorf nearVienna , Austria, killing 14 and injuring 11.
* 22 September – A bus falls into a ravine near Simla,India . 35 people die. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DB1031F932A15751C0A96E948260 Brief New York Times Report] ]
* September 25 – According to the "Times of India ", a bus plunged into Bhakra canal, smashing through the safety railing of a bridge nearJogwala ,Sangrur District , Punjab, India, killing 67.
* October 6 – According to the "al-Ahram" newspaper of Egypt, a Kafr el Sheikh-Baltim regular-route bus was hit by a flatbed trailer on the outskirts ofEl-Mahalla El-Kubra ,Egypt , killing 28 and injuring 21.
* October 9 – According toUnited News of India , aGuhawati -Nalburi regular-route bus skidded off a road and crashed into a flooded pond on the outskirts ofGauhati ,Assam ,India , killing 50.
* October 12 – A bus ignites after toppling into a ditch inShaanxi Province , China, killing 43 and injuring 40. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DA1539F934A25753C1A96E948260&sec=&pagewanted=print AP report via New York Times] ]
* October 21 – According toTelevisio de Catalunya (TV3), three separate buses collided with a refrigerator truck and overturned atMartorell ,Catalonia , Spain, killing 14 and injuring 65.1989
* January 17 – 51 die and 110 are injured when a bus packed with school children collides with a train at a level crossing of Ahungalle, southern
Sri Lanka .
* February 24 – According to Rede Globo television of Brazil, a Bahia-Brasilia regular route bus head-on collided with a truck carrying a load of corn at outskirt ofCatalao ,Goias , Brazil, killing sixteen and injuring 25.
* February 26 – According toTaiwan Television report, a bus plunged 330-feet into a deep valley at outskirt ofTaoyuan ,Taiwan , killing twelve and injuring 24.
* May 19 – According toPeru vianAmerica Television , aLima -Huancayo regular route bus carrying sixty passengers slammed on brakes to avoid a pile of construction blockinf bridge, and plunged 90-foot into aMantaro River , outskirt ofJauja ,Junin ,Peru , killing 45.
* June 7 – According toPress Trust of India , a bus plunged 100-feet into a ravine at outskirt ofBaramula , Jammu and Kashmir,India , killing fifty and injuring twenty.
* June 24 – According toRede Globo television of Brazil, two vehicles ofSão Paulo -Rio Grande do Norte regular route buses tumbled down a 100-feet embankment at Outskirt ofEstancia ,Sergipe ,Brazil , killing 31 and injuring fifty.
* July 16 – According to the Japanese news agencyKyodo and the National Police Agency of Japan, a landslide caused by heavy rain collapsed a tunnel, striking a minibus and killing 15 atEchizen ,Fukui , Japan.
* October 8 – 13 adults and children are killed and 30 are injured nearShediac, New Brunswick , when a transport truck carrying logs spilled its cargo while passing a loaded hay wagon.
* October 20 – According toAustralian Broadcasting Corporation television news, aSydney -Brisbane Sunliner Coaches tourist bus collided head-on with a tractor trailer truck nearGrafton, New South Wales , Australia, killing 22 and injuring 22.
* 22 December – 35 are killed in theKempsey bus crash on the Pacific Highway nearKempsey, New South Wales .
* December 24 – According toEgypt ian newspaper "al-Ahram ", a regular route bus plunged into a procession at Nag-el-Hobeiki,Luxor ,Egypt , killing 13 and injuring 8.1990s
1990
* 22 January – 17 people including 11 FRU riot police personal were killed in a collision between
FRU riot police vehicles,tanker lorry , passenger bus and 10 cars on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway,Malaysia .
* 22 April – Two buses collide inHavana ,Cuba , killing 11 and seriously injuring 13. [ Reuters " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE3D81239F937A15757C0A966958260&sec=&pagewanted=print Bus Crash in Havana Kills 11] " "The New York Times" 24 April 1990 ]
* June 3 – AShropshire based double-decker coach, suffered a blowout to the front tyre on the A6 nearAuxerre when it was 20mph over the speed limit, causing the 76-seat coach to crash, killing 11 people and injuring 61 British tourists, all returning fromCosta Brava . This resulted in a legal action againstAvon Rubber , tyre of the crash coach, its driver and his employer; resulting in the longest legal case in France [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/3043132.stm BBC NEWS | England | Staffordshire | Bus driver guilty of 1990 deaths ] ]
* 8 July – A bus ignores a barrier at a railroad crossing and collides with a passenger train nearPetrozavodsk ,Karelia , Russia, killing 27 (34 according to unofficial sources) and injuring 24. The bus driver is slightly injured. [ [http://ptzbus.nm.ru/avariya.html Petrozavodskiy Avtobus site (Russian)] ]
* September 20 – According toIndonesian Antara news agency report, a mini-van skidded on the slippey road rammed inter-city bus exceeded speed ang plunged, and another inter-city bus hit into disaster site with rescuers work at outskirt ofSemarang ,Central Java ,Indonesia , killing 33 and injuring 17.
* September 24 – According to BBTV Channel Seven report, a liquified petroleum gas truck exploded with 42 vehicles and many buildings and houses burned at New Petchaburi Road, downtown ofBangkok ,Thailand , killing 53 and injuring 100.
* November 4 – According toSouth Korean KBS report, a bus carrying former presidentChun Doo-hwan supporters and members hit by truck and plunged Koonchook bridge,Soyang ,Gangwon ,South Korea , killing 21, another injuring are 21.
* 9 November – Almost at the same spot and with the same cause of the August 25, 1972 accident: in sudden dense fog on highway A16 west ofBreda , several cars and trucks collide in a huge pile-up. 10 die and 28 are injured. [ [http://www.zero-meridean.nl/ramp_sel.html#6nov90 6 november 1990: Kettingbotsing A16, Breda] ]
* November 10 – According to formerSoviet news agencyTass report, a bus collided passenger train and crushed at outskirt of Suerdlovsk,Yarnal Nenets Oblast , Russia, killing 16, another 13 are injured.
* 22 November – A bus ignores a red light and collides with a train at a railroad crossing inDonetsk ,Ukraine , killing 19 and wounding 13, though the bus driver is not injured.
* December 11 – A 99 car pile-up due to fog onI-75 nearCalhoun, Tennessee results in 12 deaths and 42 injured. [ [http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1992/HAR9202.htm HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT HAR-92-2] ]
* December 2 – According toAll India Radio report, a bus carrying wedding party plunged down a ravine at outskirt ofNainital ,Uttar Pradesh ,India , killing 30, another 20 are injured.
* 30 December – 56 die in a collision involving a bus, truck and car on a highway betweenVoronezh andRostov-on-Don in southwestern Russia.1991
* January 6 – According to
Kenyan dailyNation report, a bus slammed into a tree on a railroad crossing at outskirt ofMuranga ,Central ,Kenya , in an incident caused by driver has lost control and exceed speed, killing 47, another 40 are injured.
* January 13 – According to FilipinoGMA Network report, aDapitan -Dipolog regular route bus plunged into a river at outskirt ofSindangan ,Zamboanga del Norte ,Philippines , killing 25.
* 15 February – A trailer truck carrying dynamite explodes atThung Maphrao ,Phang Nga ,Thailand killing 171 local villagers. [ New York Times [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DE173BF935A25751C0A967958260 'Dynamite Blast in Thailand Leaves 122 Onlookers Dead'] February 16, 1991, Retrieved April 5, 2006 ]
* 31 July – A bus carrying about 60 Girl Scouts overturns on a desert mountain road near Highway 111, killing 7. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE4DA123BF932A3575BC0A967958260 7 Are Killed as Girl Scout Bus Overturns on Mountain Road - New York Times ] ]
* 4 August – A crowded bus carrying school children looses control and crashes inTroutbeck ,Zimbabwe , killing 87, including 82 children. [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/zmno13.html Zimbabwe News Online (13) - 1/12/98] ]
* 7 August – The brakes of a Hungarian tourist bus fail inStyria , killing 15 and injuring 28.
* November 29 – A dust storm onI-5 nearCoalinga, California triggers a 164-vehicle pile up that leaves 17 dead and 150 injured. [ [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2061FFC3A590C728CDDAB0994D9494D81 Scenes of Disaster in Pileup That Killed 17 in California] ] [ [http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/nov29.htm On-This-Day.com: November 29] ]
* 6 December – A 25-vehicle pile-up crash due to heavy fog onAutovía A-8 nearAmorebieta , Basque Country kills 17 and injures 50. A spark sets the pile of cars on fire.1992
* March 1 – According to United News of Bangladesh report, a regular route bus with 100 passengers vaulted intoo a road side creek at outskirt of
Jaldhalca ,Nilphamari ,Bangladesh , killing 25.
* April 3 – According to Hunan Daily report, a regular route bus with eighty passengers exploded and caught fire, and passengers jumping from out of window, because of broke open a door at outskirt ofYiyang ,Hunan , China, killing 55.
* April 12 – According to South African Broadcasting Corporation report, a bus carrying seventy school children ripped apart, after crashing intoBuffalo River bridge,Dundee , KwaZulu Natal,South Africa , killing 33.
* April 18 – According to ArgentineArtear television report, aBuenos Aires -Mar del Plata regular route bus smashed with three vehicles and foggy condition at outskirt of Mar del Plata,Argentina , killing 32 and injuring 26.
* 19 August – A bus falls down an embankment on the A7 highway in Spain, killing 45 and injuring 11. [ Associated Press " [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7D7123DF933A1575BC0A964958260&sec=&pagewanted=print Bus Crash in Spain Kills 45] " "The New York Times" 20 August 1992 ]
* 6 September – NearDonaueschingen in theBlack Forest , a bus collides into a passenger car and is slit open by acrash barrier . 21 die, 32 are seriously injured. [http://www.adac.de/Tests/Mobilitaet_und_Reise/Busreisen/bustest_2004/busunfaelle_europa/default.asp Busunfälle in Europa seit 1982] ]
* September 27 – According toNepalese police report, a truck carrying Hindu goddress plunged 450-feet below at outskirt ofDhankuta ,Nepal , killing 21.
* September 27 – According to HungarianDuna TV andMTI news agency report, a minibus carrying German travellers collided with local train crossing atAgard ,Hungary , killing 16, another three are injured.
* October 9 – According toBrazil ian SBT television network report, a bus carrying Oktober Revelers entertaiment group drove off a mountain road and plunged down cliff at outskirt of Sao Luis do Puruna, Parana,Brazil , killing 34.1993
* 9 January – Three buses collide and ignite on a highway in
Santo Tome ,Argentina , killing 55 and injuring 70. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D6123CF932A25752C0A965958260 New York Times report] ]
* April 30 – According to BBTV Channel Seven of Thailand report, a passenger train hit a bus carrying children of Shergli Primary schools at unguarded railroad crossing atPhutthamonthon ,Nakorn Pathom ,Thailand , killing 36 including 28 children.
* May 13 – According to RTR television report, a Sogratl-Makhachkala regular route bus plunged into 260-feet george at outskirt ofGunib ,Caucasus Mountains erea,Dagestan , Russia, killing 25.
* May 27 – According to America Television of Peru report, a bus carrying attend to Santiago de Chocorvos Conference business owners plunged 160-feet from road near foothill at outskirt ofIca ,Peru , in an incident caused by mechanical failure, killing 21 and injuring eleven.
* July 24 – According toIndonesia n RCTI report, aSurabaya -Pandanwangi passenger train rammed into an intercity bus an unguarded railroad crossing, and a bus dragged for eighty-yard before the train halted atJombang ,West Java ,Indonesia , killing fifteen and injuring twenty.
* October 3 – According to KTN report, a multipile road disaster, including a passenger bus, truck and many vehicles are crushed at Nakuru-Eldoret road,Nakuru ,Kenya , killing 35 and injuring 41.
* 10 November – A fiery pile-up on A10 nearMirambeau , France leaves 15 dead and 53 injured. [ [http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=738143&clef=ARC-TRK-G_01 Carambolage de Mirambeau: 17 automobilistes et 2 routiers jugés pour homicides involontaires] , 23 January, 2002]
* 17 November – TheM40 minibus crash leaves 12 children dead when their minibus collides with a maintenance vehicle nearWarwick , England, sparking new road security campaigns.
* December 27 – According to SBT television of Brazil report, an overloaded Curitiba-Porto Alegre regular route bus collided with sports car and plunged into a ravine at outskirt ofCuritiba , Parana,Brazil , killing 41, another 79 are injured.1994
* January 10 – According to Chinese media report, a bus pass through guardrail, aftermath veer off Feiyun bridge river at
Ruian ,Zhejiang , China, killing 45.
* January 11 – According toSouth African media report, aCape Town -Durban laxury bus plunged off a bridge at betweenBethlehem andHarrismith ,Orange Free State , South Africa, killing 14, another 27 are injured.
* January 31 – According toVietnam ese VTV report, a regular route bus caught fire and plunged into 300-feet below of sea at national highway 1,Ca Pass ,Khanh Hoa ,Vietnam , killing 28, another 11 are injured.
* March 14 – According toDoordarshan television of India report, a bus carrying 75 passengers on board swerved off an iron and concrete bridge into a fast flowingKadava ,Maharashtra ,India , killing 64.
* 2 May –1994 Poland bus disaster : 32 die in collision between a PKS bus and a tree nearGdańsk .
* May 24 – According toPress Trust of India report, a bus rolled down a mountainside road at outskirt ofShimla ,Himachal Pradesh ,India , killing 14, another 11 are injured.
* May 26 – According to SABC report, a bus lost control and plunged into dam atLothain ,Eastern Transvaal ,South Africa , killing 36.
* May 26 – According to SAPA report, a minibus head-on collided a truck at outskirt of Middolburg,Eastern Transvaal ,South Africa , killing 13.
* September 1 – According toEcuadorean police report, a bus carrying musical band has lost control, brake failure, and plunged 600-feet down a highway embankment at outskirt ofMitad del Mundo ,Pichincha ,Ecuador , killing 50.
* October 16 – According toNepalese RSS news agency report, a commuter bus plunged off a mountainroad and fell 600-feet at outskirt of Amarai,Narayani ,Nepal , killing 15, another 21 are injured.1995
* January 21 – According to
TV Azteca of Mexico report, a truck carrying religious pilgrims plunged off a highway into 70-feet at outskirt ofOaxaca city,Mexico , killing 22, another injuring are ten.
* February 5 – According toRCN television of Colombia report, a bus collided with truck carrying cement at outskirt ofPonedera ,Caribbean -Atlantico ,Colombia , killing 13.
* March 12 – According toUnited News of India report, a truck carrying benzene liquid chemical rammed and collided with a bus at ourtskirt ofSriperumbudur ,Tamil Nadu ,India , killing 110.1996
* January 1 – When a bus crossed center line and careened into on coming traffic, a bus head collided with another bus at Highway Two line,
Sonoytai ,Plutarco Elias Calles ,Mexico , killing 23, another 50 are injured.
* January 1 – According to formerZairean official confirmed report, a Kinshasa-Kingasani regular route bus plunged a ravine and skidded of a main road atKimbanseke erea,Kinshasa ,Democratic Republic of the Congo , killing 72.
* February 10 – According to Japanese news agency Jiji and National Police Agency of Japan report, a huge shard of rock wighing about 21,000 tons smashed through at Toyohama tunnel, national highway route 229,Yoichi , westernHokkaidō , Japan, with crushingShakotan -Otaru regular route bus and a car, killing 20.
* 25 February – Two buses collide head-on nearLa Paz, Bolivia , killing at least 35. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/Newsbriefs/9602/02-26/am.html?eref=sitesearch AP report via CNN] ]
* 28 February – A charter bus collides with a car nearBailen , Spain, killing 29 and injuring 17. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/Newsbriefs/9602/02-29/index.html?eref=sitesearch AP report via CNN] ]
* March 17 – According to SPA news agency report, a bus carrying illegally foreigners has crushed at outskirt ofAsir ,Jizan ,Saudi Arabia , killing 45.
* April 4 – According to South KoreanYTN (Yonhap Television News) television report, a Seoul commuter bus plunged at Han River,Yeouido ,Yeongdeungpo-gu ,Seoul ,South Korea , killing 20, another injuring are 38.
* September 26 – According toNTV Russia report, a local bus hit by passenger train at railroad crossing of near Konnoarmayskaya,Rostov ,Yaroslavl Oblast , Russia, killing 21 and injuring twenty.
* September 29 – According to Japanese TBS Newsbird television andNational Police Agency of Japan report, a minivan carrying construction workers crushed at national highway route 9,Muraoka , northwesternHyogo , Japan, killing 10.
* November 1 – According toPanamericana Television of Peru report, a bus carrying 60-passengers has lost control and plunged off 1500-feet below of cliff at outskirt ofSan Mateo ,Matucana ,Peru , killing 39, another injuring are 15.1997
* January 14 – A crowded city bus plunges into the
Nile River inCairo ,Egypt , killing 39 people and injuring 24. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/14/egypt.bus.crash/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN report] ]
* January 19 – A bus plunges into a river after losing control on a curvy road in Punjab,India , killing 29 and injuring 12. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9701/19/briefs/india.bus.crash/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN report] ]
* March 24 – According to South Korean television SBS report, aSeoul bound passenger train smashed into packed local bus, where flipped a vehicle onto railroad side atNamwon ,North Jeolla ,South Korea , killinf fourteen and injuring twenty.
* May 8 – A truck carrying local wedding couples and families are plunged by lost control with overturned atHamirpur ,Himachal Pradesh , India, killing 70, another 8 are injured.
* August 31 –Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a Paris underpass along with 2 other passengers.
* October 13 – Les Éboulements bus accident inQuebec , Canada, results in 44 deaths when a bus plunges into a ravine. Worse bus accident in Canadian history.
* October 25 – According to media report from South Africa, a bus smashed into a carrying gasoline tanker truck atTogela River ,Port Shepstone ,South Africa . This bus carryingInkatha Freedom Party supporters and members. At least 33 killed.
* November 6 – A passenger train crashes into a bus inHolguín Province ,Cuba , killing at least 56 people. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9711/06/cuba.train.wreck/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN report] ]
* November 19 – According to theIndia n television network Doordarshan's report, an overloaded school bus skidded of a bridge and plunged into theYamuna River near the outskirts ofNew Delhi , India. The accident resulted in 29 deaths and injuries to around 60 passengers.1998
* January 5 – 43 people were killed and more than 60 seriously injured when a bus plunged down a steep slope in
Nyanga district, after the brakes of a bus failed.
* January 7 – According toKenya n television network KTN report, AMeru -Nairobi Kenyan Bus Service regular route bus lost control of the vehicle and plammeted down 100-feet embankment into Nithi river, Kenya, killing 58, another 42 are injured.
* January 13 – According toIndia nZee News television network report, a bus carrying 86 students and parents back fromMurshidabad picnic site, where skidded in fog with plundge intoBhagirathi River atJalangi ,West Bengal ,India , in an incident caused by lost control and exceed speed, killing 65.
* April 3 – According to Turkish TRT television network report, a petrol tanker truck collided with a busIran ianMuslims returning from Syria at outskirt ofBirecik ,Sanliurfa , Turkey, killing 28, another 7 are injured.
* April 15 – A school bus is involved in a five-vehicle collision nearNewcastle, South Africa , killing 31, including 27 children. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/9804/16/safrica.crash/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN report] ]
* August 31 – According toAl-Alam newspaper of Morocco report, a pickup truck carrying attending wedding couples and families head-on collide with another truck atEl Jadida ,Assabah ,Morocco , killing at least 20.
* September 8 – Atanker truck flips and explodes on a highway north ofSão Paulo ,Brazil , setting fire to two buses and killing at least 50. [ [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/brazil.crash.02/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN report] ]
* December 23 – According to Anatoria News Agency of Turkey report, anAnkara -Samsun regular route bus head-on collided with a fuel truck and burning both vehicle at outskirt of Samsun, northern Turkey, killing eleven and injuring ten.
* December 31 – 100 cars crashed on an ice-slicked section of Interstate-75 in centralMichigan , killing one and injuring 39. [ [http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/31/michigan.pileup/ CNN - Car-pileup in snowy Michigan kills 1 - December 31, 1998 ] ]1999
* January 4 – According to Liaoning Television of China report, a local bus carrying 40 passengers onboard exploded and blast ripped at outskirt of
Linghai ,Jinzhou ,Liaoning , China, killing 18.
* January 9 – According to Georgian official confirmed report, a bus carrying funeral mourners ran off the road and plunged into a river below of 750 feet at outskirt ofKazbegi ,Khevi , Georgia, killing 38.
* January 24 – A bus carrying Hungarian skiers where plunged off a hillside at outskirts ofDeutschlandsberg ,Styria , Austria, killing 18, another 32 are injured. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/262158.stm BBC News | Europe | Bus crash kills 18 in Austria ] ]
* 15 March –1999 Bourbonnais train accident : the "City of New Orleans " collides with a truck and derails inBourbonnais, Illinois , United States, killing 11.
* & flagicon|Italy 24 March – 39 people killed in theMont Blanc Tunnel fire.
* May 9 – According toNepalese police report, a bus slipped and plunged 680-feet down slope atKapurbot Bazar ,Saiyan ,Rapti ,Nepal , killing 32, another 36 are injured.
* 9 May – A tour bus crashes into a concrete wall on Interstate 610 inNew Orleans , killing 22 and injuring 24. [ [http://www.cnn.com/US/9905/10/louisiana.bus.crash.02/index.html?eref=sitesearch CNN report] ]
* May 29 – 12 people killed and 50 injured in a collision and fire in Tauern Tunnel in Austria.
* June 7 – According to aPress Trust of India report, a bus carrying 119 passengers plunged into a lake nearDavangere ,Karnataka ,India , the accident was caused by excessive speed over bad roads, resulting in loss of control. Another contibuting factor was overloading of the bus, with several travellers riding on the roof. The accident resulted in 94 deaths and another 25 were injured.
* July 18 – According toIndia nDoordarshan television report, aKiari -Shimla HRTC regular route bus carrying 90 passengers on-board plunged into 40-feet deep gorne at outskirt ofBagar ,Himachal Pradesh ,India , killing 18, another 55 are injured.
* July 24 – A trailer truck crashes into cars slowed byroadwork on Autoroute 20 nearSaint-Michel-de-Bellechasse , killing 4 and injuring 11. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/nouvelles/2002/archives/index.asp?val=8075 Carambolage de juillet 1999 à Saint-Michel] , 11 September 2000.] A public investigation is launched.
* 3 September – Dense fog on Highway 401 nearWindsor, Ontario reduces visibility to less than a meter (3 ft) and causes a 87 vehicles pileup and fire that kills 8 and injures 33. Many vehicles are fused together by the intense heat. [ [http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/media/top10/1999_e.html Top Ten Weather Stories of 1999] ]
* September 14 – According to Yangcheng Evening News of China report, a long distance regular route bus overturned and plunged into canyon at outskirt ofKaijiang ,Dazhou ,Sichuan , China, killing 46, another 9 are injured.
* September 25 – According to SABC television of South Africa report, a bus went off a highway in foggy weather and crashed at outskirt ofKokstad ,KwaZulu Natal ,South Africa , killing 15, another 20 are injured.
* October 11 – According to SCTV television of Indonesia report, aJakarta -Bandung Turanga express bus crashed into cliffside at outskirt ofLembah Hijau ,Puncak ,West Java ,Indonesia , killing 45, another 29 are injured.
* November 19 – A commuter bus collided with many vehicles, include truck, bus at Lagos-Kano expressway at outskirt ofIlorin ,Kwara , Nigeria. Aftermath, a bus caughtfire on impact. this accident is killing 22, another 16 are injured.
* December 30 – According toPakistan i television PTV report, aKarachi -Rawalpindi regular route bus overturned and caught fire atLahore -Islamabad M2 expressway, outskirt ofKallar Kahar , Punjab ofPakistan , in an incident caused by exceed speed, killing 48, another 20 are injured.2000s
2000
* March 6 – A
Zhob -Shahdadpur regular route bus collides with a truck carrying local wedding couples and families plunges at Saifullah Shaikh canal,Balochistan ,Pakistan , killing 50, another 25 are injured.
* 29 March – 74 people die in a collision between two buses inKerichko ,Kenya . [ [http://www.ogiek.org/faq/history-kenya.htm Kenya Timeline] ]
* 13 May - A bus carryingMuslim pilgrims plunges 60 feet below into the Buna River atBuna ,Neretva , Bosnia killing 43, another 12 are injured. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/747404.stm BBC News | EUROPE | Bosnia bus crash kills 43 ] ]
* 18 June – Lax security regulation enforcement causes the overpasses of Autoroute 15 to collapse over Boulevard du Souvenir, inLaval ,Quebec , during renovation, killing one and injuring two. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/50/50132.htm Effondrement d'un viaduc à Laval] ] [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Index/nouvelles/200307/25/012-viaduc-rapport.shtml Effondrement du viaduc du Souvenir: un rapport du coroner accablant] ]
* July 6 – According to a SpanishEFE news agency report, a bus carrying workers toMadrid collided with a truck carrying pigs at the outskirt ofSoria , Spain, killing 27, another 23 are injured. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/europe/07/06/spain.bus.02/index.html CNN report] ]
* 7 July – A bus plunges into a river inLiuzhou ,Guangxi province killing all 78 aboard. [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200007/09/eng20000709_45054.html 38 More Bodies of Liuzhou Bus Plunge Found ] ]
* July 11 – According to anIndonesia n news agencyAntara report, a bus carrying 39 passengers on-board, plunged into a deep ravine at Sarangan,Merapi Ketep ,Indonesia , killing 10, another 13 are injured in an incident caused by brake failure.
* 28 August –Abuja bus crash riots ,Abuja ,Nigeria , Seventy people are killed in a bus pile up in Abuja. The next day, related protest riots kill four more people.
* September 10 – According to "Times of India " report, aShiliguri -Darjeeling regular route bus carrying 50 passengers onboard and some passengers, has vehicle on roof plungedTista River , when driver approaching a bridge, lost control before exceed speed atSivok ,West Bengal , India, killing 20, and many passengers injured.
* 12 October –Owerri bus crash ,Nigeria , Fifty people die when a bus collides with fuel tanker, which explodes. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/968967.stm Horror bus crash in Nigeria] , 12 October, 2000]
* October 22 – According to "Daily Jang " newspaper of Pakistan report, two regular route buses collided on a bridge at outskirt ofJhang , Punjab of Pakistan, killing 40, another 75 are injured.
* 6 November –Lagos tanker disaster ,Lagos ,Nigeria , Between 100 and 200 people are killed when a petrol tanker loses control, slams into a traffic jam and explodes. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1009336.stm Nigerian tanker inferno kills over 100] , 6 November, 2000]
* November 7 – According to Kenyan police report, aNairobi -Mombasa regular route bus with 80 passengers on-board, plunged a bridge at outskirt ofMeru ,Eastern ,Kenya , in an incident caused by excess speeds, killing 45.
* 24 November –Benin City bus crash ,Nigeria , Sixty people die when bus falls into a ravine. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/11/24/nigeria.accident.reut/ Sixty killed in Nigerian bus accident] , November 24, 2000]
* November 27 – According toThai televisionMCOT report, aChiang Mai -Bangkok regular route bus crashes and drops off a bridge, plunging into a canal atMae Prik ,Lampang ,Thailand , killing 20, another 16 are injured.
* 24 December – A bus traveling fromCape Town to Butterworth plunges off a mountain road inSouth Africa , leaving 20 passengers dead and 55 injured. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/africa/12/24/south.africa.bus.crash/index.html CNN report] ]
* 24 December – According toABS-CBN news of Philippines report, a Cotobato-Davao regular route bus carrying Chistmas travelers plunges 60 feet down into a ravine at outskirts ofBansalan ,Mindanao ,Philippines , killing 30, 12 more are injured.2001
* 16 February – 13 people killed in the
Gracanica bus bombing inKosovo .
* 28 February –Selby rail crash : A car falls off aM62 motorway bridge on railroad tracks, causing the derailment of a passenger train and its subsequent collision with a freight train nearSelby , England. 10 are killed and 82 injured.
* March 1 – According toIndian Police Service official and NDTV report, a bus skidded off a road and plunged intoRavi River , outskirt ofChamba ,Himachal Pradesh ,India , at least forty dead.
* March 4 – 70+ killed in theHintze Ribeiro disaster when a bridge collapsed as a bus was crossing theDouro in Portugal. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1202214.stm Portugal bridge collapse 'kills 70'] , 5 March, 2001]
* March 6 – According to a Thai Bec News television report, a local bus rammed into a tree on a sharp bend on a road as a result of lost control inAmphoe Mueang Phetchabun ,Phetchabun ,Thailand , killing 16, injuring another 20.
* March 24 – 14 are killed and over 20 injured when a bus swerves off the road into a ravine inSanta Comba Dão . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1240823.stm Portugal hit by new bus disaster] , 25 March, 2001]
* April 8 – According to a Tanzanian police report, a minibus hit a bull, before colliding with another bus atSongea Rual ,Ruvuma ,Tanzania , in an incident caused by excessive speed, killing 21.
* 26 June – A bus swerves and hits a ditch 80 miles southwest ofPort-Au-Prince ,Haiti , killing 41 people. [ [http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg08352.html AP report via Webster University] ]
* 10 August – An overcrowded bus falls into a river inXinjiang , China, while traveling fromUrumqi toXinhe County , killing 34 people. [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/08/18/iran.crash/index.html CNN report] ]
* August 15 – According to aKenya Television Network report, a minibus severed off the road and plunged into theMwania River , outskirt ofMachakos ,Eastern ,Kenya , killing 23, another 10 are injured.
* 17 August – A bus and a truck collide on a road betweenKerman andSirjan inIran , killing 30 people.
* August 26 – ALagos -Kano regular route bus, carrying 72 passengers, veers into aDakatsalle bridge,Kura ,Kaduna ,Nigeria , killing 49, another 23 are injured.
* 24 October – 11 people die in theGotthard Road Tunnel after two lorries collide, resulting in a fire. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1617309.stm Smoke hinders Swiss tunnel rescue] , October 25, 2001] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1619363.stm Gotthard police find no more bodies] , October 26, 2001]
* November 3 – According toIndian Police Service official and United News of India report, a passenger bus plunged into george, when a bus driver failed bus plunged into george, when a bus driver failed to make a sharp turn on a driver failed to make a sharp turn on a hill at Saderkote, Jammu and Kashimir, India, killing twenty and injuring thirty-three.
* 14 November – A bus flips over on a road nearHuelva , Spain, killing 19 people. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/14/spain.crash/index.html CNN report] ]
* 14 December – 52 pilgrims killed inAqaba bus crash inJordan . [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/12/14/jordan.accident/ CNN News Report] ]
* December 28 – Two crowded buses collide, one bus falls into a road side ditch at outskirt ofBogra ,Rajshahi ,Bangladesh , killing 35.2002
* January 7 – According to a BSS news agency report, a
Manikganj -Dhaka regular route bus driver lost control while trying to cross a bridge at an excessive speed and plunged over 35 feet into the river atAminbazar ,Savar ,Bangladesh , killing 30, many more passengers were injured.
* February 17 – According to a Henan Television andChina Daily report, two buses collided, both carrying travelers by Lunar New Year holiday, where a bus crashed atHechuan ,Henan , China, killing 25, injuring another 12.
* March 13 – According to aPanamericana Television of Peru report, anAyacucho -Lima regular route bus burst into flames, before skidding out of control and hitting a gasoline station atChincha Alta ,Ica ,Peru , killing 35.
* 19 April - A bus carrying construction workers plunges off a mountain road nearSalalah ,Oman killing 46 in countries' worst ever road accident. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1941097.stm Oman bus crash kills 46] , 20 April, 2002]
* 23 April – Asteamroller falls off a truck and crushes a bus 70 miles north ofUfa, Russia , killing 14 people. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/04/23/russia.bus/index.html CNN report] ]
* 8 May – 14 people die in the suicide bombing of a bus inKarachi .
* 26 May – 14 die in theI-40 bridge disaster onInterstate 40 , nearWebbers Falls, Oklahoma when a barge collided with a bridge support, causing a 580-foot section of the bridge to plunge into theArkansas River .
* May 27 – A Ghatakpukur-Kolkatta route bus carrying office workers veers off and falls into a pond at Chowbagha,West Bengal ,India , killing 46, in an incident involving excessive speed and a burst tire.
* June 2 – A bus carrying pilgrims bound forMultan , falls off a bridge in Jhelum, Punjab of Pakistan, in an incident caused by the driver losing control of the vehicle, killing 40, another 10 injured.
* 15 June – A truck and a bus collide on a highway inNorth Chungchong ,South Korea , killing 15 and seriously injuring another 20 people. [ [http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/15/skorea.crash/index.html CNN report] ]
* July 2 – According to an IndonesianMetro TV report, a Damri public bus carrying children and parents fromJenbar plunged into a 24 foot deep ravine atArjasa ,East Java ,Indonesia , killing 26, another 44 are injured.
* July 7 – A bus carrying Polish tourists slides off the road and overturns inBalatonszentgyorgy ,Somogy ,Hungary , in an incident caused by excessive speed, killing 19, another 31 are injured.
* 19 July – Over 70 die when a bus is hit by a runaway fuel tanker atRutoto inUganda . [ [http://www.fire.org.uk/BBC_News/News2002/July/bbc190702d.htm BBC News Report] ]
* August 7 – According to aMexican Televisa television report, aGuerrero -Guadalajara regular route bus slammed into a concrete wall atZinapecuaro ,Michoacan ,Mexico , in an incident caused by a 26-years old bus driver involving excessive speed, killing 33, another 10 are injured.
* August 9 – According to aRenmin Ribao (Peoples Daily) of China report, anUrumqi -Kashgar regular route bus plunged off a bridge at the outskirts of Kashgar,Xinjiang Uygur , China, killing 34.
* August 18 – A bus falls into a ravine and overturns near Yantikovo,Chuvashia , Russia, killing 21 and injuring 37. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2200933.stm BBC News report] ]
* August 18 – According to Turkish NTV television and an Anatolia news agency report, a bus carrying people returning from an annual religious festival atNevsehir , skidded off the road and overturned after brake failure at the outskirts ofTarsus ,Mersin ,Turkey , in an incident caused by excessive speed, killing 29, another 30 are injured.
* September 2 – A bus plummets 520 feet down a ravine at the outskirts ofCoroico ,Nor Yungas ,Bolivia , killing 29, another 25 are injured.
* September 7 – According to a Bongo radio of Tanzania report, a bus attempted to pass a car and crashed into a truck at the outskirts ofMbozi ,Mbeya ,Tanzania , killing 27, another 43 are injured.
* October – 10 die onInterstate 43 just south ofCedar Grove, Wisconsin in a fiery 38 car pileup caused by low visibility due to fog. The accident is considered the worst traffic accident in Wisconsin state history. [Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=86864 "10 die in horrific pileup." October 10, 2002. - Retrieved: May 13, 2007.]
* 16 November – A bus crash in Cuesta del Totoral in NorthernArgentina kills over fifty people. [ [http://www.dawn.com/2002/09/17/int7.htm News Report] ]
* November 24 – According to a Filipino television network ABS-CBN report, a regular route bus smashed through an iron railing and plunged 42 feet down into the ravine at the outskirts ofTagkawayan ,Quezon ,Philippines , killing 33, in an incident caused by mechanical failure.2003
* 24 January – A bus crashes into several buildings before bursting into flames, killing 14 in
Slawi ,Indonesia . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia–pacific/2690013.stm Bus crash inferno in Indonesia] 24 January, 2003]
* January 26 – According to a government of Cameroon report, a regular route bus veers into oncoming traffic and crashes into another regular route bus. Many vehicles piled up, including Kami Express and Felicite Express Voyages, occurring inEdéa ,Littoral Province, Cameroon , killing 70 people, and injuring 15.
* January 28 – A tourist bus crashes head-on into a truck carrying paint inNarayan Chand ,West Bengal ,India , killing at least 40, another 15 are injured.
* March 9 – A charter bus near a Czech ski tourist destination, collides with a truck in betweenČeské Budějovice andDolni Dvorisite ,Bohemia ,Czech Republic , killing 19, another 30 are injured.
* March 9 – According to a Chinese embassy of Kyrgyzstan and a Chinese media report, a regular route bus carrying Chinese citizens crashed and caught fire at the outskirts ofJeti Ojuz ,Kyzyl Suu ,Kyrgyzstan , killing 19.
* March 12 – According to aRadiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise report, a local passenger bus collided with a truck carrying cement at the outskirts ofPodor ,Saint-Louis Region ,Senegal , killing 22.
* 13 April – 21 students killed in a collision between their bus and a truck in Tembi, nearLarissa , Greece. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2947327.stm Greek crash kills 21 teenagers] , 14 April, 2003]
* April 16 – A truck and a bus collide on a main highway inCuba killing 30 and injuring 71. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200304/s835114.htm Bus crash kills 30, injures 71 in Cuba] , April 18, 2003]
* 1 May – 80 people drown in theBethlehem bus crash , when the driver drove off a dam and into a reservoir. [ [http://www.transport.gov.za/comm–centre/news/2003/nz0704.html Poor Bus Accident Record for Gauteng] , 4 July, 2003]
* May 9 – 24 are killed, nearly as many are injured when a bus spins out of control and collides with an oil tanker near Shorkot. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3012899.stm Pakistan bus crash kills 24] , 9 May, 2003]
* May 17 – A double-decker bus carrying German tourists crashes on a highway nearLyon , France killing 28 and injuring 46 passengers. [ [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=563062003 Coach crash in France kills 28 holidaymakers] , 18 May 2003]
* 4 June – 30 people die in theKasganj bus disaster , when a bus attempted to cross a closed level crossing inIndia and was sliced in half by a train.
* 10 July – 21 killed in aTuen Mun Road bus accident,Hong Kong , when a bus plunged off a motorwayviaduct after being hit bylorry . Worst road accident in the history of the territory. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia–pacific/3054709.stm Hong Kong bus crash kills 22] ,10 July, 2003]
* August 22 – According to aXinhua News Agency of China report, a regular route bus with 33 passengers on-board, collided with a Petro truck, plunging into a ravine at an expressway inYanan ,Shanbei ,Shaanxi , China, killing 23.
* 10 September – A bus and a truck collide at high speeds during heavy rain near the city ofValencia, Venezuela , killing 34. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/venezuela/story/0,,1039134,00.html 34 die in Venezuela bus crash] ]
* September 20 – A bus and a train collide near Malak Wal inPakistan i Punjab, killing over 40. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200309/s950117.htm Pakistan rail crossing crash kills at least 40] , September 20, 2003]
* October 1 – Multi-vehicle accident when a truck collides with a bus on Interstate 90 nearHampshire, Illinois , killing 8 and injuring 15. [ [http://www.wifr.com/home/headlines/489462.html I-90 Bus Crash kills 8] , October 2, 2003]
* October 9 – 59 people, mostly schoolgirls, are killed in a collision between a bus, a truck and a minivan nearYogyakarta , Indonesia. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2003/10/09/963107.htm Horror Indonesian smash claims 54 lives] , October 9, 2003.]
* 23 November – 14 passengers were killed in a bus tragedy at kilometer 63 of Lipis and Merapoh roads (Federal Route 8) nearMerapoh ,Pahang .
* December 17 – A regularSão Paulo -Fortaleza long distance route bus falls 120 feet down a cliff, when driver loses control on a corner at the outskirts ofDiamantina ,Minas Gerais ,Brazil , killing at least 20, another 40 are injured.
* December 18 – According to anEmergency Situations Ministry of Ukraine report, a charteredSimferopol -Alushta bus carrying local coal miners, veered off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ditch at Simferopolskyi,Crimea ,Ukraine , killing 17, another 19 are injured.2004
* 9 January –
Bhakkar bus crash ,Pakistan , at least 56 die as bus rolls into a ravine. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3384247.stm BBC News Report] ]
* 22 February – A bus tumbles off a dam into a reservoir nearFortaleza ,Brazil , killing over 40 people [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3509995.stm BBC News Report] ]
* 19 March – 23 people killed in theKonginkangas bus disaster ,Finland .
* March 29 – According toEthiopian News Agency report, aGondar -Adis Zemen regular route bus plunged into a gorge at outskirt ofLibo Kemkem ,Amhara ,Ethiopia , killing 37.
* April 1 – According toChina Daily andXinhua report, a local bus plunged off a road intoFuxi River atZigong ,Sichuan , China, killing 15, another 39 are injured.
* May 24 – According toTunisia n news agency TAP report, a bus carrying 54 passengers on-board plunged into the verge of narrow road at outskirt of Korbous,Tunisia , in an incident caused by technical problem, killing 19, another 31 are injured.
* June 8 – According to Indian police official report, a bus carrying wedding family and guest veered out of control and plunged into Bagmati river bridge atRunisaitpul ,Bihar , India, killing 65.
* 16 June –Islamabad ,Pakistan , at least 50 die in collision between a bus and a tractor. [ [http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41713&SelectRegion=Central_Asia&SelectCountry=PAKISTAN News Report] ]
* June 16 – According toXinhua report, a charter bus carrying Buddhism pilgrims plunged into a lake, and swerved to avoid another vehicle at outskirt ofXinyu ,Jiangxi , China, killing 21, in an incident caused by driver has exceed speed.
* 24 June – A tanker carrying 17,000 litres of petrol collides with a bus inZahedan , nearBam ,Iran . 90 people are killed. [ [http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/irantankerblast.htm UNEP APELL News Report] June 25, 2004]
* 30 July – A Turkish travel bus and anIran ian truck collide head-on nearErzurum andErzincan inEastern Anatolia , killing 26 and injuring 30. [http://www.adac.de/Tests/Mobilitaet_und_Reise/Busreisen/bustest_2004/busunfaelle_europa/default.asp Busunfälle in Europa seit 1982] ]
* August 15 – According to Salvadoran police official report, a local bus plunged to ravine at outskirt ofCarolina ,San Miguel ,El Salvador , killing 35.
* September 12 – According to IranianIRIB television report, aKhoy -Mashhad regular route bus crush by overturned and exhaustion by bus driver at outskirt ofChangureh ,Avaj ,Iran , killing 18.
* October 12 – According toChina Daily report, a charterChongqing -Jiuzhaigou bus crushed into a wall, and bounced back with plunged intoFujiang River ,Mianyang ,Pingwu ,Sichuan , China, killing 24, another 21 are injured. In an incident caused by driver has exceed speed.
* 6 November – Seven are killed and 71 injured when a passenger train hits a car and derails nearUfton Nervet , England.
* November 7 – According toNile TV of Egypt report, a trailer truck carrying much of sugar was overtake a car, and hit with collided the bus at outskirt ofZafarana ,Minya ,Egypt , a bus carrying returning from Mecca, killing 33, another 14 are injured.
* December 21 – According toAmerica Television of Peru report, a bus plunged 150-feet intoriveratLima -Paccllpa mountainous jungler road at outskirt ofAksaray ,Ucayali ,Peru , killing 49, another 15 are injured.
* December 25 – According to Geo Television of Pakistan report, a bus plunged into deep ravine at outskirt of Kuntrili, Punjab of Pakistan, in an incident caused by lost control with exceeded speed, killing 18, another injuring are 39.2005
* 3 January – A truck overloaded with
Tibet anBuddhist pilgrims overturns inQinghai province, China killing 54. [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200501/05/eng20050105_169693.html 54 ethnic pilgrims killed in Qinghai truck crash] , January 5, 2005]
* 6 January – A truck and a bus collide on a highway inFujian province, China killing 28 and injuring 19. [ [http://english.people.com.cn/200501/07/eng20050107_169937.html Road accident kills 28 in Fujian Province] , January 7, 2005]
* January 10 – According toNDTV television of India report, a bus failed to negotiate a sharp curve and lost control with plunged intoAlmatti Dam , outskirt ofBijapur ,Karnataka ,India , killing 57.
* January 16 – According toColombian television networkCanal Caracol report, a local passenger bus collided with a trailer truck, where coming from the opposite directions at outskirt ofLa Sabana , Santander,Colombia , killing 27, another injuring are 29.
* January 21 – According toIRIB television of Iran report, a passenger bus skiddede off the road and plunged into 500-feet ravine, when the driver swerved to avoid rocks falling from the mountain side, betweenShiraz -Kazero,Mazandaran ,Iran , killing 28.
* 3 February – 55 wedding guests die in theNagpur level crossing disaster ,India .
* 8 March – A school bus catches fire inShandong , China, killing 12 children. [ [http://in.news.yahoo.com/050309/43/2k2cg.html Indo-Asian News Service report via Yahoo! India News] ]
* April 17 – A bus carrying vacationer tourist down a sleep slope and 800-feet below down a ravine atGreat-St-Bernard , betweenOrsieres andLiddes ,Valais ,Switzerland , killing 12, another 15 are injured.
* April 19 – According toChongqing Television of China report, a regular route bus plunged off 240-feet bridge at outskirt ofQianjiang ,Chongqing , China, killing 27, another injuring are four.
* 21 April – 31 war veterans die in bus crash on the oldHo Chi Minh trail ,Vietnam . [ [http://newsfromrussia.com/accidents/2005/04/21/59326.html "News from Russia" Report] ]
* 27 April – over 50 people are killed in thePolgahawela level crossing collision when a bus is hit by train.
* May 7 – A passendger bus plunged 1,000 feet below into gorge at Pampa,Pallasca ,Ancash ,Peru , killing 40, another 18 are injured.
* 22 May – 35 are killed in theJauja bus disaster ,Peru when a bus plunges off a bridge. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7937482/ Bus crash in Peru kills at least 35] , May 22, 2005]
* 7 June – 38 people killed in theBadarmude bus explosion , when a bus struck a land mine.
* June 21 – A charter bus carryingBSNL Indian state telecom enployees has failed to negotiate a sharp curve and lost control with plundged into a gorge at outskirt ofKangra ,Himachal Pradesh , India, killing 18, another 20 are injured.
* July 9 – A bus fromSrinagar plunged into a deep river gerge off aDelhi -Badrinath expressway,Rishikesh ,Uttaranchal ,India , killing 25.
* July 17 – According toChina Daily report, aKaishan ofChongqing -Shenzhen regular route bus slipped off mountain and plunged into a deep valley at outskirt ofEnshi ,Hubei , China, killing 17, another 37 are injured.
* July 23 – According toNigerian government report, aLagos -Kano regular route bus plundged into the Gadar Tanburawa river bridge atMaiduguri ,Borno ,Nigeria , killing 56.
* August 24 – According to Guangzhou Television andGuangdong Television report, when a kindergarten bus crossing an intersection at a bridge, as the lights changed, when a cyclist pulled out in front and a bus ploughed onto the crowded pavement at China State Highway 318,Shenzhen ,Guangdong , China, killing 19 and 16 injured.
* August 24 – According to Hubei Television andChina Central Television report, a Wenling-Lichuan regular route bus crashed through the roadside barrier and slide down a 320-feet bank atLichuan ,Hubei , China, killing 14 and injuring 40.
* 23 September – 24 elderly people died when their bus catches fire and burns as they fleeHurricane Rita nearWilmer, Texas . [ [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/23/bus.fire/index.html Police: 24 dead after bus fleeing Rita catches fire] , September 23, 2005]
* 15 October – A speeding bus falls into a river inBogra District ,Bangladesh , killing 25 people. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/16/asia/web.1016bangla.php Bus accident in Bangladesh kills 25] 16 October 2005]
* December 6 – According toBeijing Evening News report, a freight truck carrying colcium carbide, other regular route Beijing Bus vehicle suffered a brake failure rammed, and both vehicles are overturned with dropped into 60-feet ditch and caught fire atBadaling Expressway , betweenChangping -Nankou , outskirt ofBeijing , China, killing 24.
* 24 December – A bus plunges into the icyYellow River in Hanggin Banner,Inner Mongolia , China, killing 28. [ [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/27/content_507115.htm China Daily article] ]
* December 28 – AnAhmedabad -Mumbai regular route bus collided with a chemical tank truck atBarach ,Gujarat , India, killing 22.2006
* January 8 – According to
Ecuadorean police report, two buses collision and crashed onPuerto Inca -Naranjal Highway,Churute ,Guayas ,Ecuador , in an incident caused by both buses are exceed speed, killing 14, another 30 are injured.
* 13 January – A bus collides with a train in heavy fog inKrasnodar Krai , Russia, killing 21 people. [ [http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/011406dnintruss.21f95459.html AP report via Denton Record-Chronicle] ]
* 20 January – A bus plunges off a road and into a 300-foot gorge inRajouri ,India , killing about 50 people and injuring 15. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/01/20/asia/web.0120bus.php Bus falls into gorge in Indian Kashmir] " 20 January 2006]
* 23 January – Two buses collide head on inSão Paulo State inBrazil , killing 33 people. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1553575.htm ABC News Report] ]
* January 31 – A bus carrying Cantonese tourist crush after overturned at national highway,Hurghada ,Red Sea ,Egypt , killing 14, and another 30 are injured.
* January 31 – Two buses collide atQena , Upper Egypt, killing 18, another 24 are injured.
* 7 February – 12 Turkish tourists die when their bus plunges into a ravine in Rome, Italy. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4687860.stm BBC NEWS | Europe | Tourists die in Rome bus plunge ] ]
* 17 February – One killed, 2 injured in a massive 60-cars pile-up on Autoroute 40 nearLavaltrie, Quebec . [ [http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2006/02/20060217-152858.html Carambolage monstre sur l'autoroute 40] , 17/02/2006]
* 18 February –Cardross road accident : 6 people are killed in an alleged hit and run accident in Cardross, Australia.
* March 10 – According to Turkish news agencyAnatolia report, AIstanbul -Van regular route bus careered off the road, and plungedKelkit River at outskirt ofTokat , middle-easternTurkey , killing 30.
* 22 March – Twelve Americans die when a tour bus falls into a canyon nearArica ,Chile . [ [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/03/22/bus.crash/index.html CNN report] ]
* 17 April – 57 people die in theMaltrata bus crash in centralMexico .
* 20 April – At least 47 die when bus falls into a lake atSarupeta ,India [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12399839/ MSNBC News Report] ]
* April 21 – According to BangladeshiATN Bangla television report, a bus carrying wedding couples and families, where plunged intoChitra River and gone down 30-feet deep river at outskirt ofNarail ,Bangladesh , killing 40.
* May 12 – According toMENA news agency of Egypt report, a bus carrying weaving company employees has overturned and plunged into canal at betweenKarr al Battikh andDanietta ,Nile Delta ,Egypt , killing 21, another 20 are injured.
* 16 May – At least 35 die when two buses collide head-on nearKumasi ,Ghana [ [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=104304 Ghanaweb news report] ]
* May 17 – According toChilean TVN report, a regular routeb bus landed on its roof as plunged offTinguiririca River ,Rancagua ,O'Higgins, Chile , killing 23 and injuring 26.
* 26 May – A crashed fuel tanker leaked patrol onto a roadway inTega ,Benin , which exploded as local people tried to collect it, killing between 54 and 75. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/c99e2b815f01225876e7d4fc559101c4.htm Reuters news report] ]
* May 31 – According to Ethiopian News Agency report, aEssie -Baherder regular route bus plunged into a 500-feet deep ravine at outskirt ofKelto ,Amhara ,Ethiopia , Killing 17 and injuring 36.
* 15 June – A bus carrying 45 miners from the Uchucchacua mine toLima inPeru fell into a ravine, killing 28 people. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14290561.htm Reuters news report] ]
* 23 June –Sinai bus crash : 11Arab Israeli tourists are killed when their bus overturns. The survivors later initiate legal action, asserting the crash was actually aterrorist attack .
* June 2006 - "Sunday News" - It has happened again. Over a week ago, a speeding minibus crashed into a river inMirerani , killing 57 people. Four days later nearArusha , another bus accident claimed four lives. [http://www.dailynews-tsn.com/page.php?id=1655]
* August 18 – According toTurkish Radio and Television Corporation report, a bus carryingIranian travellers returning fromSyria has collided with a truck at outskirt ofChaldoran ,West Azarbaijan ,Turkey , killing 17, another injuring are 26.
* August 30 – According toMoroccan news agencyMaghreb Arabe Presse report, a bus carrying 50 passengers on-board rolled over outskirt ofSetta ,Chaouia-Ouardigha ,Morocco , in an incident caused by bus driver has excessive speed, killing 17, another 26 are injured.
* 13 September – 30 vehicle accident onInterstate 696 inFarmington Hills, Michigan , including atransport truck and two cars that drove off the road into theforest to the side of the freeway. The accident was caused bysevere thunderstorm s in the area. Thankfully, there were no fatalities or serious injuries, and many of the drivers involved stepped out of their cars and helped to clean up the road with theMichigan State Police . Speed and the weather may have been a factor in the accident. (Courtesy:WDIV-TV , [http://www.clickondetroit.com] )
* 24 September – Forty-seven people die when a bus crashes into a wall on a road inPapallacta ,Ecuador . [ [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/25/crash.ecuador.reut/index.html Reuters report via CNN] ]
* 30 September –De la Concorde Overpass collapse : Five are killed and six injured when a 65-feet section of a 3-lanes overpass over Autoroute 19 collapses inLaval ,Quebec . The incident sparks a province-wide inspection of sometimes decades old overpasses. [, October 1, 2006]
* 1 October – Thirty killed as a bus falls off a bridge into theJialing River inChongqing , China. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/01/china.bus.crash.ap/index.html AP report via CNN] ]
* 3 October – Twelve killed and 16 injured when a truck and a bus collide near Menbej, in northwestSyria . [ [http://www.sana.org/eng/21/2006/10/04/72926.htm Syrian Arab News Agency report] ]
* 8 October – Forty-two people die when a bus falls down a ravine during foggy and rainy conditions inChiantla ,Guatemala . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6035797.stm BBC News Report] ]
* 8 October – A double-decker bus crashes into a truck in northernArgentina , killing 12 people. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/america/LA_GEN_Argentina_Bus_Truck_Crash.php AP report via International Herald Tribune] ]
* 9 October – Twelve people helping in Typhoon Xangsane relief efforts are killed in a van accident inKhanh Hoa Province ,Vietnam . [ [http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=01MIS141006 Vietnam News Agency report] ]
* 15 October – Two buses and a truck collide inSivas Province ,Turkey , killing 13 and injuring more than 20. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/15/europe/EU_GEN_Turkey_Bus_Crash.php AP report via International Herald Tribune] ]
* 19 October – A bus overcrowded with passengers plunges into a reservoir inMadhya Pradesh ,India , killing 56 people. [ [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-10-20T104210Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-273053-1.xml Reuters report] ]
* 21 October – A bus plunges off a mountain road between Sucre andCochabamba inBolivia , killing 29 and injuring 25. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-10-21-bolivia-bus_x.htm?csp=34 AP report via USA Today] ]
* 23 October – A bus catches fire in downtownPanama City , killing 18 people. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-10-23-panama-bus_x.htm?csp=34 AP report via USA Today] ]
* 25 October – A bus falls off the road and into theTeesta River inSikkim ,India , killing 25 and injuring 45. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-10-26-india-bus-accident_x.htm?csp=34 AP report via USA Today] ]
* 26 October – A bus crashes down an embankment nearArequipa ,Peru , killing 20 and injuring 12. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/26/america/LA_GEN_Peru_Bus_Crash.php AP report via International Herald Tribune] ]
* 28 October – A crowded bus plunges off a cliff inNepal , killing 42 and injuring 43. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/10/28/nepal.bus.plinge/ CNN report] ]
* 31 October – Floods sweep away a minibus travelling inDiyarbakir Province ,Turkey , killing 14 people. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/01/europe/EU_GEN_Turkey_Flooding.php AP report via International Herald Tribune] ]
* 8 November – A truck transporting farm workers plunges into a river inHoshangabad District ,India , killing 29 and injuring 30. [ [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL60162.htm Reuters report] ]
* 13 November – A truck carrying workers is hit by a train nearCape Town ,South Africa . 19 are killed and 6 injured.
* 14 November – A bus plunges into a gorge inHimachal Pradesh ,India , killing 13 and injuring 41. [ " [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/13_die_in_Himachal_bus_accident/articleshow/443092.cms 13 die in Himachal bus accident] " 14 November 2006 ]
* 26 November – A truck carrying passengers veers off the road on a sharp curve inTamil Nadu ,India , killing 17 and injuring 57. [ " [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/At_least_17_killed_in_TN_road_bus_mishap/articleshow/592034.cms At least 17 killed in TN road bus mishap] " 27 November 2006 ]
* 3 December – A tour bus carrying 45 plunges into a valley in Tainan,Taiwan , killing 22 and injuring 23. [ " [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L03201024.htm Taiwan bus crashes into ravine killing 22] " 3 December 2006 ]
* 4 December – A bus plunges into a ravine on a mountain road inPuno Region ,Peru , killing 45 people. [ " [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/05/peru.crash.ap/index.html Andean bus crash kills 45] " 5 December 2006 ]
* 7 December – A truck hits a bus, causing it to fall from a highway bridge in Byala,Bulgaria , and killing 19 people. [ " [http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061207-055347-7506r Bulgaria bus, truck crash kills 19] " 7 December 2006 ]
* 9 December – A trailer dislodges from a moving truck and crashes into a bus on a mountain road in Mae Sot district,Tak Province ,Thailand , killing 12 and injuring 20. [ " [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200612101140.htm 12 killed, 20 injured in bus crash in Thailand] " 10 December 2006 ]
*flagicon|Peru 13 December – A bus plunges into a river after colliding with a truck on a mountain road nearBagua, Peru , killing 21 and injuring 30. [ " [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/14/america/LA_GEN_Peru_Bus_Crash.php Bus crash leaves 21 dead, 30 injured in Peru's northern jungle] " 13 December 2006 ]
* December 22 – According to Nigerian Vanguard Online report, two passenger buses head collided atOwena , outskirt ofAkure ,Ondo ,Nigeria , in an incident caused bya bus was trying go overtake a car, when it collided head on with a regular route bus coming opposite direction, killing 17.
* 24 December – A bus goes out of control, overturns and smashes into bridge supports nearPietermaritzburg ,South Africa , killing 12 and injuring 40. [ " [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21799728.htm 12 die in South Africa holiday bus crash] " 24 December 2006 ]
* 25 December – Two minivans collide inKabardino-Balkaria , Russia, causing amethane explosion that kills 13 people. [ " [http://www.dailyindia.com/show/96823.php/Russian-traffic-accident-kills-13-people Russian traffic accident kills 13 people] " 25 December 2006 ]
* A collision in the industrial town of Cuautitlan outside Mexico city saw 24 people lose their lives on 28 December when their bus collided with a 36-wagon freight train. Another 12 passengers were hurt. Police arrested the bus driver who reportedly tried to flee the scene.
* December 29 – According to Yunnan Television report, a bus carrying 21 passengers dash and hit three road workers and then plunged 95-yards down a cliff at outskirt ofBaoshan ,Yunnan , China, killing 17 and seven injured.2007
* 6 January – A bus travelling from
Dhaka toChittagong crashes and catches fire nearComilla ,Bangladesh , killing from 55 to 70 people. [ " [http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-01-06T235138Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-282490-2.xml At least 55 dead in Bangladesh bus fire] " 7 January 2007]
* January 11 – According toIRIB television ofIran report, a truck lost control and smashed into a regular route bus atArak -Malayer expressway, outskirt of Arak,Markazi , Iran, killing 14.
* 12 January – Two buses collide near the border betweenSaudi Arabia andUnited Arab Emirates , killing 22hajj pilgrims. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/12/africa/ME-GEN-Saudi-Hajj-Accident.php Bus collision in eastern Saudi Arabia kills 24 Muslim pilgrims returning from hajj] " 12 January 2007]
* 15 January – A bus collides head-on with a tractor-trailer inCesar Department ,Colombia , killing 20 people. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/16/america/LA-GEN-Colombia-Traffic-Deaths.php Traffic crash leaves 20 dead in northern Colombia] " 15 January 2007]
* 19 January – A double-decker bus plunges into a river nearChiang Mai ,Thailand , killing 22 people. [" [http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=242358 22 People, Mostly Teachers Killed In Accident In Thailand] " 19 January 2007]
* 22 January – A speeding bus overturns 250 miles northeast ofKampala ,Uganda , leading to 21 deaths and 30 injuries. [" [http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/01/22/uganda.crash.ap/ 21 killed in Uganda bus crash] " 22 January 2007]
* 24 January – A bus falls into a ravine near Huautla,Oaxaca ,Mexico , killing at least 29 and injuring over 24. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/24/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Bus-Crash.php Bus plunges into ravine in southern Mexico, kills 29] " 24 January 2007]
* 27 January – A truck collides head-on with a speeding bus on the highway betweenAleppo andAr Raqqah in northernSyria , killing 26 people, including six children, and injuring six others. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/28/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Accident.php 26 people, including 6 children, killed in road accident in Syria] " 28 January 2007]
* 1 February – A truck veers off its lane and rams into a bus inGhana , killing 16. [" [http://www.graphicghana.info/article.asp?artid=15380 Sixteen Perish At Akuse Junction] " 2 February 2007]
* 2 February – A tanker carrying liquefiedcarbon dioxide crashes, overturns and explodes in Tigbao,Philippines , killing 50 and injuring 65. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/03/asia/AS-GEN-Philippines-Tanker-Blast.php Death toll in tanker blast explosion in southern Philippines rises to 50, 65 injured] " 3 February 2007]
* 8 February – A train collides with a bus at alevel crossing inKhanh Hoa Province ,Vietnam , killing 13 and injuring 24.E1 Train Disaster [" [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21197624-23109,00.html Vietnamese bus collides with train killing 13] " 9 February 2007]
* 19 February – Two buses collide near Makhado,South Africa , killing 17 and injuring 45. [" [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=181&art_id=nw20070219110612101C926441 Bus crash claims 17] " 19 February 2007]
* 22 February – A bus crashed into a crowd celebrating theCarnival inOruro ,Bolivia , killing 15 people. [" [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23191025.htm Bus runs over, kills 15 during Bolivian Carnival] " 23 February 2007]
* 2 March – 7 people are killed when a bus transporting theBluffton University baseball team crashes through a barrier and lands onInterstate 75 inAtlanta, Georgia . ["Bluffton Bus Accident" 1 June 2007]
* 6 March – A bus collides with a freight train at a level crossing inHarare ,Zimbabwe , killing 37 people. [" [http://za.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-03-06T125243Z_01_BAN633354_RTRIDST_0_OZATP-ZIMBABWE-ACCIDENT-20070306.XML Zimbabwe bus and train collision kills 34] " 6 March 2007] [" [http://english.people.com.cn/200703/13/eng20070313_357191.html Death toll from Zimbabwe's bus-train crash rises to 37] " 13 March 2007]
* 15 March – A minibus overturns and falls into banboo-covered valley inMuding ,Chuxiong ,Yunnan , China, killing 14 and injuring 12." [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest_of_World/36_killed_in_two_bus_accidents_in_China/articleshow/1771952.cms 36 killed in two bus accidents in China] " 16 March 2007]
* 15 March – A bus veers off the road and plunges into a reservoir inHanzhong ,Shaanxi , China, killing at least 22 and injuring 11.
* 17 March – A bus overturns and falls into a ditch inPurulia District ,India , killing 16 and injuring 67. [" [http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0703170770151742.htm 16 killed, 67 injured in bus mishap in India's West Bengal] " 17 March 2007]
* 18 March – A bridge collapses nearGueckedou ,Guinea , sending an overloaded truck plunging into a river and killing at least 70 people. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/21/africa/AF-GEN-Guinea-Truck-Accident.php Radio: At least 70 dead in Guinea truck crash] " 21 March 2007]
* 20 March – A bus catches fire and has its brakes fail on a mountain road inSaraburi Province ,Thailand , killing 29 and injuring more than 10. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/20/asia/AS-GEN-Thailand-Bus-Accident.php 29 killed when bus loses brakes, catches fire on mountain road in central Thailand] " 20 March 2007]
* 23 March – A bus and a wagon collide on a highway inKhairpur District ,Pakistan , killing at least 13. [" [http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/07/03/25/10113456.html 13 killed as bus collides with wagon] " 25 March 2007]
* 28 March – a 8,800 gallons carrying fuel truck catch fire with explode atKagarko ,Kaduna ,Nigeria , killing at least 98, another 100 injured.
* 5 April – A rear tire blows out on a truck as it travels nearSanta Marta ,Colombia , causing it to flip and explode and leading to a fire that kills 27. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/06/america/LA-GEN-Colombia-Truck-Crash.php Colombian truck crashes killing 27 on first day of Easter holidays] " 5 April 2007]
* 8 April – A truck strikes a bus on a highway bridge in westernIran , causing the bus to tumble into a valley and killing 26. An additional 18 were injured. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/08/africa/ME-GEN-Iran-Fatal-Accident.php 26 killed in road accident in Iran] " 8 April 2007]
* 10 April – A passenger bus overturns on a highway nearRabat ,Morocco , killing 12 and injuring 43. [" [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10567780.htm Moroccan bus crash kills 12, hurts 43] " 10 April 2007]
* 10 April – A bus travelling fromGalle to Colombo inSri Lanka collides with a beer delivery truck about 40 miles south of Colombo, killing 23 and injuring 56. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/10/asia/AS-GEN-Sri-Lanka-Accident.php 23 dead in road accident in Sri Lanka] " 10 April 2007]
* 11 April – A bus carrying students on a field trip crashes into a tractor trailer on King's Highway 410 inBrampton, Ontario . One dies and five are seriously injured. [" [http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=lgKNEhavikM] "]
* 14 April – A bus transporting children fromIzmir toCappadocia collides with a truck nearAksaray ,Turkey , killing 33, mostly children, and injuring 35. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/14/europe/EU-GEN-Turkey-Bus-Crash.php Turkey school bus crash kills at least 33] " 14 April 2007]
* 14 April – A bus and a truck collide nearCiudad Juarez ,Mexico , causing the truck's gas tank to explode. Twenty-eight were killed and 21 were injured. Some passengers say the bus driver might have fallen asleep. [" [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14236785.htm At least 21 killed in Mexican bus crash] " 14 April 2007] [" [http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/miami/24246.html 23 killed in crash outside Ciudad Juárez] " 15 April 2007] [" [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070415-1752-mexico-buscrash.html Mexico bus crash toll rises to 28 dead, passengers say driver apparently fell asleep] " 15 April 2007]
* 14 April – A crowded small sized bus overturned and burst into flame at outskirt ofGarissa , North Eastern,Kenya , killing 15 and injuring 61. [" [http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL15596370.html At least 15 people killed in Kenya bus crash] " 15 April 2007]
* 19 April – A bus falls down a 150-meter cliff on the road betweenCochabamba andSanta Cruz, Bolivia , killing 26 and injuring 19. [" [http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070009303 Bolivian bus crash kills 26] " 20 April 2007]
* 23 April – A bus drives off a highwayoverpass and falls 65 feet inChongqing , China, killing 24 and injuring seven. Slippery road conditions may have been to blame. [" [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/china.crash.reut/ China bus crash kills 24] " 23 April 2007]
* 25 April – A bus drives off a mountain road and falls 300 feet into a stream nearPoonch ,India , killing 22 and injuring 14. [" [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DEL39504.htm Bus falls into stream in Indian Kashmir, 22 killed] " 25 April 2007]
* 29 April – A tanker carrying gasoline catches fire in theMacArthur Maze , inOakland , United States, causing 2 sections of bridge, one of which carries I-580, to collapse. The driver escapes with burns, nobody else is injured. [, April 29, 2007]
* 4 May – A truck collides with two other vehicles and crashes into a crowd waiting for a bus inLincang , China, killing 16 and injuring more than 40. [" [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/05/content_865999.htm May Day holiday road accident kills 16] " 5 May 2007]
* 6 May – A speeding bus veers off a mountain road and falls into a ravine 30 miles north ofIslamabad ,Pakistan , killing 21 Muslim pilgrims. [" [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL231721.htm 21 Pakistani pilgrims die in road crash] " 7 May 2007]
* 7 May – A bus drives off a road and plunges 20 meters into a cornfield inGuizhou , China, killing 17 and injuring 25. [" [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/07/content_866952.htm 17 dead, 25 injured in Guizhou bus accident] " 7 May 2007]
* 7 May – A speeding bus and a truck collide 90 km north ofMaseru ,Lesotho , killing 39 and injuring 54. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/08/africa/AF-GEN-Lesotho-Bus-Crash.php 39 killed in Lesotho bus crash] " 8 May 2007]
* May 7 – According toBolivian police official report, a Llallagua-Sucre Trans Bustillo bus overturned and crashed at outskirt of El Retiro,Bolivia , killing 16 and injuring 30.
* 10 May – A bus travelling fromIvory Coast toTogo collides with a truck full of cocoa nearWinneba ,Ghana , after which another truck and several other vehicles crash into the accident site. About 40 people are killed. [" [http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnBAN230839.html Trucks and bus collide in Ghana, killing 41 people] " 12 May 2007] [" [http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=531126 40 die in multiple Ghana road crash] " 12 May 2007]
* 11 May – A bus swerves on the road, loses control and falls into the Ganges riverbed nearPatna ,India , killing 20 and injuring 12. [" [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP342542.htm Bus plunges into Indian river, 17 killed] " 11 May 2007] [" [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6624812,00.html India Bus Accident Kills 20, Injures 12] " 11 May 2007]
* 13 May – Three buses collide inRivers State ,Nigeria , causing a large explosion that kills at least 50 people. [" [http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=78103 50 Die in Multiple Motor Accident in Rivers] " 14 May 2007] [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/13/africa/AF-GEN-Nigeria-Accident.php Bus crash leaves at least 25 dead in southern Nigeria, police say] "13 May 2007]
* 14 May – An oil tanker, bus and truck collide about 40 miles south ofAhmedabad ,India , killing at least 30 people. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/14/asia/AS-GEN-India-Bus-Fire.php Tanker, truck, bus collison leaves at least 30 dead in western India] " 14 May 2007]
* 18 May – Two buses collide on a highway betweenZulia and Lara inVenezuela , killing 17 and injuring 20. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/19/america/LA-GEN-Venezuela-Bus-Crash.php Bus crash in western Venezuela kills 17, injures 20] " 18 May 2007]
* 20 May – A three-wheeled tractor with a cargo trailer overturns on a mountain road inLiaoning , China, killing 20 women. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/21/asia/AS-GEN-China-Road-Deaths.php 20 Chinese female farmers killed when tractor overturns on mountain road] " May 20, 2007]
* 23 May – A bus travelling fromMosul ,Iraq overturns on a highway inSyria , 250 miles north ofDamascus , killing 14 and injuring 20. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/24/africa/ME-GEN-Syria-Accident.php Road accident leaves 14 people dead in northern Syria] " 24 May 2007]
* 18 June – A truck hits a bus on a highway between Halle andMagdeburg , Germany, causing it to plunge down an embankment. Thirteen are killed and 31 are injured. [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/18/europe/EU-GEN-Germany-Bus-Accident.php 13 killed in bus accident in eastern Germany] " 18 June 2007]
* July 1 – A bus and a truck collide on thePan-American Highway in northernPeru , killing 24. [ [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/070207dnintperucrash.25e3efd.html Bus collides with truck on Peruvian highway; 24 killed] , July 1, 2007]
* July 2 – 19 are killed and 25 injured when aSolan -bound bus rolls off 300 meters into a ravine nearShimla ,India . [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/19_killed_in_Himachal_bus_accident/articleshow/2168121.cms 19 killed in Himachal bus accident] , 3 July 2007.]
* July 3 – Two buses collide in theSinai Peninsula ,Egypt , killing 12 and injuring a further 58. [ [http://au.news.yahoo.com/070703/2/13vww.html Egypt tour bus crash kills 12] , July 3, 2007]
* July 4 – A landslide buries a bus nearEloxochitlan in theMexican state ofPuebla . 32 bodies are recovered before the search is ended. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/05/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Landslide.php Landslide buries at least 40 on Mexican mountain road] , July 4, 2007] [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/06/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Landslide.php Rescuers recover 32 bodies, end search for victims of Mexican landslide] 5 July 2007]
* July 13 – A tour bus traveling fromLhasa toShigatse plunges into the Yarlung Tsangpo River about 55 miles west ofLhasa inTibet , killing 14 and injuring 13. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/14/asia/AS-GEN-China-Tibet-Bus-Accident.php Death toll in Tibet tour bus accident climbs to 14] 14 July 2007]
*flagicon|France July 22– a Polish bus with pilgrims overturns, plunges and burns in FrenchAlps in Notre-Dame-de-Mésage, nearVizille ,Isère , France killing 26 and injuring 24. [" [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aiWwU1PmOpns&refer=europe] ]
*flagicon|United States August 1 – TheI-35W Mississippi River Bridge , inMinneapolis, Minnesota , collapses during afternoon rush hour, killing 13 and injuring 100.
*flagicon|Peru August 7 – According toPeru vianAmerica Television report, aNazca -Acari and another Civa bus service bound forLima are head-on collision at Panamericana Sur Highway, Acari,Arequipa , Peru, killing 14, another 30 are injured.
*flagicon|Malaysia 13 August – 20 passengers were killed in the bus crash in North-South Expressway nearBukit Gantang ,Changkat Jering ,Perak .
*flagicon|Pakistan August 20 – According Pakistani newspaperDaily Jang report, a bus veered off a mountain road, and crashed into aNeelum Valley ,Ghori ,Azad Kashimir ,Pakistan , killing 25, another injuring are eight.
*flagicon|Uganda 26 August – A truck carrying UPDF soldiers and their family crashes and overturns nearMount Elgon , in EasternUganda , killing 72 people, including 57 soldiers, and injuring a further forty. [" [http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/08/27/uganda-crash.html 72 killed in Uganda truck crash] ", August 27, 2007] [" [http://allafrica.com/stories/200708271524.html Uganda: 73 Killed in Army Truck Crash] ", 27 August 2007]
*flagicon|India 8 September – Over half of the 150 passengers aboard a pilgrimage bus are killed when it crashes into a gorge inNagbavji ,India ."",Wikinews , September 8, 2007]
*flagicon|Nigeria 8 September – Two different bush crashes and fires claim a total of 48 lives in northernNigeria ." [http://allafrica.com/stories/200709100284.html Nigeria: 9 Youth Corps Members, 39 Others Roasted to Death in Auto Accidents] ", "Vanguard" via allAfrica.com, 10 September 2007]
* 9 September – A tractor-trailer carryingammonium nitrate overturn and catches fire near Monclova,Mexico . The subsequent explosions kills over thirty people and injures over 150. [" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6989661.stm Mexico police probe truck inferno] ", "BBC news", 11 September 2007] [" [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/11/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Truck-Explodes.php Truck carrying ammonium nitrate blows up, killing 28 in northern Mexico] ", AP via "International Herald Tribune", September 11, 2007.]
* September 16 – According toTelevisa of Mexico report, aPuerto Vallarta -Guadalajara Vallarta Plus regular route bus ran off a mountain road where plunged a ravine at outskirt ofCompostela ,Nayarit ,Mexico , killing 17, another 13 are injured.
*flagicon|Cuba October 7 – A bus and train collide inGranma Province ,Cuba , killing 28. [, "Wikinews", 7 October 2007.]
*flagicon|Brazil October 11 – According toRede Globo television of Brazil report, aChapeco -Sao Jose do Cedro regular route bus has collided with a truck, while trying to pass another vehicle on a curve, which happened a truck lost control and hitting several emagency and rescue workers at outskirt ofDescanso ,Santa Catarina ,Brazil , killing 28 and injuring 90.
*flagicon|Portugal November 16 – According toLusa news agency and RTP television report, a bus collided with a car and bus flipped over with tumbled down at outskirt ofFatima ,Ourem , Portugal, killing 13, another 24 are injured.
*flagicon|Nigeria November 19 – According toNigerian police official report, an Enugu-Port Harcourt regular route bus rammed into oncoming truck atOgida ,Enugu ,Nigeria , killing 21, another injuring are 10.
*flagicon|China November 24 – According to Xinhua and CCTV of China report, a Linchuan Linda bus travelling from Shanghai plunged by landslide at outskirt ofBadong ,Hubei , China, killing 31.
*flagicon|India December 14 – According toUnited News of India report, aLudhiana -Ferozepur Satluj Express collided with a bus carrying local college students and teachers at crossing ofMoga , Punjab ofIndia , killing 17, another 18 are injured.
*flagicon|Egypt December 31 – According to Egyptian Television report, a regular route bus collided with a truck and flipped into an irrigation canal at outskirt ofDayrat ,Asyut ,Egypt , killing 19, another injuring are 40.2008
* 9 January – A 70-vehicle pileup, which killed four persons, and injured 38, occurred on
Interstate 4 south ofOrlando, Florida . A mix of fog and thick smoke from a nearby environmental burn caused near-zero visibility and is to blame for the accident. [ [http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-fault1108jan11,0,3303365.story 70-VEHICLE CRASH ON I-4] ]
* January 18 – According toBolivian police official report, a regular route bus ran off the road and plunged into a 600-feet deep ravine at outskirt ofManco Kapac ,La Paz ,Bolivia , killing 13, another 22 are injured.
* 20 January – A bus carrying Hindu religious pilgrimage plunges into a gorge atNashik ,Maharashtra ,India , killing 39 people and injuring another 40. [ [http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20080121/873547.html Nasik bus accident toll rises to 39] , "Webindia123", Monday, Jan 21]
* 20 January – A regular bus bound forMon State skids off the road and flips over at outskirt ofKyaik Hto ,Myanmar , killing at least 27, injuring another 10.
* January 26 – A bus carryingJordanian tourist collides with a tank truck and overturns into a valley atJarash ,Jordan , killing at least 21, injuring at least 30. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/26/africa/ME-GEN-Jordan-Bus-Crash.php Jordan tourist bus crash kills 21, police say] , Associated Press via "International Herald Tribune", January 26, 2008]
* January 29 – A regular routeChongqing -Shenzhen bus skidded off an icy road packed with snow and fell into a valley at the 98.9 kilometer point of theGuiyang -Zhunyi expressway, on the outskirts of Zhunyi,Guizhou , China, killing 25, another 13 are injured.
* January 31 – According to media and government of Zimbabwe are confirmed report, a Mhunga bus service bound forRenco with 75 passengers onboard, where left side road and crush into a tree Masvingo-Nemanwa road,Masvingo ,Zimbabwe , 14 people are killed, another 55 are injured.
* February 5 – A truck carrying many Hindu pilgrims hit a wall by a roadside, where lost control of the vehicle with overturned atHathras ,Uttar Pradesh ,India , killing 12, another 20 are injured.
* February 12 – According to China Daily report, a Chishui-Zunyi regular route bus veered off highway and plunged into 150-feet high cliff at outskirt ofChishui ,Guizhou , China, killing 21, another 14 are injured.
* February 17 – According toAssociated Press of Pakistan report, aLahore -Dera Ghazi Khan local regular bus veer off a bend in the bridge and plunged onto another road below at outskirt ofAialkot , Punjab of Pakistan, killing 14, another 31 are injured.
* February 17 – According toGEO Television of Pakistan report, a Lahore-Multan passenger bus carrying over 60 people onboard has caught fire after going off a bridge at outskirt ofPattoki , Bunjab of Pakistan, killing 40 and injuring 22.
* February 18 – According to a Chinese news agencyXinhua report, a regular route bus ran into the rear of a tank truck, triggering a fire and explosion which ignited other vehicles, at the 471 kilometer point of theBeijing -Zhuhai expressway, on the outskirts ofChenzhou ,Hebei , China, killing 15, another 25 are injured.
* February 21 – A bus travelling fromChittagong , where hit a pole carrying power line and caught fire atCox's Bazar ,Bangladesh , killing at least 16, another 20 are injured.
* February 23 – According to Saudi news angencySaudi Press Agency report, Saudi Public Transport (SAPTCO) regular route bus overturned by faulty brakes at outskirt ofAbha ,Asir ,Saudi Arabia , killing at least 25, another 8 are injured.
* February 24 – A local bus veered off the road with plunged into a pond at outskirt of Sonapur,Assam ,India , killing at least 18, another one injured.
* March 1 – An overcrowded local bus with 70 passengers onboard, where a bus driver tried to brake by downshifting, aftermath, a bus plunged off the highway and rolled down a fifty-foot slope, with slid about 200-yard down the highway atCuilapa ,Guatemala , killing 53, another 17 are injured.
* March 5 – According to Indian police report, a truck carrying Hindu pilgrims has overturned and lost control of another truck while negotiating a sharp turn atHathras ,Uttar Pradesh ,India , killing 11, another 20 are injured.
* March 9 – A Mar de Ajó-Buenos Aires regular route bus disregards the National Highway Route 2's crossing signal, when aBuenos Aires -Mar del Plata nightly express train hit the bus at El Rapido Argentine line on the outskirts ofDolores , state of Buenos Aires,Argentina , killing at least 26, another 60 injured.
* March 12 – A series of accidents occurred, 200 vehicles crashed and went up in flames at E 11 highway ofDubai ,UAE , 7 killed and 200 injured. It is considering to be one of the worst road accidents in the country.
* March 14 – According toSyrian Arab News Agency report, aIdlib -Tartus regular route bus was crushed by overturning and hitting a house on the outskirts of Tartus, southwesternSyria , killing 23, another 31 are injured. In an incident caused by exceeding speed.
* March 14 – According to Bangladeshi police and Channel 1 television report, a bus carrying a wedding couples and families collided head-on with truck before plunging into a ditch at outskirt ofGoumadi ,Barisal ,Bangladesh , killing 12, another 11 are injured.
* March 15 – According toIran ian news agencyIRNA report, a bus carrying 22 university students collided with truck, both vehicles caught fire immediately after the crash betweenAndimeshk ofKhuzestan andPol-e-Dokhtar ofLorestan ,Iran , killing 22, another 7 are injured.
* March 16 – According toPeru vianPanamericana Television report, two passenger buses head-on collided and one of the vehicles drove out atChimbote ,Ancash ,Peru , killing 14, another 35 are injured.
* March 25 – A major motorway pileup in Austria involving at least 60 vehicles occurred near Seewalchen causing 1 death and 30 injuries. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7312477.stm BBC - Mass motorway pile-up in Austria] ]
* March 25 – A regular route bus plunged off a side of highway and rolled 500-yards down a hillside atOcotepeque ,Honduras , killing 26, another 19 are injured.
* March 27 – According toUganda Broadcasting Corporation report, a bus overturned and caught fire, when bus escaping overtake a trailer at outskirt ofKingo ,Masaka ,Uganda , killing 40.
* March 28 – According toXinhua of China report, aShenzhen -Chongqing regular route bus smashed into a minivan overtaking and then plunged into a river at expressway,Tankou ,Sangzhi ,Hunan , China, killing 13.
* April 3 – According toSouth African SAPA news agency report, a bus bound forMaputo carrying mine workers ofMozambique , left the road, and burst into flames with collided a tree at outskirt ofKomatipoort ,Mpumalanga ,South Africa , killing 17.
* April 4 – According to Indian police andZee News television report, an overcrowdedBabughat -Narayanpur charter bus skidded off the road and plunged into a canal atKestopur , North 24 Parganas,West Bengal ,India , killing 20, another 35 are injured.
* April 12 – According toJamahiriya Arab News Agency of Libya report, a traveller bus collided with a car, and veered off the road and then plunged into river at outskirt ofMizdah ,Libya , killing 36, another nine are injured.
* April 12 – A bus carrying British tourists collided with a truck nearJipijapa killing five and injuring a further 12.
* April 16 – According to IndianNDTV report, a bus carrying 60 school children fromBodeli , has overtake a track and lost control, after plunged intoNarmada River , outskirt ofVadodara ,Gujarat ,India , in an incident caused by bus driver has exceed speed, killing 47 people. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7349795.stm |title= Children die in Indian bus plunge |accessdate=2008-04-16 |work=BBC News ]
* April 19 – According to Bangladeshi police andBangladesh Television report, aKurigram -Dhaka bus carrying workers has overturned and plunge off Jamuna bridge atTangail ,Bangladesh , killing 18, another 35 are injured.
* April 19 – A bus carrying Finnish tourists collided with a 4X4 and overturned on highway near the coastal resort ofBenalmadena killing 9 and injuring 19. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7356902.stm |title= Nine killed in Spain coach crash |accessdate=2008-04-20 |work=BBC News ]
* April 20 – According to Indian police official report, a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged 370-feet into a deepgorge at outskirt ofBattery Cheshma , Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing 13, another 28 are injured.
* April 23 – According to Indian police official report, an overcrowded mini-van carrying wedding couple and family collided with a truck at outskirt ofKhara ,Rajasthan , India, killing 24.
* May 1 – According to Hong Kong Tv ATV andTVB report, a bus carrying elderly to a local religious ceremony has overturned and smashed into a barrior atSai Kung ,Hong Kong , killing 17, another injuring are 45.
* May 1 – According to Bolivian police official report, two minivan carryingIsraeli and Japanese passengers head on collide and caught fire at outskirt ofUyuni ,Potosi ,Bolivia , killing 13.
* May 4 – According to Indian police official report, an overcrowded jeep carrying wedding couple and family crashed into truck at outskit ofMumbai ,India , killing 16.
* May 7 – According toAmerica Television of Peru report, aLima -Yauyos regular route bus went off a mountain road, and plunged into 330-feet below ofCanete River at outskirt ofYauyos ,Peru , killing 29, another injuring are 15.
* May 8 – According toKashmiri police official report, a bus skidded off a mountain road while negotiating a sharp bend and plunged into 370-feet below theChenab River , outskirt ofKishtwar ,India n-Kashmir , killing 44.
* May 9 – According toTanzanian police official report, a bus carrying Catholic Nuns and a truck collided atMorogoro -Dodoma road, outskirtof Dodoma, Tanzania, killing 15.
* May 9 – According to Tanzanian police official report, a trailer hit a local passenger bus where tried to avoid a smash up with an oncoming vehicle at outskirtof Dodoma,Tanzania , killing 12, another injuring are 29.
* May 17 – According to Hangzhou Television and Zhejiang Television report, an involving tractor collided by a mini bus and car, where a tractor was blocked and stopped by two vehicles, and exploded at Yongzhong,Longwan ,Wenzhou ,Zhejiang , China, killing 16, another injuring are 29.
* May 19 – According to portal site of Nepal news report, an overcrowded regular routeKrishnanagar -Swagadwari Dang bus skidded off the mountain road, and plunged 500-feet below intoRapti River ,Bagasati ,Dang ,Nepal , killing 46, another injuring are 28.
* May 19 – According toTV Azteca of Mexico report, an Estrella Blanca regular route bus plummeted 200-feet off a mountain highway at outskirt ofMetzquitilan ,Hidalgo ,Mexico , killing 28, and many passengers and a driver has injured.
* May 21 – According toPress Trust of India report, aPithoragarh -Bageshwar regular route bus veer off a road and plunged into the ditch where 300-feet below at outskirt ofChordhuroli ,Uttarakhand ,India , in an incident caused by mechanical fault, killing 21, another injuring are nine.
* May 23 – According toIran ian newspaperEtemaad report, a bus collided with a truck at a mountain road betweenHamedan andMalayer , Hamedan,Iran , in an incident caused by truck driver has illegally overcoming and a bus driver has exceed speed, killing 24, another injuring are 11.
* May 27 – According toSouth African Broadcasting Corporation news report, aMvenyane -Matatiele regular route bus plunged 450 feet down an embankment in Kaka Pass, where landed upside down in river atCedarville ,Eastern Cape ,South Africa , killing 28.
* June 1 – According to Bolivian police official report, aLa Paz -Yungas regular route bus plunged 630-feet down a ravine at betweenAsonta -Chulumari ,Bolivia , killing 20 and injuring 15.
*flagicon|France June 2 – A bus carrying more than 50 schoolchildren was hit by a regional express train on a level crossing inHaute-Savoie , France. Seven children died and many others were injured.
*flagicon|China June 3 – According to Shanxi Television report, a Shuozhou transport regular route bus collided with a truck at Yuanyuan,Shuozhou ,Shanxi , China, killing 22 and injuring two.
*flagicon|Vietnam June 3 – According toVietnam ese newspaperNhan Dan andTuoi Tre report, aHo Chi Minh City -Hanoi regular route bus carrying 50 passengers onboard head-on collided with a container on the trailer truck at outskirt ofHam Tan ,Binh Thuan ,Vietnam , killing fourteen and injuring eighteen.
* June 9 – According to police official of India report, a passenger bus collided with a jeep atShahuwadi Kohlapur ,Maharashtra ,India , killing 17 and injuring 25.
* June 9 – According to Indian Embassy ofThimphu report, a truck carrying Indian workers smashed and negotiating a narrow wet condition stretch road while returning from work site atWangkha ,Chukha ,Bhutan , killing 12.
* June 15 – According toUnited News of India report, aBachri -Rampur Himachal Pradesh Road Transport bus plunged into a 500-feet deep gorge at Kalchi More, Rampur,Himachal Pradesh ,India , killing 16 and injuring six.
* June 16 – According to Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation news report, a NPS bus crashed and lost control by a front tire has bursting at Great East Road, Nyalugwe, Nyimba,Zambia , killing 28 and injuring 52.
* June 21 – According to Indian police official report, a Rampur-Basheri Himachal Road Transport bus plunged into george, when crowded road in a narrow curve with drivers error at outskirt ofRampur ,Himachal Pradesh , India, killing 16.
* June 23 – According toNTV Turkey report, a freight train rammed into minibus, which passing level crossing despite warn up at outskirt ofNurdagi ,Gaziantep ,Turkey , killing eleven bus passengers.
* June 25 – According toNigerian Television Authority news report, a multipile motors, including Petyex Transport bus, fuel tanker and six vehicles crashed at Ita bridge,Ikot ,Akwa Ibom ,Nigeria , killing 25.
* June 28 – According toTimes of India report, aSakhnikhet -Kotdwar regular route bus plunged into a gorge at outskirt ofBedgaon ,Nainital ,India , killing thirteen and injuring nine.
* June 29 – According toTelevisa of Mexico report, a truck slammed into two Omnibus de la Laguna passenger buses stopped for repair and mechanical failure at 126 kilometers point from US and Mexican border ofPan American Highway ,Ojo Laguna ,Chihuahua ,Mexico , killing seventeen and injuring fifteen.
* July 1 – According to Reuters, AP, AFP, IRNA news, a bus overturned on a highway at betweenTeheran -Qom ,Ray Country ,Iran , killing 25 and seriously injured 16.
* July 3 – According toDoordarshan television of India report, a Haldwani-Kashipur regular route bus carrying 48 passengers rammed into a tree, when a front tyre of a vehicle burst atGadappu ,Nainital ,India , killing nineteen and injuring 29.
* July 4 – According to Interior Minister and civil protection agency of El Salvador report, a bus carrying a local evangelical church members hit by heavy massivie rain with flood, where plunged into Acelhuate River, San Marcos,San Salvador ,El Salvador , killing 31.
* July 5 – According to News Agency of Nigeria report, a bus carrying conveying pupils head on collided with another vehicle at betweenBenin City -Asaba expressway,Nigeria , killing eighteen, including twelve children.
* July 7 – According to Bangla Vision television teport, a Chittagong-Dhaka regular route bus lost control and crashed into another bus in the opposite direction, where plunged into a 200-foot deep road side ditch at outskirt ofComilla , nearChittagong ,Bangladesh , killing twenty and injuring fourty.
* July 8 – According toBolivision report, a truck loaded with sixty passengers and many goods plunged 650-foot down a cliff at outskirt ofPotosi ,Bolivia , killing 47 and injuring ten.
* July 9 – According to Indian police official report, an overcrowdedRamgarh -Ranchi regular route bus collided with a truck and plunged into theChutupala Valley ,Netarhat ,Jharkhand , India, killing twenty and injuring thirty.
* July 11 – According to SBT television of Brazil report, aPorto Velho -Roraima ofBrazilia regular route bus carrying 36 passengers head-on collide with trailor truck with gasoline, both vehicles caught fire at BR-364 expressway,Ouro Preto do Oeste ,Rondonia ,Brazil , killing 22 people.
* July 12 – According to Peruvian police official report, aLima -Tarapoto Civa transport bus skidded off the highway, after theb driver swerved to avoid hitting on-coming trailer truck at outskirt of Vichaycocha,Huaral ,Peru , killing 14 and injuring 10.
* July 18 – According to nepalnews of portal site report, a bus carrying fifty passengers veered off a mountain with plunged into Trishuli River, Narayangadh-Mugling expressway, Chandi Bhanjyang,Chitwan ,Nepal , killing sixteen and injuring twenty-nine.
* July 20 – According to Indian NDTV report, a truck collided head on with a private mini bus at Etah-Kasganj Expressway, outskirt ofEtah ,Uttar Pradesh ,India , at least sixteen dead.
* July 21 – According to Peruvian TV Peru report, a Soyuz Transport bus carrying Hermanos Flores Group head collided with aHuaral -Lima regular route bus atPasamayo , Huaral,Peru , Soyuz bus crossed into a lane of oncoming traffic in an attempt to pass another vehicle, at least 25 dead and injuring sixty.
* July 22 – According to Colombian RCN television report, aPuerto Asis -Pasto regular route bus cassying fifty passengers plunged into a 1600-foot deep ravine at outskirt ofMocoa ,Putamayo ,Colombia , at least twenty-three dead and injuring twenty-one.
* July 23 – According to Indian Khaleej Times report, a Jammu-Srinagar regular route bus crushed by lost control at Banihal Pass, Sher-Bibi, Jammu and Kashimir, India, killing seventeen and injuring thirty-five.
* July 29 – According toPhilippine National Police official and an ABS-CBN television report, a packed commuter bus strayed into an oncoming lane, and crashed head-on collide with another bus atPamplona ,Camarines Sur ,Philippines , at least eleven dead and injuring twenty-nine.
* July 31 – According toIndian Police Service and Times of India report, a bus carrying Nepalease pilgrims plunged intoAlkananda River with killing at least thirty-six and injuring eleven at Panauti, Kaverepalanchowk,Uttarakhanda , India.
* August 2 – According toIndian Police Service and NDTV report, an overloaded truck with 125 farm laborers plunged into a small river and killing at least sixty at Khagaria,Bihar , India.
* August 3 – At least nineteen people killed and injuring many passengers, a bus and a truck collision, and bus driver swerved to the left, when the driver dosed off behind the wheel at Sirjan-Bandar Abbas road, outskirt ofSirjan ,Kerman Province ,Iran . [cite web | url=http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_26234,shtml, Iran bus accident kills 19 |work=Persian Journal]
* August 8 –Sherman, Texas - according to Sherman Police Department official report, an illegally operated charter bus carrying fifty-five people ofVietnamese-American Catholic, Marian Pays group skidded off at Dallas-Oklahoma Highway 75, at least seventeen passenger died and injuring more than fourty.Sherman, Texas bus accident .
* August 15 – At least fifteen children died, a bus with fourty people, including thirty-two children of Baami School has lost control and plunged into Phalguni River in Ulaibitta village,Mangalore ,Karnataka , India. [cite web| url=http://www.sahilonline.org/english/news.php?catID=coastalnews&nid=3077, 25 rescued, 15 dead in Mangalore Bus Accident |work=Sahilonline]
* August 15 – At least twenty-nine died, two passenger buses, mostly Italian andDominica n and collied with two pickup trucka at La Romana,La Altagracia ,Dominican Republic . [cite web |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-sixitalians-among-23-killed-dominican-bus-crash, Six Italians among 23 killed in Dominican bus crash |work=France 24]
* August 16 – At least fifteen died and injuring twenty, a bus plunged off mountain road into 260-meter deep ravine at Mianchi Country,Henan Province , China. [cite web|url=http://www.cctv/com/english/20080816/107068.shtml, Overloading blamed for bus plunge killing 15 in China|work=China Central Television]
* August 18 – At least fifty died, a bus tried to cross a bridge, and swollen and plunged Glace River byTropical Storm Fay at outskirt ofBeaumont , Grand'Ase,Haiti . [cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/08/18/haiti.storm.ap/index.html, Bus overturns in Haiti flooding |work=CNN]
* September 13 – ABazhong -Ningbo bus plunged into a 100-meter deep valley at Nanjiang,Sichuan , China, at least fifty-one killed. [ [http;//www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/14/content_7025504.htm, 51 killed, after bus plunges into valley in SW China] ]
* 15 September – A bus (coach) carrying 49 passengers, mostly elderly Slovakian tourists fromSlovak ,Kosice toVodice , hit a delivery truch, and crashed on aCroatian road, west coast ofEgypt 'sSinai peninsula , killing 14 people (7 foreign tourists from Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine and 5 Egyptians) and injuring 37 others. Outside the resort of Ras Sadr, it skidded off the road and banged into a bridge pillar. [ [http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jaDV_vzLgHfJSCM3ZDxXwMdfj8xA ukpress.google, 14 dead in tourist bus crash] ] [ [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Tourists-Dead-As-Bus-and-Truck-Crash-In-Egypt/Article/200809315099513?lpos=Home_0&lid=ARTICLE_15099513_Tourists%2BDead%2BAs%2BBus%2Band%2BTruck%2BCrash%2BIn%2BEgypt sky.com, Tourists Dead In Egypt Bus Crash] ]
*flagicon|Vietnam September 21 – A bus crashed with atruck coming from the opposite direction onSunday morning at around 4 a.m. in Vietnam's centralNghe An province , killing 16 people on the bus and leaving 13 injured, according to the local traffic safety bureau. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/21/asia/AS-Vietnam-Bus-Accident.php Bus, truck collide, killing 16 in central Vietnam] ]
*flagicon|USA October 3 – A fiery collision between an 18-wheelertractor -trailer , driven by Andrew David Carter, 31, and a statevan , killed 6 applicants for prison jobs and their driver, 36-year-old correctional officer Rodney Kelley, about 20 miles southeast ofMontgomery, Alabama rural highway of U.S. 82 (U.S. Route 82 ). Department of Corrections staff transported them from a state prison nearUnion Springs to another DOC prison. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/04brfs-001.html?ref=us www.nytimes.com, labama: 7 Die When Tractor-Trailer Hits Van] ] The 6 applicants were identified as Julius Bouier, 26; Lionel Moore, 18; John Foye Jr., 20; Brandon Anglin, 23; Henry Simmons Sr., 45; and Derrick Ivey, 22. [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081003/ap_on_re_us/prison_van_crash yahoo.com, 7 killed in fiery Ala. collision on rural road] ] [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jJIE2mzBnt1By1ugEE08MMsLATHAD93J5VI80 ap.google.com, 7 reported killed in fiery Ala. prison van crash] ]
*flagicon|USA October 5 – AGreyhound chartered bus, with 46 people, traveling fromSacramento, California to Colusa Casino Resort, veered across Lone Star Road,Colusa County , and cartwheeled down an embankment southeast ofWilliams, California , killing at least 10 passengers and injuring at least 38. [ [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/California-Casino-Bus-Crash-Kills-10-Injures-Dozens-After-Bus-Overturns-Near-Sacramento/Article/200810115113889 sky.com, Ten Die In California Bus Crash] ] [ [http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-buscrash6-2008oct06,0,6970047.story latimes.com, At least 7 killed, 38 injured in Greyhound bus crash] ]
*flagicon|Thailand October 10 – AThai tour bus with Kaset TechnoKhon Kaen University students on a field trip overturned coming down a steep hill inNadi district,Prachinburi , at 0330 local time (2030GMT ), 135 km (83 miles) north-east ofBangkok , killing 22 people (the driver, 18 male and 3 female students), and seriously injuring 50 others, according to Majors Suchart Yaemsak and General Sanchai Chaiamporn. [ [http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20081010082456200C239166 iol.co.za, University students die in bus crash] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7662654.stm news.bbc.co.uk, Thai bus crash kills at least 22] ] [ [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gm-XCm9fJDiw6zqvAlj3OxUNY94gD93NEA8O0 ap.google, 22 die in Thailand bus crash] ]See also
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List of bridge disasters
*List of rail accidents - includeslevel crossing accidents.
*List of level crossing accidents
*Accidents External links
* [http://moes-garage.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!4FC3316B3CBDCA99!334/ Early Auto Accidents] A Fascinating Collection of Photos of Auto Accidents from the 1920s to 1950's
* [http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d/c.html Partial list of Highway disasters]
* [http://www.descansos.org Descansos.org :: Project to create awareness for victims of vehicular fatalities. Painting the story of victims to create love, peace and public awareness.]
* [http://www.vehiclerecovery.org/history/index.htm A Condensed History of Vehicle Recovery in the United Kingdom.]References
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