This list of traffic collisions records serious road traffic accidents, with multiple fatalities. The list includes notable accidents with
at least 5 deaths, which either occurred in unusual circumstances, or have some other significance. For crashes that killed notable people, refer to the
list of people who died in traffic collisions. This list records crashes from the year 2000. For earlier crashes, see
list of traffic collisions (before 2000).
July 7 – Spain – A bus collided head-on with a truck near
Soria, killing 27 and injuring 13.[1]
August 28 – Nigeria –
Abuja bus crash. A lorry crushed three buses after its brakes failed, rolling backwards into a crowded bus station and killing over 70. Related riots the next day killed four more people.[2]
November 5 – Nigeria –
Ibadan road tanker explosion. A petrol tanker ploughed into a traffic jam and exploded, killing 100â200 people.
December 25 – Philippines – A bus was rear-ended and driven off a 13-meter embankment by another bus in
Bansalan, Davao del Sur, killing 38.[3]
February 28 – United Kingdom –
Selby rail crash. A car was driven off the
M62 motorway onto railway tracks, causing the derailment of a passenger train and its subsequent collision with a freight train, killing 10.
June 25 – Tanzania – A truck overturned near
Sumbawanga, killing 25 and injuring 30.[8]
August 1 – India – A jeep collided head-on with a bus in
Rajasthan, killing 13 and injuring 15.[9]
September 16 – United States – A jeep carrying eight members of the
University of Wyoming cross-country team was hit by a pickup truck driven by a drunk driver along Highway 287, killing all the team members.[10]
October 26 – Philippines – A bus hit a house crowded with mourners in
Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, killing 21 and injuring six.[11]
2002
February 2 – Philippines – A bus plunged off a ravine in
Bokod, Benguet, killing 12 passengers and injuring several others.[12]
April 12 – India – A van carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed into a truck in
Calcutta, killing at least 21 and injuring 17.[13]
May 26 – United States –
I-40 bridge disaster. A barge collided with a bridge support in
Oklahoma, causing a 580 ft (180 m) section of the bridge to plunge into the
Arkansas River, killing 14 and injuring 11.
August 10 – Philippines – A van smashed into a speeding 10-wheeler cargo truck in
Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte, killing 11 and injuring two.[15]
November 6 – Egypt – A tourist bus carrying 50 people slammed into a truck loaded with rocks between
Cairo and
Sharm el-Sheikh, killing 27 and injuring 24.[16][17]
November 24 – Philippines – A bus fell 30â40 feet into a creek in
Tagkawayan, Quezon, killing 33 and injuring six.[18]
2003
January 28 – India – A tourist bus collided head-on with a truck in
West Bengal, killing 42.[19]
April 27 – Philippines – A jeep smashed into an oncoming bus on a mountain road in
Tagkawayan, Quezon causing the bus to plunge into a ravine, killing 11 people and injuring 31.[20]
May 1 – South Africa –
Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash. The driver of a coach took a wrong turn and drove into a dam at night, killing 51.
June 4 – India –
Kasganj level crossing disaster. A bus attempted to cross a closed level crossing and was sliced in half by a train, killing 49.
July 10 – Hong Kong –
Tuen Mun Road bus accident. A bus plunged off a bridge following a collision with a lorry, killing 21.[21]
July 16 – United States –
Santa Monica Farmers Market crash. An elderly man drove his car into another car and then into a farmers' market, killing ten people and injuring 70.
September 22 – Philippines – A bus collided with another bus and a van before plunging into a ravine in
Gattaran, Cagayan, killing 14.[22]
September 27 – Philippines – A minibus ploughed into a waiting shed in
Mariveles,
Bataan killing 14.[23]
October 8 – Indonesia –
East Java bus crash. A truck collided with a bus head-on near
Situbondo, then another truck collided with the rear of the bus which caught fire, killing 54. It was the deadliest road accident in Indonesia.
October 21 – Pakistan – A bus skidded off a bridge and fell into a ditch in
Abbottabad, killing at least 20 and injuring 35.[25]
March 19 – Finland –
Konginkangas bus disaster. The trailer of a truck carrying heavy paper rolls swerved into a bus, killing 23 and injuring 14.
April 11 – United Kingdom –
Ingoldmells bus crash. A double-decker bus collided with pedestrians in the English seaside resort of
Ingoldmells, killing five.
May 24 – Romania –
MihÄileÈti explosion. A truck loaded with
ammonium nitrate rolled over and caught fire before exploding an hour later, killing at least 18 and injuring 13.[29]
June 16 – Pakistan – A bus collided with a truck and plunged from the Kaak bridge in
Islamabad, killing at least 40 and injuring 10.[30]
August 18 – Iran –
Zahedan bus crash. A bus collided with a truck, killing 15 and injuring 20.[31]
March 9 – Turkey – A bus carrying about 40 people drove off a road and plunged into the
Kelkit River in
Tokat Province, killing at least 16 and injuring 11.[37]
April 17 – Mexico –
Maltrata bus crash. A bus crashed about 650 ft (200 m) down a ravine and into a stream in
Veracruz State, killing 57.
October 28 – Philippines – A dump truck lost its brakes while maneuvering a downhill curve, causing it to smash into several vehicles before plowing through villagers celebrating a religious feast in
Makilala, Cotabato, killing 18.[40]
November 13 – South Africa –
Faure level crossing accident. A truck carrying workers was hit by a train, killing 19 and injuring six.
2007
January 6 – Bangladesh –
Comilla bus crash. A bus crashed and caught fire, killing 40-70 people.
February 2 – Philippines – A burning chemical truck exploded as a bus was passing beside it in
Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, killing over 50.[41]
November 4 – Azerbaijan –
BakuâGazakh motorway minibus crash. A minibus carrying twenty people slammed into a parked truck laden with stones, killing 14 and injuring four.[46]
January 29 – Philippines – A van collided head-on with a truck loaded with cement bags on a narrow highway in
Carmen, Cotabato, killing 14 and injuring 20.[48]
February 29 – Nigeria – A bus rolled over and plunged into a ditch along the
Gusau-
Funtua highway in
Zamfara State when a front tyre burst, killing 11.[49]
February 29 – Guatemala –
Villa Canales bus disaster. A bus crashed into a 10-meter ravine after missing a sharp bend, killing 54 and injuring 25.[50]
April 16 – India –
Gujarat bus crash. A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in
Vadodara, killing at least 47, 44 of whom were children.[51]
April 19 – Spain –
BenalmĂĄdena coach crash. An SUV collided with a bus full of tourists while trying to overtake it, killing nine and injuring 38.[52]
August 27 – Philippines – A van carrying South Korean tourists crashed into a concrete wall in
Bolinao,
Pangasinan, killing ten passengers.[57]
October 3 – United States – An Alabama prison van collided with a semi truck on
U.S. Route 82 killing 7 and injuring 1.[58]
October 21 – United Kingdom –
M6 motorway crash. A collision involving three lorries and two cars on the
M6 motorway near
Sandbach killed six, including three children and an infant.[59]
November 15 – Burkina Faso –
Boromo bus crash. A truck carrying 80 people collided with a bus on National Highway 1 before catching fire, killing 66.[60]
December 14 – Egypt –
Dahrut bus accident. A bus plunged into an irrigation ditch while traveling from
Cairo to
Minya, killing at least 55 and injuring 10.
December 16 – Israel –
Israeli tour bus crash. A bus crashed off the road and rolled down a ravine between
Ovda and
Eilat, killing 25 and injuring 30 in the deadliest traffic accident in Israel's history.[61]
2009
February 21 – Slovakia –
Brezno train accident. A train collided with a tourist coach on a level crossing, killing 12 and injuring 20.[62]
March 28 – Philippines – A bus collided with a 10-wheeler hauler truck in
Naga, Cebu, killing 14.[63]
May 28 – Bulgaria –
Yambol bus crash. A bus crashed into a group of pedestrians, killing 18 and injuring 20.[64]
July 24 – Russia –
Rostov-on-Don bus crash. A bus collided with a petrol tanker, killing at least 21.
July 26 – United States –
Taconic State Parkway crash. A minivan driver travelled the wrong way for 2.7 km (1.7 mi) on the
Taconic State Parkway before crashing head-on into an SUV, killing eight and injuring three.[65]
July 27 – Tanzania – A bus collided with a lorry after bursting a tire in
Korogwe, killing 28.[66]
July 30 – Spain –
Sant Pol de Mar bus crash. A double-decker bus carrying Dutch tourists left the highway on a bend and hit a car and a metal crash barrier before overturning, killing six and injuring 36-44.
August 14 – Romania –
ScĂąnteia train accident. A bus collided with a train on County Road 248C, killing at least 14.[67]
September 19 – China – A maintenance vehicle was rear-ended by a truck and plunged off a viaduct in
Nanchang, killing at least 16.[68]
October 28 – Philippines – A bus fell into an 80-foot ravine after colliding with two other vehicles on a bridge in
Cauayan, Isabela, killing ten and injuring 21.[70]
October 31 – Kenya – A bus rolled over in
Modagashe, killing at least 15 and injuring 16.[71]
November 2 – Iran – A bus carrying pilgrims on their way to holy sites in Iraq crashed into a warehouse near
Ilam, killing at least 28.[72]
November 2 – Peru – Two buses and a truck collided in
Arequipa, killing at least 14 and injuring over 40.[73]
December 24 – Peru –
Espinar bus crash. A bus rolled over the edge of a cliff, killing 41 and injuring 22.
2010s
2010
January 14 – Papua New Guinea –
Papua New Guinea bus crash. A bus and a public motor vehicle (PMV, a refitted truck used for public transportation) crashed head-on in
Morobe Province, killing at least 40.[74]
February 8 – Afghanistan –
Salang avalanches. At least 36 avalanches struck the southern approach to the
Salang Tunnel, killing 175.[75]
February 13 – Nigeria –
Port Harcourt bus electrocution. A power line broke, striking two buses and electrocuting the occupants, killing 11.[76]
February 15 – Philippines – A jeepney and a trailer truck collided in
Piat, Cagayan, killing 14 and injuring 13.[77]
October 12 – Ukraine –
Marhanets train accident. A bus ran a red light and crossed a railroad crossing before getting hit by a train, killing 43 and injuring nine.[87]
November 12 – United States – A sedan collided with twelve motorcycles in
El Centro, California, killing five and injuring six.[88]
December 1 – Nigeria –
Alakija tanker explosion. A fuel tanker crashed and exploded, destroying nearby structures as well as two buses and two cars, killing 20.[89]
December 20 – Malaysia –
Cameron Highlands bus crash. A double-decker bus crashed at the Second EastâWest Highway of the
Perakâ
Pahang state border, killing 27.[90]
December 25 – India – A bus collided with a van carrying mourners in
Badaun,
Uttar Pradesh, killing up to 35 and injuring 14.[91]
May 31 – India – A bus carrying wedding guests skidded off a wooden bridge and fell into a pond in
Hajo,
Assam, killing 31.[93]
July 11 – Bangladesh –
Mirsharai bus crash. A
pick-up truck carrying mostly students veered off the road and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 40.[94]
August 5 – CĂŽte d'Ivoire – A bus veered off a bridge in
Abidjan and plunged into the lagoon below, killing 37.[96]
September 27 – Pakistan –
Kallar Kahar school bus accident. While travelling along the
M-2 motorway, a school bus skidded due to mechanical brake failure and fell into a ravine, killing 37 and injuring at least 70.[97]
July 21 – Philippines – A dump truck lost its brakes and fell sideways near
Caibiran, Biliran, killing 14 and injuring 10.[111]
July 23 – United States – A pickup truck carrying illegal immigrants travelling on
Route 59 crashed into two trees near
Berclair, Texas, killing 14 and injuring nine.[112]
July 30 – India – Two trucks collided in
Haryana, killing 29 pilgrims.[113]
August 26 – China –
Shaanxi busâtanker crash. A double-decker sleeper bus and a tanker loaded with methanol collided and caught fire, killing 36.[114]
January 12 – Nepal – A bus veered off a narrow mountain road during thick fog in
Chhatiwan, killing 29 and injuring 12.[121]
February 4 – United Arab Emirates –
Al Ain bus accident. A bus carrying migrant workers collided with another vehicle in
Abu Dhabi emirate, killing 22 and injuring 24.[122]
May 25 – Pakistan –
Gujrat gas bus explosion. A gas cylinder exploded inside a school minivan, killing 17 (16 children) and injuring seven.[127]
June 23 – Montenegro –
Podgorica bus crash. A bus carrying Romanian tourists plunged into a ravine, killing 19 and injuring 28.
July 13 – Russia –
Oznobishino bus crash. A truck carrying gravel collided with a bus, killing 18 and injuring 60.
July 21 – Egypt – An army bus crashed into a truck along the Mediterranean coastal highway, killing 15 soldiers.[128]
July 28 – Italy –
Monteforte Irpino bus crash. A tour bus returning from a pilgrimage went off the highway into a ravine, killing 39 and injuring 19.[129]
August 21 – Malaysia –
Genting Highlands bus crash. A bus carrying 53 passengers crashed into a ravine, killing 37 and injuring 16 in the deadliest road accident in Malaysia.[130]
August 21 – Indonesia – A car and a church bus collided and plunged into a river in
Cisarua,
West Java, killing 19 and injuring 12.[131]
August 29 – Kenya – A bus veered off the road and plunged into a valley in
Narok, rolling over several times, killing 41 and injuring 33.[132]
September 5 – South Africa –
Pinetown crash. An articulated truck drove through a red light at high speed and hit several vehicles, killing 27 and injuring 80.[133]
September 9 – Guatemala –
San Martin Jilotepeque bus disaster. A bus crashed into a 200 m (660 ft) ravine after missing a sharp bend, killing 48 and injuring 37.[136]
September 9 – Iran – Two buses collided in
Qom, killing 44 and injuring 39.[137]
September 18 – Canada –
Ottawa busâtrain crash. A double-decker bus and a train collided, killing six and injuring 35.[138]
October 10 – India – A truck carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed into a gorge in
Hoshiarpur, killing 20 and injuring 35.[139]
October 12 – Peru –
Santa Teresa bus disaster. A bus carrying 51 people plunged off a cliff and ended up in the
Cachimayo River, killing everyone on board. This crash tied with the
2018 Pasamayo bus crash as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history.
October 24 – Thailand – A bus carrying Buddhist worshippers from a temple plunged into a ravine in
Wang Nuea,
Lampang Province, killing 20 and injuring 16.[141]
October 28 – China – A cement mixer rear-ended a motorized tricycle, then collided with a minibus in
Kuytun,
Xinjiang, killing 10 and injuring two.[142]
October 30 – India –
Mahabubnagar bus accident. A bus hit a culvert, damaging its fuel tank and causing a fire, killing 45 and injuring seven.[143]
November 11 – South Africa – A bus collided with a truck in
Mpumalanga province, killing 29.[144]
November 18 – Egypt – A train ploughed into a lorry and a mini-bus, killing 30 and injuring 28.[145]
January 7 – Nigeria –
Kirikiri tanker explosion. A tanker loaded with about 33,000 liters of gasoline rammed into parked vehicles[148] and exploded, killing 15.[149]
January 15 – Pakistan – A school bus collided head on with a garbage truck in
Nawabshah, killing 20.[150]
March 10 – Egypt – A truck collided with a bus on a highway that was flooded after heavy rains in
Asyut, killing 16.[153]
March 11 – Egypt –
Suez bus crash. A bus collided with a parked car at Ain Moussa power station, killing 25 and injuring 27.[154]
April 13 – United States – A
FedEx truck with two trailers driving on a freeway in
Orland, California drove over a median and entered opposite traffic, striking a sedan which then collided with a chartered bus carrying high school students for a field trip and ignited, killing 10.[155]
April 13 – Mexico –
Acayucan bus crash. A bus collided with a broken-down truck and caught fire in
Veracruz State, killing 36 and injuring four.[156]
April 20 – Pakistan – A bus rammed into a disabled flatbed trailer parked on the side of a highway in
Pannu Aqil, killing 36.[157]
June 17 – India – A bus fell into a mountain gorge in
Saharanpur, killing 13 and injuring dozens.[159]
June 27 – Afghanistan – A truck and a minibus collided in
Nangarhar, killing 17 and injuring nine.[160]
August 9 – China – A tour bus fell off a 30 ft (9.1 m) cliff after crashing in a pileup involving an SUV and a pickup truck in
Nyemo,
Tibet, killing 44.[161]
August 17 – Afghanistan – A truck loaded with people and animals crashed in a mountainous area of
Badghis, killing 33 and injuring 13.[162]
August 22 – Egypt – Two buses coming from opposite directions collided about 30 miles from
Sharm el-Sheikh, killing 33.[163]
August 31 – Afghanistan – A fuel tanker collided with a van in
Herat, killing 23.[164]
October 6 – Nepal – A bus plummeted some 300 m (980 ft) down a road in
Doti, killing 41.[165][166][167]
October 13 – Egypt – Three minibuses were involved in a crash in
Edfu,
Aswan Governorate, killing 30.[168]
November 5 – Egypt – A school bus, a fuel tanker and two passenger vehicles collided and caught fire in
Damanhur, killing 17 people and injuring 18.[169]
December 22 – United Kingdom –
Glasgow bin lorry crash. A bin lorry vehicle mounted the pavement after its driver passed out at the wheel in
George Square, killing six and injuring 15.[172]
2015
January 10 – Pakistan –
Karachi traffic accident. An oil tanker travelling on the wrong side of the road collided with a bus, killing 62.[173]
February 4 – China – A minibus crashed in
Meizhou,
Guangdong, during the first day for the peak travel season centered on the
Chinese New Year, killing 10.[174]
March 11 – Tanzania –
Iringa road accident. A bus and two trucks collided, killing 41 and injuring 25.[175]
March 15 – Brazil –
Joinville bus accident. A tourist bus veered off a road and plunged approximately 100 m (330 ft) into a ravine in
Santa Catarina, killing 54 and injuring 10.[176]
March 21 – Egypt –
Giza bus accident. A bus fell off a bridge into a canal, killing 35.[177]
March 24 – Peru –
Huarmey bus accident. A bus crashed into traffic, killing 37 and injuring 70.
April 10 – Morocco – A bus caught fire after colliding with a gas tanker in
Tan-Tan, killing 33.[178]
May 5 – India – A bus fell into a ditch and caught fire in
Panna,
Madhya Pradesh, killing 21.[179]
June 13 – India – A van carrying Hindu pilgrims from the
Tirupati-
Tirumala temple in
Andhra Pradesh lost control on a bridge and plunged into a river, killing 22.[180]
June 13 – India – A lorry and two tractors carrying dozens heading to a prayer ceremony collided in
Harchandpur, Uttar Pradesh, killing 17.[180]
June 7 – Peru – A dump truck crammed with dozens of school children dropped from a cliff in the
Andes as it returned from festivities in the
Huanuco region, killing 17 and injuring 54[181]
July 1 – China –
Ji'an bus accident. In
Jilin Province, a bus carrying visiting South Korean civil servants went off a bridge, killing 11 and injuring 17.[182]
July 29 – Mexico –
Zacatecas road accident. An out of control truck ran into a religious procession, killing 27 and injuring 149.[183]
August 9 – Sudan – Two trucks collided while moving in opposite directions in
Um Al-Hasan, killing 19 and injuring 12.[184]
February 6 â Nepal â Pasang Lhamu bus crash. A bus fell off the
Keurini cliff into a ravine, killing 11 and injuring 12.[189]
February 10 â Pakistan â At least 10 people, including six schoolchildren, were killed in a fireball after a tanker carrying liquified petroleum gas collided with a car in
Sheikhupura.[190]
February 18 â Ghana â
Kintampo bus collision. A head-on collision between a bus and a truck killed 71 people and injured 23.[191]
March 19 â Saudi Arabia â At least 19 Egyptian pilgrims were killed when their bus crashed on a highway linking the holy cities of
Medina and
Mecca.[192]
April 3 â Saudi Arabia â Two vans collided in
Wadi bin Hashbal, killing 15 people, including six children.[194]
May 8 â Afghanistan â
Ghazni Province road crash. Two buses collided with a fuel tanker, killing 73 and injuring 50.[195]
June 6 â Saudi Arabia â An accident involving a bus and a truck on a highway between Riyadh and
Al-Qassim killed 15 people and injured 60.[196]
June 7 â United States â
Kalamazoo bicycle crash. A pickup truck crashed into a group of cyclists, killing five and injuring four.
July 19 â Taiwan â
Taoyuan bus fire. A tour bus caught fire, killing all 26 on board.[197]
August 15 â Nepal â
Nepal bus crashes. In the first of two bus crashes on the same day, a 35-seater bus carrying some 90 people stalled and rolled backwards off the road near
Birtadeurali, falling more than 300 m (980 ft), killing 27-33 people and injuring 38-42 injured.[198][199]
August 15 â Nepal â
Nepal bus crashes. In the second of the two bus crashes on the same day, a bus slipped off of a high mountain road near
Siddheshwar, Baitadi, falling 200 m (660 ft) and killing four people and injuring 30.[198][200]
September 3 â Afghanistan â
Zabul Province road crash. A bus collided with a fuel tanker, killing 38 people and injuring 28.[201]
October 17 - Pakistan â At least 24 people were killed and more than 70 injured after two buses collided in
Khanpur.[202]
October 23 â United States â
I-10 tour bus crash. A tour bus collided with the back of a stationary semi-trailer truck in California, killing 13 and injuring 31.[203]
November 1 â United States â A nearly-empty school bus crashed into a car before swerving into the oncoming lane and crashing into the side of a commuter bus in
Baltimore, killing six and injuring eleven.[204]
November 21 â United States â
Chattanooga school bus crash. A school bus carrying 37 elementary students crashed, killing six and injuring 32.[205]
2017
January 2 â Thailand â A minivan and a pick-up truck both packed with passengers collided in
Chonburi, killing 25 people.[206]
January 21 â Italy â
Verona bus crash. A bus carrying school children from
Hungary crashed and caught fire on the A4 near
Verona a few minutes after midnight, killing 17 people and injuring 25.[207]
January 28 â Madagascar â At least 47 people, including 10 children and a newly-wed couple, were killed when a truck carrying wedding guests swerved off the road and plunged into a river in
Anjorozobe.[208]
February 13 â Taiwan â At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus crashed on a highway in
Taipei.[209]
February 18 â Malaysia â Nine teenage cyclists were killed after they were hit by a car at the Middle Ring Road in
Johor Bahru.[210]
February 20 â Philippines â
Tanay bus accident. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an electric post in
Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 people and injuring 40.[211]
April 18 â Philippines â
Nueva Ecija bus accident. A 45-seater bus carrying 77 passengers fell into a ravine in
Carranglan, killing 31 and injuring 46.[212]
April 21 â South Africa â A minibus crashed and burned in
Bronkhorstspruit, killing at least 20 children.[214]
May 6 â Tanzania â 32 schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver where killed when their vehicle plunged into a ravine in
Karatu,
Arusha Region.[215]
May 28 â France â A motorcyclist on the
A4 autoroute to Paris fell off when he was struck by a vehicle pulling into his lane. The motorcycle stood itself up and continued along the motorway, periodically scraping the
median barrier, thereby keeping balance. It was found in
Bercy, 9 km (5.6 mi) from the location of the collision. The riderless motorcycle was witnessed and filmed by passing drivers.[216]
June 25 â Pakistan â
Bahawalpur explosion. A tanker truck overturned and began leaking its cargo of petrol, which people gathered to collect. 219 were killed and at least 34 injured when it exploded.[217]
July 3 â Germany â 18 people were killed when a tour bus caught fire after colliding with a lorry in
Stammbach.[218]
July 5 â Central African Republic â At least 78 people were killed and dozens more were injured when a truck heavily loaded with goods and passengers crashed in
Bambari.[219]
August 26 â United Kingdom â
M1 motorway crash. A crash involving two lorries and a minibus killed eight and injured three.[220]
October 28 â Nepal â A bus carrying passengers returning from a Hindu festival skidded off the
Prithvi Highway and plunged into a river, killing at least 31 people.[221]
November 20 â Pakistan â A head-on collision in
Khairpur between a mini-bus and a truck killed at least 20 people and injured three.[222]
December 23 â Egypt â A bus crashed into a truck in Cairo, killing 13 passengers and injuring eight.[224]
December 23 â India â A bus plunged into a river in
Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, killing 33 people.[225]
December 25 â Philippines â 20 passengers were killed after their jeepney collided with a bus in
Agoo, La Union.[226]
December 31 â Kenya â 36 died after a bus collided with a truck in
Migaa.[227]
2018
January 2 â Peru â
Pasamayo bus crash. A coach plunged off a cliff on a coastal road, killing 51. This incident tied with the
2013 Peru bus disaster as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history.[228]
January 4 â South Africa â
HennenmanâKroonstad train crash. A train collided with a truck at a
level crossing in the
Free State. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. 21 people were killed and 254 others were injured.
January 18 â Kazakhstan â
Yrgyz bus fire. A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers caught fire, killing 52.[229]
January 20 â Turkey â A bus hit several trees on the side of the road in
EskiĆehir Province, killing 11 and injuring 44.[230]
February 10 â Hong Kong â
Tai Po bus accident. A double-decker bus overturned in the New Territories, killing 19 people and injuring 65.[231]
February 11 â Indonesia â A tourist bus collided with a motorcycle before crashing into a hill and flipping onto its side in
Subang Regency, killing 27 and injuring 18.[232]
February 14 â Libya â At least 23 people were killed when a truck carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants overturned in
Bani Walid.[233]
March 20 â Philippines â 19 passengers died after a bus careened off a winding dirt road and fell into a ravine in
Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.[234]
March 21 â Thailand â A chartered tour bus lost control on a downhill curve and slid off the side of the road in
Nakhon Ratchasima, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more.[235]
May 25 â Uganda â
Kiryandongo bus accident. A bus in
Kiryandongo District collided with the rear a tractor travelling without lights at night, and then hit a truck head-on, killing 22 people, including four children, and injuring 15.[238]
July 1 â India â An overcrowded bus travelling crashed into a gorge in
Pauri Garhwal,
Uttarakhand, killing 48 people and injuring 12.[239]
July 6 â Cameroon â At least 28 people were killed and five others were injured when a bus drove into a river in
Bountourou.[240]
July 30 â Vietnam â 13 people were killed and four injured when a minibus carrying wedding guests collided head-on with a container truck in
QuáșŁng Nam province.[241]
August 6 â Italy â
2018 Borgo Panigale explosion â a collision between a car carrier and a tanker truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas caused an explosion in the
Borgo Panigale neighborhood of
Bologna, killing two people and injuring 145.
August 12 â Ecuador â At least 12 football fans were killed and 30 injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned in
Molleturo.[242]
August 14 â Ecuador â At least 24 people were killed and 19 others were injured when a bus struck an all-terrain vehicle and overturned, slamming into three houses on the side of the road in
Quito.[243]
September 1 â Ecuador â 10 people, including three children died when a bus crashed and overturned in
Cuenca.[244]
September 12 â India â An overcrowded bus rolled into a gorge in
Jagtial district,
Telangana, killing at least 57 people and injuring 31.[245]
October 6 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â
Mbuba road tanker explosion. A fuel truck collided with another truck and later exploded, killing at least 50 people and injuring more than 100 others.[247]
October 10 â Kenya â 55 people were killed when their bus left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in
Kericho.[248]
October 28 â Pakistan â At least 17 people were killed after a bus plunged into a ravine in
Kohistan.[250]
November 3 â China â
Lanzhou toll accident. A truck rammed into a line of waiting cars. 15 people were killed and another 44 injured in the 31-vehicle crash.[251]
November 7 â Zimbabwe â A collision between two buses in
Rusape killed 50 people and injured 80.[252]
November 16 â Zimbabwe â At least 42 passengers died after a suspected gas tank exploded inside a bus in
Gwanda.[253]
December 21 â Nepal â A bus carrying college students and teachers veered off a highway in
Tulsipur and plunged into a river, killing at least 21 people and injuring 15 others.[254]
2019
January 11 â Canada â
Westboro station bus crash. A double-decker bus swerved and hit a bus shelter on approach to
Westboro station in
Ottawa, tearing off part of the upper deck. Three passengers were killed and 23 were injured.
January 21 â Pakistan â
Hub accident. A bus collided with a tanker truck in
Balochistan. At least 26 people were killed and 16 others suffered burns.
February 20 - Bangladesh - A collision in Dhaka between a pickup van and a car led to the latter's gas cylinder exploding.
The fire then spread to a group of buildings being used to store chemicals. The fire killed 80 people and injured 50 others.[255]
April 17 â Portugal â
Madeira bus crash. A tour bus carrying German tourists plunged off a road in
Madeira, killing 29 and injuring 27.
May 12 â Kenya â Ten people died after a bus crashed into a truck on the side of the road in
Tana River County.[256]
May 21 â Philippines â 10 persons died while 20 others were injured after a jeepney rolled over in
Libon, Albay.[257]
May 29 â Mexico â A tour bus and a semitruck collided and caught fire on a mountain road in
Maltrata, Veracruz State, killing at least 21 people and injuring 30 others.[258]
June 8 â Philippines â 13 persons died while 41 others were injured after a jeepney fell into a ravine in
San Fernando, Camarines Sur.[259]
June 12 â Egypt â 14 people died and 10 others were injured when two microbuses crashed on a highway in
Helwan.[260]
June 20 - India -
Kullu bus accident. An overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Himachal Pradesh, killing 44 people and injuring 34 others.[262]
June 21 â United States â A truck drove into a group of motorcyclists in
Randolph, New Hampshire, killing seven and injuring three.[263]
July 8 â India â At least 29 people died after a bus hit a divider and fell into a gap between two flyovers on the
Yamuna Expressway in
Agra.[264]
August 10 - Tanzania -
Morogoro tanker explosion. A fuel tanker crashed and people gathered at the accident site to collect the fuel. The tanker exploded, killing over 100 people and injuring at least 47 others.[265]
August 18 - Uganda - At least 19 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded after losing control and ramming into three cars.[266]
September 17 â Philippines â A truck fell down a ravine in
T'Boli, South Cotabato, killing 20 people and injuring 12.[267]
September 22 â Pakistan â
Babusar bus accident. A bus carrying approximately 60 people slammed into a mountain after the brakes failed while making a sharp turn, killing at least 26 people and injuring 12.[268]
September 29 â China â At least 36 people were killed and dozens were injured after a collision between a bus and a truck along the
Changchun-
Shenzhen expressway in
Yixing,
Jiangsu province.[269]
October 5 â Romania â
SfĂąntu Gheorghe minibus accident. A minibus was hit by a truck driving on the wrong side of the road, killing 10 and injuring eight.
October 5 â United Kingdom â
Totnes bus crash. A double-decker bus overturned on the
A385 road in
Devon, injuring over 50 people.
October 16 â Saudi Arabia â
2019 Medina bus crash. 35 people were killed and four were injured after a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims collided with a truck in Medina.[270]
October 31 â Philippines â 19 people were killed and 21 others were injured after a rented truck fell into a ravine in
Conner, Apayao.[271]
November 13 â Slovakia â A lorry carrying gravel collided with a bus in
Nitra, killing 12 people in the country's deadliest road accident in a decade.[272]
December 1 â Russia â 19 passengers died when a bus skidded off a bridge in
Zabaykalsky Krai and plunged into the
Kuenga River.[273]
December 2 â Tunisia â At least 26 people were killed when their bus careened into a ravine in
Ain Snoussi.[274]
December 15 â Nepal â A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims veered off a highway in
Sindhupalchowk and crashed, killing 14 people and injuring 18.[275]
December 18 â Mexico â 14 people were killed and 12 others were injured when a van crashed into a truck on a highway in
Jalisco state and caught fire.[276]
December 23 â Indonesia â 27 passengers were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in
Pagar Alam,
South Sumatra.[277]
December 28 â Egypt â 22 people were killed in a collision between a minibus carrying workers and a truck in
Port Said.[278]
2020s
2020
January 5 â United States â
Pennsylvania Turnpike crash. Icy conditions caused a tour bus to turn over and trigger a pileup, killing five people and injuring 60.
January 6 â Peru â At least 16 people died after a bus collided with other vehicles and rolled over.[279]
January 9 â Iran â At least 20 people died and 24 others were injured in an accident on a bus heading from Tehran to
Gonbad in
Mazandaran.[280]
January 10 â India â At least 20 people were killed when a double-decker bus caught fire after ramming into a truck in
Kannauj.[281]
July 6 â Colombia â
Tasajera explosion. A fuel truck overturned and exploded while locals tried to collect its contents, killing 45 people and injuring 19.[285]
July 28 â Mali â At least 22 people were killed and 21 were injured when a minibus collided with a dump truck in
Kangaba.[286]
October 11 â Thailand â At least 17 passengers were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a bus collided with a train in
Cha Choeng Sao.[287]
November 25 â Brazil â At least 41 people were killed after a crash between a bus and a truck in
Taguai,
SĂŁo Paulo state.[288]
December 31 â Algeria â 20 people, mostly African nationals, died and 11 were injured when a vehicle carrying them overturned in
Ain Mguel,
Tamanrasset Province.[289]
2021
January 19 â India â At least 15 laborers were crushed to death by a truck in
Surat,
Gujarat while they were sleeping by a road.[290]
January 27 â Cameroon â
Dschang bus-truck crash. A crash on the Dschang Cliff,
West Region killed 53 people after a truck illegally carrying fuel collided with a bus.[291]
February 11 â United States â Icy conditions from
an ice storm caused a massive 133-vehicle pileup on
Interstate 35W in
Fort Worth, Texas, killing six people and injuring 95.
February 16 â India â
Sidhi bus accident. A bus fell into a canal after the driver lost control,[292] killing 51[293] people.
March 2 â Bolivia â
Colomi bus crash. A bus traveling along
Route 7 fell into a ravine,[294] killing 21 people and injuring 17.
March 5 â Egypt â A trailer-truck crashed into a microbus in
Atfih, killing at least 18 people and injuring five others.[295]
April 1 â CĂŽte d'Ivoire â 16 people died when a bus collided with a semi-trailer truck in
Nambonkaha.[296]
April 4 â China â A four-vehicle collision involving a bus on the
ShenyangâHaikou Expressway in
Jiangsu caused by a truck tire falling off killed 11 and injured 19.[297]
April 5 â CĂŽte d'Ivoire â At least 14 people were killed in two separate accidents on the highway linking Abidjan to the north of the country.[298]
April 14 â Egypt â 20 people were killed and three injured when a bus collided with a truck and caught fire in
Asyut.[299][300]
May 20 â Pakistan â A bus overturned on a highway in
Sukkur, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring 29 others.[301]
May 24 â Guinea-Bissau â 14 people died after a truck crashed into homes in
Cambese.[302]
June 11 â Pakistan â A bus carrying pilgrims overturned in
Khuzdar, Balochistan, killing at least 18 people and injuring 42.[303]
July 19 â United States â A multiple vehicle collision occurred in Alabama on
Interstate 65 in
Butler County killing 10 and injuring 1.[304][305]
July 31 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â 33 people died in a collision between a fuel truck and a bus in
Kibuba.[307]
September 4 â China â A heavy-duty semi-trailer towing a trailer collided with a four-wheel tractor on the
G229 in
Heilongjiang Province, killing 15 and injuring one.[308]
October 12 â Nepal â A bus carrying 45 passengers fell into a river in
Mugu, killing 32 people.
November 3 â Pakistan â
Azad Kashmir bus incident. A 40-seater bus heading to
Rawalpindi carrying more than 30 passengers fell into a ditch in
Pallandri, killing at least 23 people, including children, and injuring seven others.[309]
November 5 â Sierra Leone â
Freetown fuel tanker explosion. A collision between a fuel tanker and a lorry at a busy junction resulted in an explosion and a fire that killed 151 people and injured 304.
November 7 â Mexico â
Highway 150D toll booth disaster. A truck crashed through the San Marcos Huixtoco
tollbooth and collided with six cars, igniting a fire. 19 people were killed and three injured.
November 23 â Bulgaria â
Bosnek bus crash. A bus carrying
Macedonian tourists crashed and caught fire, killing 45 people and injuring seven.[310]
December 14 â Haiti â
Cap-HaĂŻtien fuel tanker explosion. A fuel truck overturned and exploded, killing at least 90 people and injuring more than 120 after locals tried to collect spilled fuel.
2022
January 7 â Palestine â
West Bank bus crash. A truck and minibus collided at Petzal Junction on
Highway 90, killing eight people and injuring two.[312]
January 12 â Philippinesâ 11 people were killed after a small truck packed with partygoers, including children, overturned in
Balingasag, Misamis Oriental.[313]
January 20 â Ghana â
Bogoso explosion. A truck transporting mining explosives collided with a motorcycle. The resulting explosion levelled the nearby village of
Apiate, killing 13 people and injuring 200.[314]
March 22 â United States â Six teenagers were killed in
Tishomingo, Oklahoma when a car was struck by a semi-truck.[318][319]
April 5 â Hungary â A train hit a truck on a crossing in
Mindszent, killing five people and injuring 10.[320]
April 13 â Egypt â A tourist bus collided with a truck and caught fire in
Luxor, killing at least 10 people.[321]
May 16 â Indonesia â A bus carrying tourists crashed into a billboard and flipped on the
SurabayaâMojokerto Toll Road, killing 14 people and injuring 19.[322][323]
June 6 â India â
Uttarakhand bus accident. A bus carrying 55 wedding guests fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge.[324][325] 32 people were killed and the rest were heavily injured.[326]
June 13 - United States- On
I-25 in
Weld County, Colorado, a semi-truck rear-ended two cars, one of which collided with a third car, killing five.[327]
July 18 â Indonesia â An
oil truck crashed into two cars and ten motorcycles at an intersection in
Cibubur killing at least 11.[328]
July 19 â Egypt â At least 23 people were killed and 30 more were injured when a bus slammed into a truck in Minya.[329]
July 24 â Kenya â At least 34 people died after a bus fell off a bridge and plunged some 40 metres into the
Nithi River in
Tharaka Nithi.[330]
August 4 â Philippinesâ 10 died in a collision involving a ten-wheeler hauler truck, a van, and a pick-up truck in
General Santos.[331]
August 5 â United States â A car sped through an intersection in
Windsor Hills, California and crashed into multiple cars, killing six people and injuring eight.[332]
August 21 â Russia â At least 16 people died and another three were injured after a truck collided with a minibus in
Ulyanovsk.[335]
August 28 â Canada â Six were killed as a vehicle crashed into a concrete pit at a construction zone in
Barrie, Ontario.[336]
August 31 â Indonesia â A truck lost its brakes and crashed near a bus stop outside a school, toppling a concrete
communications tower and crashing into two motorcycles in
Bekasi,
West Java, killing 10 and injuring 23.[337]
September 9 â Nigeria â More than 20 people were burned to death after a head-to-head bus collision in
Lanlate,
Ibarapa,
Oyo State. Only two badly burned people survived.[338]
September 10 â Mexico â 20 people burned to death after a bus collided with a double-tanker fuel truck in
Tamaulipas.[339]
September 13 â India â 12 people were killed and 30 were injured after a minibus fell into a gorge in the
Poonch district, Kashmir.[340]
September 16 â South Africa â 19 people, 16 of them schoolchildren, were killed after a minibus collided with a truck near
Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal.[341]
September 17 â Costa Rica â Nine people were killed and at least 30 others were reported missing after a bus crashed in
Alajuela Province.[342]
September 18 â China â
Guizhou bus crash. A bus carrying 47
COVID-19 patients overturned, killing 27 people and injuring 20.[343]
October 1 â India â
Kanpur road accident. A tractor carrying pilgrims overturned and fell into a pond, killing 26 people and injuring nine others.[344]
October 5 â India â
Palakkad bus accident. A bus rear-ended another bus, killing nine people including students and injuring 38.[345]
October 15 â Colombia â At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in
Nariño Department.[346]
October 25 â Egypt â A truck slammed into a minibus in
Dakahlia, killing at least 10 people.[347]
November 12 â Egypt â 20 people were killed after a minibus fell into a canal in Dakahlia.[349]
November 22 â Nigeria â At least 37 people were killed when two buses collided head-on in
Maiduguri and caught fire, followed by a third bus that crashed into them.[350]
December 12 â Nepal â A truck carrying wedding guests veered off a mountain highway in
Chedagad, killing all 12 people aboard.[351]
December 13 â Nepal â A bus bumped the side wall of a mountainous road in
Bethanchowk, killing 17 people and injuring 22.[351]
December 17 â Afghanistan â
Salang Tunnel fire. At least 12 people were killed and 37 people were injured after a fuel tanker caught fire inside the Salang Tunnel.[352]
December 23 â India â A truck carrying soldiers skidded down a steep slope into a gorge in
Chatten,
Sikkim, killing at least 16. Four other soldiers were injured.[353]
January 8 – China – A truck crashed into a funeral procession in
Nanchang County,
Jiangxi, killing 19 and injuring 20.[369]
January 14 – United States – A sedan collided with a semi truck in
Oasis, California, killing five.[370][371]
January 14 – Nigeria – A speeding bus lost control and rammed into a truck on an expressway in
Oniworo,
Ogun State, killing 10.[372]
January 16 – Senegal – A bus collided with a truck in
Louga, killing 22 and injuring over 20.[373]
January 20 – Sri Lanka – A bus carrying students skidded off the road after colliding with a van in
Radella, near
Nuwara Eliya, killing seven and injuring over 50.[374]
January 26 – Chad – A bus crashed into a broken down truck near
Batha,
Oum Hadjer, killing 20.[375]
January 28 – Peru – A bus plunged off a cliff in the
El Alto District, killing at least 24.[376]
January 29 – Pakistan –
Lasbela bus crash. A bus fell off a bridge into a ravine and burst into flames in Balochistan, killing 41 and injuring three.[377]
February 4 – China – Nearly 50 vehicles were involved in a crash on a highway in
Changsha, killing 16 and injuring 66.[381]
February 5 – Turkey – A bus crashed and overturned in
Afyonkarahisar Province, killing eight and injuring 42.[382]
February 8 – Malaysia – A van crashed into a concrete divider on a road whilst going down from the
Genting Highlands, killing seven and injuring seven.[383]
February 11 – Philippines – Eight police personnel were killed and 20 people were injured after their van collided with another vehicle in
Naawan,
Misamis Oriental.[384]
February 14 – South Africa – A tour bus collided head-on with an armoured
cash-in-transit van on the
N1 in
Louis Trichardt, Limpopo before tumbling into a river, killing 20 and injuring 68.[385]
February 20 – Belarus – A truck carrying sand collided with a bus near
Smalyavichy, killing 11 and injuring 10.[387]
February 23 – India – A cement-loaded truck rammed into two buses carrying passengers returning from a government rally in
Sidhi,
Madhya Pradesh, killing 15.[388]
February 25 – Pakistan – A bus hit a van on a motorway in
Rahim Yar Khan, killing 13.[389]
March 19 – Bangladesh – A bus skidded off the road and tumbled into a 30 ft (9.1 m) ditch in
Madaripur District, killing 19 and injuring 25.[390]
March 27 – Saudi Arabia – A bus taking pilgrims to Mecca overturned and caught fire after crashing into a bridge in
ÊżAsir Province, killing 20 and injuring 29.[394]
April 14 – Indonesia – A truck lost its brakes at a toll road in
Boyolali Regency,
Central Java and collided with a car, before slamming into multiple parked vehicles, killing eight.[396]
April 15 – Kenya – A bus suffered a brake failure and fell down a slope on the way to
Mwatate,
TaitaâTaveta County, killing 13.[397]
April 29 – Mexico – A bus fell down a ravine in Nayarit, killing 18 and injuring 33.[398]
May 1 – Laos – A bus collided with a truck in
Bolikhamxay Province, killing eight and injuring 20.[402]
May 1 – United States – A dust storm with near-zero visibility caused a 72-vehicle pile-up on
Interstate 55 near
Divernon, Illinois, killing seven and injuring over 30.[403]
May 6 – Turkey – A truck collided with nine cars and two minibuses in
Hatay Province, killing 12 and injuring 31.[405]
May 14 – Mexico – A van collided with a freight truck near
Ciudad Victoria in
Tamaulipas, with both vehicles catching fire, killing 26.[406]
May 18 – China – A vehicle carrying 14 people careened off a cliff and fell into a pool of water in
Guangxi, killing 11.[407]
May 18 – United States – A semi truck collided with a parked van carrying several people which in turn collided with another semi truck parked in front of it, killing seven and injuring four.[408][409][410][411]
June 3 – Malawi – A lorry carrying 80 passengers overturned and collided with the road embankment in
Karonga District, killing 25 and injuring 12.[413]
July 5 – Mexico – A bus lost control and plunged into a 25-meter gully in the
Mixteca Region of
Oaxaca State, killing 29 and injuring 20.[423]
July 16 – United States – A
Kia Forte hatchback collided with a BMW SUV on Alexander Avenue and State Route 509 in
Tacoma, Washington killing 6 and injuring 3.[424][425]
July 19 – Algeria – A bus collided head-on with a pickup truck carrying fuel cans and caught fire in
Outoul, near
Tamanrasset, killing 34 and injuring 12.[426]
August 3 – Mexico – A bus carrying 42 passengers, mostly foreigners and migrants heading to the United States, plunged off a ravine outside
Tepic, Nayarit, killing 18.[428]
August 6 – Morocco – A minibus carrying 24 passengers overturned on a bend and plunged off a ravine at the foot of the
Atlas Mountains in
Demnate, killing all on board.[429]
August 22 – Mexico – A bus collided with a trailer truck in
Tehuacan on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway near the border between Oaxaca and
Puebla States, killing 16 and injuring 36.[430]
September 1 – Iraq – Two minibuses carrying pilgrims for
Arbaeen collided in
Saladin Governorate, killing 16 and injuring 13.[431]
September 4 – United States – Five teenagers were killed in a collision involving their car, two trucks and another car in
Gwinnett, Georgia.[432]
September 17 – South Africa – At least 20 employees of the mining firm
De Beers were killed after a bus taking them to the
Venetia Diamond Mine collided with a truck in
Musina, Limpopo Province.[433]
September 30 – United States – A semitruck carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia overturned in
Teutopolis,
Illinois, killing five people, injuring five others and prompting evacuations of residents after its contents were discharged.[434]
October 1 – Mexico – A cargo truck clandestinely carrying Cuban migrants heading to the US overturned near the Guatemalan border in
Chiapas, killing ten people and injuring 17 others.[435]
October 3 – Italy –
Venice bus crash. A bus carrying foreign tourists plunged 15 metres (50 feet) off a flyover and caught fire in mainland
Venice, killing at least 21 people and injuring 18 others.[436]
October 6 – Mexico – A bus carrying Haitian and Venezuelan migrants heading to the US lost flipped over on a curve of the Oaxaca-Cuacnopalan highway, killing 16 and injuring 27.[437]
October 23 â United States â A âsuper fogâ in Louisiana aggravated by marsh fires caused a pile-up on Interstate 55, west of
New Orleans. The pile-up involved 158 vehicles, killed eight people and injured at least 63 others.[438][439]
October 28 â Egypt â A pileup in
Beheira Governorate on the Cairo-Alexandria road killed 32 people and injured 63 others.[440]
November 8 â United States â A sedan suspected of carrying illegal migrants got into a high-speed chase with a sheriff's deputy before colliding with an SUV in
Texas, killing eight.[441]
November 11 â United States â Five people died when a speeding luxury car ran a red light and hit an SUV then careened onto the sidewalk and fatally struck another person in
Houston. Among the dead was
NFL cornerback
D.J. Hayden.[442][443]
November 14 â United States â Six people died and 18 others were injured in a collision involving several vehicles along Interstate 70 in
Etna, Ohio.[444][445][446][447]
November 14 â Zimbabwe â A minibus collided head on with a truck on a highway between
Bulawayo and
Beitbridge, killing 22 people and injuring two.[448]
November 15 â India â A bus traveling in
Doda district,
Jammu and Kashmir fell off the road and plunged into a 300-foot gorge, killing 36 and injuring 19.[449]
November 22 â Nigeria â A truck carrying food items and more than 200 passengers crashed in
Takalafia,
Niger State, killing 25 and injuring dozens more.[450]
December 5 â Thailand â A double-decker bus crashed into a tree in
Prachuap Khiri Khan province, killing 14 passengers and injuring 32 others.[451]
December 5 â Philippines â A bus fell into a ravine in
Hamtic, Antique, killing 18 passengers and injuring ten.[452]
December 10 â Nigeria â A truck filled with people and goods driving along the KadunaâAbuja expressway in
Audi Jangon lost control and drove into a ditch, killing 18 people and injuring 27 others.[453]
December 13 â Venezuela â 16 people were killed and six others were severely injured in
Caracas when a truck crashed into cars, causing a 17 vehicle pile-up.[454]
December 26 - Liberia - A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel in
Totota, killing 40 people and injuring 83.[455]
December 26 - United States - On
U.S. Route 67 in Texas, a pickup truck tried to pass another vehicle in a no-passing lane and crashed head-on into a minivan, killing six and injuring three.[456][457]
December 28 - India - A bus collided with a truck and caught fire in
Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, killing 13 people and injuring 16.[458]
December 28 - Turkey - A pileup involving seven vehicles in dense fog on the
Otoyol 7 in
Sakarya Province killed ten people and injured 57.[459]
January 13 â United States â An SUV crashed into an overpass support beam on
SR 512 in
Puyallup, Washington, killing five.[464]
January 21 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â A truck carrying goods and passengers plunged into a ravine in
Kasangulu, killing 18 people and injuring 21.[465]
January 30 â Mexico â A truck collided with a bus in
Elota,
Sinaloa, killing 19 people and injuring 18.[466]
February 9 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â A bus collided with a truck in
Kinshasa, killing 18 people and injuring two.[467]
February 13 â Egypt â A truck crashed into four microbuses in
Amreya, killing 15 people and injuring eight.[468]
February 19 â Mali â A bus collided with a truck between
Kessedougou and
Ouan, killing 15 people and injuring 46.[469]
February 21 â Philippines â A truck loaded with passengers fell into a ravine in
Mabinay, Negros Oriental, killing 15 people and injuring two.[470]
February 23 â United States â Eight people were killed and one injured in a head-on-collision between a pickup truck and a van on Highway 7 in
Madera County, California.[471][472]
February 24 â India â A tractor carrying a wagon loaded with Hindu pilgrims overturned and fell into a pond in
Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people and injuring nine.[473]
February 24 â Mexico â A tractor-trailer and a pick-up truck collided in
San Luis Potosi, killing 10 people.[474]
February 25 â South Africa â A bus returning from an election rally left the road and overturned near
Paulpietersburg, killing nine people and injuring 17.[475]
February 26 â United States â A car collided with a fire truck in
Tulsa, Oklahoma killing five, including an unborn child and injured 2.[476]
February 27 â Mali â A bus fell off a bridge in
Koumantou, killing 31 people and injuring ten.[477]
February 28 â Honduras â Two buses collided head-on in
La Montañita, killing 17 people and injuring 14.[478]
March 4 â Mexico â A van collided with a truck and caught fire in
Quintana Roo, killing nine and injuring six.[479]
March 8 â United States â On Highway 95 in
Dewhurst, Wisconsin, a semi truck collided with a van, killing nine and injuring one.[480]
March 11 - United States - On U.S. Route 24 in
Rushville, Illinois, a school bus collided head-on with a semi truck, killing five people.[481]
March 17 â Afghanistan â A bus collided with a motorcycle before slamming into an oil tanker in
Grishk District,
Helmand Province, killing 21 people and injuring 38.[482]
March 18 â Kenya â A bus carrying university students from
Nairobi to
Mombasa collided with a truck in
Maungu, killing 11 and seriously injuring 42.[483]
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This list of traffic collisions records serious road traffic accidents, with multiple fatalities. The list includes notable accidents with
at least 5 deaths, which either occurred in unusual circumstances, or have some other significance. For crashes that killed notable people, refer to the
list of people who died in traffic collisions. This list records crashes from the year 2000. For earlier crashes, see
list of traffic collisions (before 2000).
July 7 – Spain – A bus collided head-on with a truck near
Soria, killing 27 and injuring 13.[1]
August 28 – Nigeria –
Abuja bus crash. A lorry crushed three buses after its brakes failed, rolling backwards into a crowded bus station and killing over 70. Related riots the next day killed four more people.[2]
November 5 – Nigeria –
Ibadan road tanker explosion. A petrol tanker ploughed into a traffic jam and exploded, killing 100â200 people.
December 25 – Philippines – A bus was rear-ended and driven off a 13-meter embankment by another bus in
Bansalan, Davao del Sur, killing 38.[3]
February 28 – United Kingdom –
Selby rail crash. A car was driven off the
M62 motorway onto railway tracks, causing the derailment of a passenger train and its subsequent collision with a freight train, killing 10.
June 25 – Tanzania – A truck overturned near
Sumbawanga, killing 25 and injuring 30.[8]
August 1 – India – A jeep collided head-on with a bus in
Rajasthan, killing 13 and injuring 15.[9]
September 16 – United States – A jeep carrying eight members of the
University of Wyoming cross-country team was hit by a pickup truck driven by a drunk driver along Highway 287, killing all the team members.[10]
October 26 – Philippines – A bus hit a house crowded with mourners in
Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, killing 21 and injuring six.[11]
2002
February 2 – Philippines – A bus plunged off a ravine in
Bokod, Benguet, killing 12 passengers and injuring several others.[12]
April 12 – India – A van carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed into a truck in
Calcutta, killing at least 21 and injuring 17.[13]
May 26 – United States –
I-40 bridge disaster. A barge collided with a bridge support in
Oklahoma, causing a 580 ft (180 m) section of the bridge to plunge into the
Arkansas River, killing 14 and injuring 11.
August 10 – Philippines – A van smashed into a speeding 10-wheeler cargo truck in
Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte, killing 11 and injuring two.[15]
November 6 – Egypt – A tourist bus carrying 50 people slammed into a truck loaded with rocks between
Cairo and
Sharm el-Sheikh, killing 27 and injuring 24.[16][17]
November 24 – Philippines – A bus fell 30â40 feet into a creek in
Tagkawayan, Quezon, killing 33 and injuring six.[18]
2003
January 28 – India – A tourist bus collided head-on with a truck in
West Bengal, killing 42.[19]
April 27 – Philippines – A jeep smashed into an oncoming bus on a mountain road in
Tagkawayan, Quezon causing the bus to plunge into a ravine, killing 11 people and injuring 31.[20]
May 1 – South Africa –
Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash. The driver of a coach took a wrong turn and drove into a dam at night, killing 51.
June 4 – India –
Kasganj level crossing disaster. A bus attempted to cross a closed level crossing and was sliced in half by a train, killing 49.
July 10 – Hong Kong –
Tuen Mun Road bus accident. A bus plunged off a bridge following a collision with a lorry, killing 21.[21]
July 16 – United States –
Santa Monica Farmers Market crash. An elderly man drove his car into another car and then into a farmers' market, killing ten people and injuring 70.
September 22 – Philippines – A bus collided with another bus and a van before plunging into a ravine in
Gattaran, Cagayan, killing 14.[22]
September 27 – Philippines – A minibus ploughed into a waiting shed in
Mariveles,
Bataan killing 14.[23]
October 8 – Indonesia –
East Java bus crash. A truck collided with a bus head-on near
Situbondo, then another truck collided with the rear of the bus which caught fire, killing 54. It was the deadliest road accident in Indonesia.
October 21 – Pakistan – A bus skidded off a bridge and fell into a ditch in
Abbottabad, killing at least 20 and injuring 35.[25]
March 19 – Finland –
Konginkangas bus disaster. The trailer of a truck carrying heavy paper rolls swerved into a bus, killing 23 and injuring 14.
April 11 – United Kingdom –
Ingoldmells bus crash. A double-decker bus collided with pedestrians in the English seaside resort of
Ingoldmells, killing five.
May 24 – Romania –
MihÄileÈti explosion. A truck loaded with
ammonium nitrate rolled over and caught fire before exploding an hour later, killing at least 18 and injuring 13.[29]
June 16 – Pakistan – A bus collided with a truck and plunged from the Kaak bridge in
Islamabad, killing at least 40 and injuring 10.[30]
August 18 – Iran –
Zahedan bus crash. A bus collided with a truck, killing 15 and injuring 20.[31]
March 9 – Turkey – A bus carrying about 40 people drove off a road and plunged into the
Kelkit River in
Tokat Province, killing at least 16 and injuring 11.[37]
April 17 – Mexico –
Maltrata bus crash. A bus crashed about 650 ft (200 m) down a ravine and into a stream in
Veracruz State, killing 57.
October 28 – Philippines – A dump truck lost its brakes while maneuvering a downhill curve, causing it to smash into several vehicles before plowing through villagers celebrating a religious feast in
Makilala, Cotabato, killing 18.[40]
November 13 – South Africa –
Faure level crossing accident. A truck carrying workers was hit by a train, killing 19 and injuring six.
2007
January 6 – Bangladesh –
Comilla bus crash. A bus crashed and caught fire, killing 40-70 people.
February 2 – Philippines – A burning chemical truck exploded as a bus was passing beside it in
Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, killing over 50.[41]
November 4 – Azerbaijan –
BakuâGazakh motorway minibus crash. A minibus carrying twenty people slammed into a parked truck laden with stones, killing 14 and injuring four.[46]
January 29 – Philippines – A van collided head-on with a truck loaded with cement bags on a narrow highway in
Carmen, Cotabato, killing 14 and injuring 20.[48]
February 29 – Nigeria – A bus rolled over and plunged into a ditch along the
Gusau-
Funtua highway in
Zamfara State when a front tyre burst, killing 11.[49]
February 29 – Guatemala –
Villa Canales bus disaster. A bus crashed into a 10-meter ravine after missing a sharp bend, killing 54 and injuring 25.[50]
April 16 – India –
Gujarat bus crash. A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in
Vadodara, killing at least 47, 44 of whom were children.[51]
April 19 – Spain –
BenalmĂĄdena coach crash. An SUV collided with a bus full of tourists while trying to overtake it, killing nine and injuring 38.[52]
August 27 – Philippines – A van carrying South Korean tourists crashed into a concrete wall in
Bolinao,
Pangasinan, killing ten passengers.[57]
October 3 – United States – An Alabama prison van collided with a semi truck on
U.S. Route 82 killing 7 and injuring 1.[58]
October 21 – United Kingdom –
M6 motorway crash. A collision involving three lorries and two cars on the
M6 motorway near
Sandbach killed six, including three children and an infant.[59]
November 15 – Burkina Faso –
Boromo bus crash. A truck carrying 80 people collided with a bus on National Highway 1 before catching fire, killing 66.[60]
December 14 – Egypt –
Dahrut bus accident. A bus plunged into an irrigation ditch while traveling from
Cairo to
Minya, killing at least 55 and injuring 10.
December 16 – Israel –
Israeli tour bus crash. A bus crashed off the road and rolled down a ravine between
Ovda and
Eilat, killing 25 and injuring 30 in the deadliest traffic accident in Israel's history.[61]
2009
February 21 – Slovakia –
Brezno train accident. A train collided with a tourist coach on a level crossing, killing 12 and injuring 20.[62]
March 28 – Philippines – A bus collided with a 10-wheeler hauler truck in
Naga, Cebu, killing 14.[63]
May 28 – Bulgaria –
Yambol bus crash. A bus crashed into a group of pedestrians, killing 18 and injuring 20.[64]
July 24 – Russia –
Rostov-on-Don bus crash. A bus collided with a petrol tanker, killing at least 21.
July 26 – United States –
Taconic State Parkway crash. A minivan driver travelled the wrong way for 2.7 km (1.7 mi) on the
Taconic State Parkway before crashing head-on into an SUV, killing eight and injuring three.[65]
July 27 – Tanzania – A bus collided with a lorry after bursting a tire in
Korogwe, killing 28.[66]
July 30 – Spain –
Sant Pol de Mar bus crash. A double-decker bus carrying Dutch tourists left the highway on a bend and hit a car and a metal crash barrier before overturning, killing six and injuring 36-44.
August 14 – Romania –
ScĂąnteia train accident. A bus collided with a train on County Road 248C, killing at least 14.[67]
September 19 – China – A maintenance vehicle was rear-ended by a truck and plunged off a viaduct in
Nanchang, killing at least 16.[68]
October 28 – Philippines – A bus fell into an 80-foot ravine after colliding with two other vehicles on a bridge in
Cauayan, Isabela, killing ten and injuring 21.[70]
October 31 – Kenya – A bus rolled over in
Modagashe, killing at least 15 and injuring 16.[71]
November 2 – Iran – A bus carrying pilgrims on their way to holy sites in Iraq crashed into a warehouse near
Ilam, killing at least 28.[72]
November 2 – Peru – Two buses and a truck collided in
Arequipa, killing at least 14 and injuring over 40.[73]
December 24 – Peru –
Espinar bus crash. A bus rolled over the edge of a cliff, killing 41 and injuring 22.
2010s
2010
January 14 – Papua New Guinea –
Papua New Guinea bus crash. A bus and a public motor vehicle (PMV, a refitted truck used for public transportation) crashed head-on in
Morobe Province, killing at least 40.[74]
February 8 – Afghanistan –
Salang avalanches. At least 36 avalanches struck the southern approach to the
Salang Tunnel, killing 175.[75]
February 13 – Nigeria –
Port Harcourt bus electrocution. A power line broke, striking two buses and electrocuting the occupants, killing 11.[76]
February 15 – Philippines – A jeepney and a trailer truck collided in
Piat, Cagayan, killing 14 and injuring 13.[77]
October 12 – Ukraine –
Marhanets train accident. A bus ran a red light and crossed a railroad crossing before getting hit by a train, killing 43 and injuring nine.[87]
November 12 – United States – A sedan collided with twelve motorcycles in
El Centro, California, killing five and injuring six.[88]
December 1 – Nigeria –
Alakija tanker explosion. A fuel tanker crashed and exploded, destroying nearby structures as well as two buses and two cars, killing 20.[89]
December 20 – Malaysia –
Cameron Highlands bus crash. A double-decker bus crashed at the Second EastâWest Highway of the
Perakâ
Pahang state border, killing 27.[90]
December 25 – India – A bus collided with a van carrying mourners in
Badaun,
Uttar Pradesh, killing up to 35 and injuring 14.[91]
May 31 – India – A bus carrying wedding guests skidded off a wooden bridge and fell into a pond in
Hajo,
Assam, killing 31.[93]
July 11 – Bangladesh –
Mirsharai bus crash. A
pick-up truck carrying mostly students veered off the road and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 40.[94]
August 5 – CĂŽte d'Ivoire – A bus veered off a bridge in
Abidjan and plunged into the lagoon below, killing 37.[96]
September 27 – Pakistan –
Kallar Kahar school bus accident. While travelling along the
M-2 motorway, a school bus skidded due to mechanical brake failure and fell into a ravine, killing 37 and injuring at least 70.[97]
July 21 – Philippines – A dump truck lost its brakes and fell sideways near
Caibiran, Biliran, killing 14 and injuring 10.[111]
July 23 – United States – A pickup truck carrying illegal immigrants travelling on
Route 59 crashed into two trees near
Berclair, Texas, killing 14 and injuring nine.[112]
July 30 – India – Two trucks collided in
Haryana, killing 29 pilgrims.[113]
August 26 – China –
Shaanxi busâtanker crash. A double-decker sleeper bus and a tanker loaded with methanol collided and caught fire, killing 36.[114]
January 12 – Nepal – A bus veered off a narrow mountain road during thick fog in
Chhatiwan, killing 29 and injuring 12.[121]
February 4 – United Arab Emirates –
Al Ain bus accident. A bus carrying migrant workers collided with another vehicle in
Abu Dhabi emirate, killing 22 and injuring 24.[122]
May 25 – Pakistan –
Gujrat gas bus explosion. A gas cylinder exploded inside a school minivan, killing 17 (16 children) and injuring seven.[127]
June 23 – Montenegro –
Podgorica bus crash. A bus carrying Romanian tourists plunged into a ravine, killing 19 and injuring 28.
July 13 – Russia –
Oznobishino bus crash. A truck carrying gravel collided with a bus, killing 18 and injuring 60.
July 21 – Egypt – An army bus crashed into a truck along the Mediterranean coastal highway, killing 15 soldiers.[128]
July 28 – Italy –
Monteforte Irpino bus crash. A tour bus returning from a pilgrimage went off the highway into a ravine, killing 39 and injuring 19.[129]
August 21 – Malaysia –
Genting Highlands bus crash. A bus carrying 53 passengers crashed into a ravine, killing 37 and injuring 16 in the deadliest road accident in Malaysia.[130]
August 21 – Indonesia – A car and a church bus collided and plunged into a river in
Cisarua,
West Java, killing 19 and injuring 12.[131]
August 29 – Kenya – A bus veered off the road and plunged into a valley in
Narok, rolling over several times, killing 41 and injuring 33.[132]
September 5 – South Africa –
Pinetown crash. An articulated truck drove through a red light at high speed and hit several vehicles, killing 27 and injuring 80.[133]
September 9 – Guatemala –
San Martin Jilotepeque bus disaster. A bus crashed into a 200 m (660 ft) ravine after missing a sharp bend, killing 48 and injuring 37.[136]
September 9 – Iran – Two buses collided in
Qom, killing 44 and injuring 39.[137]
September 18 – Canada –
Ottawa busâtrain crash. A double-decker bus and a train collided, killing six and injuring 35.[138]
October 10 – India – A truck carrying Hindu pilgrims crashed into a gorge in
Hoshiarpur, killing 20 and injuring 35.[139]
October 12 – Peru –
Santa Teresa bus disaster. A bus carrying 51 people plunged off a cliff and ended up in the
Cachimayo River, killing everyone on board. This crash tied with the
2018 Pasamayo bus crash as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history.
October 24 – Thailand – A bus carrying Buddhist worshippers from a temple plunged into a ravine in
Wang Nuea,
Lampang Province, killing 20 and injuring 16.[141]
October 28 – China – A cement mixer rear-ended a motorized tricycle, then collided with a minibus in
Kuytun,
Xinjiang, killing 10 and injuring two.[142]
October 30 – India –
Mahabubnagar bus accident. A bus hit a culvert, damaging its fuel tank and causing a fire, killing 45 and injuring seven.[143]
November 11 – South Africa – A bus collided with a truck in
Mpumalanga province, killing 29.[144]
November 18 – Egypt – A train ploughed into a lorry and a mini-bus, killing 30 and injuring 28.[145]
January 7 – Nigeria –
Kirikiri tanker explosion. A tanker loaded with about 33,000 liters of gasoline rammed into parked vehicles[148] and exploded, killing 15.[149]
January 15 – Pakistan – A school bus collided head on with a garbage truck in
Nawabshah, killing 20.[150]
March 10 – Egypt – A truck collided with a bus on a highway that was flooded after heavy rains in
Asyut, killing 16.[153]
March 11 – Egypt –
Suez bus crash. A bus collided with a parked car at Ain Moussa power station, killing 25 and injuring 27.[154]
April 13 – United States – A
FedEx truck with two trailers driving on a freeway in
Orland, California drove over a median and entered opposite traffic, striking a sedan which then collided with a chartered bus carrying high school students for a field trip and ignited, killing 10.[155]
April 13 – Mexico –
Acayucan bus crash. A bus collided with a broken-down truck and caught fire in
Veracruz State, killing 36 and injuring four.[156]
April 20 – Pakistan – A bus rammed into a disabled flatbed trailer parked on the side of a highway in
Pannu Aqil, killing 36.[157]
June 17 – India – A bus fell into a mountain gorge in
Saharanpur, killing 13 and injuring dozens.[159]
June 27 – Afghanistan – A truck and a minibus collided in
Nangarhar, killing 17 and injuring nine.[160]
August 9 – China – A tour bus fell off a 30 ft (9.1 m) cliff after crashing in a pileup involving an SUV and a pickup truck in
Nyemo,
Tibet, killing 44.[161]
August 17 – Afghanistan – A truck loaded with people and animals crashed in a mountainous area of
Badghis, killing 33 and injuring 13.[162]
August 22 – Egypt – Two buses coming from opposite directions collided about 30 miles from
Sharm el-Sheikh, killing 33.[163]
August 31 – Afghanistan – A fuel tanker collided with a van in
Herat, killing 23.[164]
October 6 – Nepal – A bus plummeted some 300 m (980 ft) down a road in
Doti, killing 41.[165][166][167]
October 13 – Egypt – Three minibuses were involved in a crash in
Edfu,
Aswan Governorate, killing 30.[168]
November 5 – Egypt – A school bus, a fuel tanker and two passenger vehicles collided and caught fire in
Damanhur, killing 17 people and injuring 18.[169]
December 22 – United Kingdom –
Glasgow bin lorry crash. A bin lorry vehicle mounted the pavement after its driver passed out at the wheel in
George Square, killing six and injuring 15.[172]
2015
January 10 – Pakistan –
Karachi traffic accident. An oil tanker travelling on the wrong side of the road collided with a bus, killing 62.[173]
February 4 – China – A minibus crashed in
Meizhou,
Guangdong, during the first day for the peak travel season centered on the
Chinese New Year, killing 10.[174]
March 11 – Tanzania –
Iringa road accident. A bus and two trucks collided, killing 41 and injuring 25.[175]
March 15 – Brazil –
Joinville bus accident. A tourist bus veered off a road and plunged approximately 100 m (330 ft) into a ravine in
Santa Catarina, killing 54 and injuring 10.[176]
March 21 – Egypt –
Giza bus accident. A bus fell off a bridge into a canal, killing 35.[177]
March 24 – Peru –
Huarmey bus accident. A bus crashed into traffic, killing 37 and injuring 70.
April 10 – Morocco – A bus caught fire after colliding with a gas tanker in
Tan-Tan, killing 33.[178]
May 5 – India – A bus fell into a ditch and caught fire in
Panna,
Madhya Pradesh, killing 21.[179]
June 13 – India – A van carrying Hindu pilgrims from the
Tirupati-
Tirumala temple in
Andhra Pradesh lost control on a bridge and plunged into a river, killing 22.[180]
June 13 – India – A lorry and two tractors carrying dozens heading to a prayer ceremony collided in
Harchandpur, Uttar Pradesh, killing 17.[180]
June 7 – Peru – A dump truck crammed with dozens of school children dropped from a cliff in the
Andes as it returned from festivities in the
Huanuco region, killing 17 and injuring 54[181]
July 1 – China –
Ji'an bus accident. In
Jilin Province, a bus carrying visiting South Korean civil servants went off a bridge, killing 11 and injuring 17.[182]
July 29 – Mexico –
Zacatecas road accident. An out of control truck ran into a religious procession, killing 27 and injuring 149.[183]
August 9 – Sudan – Two trucks collided while moving in opposite directions in
Um Al-Hasan, killing 19 and injuring 12.[184]
February 6 â Nepal â Pasang Lhamu bus crash. A bus fell off the
Keurini cliff into a ravine, killing 11 and injuring 12.[189]
February 10 â Pakistan â At least 10 people, including six schoolchildren, were killed in a fireball after a tanker carrying liquified petroleum gas collided with a car in
Sheikhupura.[190]
February 18 â Ghana â
Kintampo bus collision. A head-on collision between a bus and a truck killed 71 people and injured 23.[191]
March 19 â Saudi Arabia â At least 19 Egyptian pilgrims were killed when their bus crashed on a highway linking the holy cities of
Medina and
Mecca.[192]
April 3 â Saudi Arabia â Two vans collided in
Wadi bin Hashbal, killing 15 people, including six children.[194]
May 8 â Afghanistan â
Ghazni Province road crash. Two buses collided with a fuel tanker, killing 73 and injuring 50.[195]
June 6 â Saudi Arabia â An accident involving a bus and a truck on a highway between Riyadh and
Al-Qassim killed 15 people and injured 60.[196]
June 7 â United States â
Kalamazoo bicycle crash. A pickup truck crashed into a group of cyclists, killing five and injuring four.
July 19 â Taiwan â
Taoyuan bus fire. A tour bus caught fire, killing all 26 on board.[197]
August 15 â Nepal â
Nepal bus crashes. In the first of two bus crashes on the same day, a 35-seater bus carrying some 90 people stalled and rolled backwards off the road near
Birtadeurali, falling more than 300 m (980 ft), killing 27-33 people and injuring 38-42 injured.[198][199]
August 15 â Nepal â
Nepal bus crashes. In the second of the two bus crashes on the same day, a bus slipped off of a high mountain road near
Siddheshwar, Baitadi, falling 200 m (660 ft) and killing four people and injuring 30.[198][200]
September 3 â Afghanistan â
Zabul Province road crash. A bus collided with a fuel tanker, killing 38 people and injuring 28.[201]
October 17 - Pakistan â At least 24 people were killed and more than 70 injured after two buses collided in
Khanpur.[202]
October 23 â United States â
I-10 tour bus crash. A tour bus collided with the back of a stationary semi-trailer truck in California, killing 13 and injuring 31.[203]
November 1 â United States â A nearly-empty school bus crashed into a car before swerving into the oncoming lane and crashing into the side of a commuter bus in
Baltimore, killing six and injuring eleven.[204]
November 21 â United States â
Chattanooga school bus crash. A school bus carrying 37 elementary students crashed, killing six and injuring 32.[205]
2017
January 2 â Thailand â A minivan and a pick-up truck both packed with passengers collided in
Chonburi, killing 25 people.[206]
January 21 â Italy â
Verona bus crash. A bus carrying school children from
Hungary crashed and caught fire on the A4 near
Verona a few minutes after midnight, killing 17 people and injuring 25.[207]
January 28 â Madagascar â At least 47 people, including 10 children and a newly-wed couple, were killed when a truck carrying wedding guests swerved off the road and plunged into a river in
Anjorozobe.[208]
February 13 â Taiwan â At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus crashed on a highway in
Taipei.[209]
February 18 â Malaysia â Nine teenage cyclists were killed after they were hit by a car at the Middle Ring Road in
Johor Bahru.[210]
February 20 â Philippines â
Tanay bus accident. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an electric post in
Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 people and injuring 40.[211]
April 18 â Philippines â
Nueva Ecija bus accident. A 45-seater bus carrying 77 passengers fell into a ravine in
Carranglan, killing 31 and injuring 46.[212]
April 21 â South Africa â A minibus crashed and burned in
Bronkhorstspruit, killing at least 20 children.[214]
May 6 â Tanzania â 32 schoolchildren, two teachers and a minibus driver where killed when their vehicle plunged into a ravine in
Karatu,
Arusha Region.[215]
May 28 â France â A motorcyclist on the
A4 autoroute to Paris fell off when he was struck by a vehicle pulling into his lane. The motorcycle stood itself up and continued along the motorway, periodically scraping the
median barrier, thereby keeping balance. It was found in
Bercy, 9 km (5.6 mi) from the location of the collision. The riderless motorcycle was witnessed and filmed by passing drivers.[216]
June 25 â Pakistan â
Bahawalpur explosion. A tanker truck overturned and began leaking its cargo of petrol, which people gathered to collect. 219 were killed and at least 34 injured when it exploded.[217]
July 3 â Germany â 18 people were killed when a tour bus caught fire after colliding with a lorry in
Stammbach.[218]
July 5 â Central African Republic â At least 78 people were killed and dozens more were injured when a truck heavily loaded with goods and passengers crashed in
Bambari.[219]
August 26 â United Kingdom â
M1 motorway crash. A crash involving two lorries and a minibus killed eight and injured three.[220]
October 28 â Nepal â A bus carrying passengers returning from a Hindu festival skidded off the
Prithvi Highway and plunged into a river, killing at least 31 people.[221]
November 20 â Pakistan â A head-on collision in
Khairpur between a mini-bus and a truck killed at least 20 people and injured three.[222]
December 23 â Egypt â A bus crashed into a truck in Cairo, killing 13 passengers and injuring eight.[224]
December 23 â India â A bus plunged into a river in
Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, killing 33 people.[225]
December 25 â Philippines â 20 passengers were killed after their jeepney collided with a bus in
Agoo, La Union.[226]
December 31 â Kenya â 36 died after a bus collided with a truck in
Migaa.[227]
2018
January 2 â Peru â
Pasamayo bus crash. A coach plunged off a cliff on a coastal road, killing 51. This incident tied with the
2013 Peru bus disaster as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history.[228]
January 4 â South Africa â
HennenmanâKroonstad train crash. A train collided with a truck at a
level crossing in the
Free State. The train derailed, and seven of the twelve carriages caught fire. 21 people were killed and 254 others were injured.
January 18 â Kazakhstan â
Yrgyz bus fire. A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers caught fire, killing 52.[229]
January 20 â Turkey â A bus hit several trees on the side of the road in
EskiĆehir Province, killing 11 and injuring 44.[230]
February 10 â Hong Kong â
Tai Po bus accident. A double-decker bus overturned in the New Territories, killing 19 people and injuring 65.[231]
February 11 â Indonesia â A tourist bus collided with a motorcycle before crashing into a hill and flipping onto its side in
Subang Regency, killing 27 and injuring 18.[232]
February 14 â Libya â At least 23 people were killed when a truck carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants overturned in
Bani Walid.[233]
March 20 â Philippines â 19 passengers died after a bus careened off a winding dirt road and fell into a ravine in
Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.[234]
March 21 â Thailand â A chartered tour bus lost control on a downhill curve and slid off the side of the road in
Nakhon Ratchasima, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens more.[235]
May 25 â Uganda â
Kiryandongo bus accident. A bus in
Kiryandongo District collided with the rear a tractor travelling without lights at night, and then hit a truck head-on, killing 22 people, including four children, and injuring 15.[238]
July 1 â India â An overcrowded bus travelling crashed into a gorge in
Pauri Garhwal,
Uttarakhand, killing 48 people and injuring 12.[239]
July 6 â Cameroon â At least 28 people were killed and five others were injured when a bus drove into a river in
Bountourou.[240]
July 30 â Vietnam â 13 people were killed and four injured when a minibus carrying wedding guests collided head-on with a container truck in
QuáșŁng Nam province.[241]
August 6 â Italy â
2018 Borgo Panigale explosion â a collision between a car carrier and a tanker truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas caused an explosion in the
Borgo Panigale neighborhood of
Bologna, killing two people and injuring 145.
August 12 â Ecuador â At least 12 football fans were killed and 30 injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned in
Molleturo.[242]
August 14 â Ecuador â At least 24 people were killed and 19 others were injured when a bus struck an all-terrain vehicle and overturned, slamming into three houses on the side of the road in
Quito.[243]
September 1 â Ecuador â 10 people, including three children died when a bus crashed and overturned in
Cuenca.[244]
September 12 â India â An overcrowded bus rolled into a gorge in
Jagtial district,
Telangana, killing at least 57 people and injuring 31.[245]
October 6 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â
Mbuba road tanker explosion. A fuel truck collided with another truck and later exploded, killing at least 50 people and injuring more than 100 others.[247]
October 10 â Kenya â 55 people were killed when their bus left the road, rolled down a slope and crashed in
Kericho.[248]
October 28 â Pakistan â At least 17 people were killed after a bus plunged into a ravine in
Kohistan.[250]
November 3 â China â
Lanzhou toll accident. A truck rammed into a line of waiting cars. 15 people were killed and another 44 injured in the 31-vehicle crash.[251]
November 7 â Zimbabwe â A collision between two buses in
Rusape killed 50 people and injured 80.[252]
November 16 â Zimbabwe â At least 42 passengers died after a suspected gas tank exploded inside a bus in
Gwanda.[253]
December 21 â Nepal â A bus carrying college students and teachers veered off a highway in
Tulsipur and plunged into a river, killing at least 21 people and injuring 15 others.[254]
2019
January 11 â Canada â
Westboro station bus crash. A double-decker bus swerved and hit a bus shelter on approach to
Westboro station in
Ottawa, tearing off part of the upper deck. Three passengers were killed and 23 were injured.
January 21 â Pakistan â
Hub accident. A bus collided with a tanker truck in
Balochistan. At least 26 people were killed and 16 others suffered burns.
February 20 - Bangladesh - A collision in Dhaka between a pickup van and a car led to the latter's gas cylinder exploding.
The fire then spread to a group of buildings being used to store chemicals. The fire killed 80 people and injured 50 others.[255]
April 17 â Portugal â
Madeira bus crash. A tour bus carrying German tourists plunged off a road in
Madeira, killing 29 and injuring 27.
May 12 â Kenya â Ten people died after a bus crashed into a truck on the side of the road in
Tana River County.[256]
May 21 â Philippines â 10 persons died while 20 others were injured after a jeepney rolled over in
Libon, Albay.[257]
May 29 â Mexico â A tour bus and a semitruck collided and caught fire on a mountain road in
Maltrata, Veracruz State, killing at least 21 people and injuring 30 others.[258]
June 8 â Philippines â 13 persons died while 41 others were injured after a jeepney fell into a ravine in
San Fernando, Camarines Sur.[259]
June 12 â Egypt â 14 people died and 10 others were injured when two microbuses crashed on a highway in
Helwan.[260]
June 20 - India -
Kullu bus accident. An overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Himachal Pradesh, killing 44 people and injuring 34 others.[262]
June 21 â United States â A truck drove into a group of motorcyclists in
Randolph, New Hampshire, killing seven and injuring three.[263]
July 8 â India â At least 29 people died after a bus hit a divider and fell into a gap between two flyovers on the
Yamuna Expressway in
Agra.[264]
August 10 - Tanzania -
Morogoro tanker explosion. A fuel tanker crashed and people gathered at the accident site to collect the fuel. The tanker exploded, killing over 100 people and injuring at least 47 others.[265]
August 18 - Uganda - At least 19 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded after losing control and ramming into three cars.[266]
September 17 â Philippines â A truck fell down a ravine in
T'Boli, South Cotabato, killing 20 people and injuring 12.[267]
September 22 â Pakistan â
Babusar bus accident. A bus carrying approximately 60 people slammed into a mountain after the brakes failed while making a sharp turn, killing at least 26 people and injuring 12.[268]
September 29 â China â At least 36 people were killed and dozens were injured after a collision between a bus and a truck along the
Changchun-
Shenzhen expressway in
Yixing,
Jiangsu province.[269]
October 5 â Romania â
SfĂąntu Gheorghe minibus accident. A minibus was hit by a truck driving on the wrong side of the road, killing 10 and injuring eight.
October 5 â United Kingdom â
Totnes bus crash. A double-decker bus overturned on the
A385 road in
Devon, injuring over 50 people.
October 16 â Saudi Arabia â
2019 Medina bus crash. 35 people were killed and four were injured after a bus carrying Muslim pilgrims collided with a truck in Medina.[270]
October 31 â Philippines â 19 people were killed and 21 others were injured after a rented truck fell into a ravine in
Conner, Apayao.[271]
November 13 â Slovakia â A lorry carrying gravel collided with a bus in
Nitra, killing 12 people in the country's deadliest road accident in a decade.[272]
December 1 â Russia â 19 passengers died when a bus skidded off a bridge in
Zabaykalsky Krai and plunged into the
Kuenga River.[273]
December 2 â Tunisia â At least 26 people were killed when their bus careened into a ravine in
Ain Snoussi.[274]
December 15 â Nepal â A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims veered off a highway in
Sindhupalchowk and crashed, killing 14 people and injuring 18.[275]
December 18 â Mexico â 14 people were killed and 12 others were injured when a van crashed into a truck on a highway in
Jalisco state and caught fire.[276]
December 23 â Indonesia â 27 passengers were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in
Pagar Alam,
South Sumatra.[277]
December 28 â Egypt â 22 people were killed in a collision between a minibus carrying workers and a truck in
Port Said.[278]
2020s
2020
January 5 â United States â
Pennsylvania Turnpike crash. Icy conditions caused a tour bus to turn over and trigger a pileup, killing five people and injuring 60.
January 6 â Peru â At least 16 people died after a bus collided with other vehicles and rolled over.[279]
January 9 â Iran â At least 20 people died and 24 others were injured in an accident on a bus heading from Tehran to
Gonbad in
Mazandaran.[280]
January 10 â India â At least 20 people were killed when a double-decker bus caught fire after ramming into a truck in
Kannauj.[281]
July 6 â Colombia â
Tasajera explosion. A fuel truck overturned and exploded while locals tried to collect its contents, killing 45 people and injuring 19.[285]
July 28 â Mali â At least 22 people were killed and 21 were injured when a minibus collided with a dump truck in
Kangaba.[286]
October 11 â Thailand â At least 17 passengers were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a bus collided with a train in
Cha Choeng Sao.[287]
November 25 â Brazil â At least 41 people were killed after a crash between a bus and a truck in
Taguai,
SĂŁo Paulo state.[288]
December 31 â Algeria â 20 people, mostly African nationals, died and 11 were injured when a vehicle carrying them overturned in
Ain Mguel,
Tamanrasset Province.[289]
2021
January 19 â India â At least 15 laborers were crushed to death by a truck in
Surat,
Gujarat while they were sleeping by a road.[290]
January 27 â Cameroon â
Dschang bus-truck crash. A crash on the Dschang Cliff,
West Region killed 53 people after a truck illegally carrying fuel collided with a bus.[291]
February 11 â United States â Icy conditions from
an ice storm caused a massive 133-vehicle pileup on
Interstate 35W in
Fort Worth, Texas, killing six people and injuring 95.
February 16 â India â
Sidhi bus accident. A bus fell into a canal after the driver lost control,[292] killing 51[293] people.
March 2 â Bolivia â
Colomi bus crash. A bus traveling along
Route 7 fell into a ravine,[294] killing 21 people and injuring 17.
March 5 â Egypt â A trailer-truck crashed into a microbus in
Atfih, killing at least 18 people and injuring five others.[295]
April 1 â CĂŽte d'Ivoire â 16 people died when a bus collided with a semi-trailer truck in
Nambonkaha.[296]
April 4 â China â A four-vehicle collision involving a bus on the
ShenyangâHaikou Expressway in
Jiangsu caused by a truck tire falling off killed 11 and injured 19.[297]
April 5 â CĂŽte d'Ivoire â At least 14 people were killed in two separate accidents on the highway linking Abidjan to the north of the country.[298]
April 14 â Egypt â 20 people were killed and three injured when a bus collided with a truck and caught fire in
Asyut.[299][300]
May 20 â Pakistan â A bus overturned on a highway in
Sukkur, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring 29 others.[301]
May 24 â Guinea-Bissau â 14 people died after a truck crashed into homes in
Cambese.[302]
June 11 â Pakistan â A bus carrying pilgrims overturned in
Khuzdar, Balochistan, killing at least 18 people and injuring 42.[303]
July 19 â United States â A multiple vehicle collision occurred in Alabama on
Interstate 65 in
Butler County killing 10 and injuring 1.[304][305]
July 31 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â 33 people died in a collision between a fuel truck and a bus in
Kibuba.[307]
September 4 â China â A heavy-duty semi-trailer towing a trailer collided with a four-wheel tractor on the
G229 in
Heilongjiang Province, killing 15 and injuring one.[308]
October 12 â Nepal â A bus carrying 45 passengers fell into a river in
Mugu, killing 32 people.
November 3 â Pakistan â
Azad Kashmir bus incident. A 40-seater bus heading to
Rawalpindi carrying more than 30 passengers fell into a ditch in
Pallandri, killing at least 23 people, including children, and injuring seven others.[309]
November 5 â Sierra Leone â
Freetown fuel tanker explosion. A collision between a fuel tanker and a lorry at a busy junction resulted in an explosion and a fire that killed 151 people and injured 304.
November 7 â Mexico â
Highway 150D toll booth disaster. A truck crashed through the San Marcos Huixtoco
tollbooth and collided with six cars, igniting a fire. 19 people were killed and three injured.
November 23 â Bulgaria â
Bosnek bus crash. A bus carrying
Macedonian tourists crashed and caught fire, killing 45 people and injuring seven.[310]
December 14 â Haiti â
Cap-HaĂŻtien fuel tanker explosion. A fuel truck overturned and exploded, killing at least 90 people and injuring more than 120 after locals tried to collect spilled fuel.
2022
January 7 â Palestine â
West Bank bus crash. A truck and minibus collided at Petzal Junction on
Highway 90, killing eight people and injuring two.[312]
January 12 â Philippinesâ 11 people were killed after a small truck packed with partygoers, including children, overturned in
Balingasag, Misamis Oriental.[313]
January 20 â Ghana â
Bogoso explosion. A truck transporting mining explosives collided with a motorcycle. The resulting explosion levelled the nearby village of
Apiate, killing 13 people and injuring 200.[314]
March 22 â United States â Six teenagers were killed in
Tishomingo, Oklahoma when a car was struck by a semi-truck.[318][319]
April 5 â Hungary â A train hit a truck on a crossing in
Mindszent, killing five people and injuring 10.[320]
April 13 â Egypt â A tourist bus collided with a truck and caught fire in
Luxor, killing at least 10 people.[321]
May 16 â Indonesia â A bus carrying tourists crashed into a billboard and flipped on the
SurabayaâMojokerto Toll Road, killing 14 people and injuring 19.[322][323]
June 6 â India â
Uttarakhand bus accident. A bus carrying 55 wedding guests fell into a 500-metre-deep gorge.[324][325] 32 people were killed and the rest were heavily injured.[326]
June 13 - United States- On
I-25 in
Weld County, Colorado, a semi-truck rear-ended two cars, one of which collided with a third car, killing five.[327]
July 18 â Indonesia â An
oil truck crashed into two cars and ten motorcycles at an intersection in
Cibubur killing at least 11.[328]
July 19 â Egypt â At least 23 people were killed and 30 more were injured when a bus slammed into a truck in Minya.[329]
July 24 â Kenya â At least 34 people died after a bus fell off a bridge and plunged some 40 metres into the
Nithi River in
Tharaka Nithi.[330]
August 4 â Philippinesâ 10 died in a collision involving a ten-wheeler hauler truck, a van, and a pick-up truck in
General Santos.[331]
August 5 â United States â A car sped through an intersection in
Windsor Hills, California and crashed into multiple cars, killing six people and injuring eight.[332]
August 21 â Russia â At least 16 people died and another three were injured after a truck collided with a minibus in
Ulyanovsk.[335]
August 28 â Canada â Six were killed as a vehicle crashed into a concrete pit at a construction zone in
Barrie, Ontario.[336]
August 31 â Indonesia â A truck lost its brakes and crashed near a bus stop outside a school, toppling a concrete
communications tower and crashing into two motorcycles in
Bekasi,
West Java, killing 10 and injuring 23.[337]
September 9 â Nigeria â More than 20 people were burned to death after a head-to-head bus collision in
Lanlate,
Ibarapa,
Oyo State. Only two badly burned people survived.[338]
September 10 â Mexico â 20 people burned to death after a bus collided with a double-tanker fuel truck in
Tamaulipas.[339]
September 13 â India â 12 people were killed and 30 were injured after a minibus fell into a gorge in the
Poonch district, Kashmir.[340]
September 16 â South Africa â 19 people, 16 of them schoolchildren, were killed after a minibus collided with a truck near
Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal.[341]
September 17 â Costa Rica â Nine people were killed and at least 30 others were reported missing after a bus crashed in
Alajuela Province.[342]
September 18 â China â
Guizhou bus crash. A bus carrying 47
COVID-19 patients overturned, killing 27 people and injuring 20.[343]
October 1 â India â
Kanpur road accident. A tractor carrying pilgrims overturned and fell into a pond, killing 26 people and injuring nine others.[344]
October 5 â India â
Palakkad bus accident. A bus rear-ended another bus, killing nine people including students and injuring 38.[345]
October 15 â Colombia â At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in
Nariño Department.[346]
October 25 â Egypt â A truck slammed into a minibus in
Dakahlia, killing at least 10 people.[347]
November 12 â Egypt â 20 people were killed after a minibus fell into a canal in Dakahlia.[349]
November 22 â Nigeria â At least 37 people were killed when two buses collided head-on in
Maiduguri and caught fire, followed by a third bus that crashed into them.[350]
December 12 â Nepal â A truck carrying wedding guests veered off a mountain highway in
Chedagad, killing all 12 people aboard.[351]
December 13 â Nepal â A bus bumped the side wall of a mountainous road in
Bethanchowk, killing 17 people and injuring 22.[351]
December 17 â Afghanistan â
Salang Tunnel fire. At least 12 people were killed and 37 people were injured after a fuel tanker caught fire inside the Salang Tunnel.[352]
December 23 â India â A truck carrying soldiers skidded down a steep slope into a gorge in
Chatten,
Sikkim, killing at least 16. Four other soldiers were injured.[353]
January 8 – China – A truck crashed into a funeral procession in
Nanchang County,
Jiangxi, killing 19 and injuring 20.[369]
January 14 – United States – A sedan collided with a semi truck in
Oasis, California, killing five.[370][371]
January 14 – Nigeria – A speeding bus lost control and rammed into a truck on an expressway in
Oniworo,
Ogun State, killing 10.[372]
January 16 – Senegal – A bus collided with a truck in
Louga, killing 22 and injuring over 20.[373]
January 20 – Sri Lanka – A bus carrying students skidded off the road after colliding with a van in
Radella, near
Nuwara Eliya, killing seven and injuring over 50.[374]
January 26 – Chad – A bus crashed into a broken down truck near
Batha,
Oum Hadjer, killing 20.[375]
January 28 – Peru – A bus plunged off a cliff in the
El Alto District, killing at least 24.[376]
January 29 – Pakistan –
Lasbela bus crash. A bus fell off a bridge into a ravine and burst into flames in Balochistan, killing 41 and injuring three.[377]
February 4 – China – Nearly 50 vehicles were involved in a crash on a highway in
Changsha, killing 16 and injuring 66.[381]
February 5 – Turkey – A bus crashed and overturned in
Afyonkarahisar Province, killing eight and injuring 42.[382]
February 8 – Malaysia – A van crashed into a concrete divider on a road whilst going down from the
Genting Highlands, killing seven and injuring seven.[383]
February 11 – Philippines – Eight police personnel were killed and 20 people were injured after their van collided with another vehicle in
Naawan,
Misamis Oriental.[384]
February 14 – South Africa – A tour bus collided head-on with an armoured
cash-in-transit van on the
N1 in
Louis Trichardt, Limpopo before tumbling into a river, killing 20 and injuring 68.[385]
February 20 – Belarus – A truck carrying sand collided with a bus near
Smalyavichy, killing 11 and injuring 10.[387]
February 23 – India – A cement-loaded truck rammed into two buses carrying passengers returning from a government rally in
Sidhi,
Madhya Pradesh, killing 15.[388]
February 25 – Pakistan – A bus hit a van on a motorway in
Rahim Yar Khan, killing 13.[389]
March 19 – Bangladesh – A bus skidded off the road and tumbled into a 30 ft (9.1 m) ditch in
Madaripur District, killing 19 and injuring 25.[390]
March 27 – Saudi Arabia – A bus taking pilgrims to Mecca overturned and caught fire after crashing into a bridge in
ÊżAsir Province, killing 20 and injuring 29.[394]
April 14 – Indonesia – A truck lost its brakes at a toll road in
Boyolali Regency,
Central Java and collided with a car, before slamming into multiple parked vehicles, killing eight.[396]
April 15 – Kenya – A bus suffered a brake failure and fell down a slope on the way to
Mwatate,
TaitaâTaveta County, killing 13.[397]
April 29 – Mexico – A bus fell down a ravine in Nayarit, killing 18 and injuring 33.[398]
May 1 – Laos – A bus collided with a truck in
Bolikhamxay Province, killing eight and injuring 20.[402]
May 1 – United States – A dust storm with near-zero visibility caused a 72-vehicle pile-up on
Interstate 55 near
Divernon, Illinois, killing seven and injuring over 30.[403]
May 6 – Turkey – A truck collided with nine cars and two minibuses in
Hatay Province, killing 12 and injuring 31.[405]
May 14 – Mexico – A van collided with a freight truck near
Ciudad Victoria in
Tamaulipas, with both vehicles catching fire, killing 26.[406]
May 18 – China – A vehicle carrying 14 people careened off a cliff and fell into a pool of water in
Guangxi, killing 11.[407]
May 18 – United States – A semi truck collided with a parked van carrying several people which in turn collided with another semi truck parked in front of it, killing seven and injuring four.[408][409][410][411]
June 3 – Malawi – A lorry carrying 80 passengers overturned and collided with the road embankment in
Karonga District, killing 25 and injuring 12.[413]
July 5 – Mexico – A bus lost control and plunged into a 25-meter gully in the
Mixteca Region of
Oaxaca State, killing 29 and injuring 20.[423]
July 16 – United States – A
Kia Forte hatchback collided with a BMW SUV on Alexander Avenue and State Route 509 in
Tacoma, Washington killing 6 and injuring 3.[424][425]
July 19 – Algeria – A bus collided head-on with a pickup truck carrying fuel cans and caught fire in
Outoul, near
Tamanrasset, killing 34 and injuring 12.[426]
August 3 – Mexico – A bus carrying 42 passengers, mostly foreigners and migrants heading to the United States, plunged off a ravine outside
Tepic, Nayarit, killing 18.[428]
August 6 – Morocco – A minibus carrying 24 passengers overturned on a bend and plunged off a ravine at the foot of the
Atlas Mountains in
Demnate, killing all on board.[429]
August 22 – Mexico – A bus collided with a trailer truck in
Tehuacan on the Cuacnopalan-Oaxaca highway near the border between Oaxaca and
Puebla States, killing 16 and injuring 36.[430]
September 1 – Iraq – Two minibuses carrying pilgrims for
Arbaeen collided in
Saladin Governorate, killing 16 and injuring 13.[431]
September 4 – United States – Five teenagers were killed in a collision involving their car, two trucks and another car in
Gwinnett, Georgia.[432]
September 17 – South Africa – At least 20 employees of the mining firm
De Beers were killed after a bus taking them to the
Venetia Diamond Mine collided with a truck in
Musina, Limpopo Province.[433]
September 30 – United States – A semitruck carrying caustic anhydrous ammonia overturned in
Teutopolis,
Illinois, killing five people, injuring five others and prompting evacuations of residents after its contents were discharged.[434]
October 1 – Mexico – A cargo truck clandestinely carrying Cuban migrants heading to the US overturned near the Guatemalan border in
Chiapas, killing ten people and injuring 17 others.[435]
October 3 – Italy –
Venice bus crash. A bus carrying foreign tourists plunged 15 metres (50 feet) off a flyover and caught fire in mainland
Venice, killing at least 21 people and injuring 18 others.[436]
October 6 – Mexico – A bus carrying Haitian and Venezuelan migrants heading to the US lost flipped over on a curve of the Oaxaca-Cuacnopalan highway, killing 16 and injuring 27.[437]
October 23 â United States â A âsuper fogâ in Louisiana aggravated by marsh fires caused a pile-up on Interstate 55, west of
New Orleans. The pile-up involved 158 vehicles, killed eight people and injured at least 63 others.[438][439]
October 28 â Egypt â A pileup in
Beheira Governorate on the Cairo-Alexandria road killed 32 people and injured 63 others.[440]
November 8 â United States â A sedan suspected of carrying illegal migrants got into a high-speed chase with a sheriff's deputy before colliding with an SUV in
Texas, killing eight.[441]
November 11 â United States â Five people died when a speeding luxury car ran a red light and hit an SUV then careened onto the sidewalk and fatally struck another person in
Houston. Among the dead was
NFL cornerback
D.J. Hayden.[442][443]
November 14 â United States â Six people died and 18 others were injured in a collision involving several vehicles along Interstate 70 in
Etna, Ohio.[444][445][446][447]
November 14 â Zimbabwe â A minibus collided head on with a truck on a highway between
Bulawayo and
Beitbridge, killing 22 people and injuring two.[448]
November 15 â India â A bus traveling in
Doda district,
Jammu and Kashmir fell off the road and plunged into a 300-foot gorge, killing 36 and injuring 19.[449]
November 22 â Nigeria â A truck carrying food items and more than 200 passengers crashed in
Takalafia,
Niger State, killing 25 and injuring dozens more.[450]
December 5 â Thailand â A double-decker bus crashed into a tree in
Prachuap Khiri Khan province, killing 14 passengers and injuring 32 others.[451]
December 5 â Philippines â A bus fell into a ravine in
Hamtic, Antique, killing 18 passengers and injuring ten.[452]
December 10 â Nigeria â A truck filled with people and goods driving along the KadunaâAbuja expressway in
Audi Jangon lost control and drove into a ditch, killing 18 people and injuring 27 others.[453]
December 13 â Venezuela â 16 people were killed and six others were severely injured in
Caracas when a truck crashed into cars, causing a 17 vehicle pile-up.[454]
December 26 - Liberia - A fuel truck crashed and exploded while residents were collecting spilled fuel in
Totota, killing 40 people and injuring 83.[455]
December 26 - United States - On
U.S. Route 67 in Texas, a pickup truck tried to pass another vehicle in a no-passing lane and crashed head-on into a minivan, killing six and injuring three.[456][457]
December 28 - India - A bus collided with a truck and caught fire in
Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, killing 13 people and injuring 16.[458]
December 28 - Turkey - A pileup involving seven vehicles in dense fog on the
Otoyol 7 in
Sakarya Province killed ten people and injured 57.[459]
January 13 â United States â An SUV crashed into an overpass support beam on
SR 512 in
Puyallup, Washington, killing five.[464]
January 21 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â A truck carrying goods and passengers plunged into a ravine in
Kasangulu, killing 18 people and injuring 21.[465]
January 30 â Mexico â A truck collided with a bus in
Elota,
Sinaloa, killing 19 people and injuring 18.[466]
February 9 â Democratic Republic of the Congo â A bus collided with a truck in
Kinshasa, killing 18 people and injuring two.[467]
February 13 â Egypt â A truck crashed into four microbuses in
Amreya, killing 15 people and injuring eight.[468]
February 19 â Mali â A bus collided with a truck between
Kessedougou and
Ouan, killing 15 people and injuring 46.[469]
February 21 â Philippines â A truck loaded with passengers fell into a ravine in
Mabinay, Negros Oriental, killing 15 people and injuring two.[470]
February 23 â United States â Eight people were killed and one injured in a head-on-collision between a pickup truck and a van on Highway 7 in
Madera County, California.[471][472]
February 24 â India â A tractor carrying a wagon loaded with Hindu pilgrims overturned and fell into a pond in
Kasganj District, Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 people and injuring nine.[473]
February 24 â Mexico â A tractor-trailer and a pick-up truck collided in
San Luis Potosi, killing 10 people.[474]
February 25 â South Africa â A bus returning from an election rally left the road and overturned near
Paulpietersburg, killing nine people and injuring 17.[475]
February 26 â United States â A car collided with a fire truck in
Tulsa, Oklahoma killing five, including an unborn child and injured 2.[476]
February 27 â Mali â A bus fell off a bridge in
Koumantou, killing 31 people and injuring ten.[477]
February 28 â Honduras â Two buses collided head-on in
La Montañita, killing 17 people and injuring 14.[478]
March 4 â Mexico â A van collided with a truck and caught fire in
Quintana Roo, killing nine and injuring six.[479]
March 8 â United States â On Highway 95 in
Dewhurst, Wisconsin, a semi truck collided with a van, killing nine and injuring one.[480]
March 11 - United States - On U.S. Route 24 in
Rushville, Illinois, a school bus collided head-on with a semi truck, killing five people.[481]
March 17 â Afghanistan â A bus collided with a motorcycle before slamming into an oil tanker in
Grishk District,
Helmand Province, killing 21 people and injuring 38.[482]
March 18 â Kenya â A bus carrying university students from
Nairobi to
Mombasa collided with a truck in
Maungu, killing 11 and seriously injuring 42.[483]
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