List of road accidents

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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

List of road accidents records serious road accidents: those with a high death toll, possess an article of their own, occurred in unusual circumstances, or which hold some other historical significance. For crashes in which famous people died, please refer to List of people who died in road accidents. It should be noted that bus travel is considered safer than most types of road travel, even though most accidents in this list involve a bus.

Notable historic road accidents
1950s:	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
1960s:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
1970s:	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
1980s:	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1990s:	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
2000s:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
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[edit] 1700s

• 1771 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot's second steam-powered vehicle is widely believed to have crashed into a wall during a test run, in what would have been the first automobile accident. However, it is disputed that this ever happened.^[1]

[edit] 1800s

• August 31, 1869 – Mary Ward is thrown from and falls under the wheels of an experimental steam car built by her cousins, thought to be the first ever recorded automobile death.^[2]
• 17 August 1896 – Bridget Driscoll is the first person to die in a petrol-engined car accident.
• 25 February 1899 – Edwin Sewell and Major Richer, are the first recorded driver and passenger fatalities respectively. They are thrown from their vehicle on Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, London.
• 13 September 1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person killed by a car in the United States.

[edit] 1940s

[edit] 1941

• October – A Royal Air Force bus crashes into a lorry and catches fire near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, killing 9 airmen and injuring 13.^[3]

[edit] 1944

• June – An Army lorry crashes into a house at Burley-in-Wharfdale, Yorkshire, killing 19 soldiers.^[3]
• October – A United States Army bus collides with a lorry near Marlborough, Wiltshire, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 21.^[3]

[edit] 1946

• November – A bomber hits an RAF bus at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, killing 8 airmen and injuring 14.^[3]

[edit] 1947

• October – A bus crashes into a building at Holmfirth, Yorkshire, killing 9 people.^[3]

[edit] 1948

• January – A bus skids into a bus queue at Bargeddie, near Glasgow, Scotland, killing 8 people and injuring 12.^[3]

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1950

• February 11 – According to Japanese local media and the National Police Agency of Japan, a Takase-Kumamoto Kyūshū Sanko regular route bus plunged into pond 40 feet below at Matsuo, Kumamoto, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 22, and another 18 are injured.
• May – A bus and a tram collide in Glasgow, killing 7 people and injuring 43.^[3]
• November 7 – According to the National Police Agency of Japan and Japanese media, a regular route bus plunged 240 feet into the Mononobe river, Mirabu, eastern Kochi, Shikoku, Japan, killing 33; another 24 are injured.

[edit] 1951

• July 15 – According to the National Police Agency of Japan and the Japanese Jiji news agency, a Shimokawai-Chubutenryu regular route bus plunged at the Harada bridge, Tenryu River, Urakawa, northwestern Shizuoka, Japan, killing 24.
• December 4 – Gillingham bus disaster: A bus plows into a column of marching marine cadets in Gillingham, Kent, England killing 24 boys and injuring 18.^[4]

[edit] 1954

• 29 September – The brakes and gear box of a Belgian tourist bus fail on the downhill slope of the Cauberg, near Valkenburg aan de Geul. The out of control vehicle hits a pedestrian, then a monument and a building. 12 people are killed instantly, 7 (including the pedestrian) die in hospital.^[5]
• 12 November – The brakes of a Reunionese bus fail on the downhill slope of Plateau-Caillou, in Saint-Paul. 27 people are killed, 23 instantly.^[6]

[edit] 1958

• 28 February – Prestonsburg bus disaster: A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains the worst school bus accident in U.S. history.

[edit] 1959

• 20 June – A crowded bus collides with a train on a level crossing in Lauffen, West Germany killing 45, the worst bus accident in German history.^[7]

[edit] 1960s

[edit] 1960

• 1960 – A bus carrying students plunges into a river in Brazil killing 59.
• July 24 – According to Kyodo News of Japan and the Japanese National Police Angency, a charter bus collided with a regular route bus, the charter bus plunging 270 feet into a valley along the toll road of Mount Hiei, Otsu, Shiga, Japan, killing 30, another 18 injured.

[edit] 1963

• – February 7 – 15 die in Northland, New Zealand, when a bus leaves the road and hit a pole. Worst road accident in New Zealand history.^[8]

[edit] 1965

• January 1 – According to Peruvian police, a Huancayo-Ayacucho regular route bus tumbled down and plunged 300 feet into a ravine of the Mantaro River, Peru, killing 31.
• January 10 – According to the Mexican Notimex news agency, a bus carrying Zona Centro soccer player and families plunged 450 feet into a ravine on the outskirts of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico, killing 19; another 22 were injured.
• February 3 – According to Mexican Televisa television, a regular route bus plunged 300 feet off a cliff along the Mexico-Ciudad Juarez expressway, on the outskirts of Zacatecas, Mexico, killing 25; another 40 are injured.
• November 1 – According to the government of Egypt, a crowded trolley bus plunges into Nile River on the outskirts of Dokki, Giza, Egypt, killing 74.^[9]
• December 6 – Two trucks carrying United Nation Peace Keeping Force workers collide at Soutouboua, Togo. Togolese authorities claim 115 are killed.

[edit] 1966

• 25 July – A bus carrying Belgian children from vacation plunges off a West German autobahn bridge and crashes on its roof. 33 are killed, including 27 children and the bus driver who fell asleep behind the wheel. Only 4 people survive.^[10]
• October 7 – Dorion level crossing accident: 19 are killed when a schoolbus is hit by a CN train in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada.

[edit] 1967

• December 15 – Silver Bridge collapses under heavy traffic in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, killing 46.

[edit] 1968

• January 6 – A passenger train hits a low-loader transporter and derails, killing 11 and injuring 45 in Hixon, England.
• August 18 – According to Jiji Press of Japan and the Japanese National Police Agency, two charter buses crash into the Hida River on national highway route 41 in Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in an accident caused by heavy rain. 104 killed.

[edit] 1969

• June 6 – According to GMA Network news of the Philippines, a regular route bus plunged into an 800-feet deep ravine and burst into flames at a sharp descending curve on a narrow mountain road on the outskirts of Baler, Aurora, Quezon, Philippines, killing 40; another 32 are injured.
• June 21 – According to the Syrian Arab News Agency, an overcrowded car carrying 35 workers crashed at Mahradah, Al-Amam, Syria, killing 25.

[edit] 1970s

[edit] 1970

• September 27 – According to the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation of South Korea, a regular route bus plunged off a mountain cliff on the outskirts of Myongju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, killing 15; another 20 are injured.
• November 22 – According to the Artear television network of Argentina, a bus plunged into a creek on the outskirts of Reconquista, Santa Fe, Argentina, killing 56.

[edit] 1971

• 10 May – A crowded bus plunges off a 30 foot cliff, crashing into a reservoir on the outskirts of Kapyong, northeastern Gyeonggi, South Korea, killing 75.
• 10 May – Two local buses collide head-on on the Pinotepa National Highway, Florencio Villarveal, Guerrero, Mexico, killing 30; another 30 are injured.

[edit] 1972

• February 15 – According to Filipino police, a Batangas-Manila Laguna transit bus collided with a truck, and plunged at Barrio Calamba, Lagana, Philippines, in an incident caused by exceed speed, killing 13; another 41 are injured.
• February 18 – A crowded bus carrying 90 students overturns and plunges into an irrigation canal at Benha, Kfar Saad, Egypt, killing 77.
• March 22 – In Congers, New York, five Nyack High School students are killed and 44 injured when a train hits a school bus that failed to stop at a crossing. This incident led New York State to require school vehicles to stop at all railroad crossings.
• 25 August – In a sudden dense fog on highway A16 near Prinsenbeek, many cars and trucks collide. 13 lives are lost in the crash and subsequent fires.^[11] After this accident, a fog warning system was installed along the route. Nevertheless, almost 20 years later a similar accident happened.
• September 23 – According to the National Police Agency of Japan and Japanese Fuji Television Network, an Akakura-Togakushi regular route bus carrying 82 passengers onboard plunged into a ravine at Shinano, Nagano, Japan. The NPA reports that this road is single lane. 15 are killed, and another 67 are injured.

[edit] 1973

• January 1 – According to Television Nacional de Chile, a bus carrying Condor soccer club of Curico players and fans skidded on a sharp curve and plunged into the Chimbarongo River, on the outskirts of San Fernando, Colchagua, Chile. The bus was returning from a Chilean soccer league second division match; 35 were killed in the crash.
• July 18 – A bus carrying Belgian tourists plunges into a ravine in Vizille, France, killing 43.^[12]
• October 13 – According to All India Radio, a regular route bus plunged off a bridge on the outskirts of Hazaribash, Bihar, India, killing 74.
• November 10 – According to BBTV Channel 7 of Thailand, a truck carrying 60 workers plunged off a steep road on the outskirts of Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, Thailand, killing 40; another 20 are injured.

[edit] 1974

• 28 July – A crowded bus and a truck collide near Belem, Brazil, killing 69.^[12]
• September 8 – According to Telefe television of Argentina, a bus returning from religious pilgrimage ran off a road and plunged 750 feet into a canyon on the outskirts of La Vina, Santa Fe, Argentina, killing 32.

[edit] 1975

• January 1 – According to the Japanese National Police Agency and Japanese media, a charter bus carrying 62 passengers plunged 100 feet into Aoki Lake, Omachi, Nagano, Japan, killing 24.
• March 1 – According to Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, a Nairobi-Mombasa regular route bus blast at downtown Nairobi, Kenya, killing 26, another injuring are 60, where blamed on Kenyan People Liberation Front terrolist group.
• April 2 – According to La Deuxieme Chaine television of France, a bus carrying French pilgrims plunged 120 feet into the Ramache River along the A58 highway, Vizille, Rhone-Alpes, France, killing 28, and injuring 17.
• April 20 – According to Italian Rai Uno television, at least 27 vehicles crashed within 15 minutes on the Naples-Caserta Autostrada del Sole expressway on the outskirts of Naples, Italy, killing 11 and injuring 53.
• 27 May – Dibbles Bridge bus crash, England: a bus full of pensioners falls off a bridge near Hebden, North Yorkshire, killing 32.^[13]
• June 15 – According to Austrian ORF television, a bus carrying elderly tourists plunged 120 feet into a ravine on the outskirts of Villach, Carinthia, Austria, killing 21 and injuring 23.
• July 29 – According to the Mexican Red Cross and Notimex news agency , a passenger bus carrying religious pilgrims plunged 200 feet down the side of mountain before coming to rest. The crash was at Chalma, Veracruz, Mexico, killing 18 and injuring 30.
• 13 September – A crowded bus plunges off a cliff in Costa Rica, killing 48.

[edit] 1976

• March 10 – According to Guatemalan police, a regular route bus lost control due to brake failure and plunged down a mountain side in central Escuintla, Guatemala, killing 38; another 14 are injured.
• May 21 – A bus carrying the Yuba City High School a cappella choir flies off I-680 in California, killing 28 students and a teacher.^[14]

[edit] 1977

• June 9 – A truck crashes into a crowd at a downtown Moscow bus stop, killing eight and injuring 18.^[15]
• August 11 – According to the Japanese National Police Agency and NHK television, a charter bus plunged 120 feet into a ravine at Nagatoro bridge, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan, killing 11; another 39 are injured.

[edit] 1978

• January 1 – According to BEC News of Thailand, a truck carrying many passengers collided head-on with a bus on the outskirts of Nong Bua Daeng, Chaiyaphum, Thailand, killing 25; another 86 are injured.
• January 3 – According to Radio Cadena Nacional of Colombia, a Villavicencio-Bogota regular route bus plunged 130 feet off a cliff on the outskirts of Quetame, Oriente, Colombia, killing 30; another 16 are injured.
• March 9 – According to SBT television network of Brazil, a Brasilia-São Paulo regular route bus collided with a gasoline tank truck on the Faria Lima expressway near Barretos in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The bus driver swerved and lost control, and the vehicle burst into flames, killing 19. Another five are injured.
• July 11 – Los Alfaques Disaster: in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, a tanker containing 45 m³ of liquefied propylene leaves the road and veers into the Los Alfaques camping site after colliding with a building. The resulting fire ball is over 100 m in diameter and kills at least 215 (some sources speak of 216 or even 270), and injures 200 people.^[16]
• 4 August – A bus carrying mentally handicapped people plunges into a lake in Eastman, Quebec, Canada killing 40. Only seven survive.^[17]

[edit] 1979

• 10 April – A bus carrying children plunges into a river in Spain, killing 48, including 44 children.
• May 24 – According to Es Mas television of Mexico, a bus carrying 40 high-school students and teachers returning from an archeological site plummeted into a ravine on the outskirts of La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico, killing 16.
• October 19 – According to TF1 television of France, a bus carrying 51 Spanish pilgrims from Rome crashed on the A64 expressway near Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrenees, France, killing 23; another 28 are injured.

[edit] 1980s

[edit] 1980

• February 12 – According to Bulgarian news agency BTA, an Ohrid-Izmir regular route bus carrying 50 passengers onboard failed to make a curve and plunged into the Marica River near Sofia, Bulgaria, killing 25.
• February 18 – According to the Costa Rican police, a 40 passenger bus and an 18 passenger bus collided head-on at San Isidro, Heredia, Costa Rica, killing 16, with 39 injured.
• 3 March – 23 are burned to death when city bus 62 catches fire in Minsk, Belarus after driving into a pool of gasoline spilled from a fuel truck.^[18]
• March 5, – According to Press Trust of India, a bus slammed into a banyan tree, before bus trying over take a truck at outskirt of Krishnanagar, West Bengal, India, killing 32 and another injuring are 42.
• 9 May – 35 are killed in the Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster, Tampa, Florida, after a freighter collided with a bridge pier, knocking down over 1200 ft. of the bridge.
• June 5 – A tour bus rolls off the highway near Jasper, Arkansas, killing 22 and injuring 19.^[19]
• June 25, – According to the Times of India, a bus carrying 100 passengers lost control and plunged into the Rahand Nullah River, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 58.
• June 29 – According to the Associated Press of Pakistan, a bus carrying over 100 children and women plunges into an Upper Jhelam canal near Mirpur, Kashmir of Pakistan, and at least 90 people drown as a result.^[20]
• July 4, – According to the Philippine News Agency, two passenger buses collided head-on on National Highway Route 1, Camalig, Albay, Philippines, killing 13 and injuring 28.
• November 11, – According to the Al Gomhouria newspaper of Egypt, a bus collided with two trucks, then plunged into an irrigation canal near Beni Sweif, Egypt, killing 30 and injuring at lesat 30.
• November 25, – According to United News of India, a Gwalior-Delhi Delhi Transport Bus tumbled into the Chambal River, Dholpur, Rajasthan, India, killing 40 and injuring 30.

[edit] 1981

• August 12 – According to United News of India, an Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation regular route bus plunged into a 450-feet deep ravine along a mountain road in Pithorgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 43.
• September 9 – According to the Rede Globo television network of Brazil, a truck rammed a bus on a hairpin curve and forced it over a 330-foot cliff near Santos, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing 29 and injuring 14.
• September 29 – A head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Toledo province, Spain, kills at least 25 people.^[21]

[edit] 1982

• January 21 – An overcrowded bus swerves to avoid a speeding truck and plunges nine meter off a bridge at Narayanganj, Isa Khan, Bangladesh, killing at least 28; another 40 are injured.
• 31 January – Two buses collide and plunge into a gorge on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, killing 14 and injuring 70.^[22]
• 31 July – Two buses carrying children collide with cars and burst into flames in Beaune, France, killing 53, including 44 children. Worst highway crash in France.^[23]
• 12 September – A bus carrying German tourists collides with a train on a level crossing near Zürich, Switzerland, killing 39. The barriers were not closed, because the operator pressed a wrong button. Only two passengers survive the crash.^[24]
• 13 September – Grace, Princess of Monaco drove her Rover P6 off a serpentine and down a mountainside. She died the following day.
• 3 November – Hundreds are allegedly killed in the Salang tunnel fire in Central Afghanistan, following a disaster involving a Soviet fuel convoy. Estimates are as high as 2,000 dead.

[edit] 1983

• November 1 – A bus collides with a motorcycle and hits a second bus 370 miles northeast of Bangkok, Thailand, killing 21 and injuring 40.^[25]
• December 4 – According to the Canal Caracol television network of Colombia, a regular route bus crashed into a utility pole and caught fire on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, in an incident caused by technical problems and excessive speed, killing 21. Another five are injured.

[edit] 1984

• January 30 – According to Indian police and the Press Trust of India, a Paonta Sahib-Nangai regular route bus plunged 14 feet into a canal and sank at the Sarsa Bridge on the outskirts of Rapar, Punjab of India, killing 80.
• August 1 – According to All India Radio, a bus carrying local government employees plunged into a canal after its right front tire burst. The crash, on the outskirts of Ingraj Bazar, West Bengal, India, killed 40.
• August 1 – According to Pakistan Television, a bus skidded on a wet road, lost control and plunged into the Indus River on the Karakoram Highway, Baiji Sharif, northern Pakistan, killing 27.
• August 26 – According to the RSS news agency of Nepal, a bus slipped and plunged into a 13-feet deep irrigation canal near Salkot, Nepal, killing 25.
• September 5 – According to United News of India, a bus carrying 50 passengers plunged into a 3300-foot deep gorge near Shillong, Meghalaya, India, in an incident caused by the driver losing control on a sharp curve and by heavy fog. 29 people are killed, and another 25 are injured.
• September 24 – A bus plunges into a gorge in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 42 and injuring 15.^[26]

[edit] 1985

• January 11 – According to the Korean Broadcasting System, a regular route bus skidded off a covered bridge in icy conditions and plunged into a frozen river at Yongdong, Chollanam-do, South Korea, killing 38.
• January 28 – A bus carrying skiers plunges into a reservoir in Nagano, Japan killing 25.
• April 6 – According to the Times of India, a regular route bus suffered brake failure and plunged 20 feet at Bherughat, Madhy Pradesh, India, killing 16 and injuring 39.
• April 20 – According to South African Broadcasting Corporation, a bus plunged 500 feet down the side of road at outskirt of Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, killing 18, aanother injuring are 29.
• July 21 – According to Thai television network BEC news, a bus carrying 42 passengers returning from a Buddhist ordination ceremony collided head on with a truck at an intersection in a suburb of Bangkok, Thailand, killing 26 and injuring 16.
• July 21 – According to the Filipino GMA Network, a bus overturned after brake failure and ploughed through a crowded market at Halsema expressway, Atok, Benguet, Philippines, killing 28 and injuring 70.
• 22 September – A school bus rolls over in Leiah, Pakistan, killing 30 children.^[27]
• 21 October – A coach collides with stationary traffic due to construction work on the M6 motorway between Preston and Lancaster, killing 13 people.

[edit] 1986

• May 12 – According to the SAPA news agency, an overcrowded bus lost control due to brake failure and flipped over near Mount Frere, Transkei, South Africa, killing 30. Another 64 are injured.
• 23 May – A bus falls off a cliff and explodes in Antique Province, Philippines, killing 23 and injuring 15.^[28]
• 30 May – A tour bus plunges into the West Walker River near Walker, California, killing 21 and injuring 19.^[29]
• June 17 – According to Panamericana Television, a bus carrying 40 passengers, including school children, plunged off a highway and into an irrigation ditch near Canete, Peru, killing 19 and injuring 17.
• June 22 – According to China Daily and Shanxi Television, two buses carrying Baobaoshan rural factory workers plunged 800-feet before a sharp curve in the Wutai Mountain erea, Shanxi, China, killing 31 and injuring 35.
• July 26 – Lockington rail crash: A train derails after colliding with a Ford Escort at a rail crossing in Lockington, England, killing 8 aboard the train and one aboard the car.
• 8 October – A tour bus plunges into a ravine in Taiwan, killing 39.

[edit] 1987

• January 21 – A truck and a bus collide near Temuco, Chile, killing 43.
• 29 March – A bus plunges off a cliff in Shaanxi Province, China, killing 19 and injuring 28.^[30]
• May 6 – According to MCOT news of Thailand, a bus carrying university students and teachers rammed into the side of a mountain near Kanchanaburi, Sri Sawat, Thailand, killing 20 and injuring 27.
• October 20 – According to Sudanese official report, a bus veered into a high voltage power pole and caught fire after colliding with another bus at Al-Kufaytah, Nahr-an-nil, Sudan, killing 64.
• 28 October – A diesel tanker collides with stationary traffic on the M61 near Preston, Lancashire, killing 12 and injuring 6.
• December 11 – According to the Egyptian government, a bus carrying local primary school children returning from the Guiza zoo was smashed by high-speed train at an unmarked railroad level crossing at Ein Sham, on the outskirts Cairo, Egypt, killing 62 children and injuring 67.^[31]
• December 27 – According to the Algerian newspaper Ech Chaab, a passenger bus and two trucks carrying illegal passengers collided near Bouandas, Setif, Algeria, killing 32 and injuring 19.

[edit] 1988

• February 1 – According to an official Haitian confirmed report, a truck carrying many hitchhikers was hit by ten-wheel flatbed truck carrying coffee. The truck overturned and plunged into the Grande-Anse River, near Jeremie, GrandAnse, Haiti, killing 70.
• February 15 – According to an official Peruvian police report, a bus plunged into a 170-foot ravine near Pallasca, Ancash, Peru, killing 14.
• April 10 – According to Bec News of Thailand, an overcrowded regular route bus blew a front tire and plunged into an irrigation canal near Mueang Chainat, Chainat, Thailand, killing 42 and injuring 11.
• April 20 – According to Thai MCOT television, a local bus collided with a paramilitary troop tank at Kakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The resulting explosion killed 25 and injured nine.
• 14 May – 27 die in the Carrollton bus disaster near Carrollton, Kentucky, after a collision with a drunk driver driving the wrong way on Interstate 71.
• July 18 – According to the Brazilian SBT television network, a Londrina-Campinas regular route bus swerved to avoid three cows crossing the national highway 369 road, then struck the rear of another bus near Cornelio Procopio, Parana, Brazil, killing 39.
• 12 August – Two buses collide on the highway between Tehran and Tabriz in northern Iran, killing 30 and injuring 50.^[32]
• 15 August – A bus plows into a concrete wall in a tunnel 60 miles outside of Bergen, Norway, killing 12 and injuring 19.
• August 23 – According to ORF television of Austria, a Hungarian tour bus lost control and slammed into a truck at Schwadorf near Vienna, Austria, killing 14 and injuring 11.
• 22 September – A bus falls into a ravine near Simla, India. 35 people die.^[33]
• September 25 – According to the Times of India, a bus plunged into Bhakra canal, smashing through the safety railing of a bridge near Jogwala, Sangrur District, Punjab, India, killing 67.
• October 6 – According to the al-Ahram newspaper of Egypt, a Kafr el Sheikh-Baltim regular-route bus was hit by a flatbed trailer on the outskirts of El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt, killing 28 and injuring 21.
• October 9 – According to United News of India, a Guhawati-Nalburi regular-route bus skidded off a road and crashed into a flooded pond on the outskirts of Gauhati, Assam, India, killing 50.
• October 12 – A bus ignites after toppling into a ditch in Shaanxi Province, China, killing 43 and injuring 40.^[34]
• October 21 – According to Televisio de Catalunya (TV3), three separate buses collided with a refrigerator truck and overturned at Martorell, Catalonia, Spain, killing 14 and injuring 65.

[edit] 1989

• January 17 – 51 die and 110 are injured when a bus collides with a train at a level crossing 45 miles south of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• July 16 – According to the Japanese news agency Kyodo and the National Police Agency of Japan, a landslide caused by heavy rain collapsed a tunnel, striking a minibus and killing 15 at Echizen, Fukui, Japan.
• October 8 – 13 adults and children are killed and 30 are injured near Shediac, New Brunswick, when a transport truck carrying logs spilled its cargo while passing a loaded hay wagon.
• October 20 – According to Australian Broadcasting Corporation television news, a Sydney-Brisbane Sunliner Coaches tourist bus collided head-on with a tractor trailer truck near Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, killing 22 and injuring 22.
• 22 December – 35 are killed in the Kempsey bus crash on the Pacific Highway near Kempsey, New South Wales.
• December 24 – According to Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram, a regular route bus plunged into a procession at Nag-el-Hobeiki, Luxor, Egypt, killing 13 and injuring 8.

[edit] 1990s

[edit] 1990

• 22 January – 17 people including 11 FRU riot police personal were killed in a collision between FRU riot police vehicles, tanker lorry, passenger bus and 10 cars on the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway, Malaysia.
• 22 April – Two buses collide in Havana, Cuba, killing 11 and seriously injuring 13.^[35]
• June 3 – A Shropshire based double-decker coach, suffered a blowout to the front tyre on the A6 near Auxerre when it was 20mph over the speed limit, causing the 76-seat coach to crash, killing 11 people and injuring 61 British tourists, all returning from Costa Brava. This resulted in a legal action against Avon Rubber, tyre of the crash coach, its driver and his employer; resulting in the longest legal case in France^[36]
• 8 July – A bus ignores a barrier at a railroad crossing and collides with a passenger train near Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia, killing 27 (34 according to unofficial sources) and injuring 24. The bus driver is slightly injured.^[37]
• November 4 – According to South Korean KBS report, a bus carrying former president Chun Doo-hwan supporters and members hit by truck and plunged Koonchook bridge, Soyang, Gangwon, South Korea, killing 21, another injuring are 21.
• 9 November – Almost at the same spot and with the same cause of the August 25, 1972 accident: in sudden dense fog on highway A16 west of Breda, several cars and trucks collide in a huge pile-up. 10 die and 28 are injured.^[38]
• November 10 – According to former Soviet news agency Tass report, a bus collided passenger train and crushed at outskirt of Suerdlovsk, Yarnal Nenets Oblast, Russia, killing 16, another 13 are injured.
• 22 November – A bus ignores a red light and collides with a train at a railroad crossing in Donetsk, Ukraine, killing 19 and wounding 13, though the bus driver is not injured.
• December 11 – A 99 car pile-up due to fog on I-75 near Calhoun, Tennessee results in 12 deaths and 42 injured.^[39]
• December 2 – According to All India Radio report, a bus carrying wedding party plunged down a ravine at outskirt of Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 30, another 20 are injured.
• 30 December – 56 die in a collision involving a bus, truck and car on a highway between Voronezh and Rostov-on-Don in southwestern Russia.

[edit] 1991

• January 6 – According to Kenyan daily Nation report, a bus slammed into a tree on a railroad crossing at outskirt of Muranga, Central, Kenya, in an incident caused by driver has lost control and exceed speed, killing 47, another 40 are injured.
• January 13 – According to Filipino GMA Network report, a Dapitan-Dipolog regular route bus plunged into a river at outskirt of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, killing 25.
• 15 February – A trailer truck carrying dynamite explodes at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand killing 171 local villagers.^[40]
• 31 July – A bus carrying about 60 Girl Scouts overturns on a desert mountain road near Highway 111, killing 7. ^[41]
• 4 August – A crowded bus carrying school children looses control and crashes in Troutbeck, Zimbabwe, killing 87, including 82 children.^[42]
• 7 August – The brakes of a Hungarian tourist bus fail in Styria, killing 15 and injuring 28.^[24]
• November 29 – A dust storm on I-5 near Coalinga, California triggers a 164-vehicle pile up that leaves 17 dead and 150 injured.^[43][44]
• 6 December – A 25-vehicle pile-up crash due to heavy fog on Autovía A-8 near Amorebieta, Basque Country kills 17 and injures 50. A spark sets the pile of cars on fire.

[edit] 1992

• 19 August – A bus falls down an embankment on the A7 highway in Spain, killing 45 and injuring 11.^[45]
• 6 September – Near Donaueschingen in the Black Forest, a bus collides into a passenger car and is slit open by a crash barrier. 21 die, 32 are seriously injured.^[24]
• September 27 – According to Nepalese police report, a truck carrying Hindu goddress plunged 450-feet below at outskirt of Dhankuta, Nepal, killing 21.
• September 27 – According to Hungarian Duna TV and MTI news agency report, a minibus carrying German travellers collided with local train crossing at Agard, Hungary, killing 16, another three are injured.

[edit] 1993

• 9 January – Three buses collide and ignite on a highway in Santo Tome, Argentina, killing 55 and injuring 70.^[46]
• 10 November – A fiery pile-up on A10 near Mirambeau, France leaves 15 dead and 53 injured.^[47]
• 17 November – The M40 minibus crash leaves 12 children dead when their minibus collides with a maintenance vehicle near Warwick, England, sparking new road security campaigns.
• December 27 – According to SBT television of Brazil report, an overloaded Curitiba-Porto Alegre regular route bus collided with sports car and plunged into a ravine at outskirt of Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, killing 41, another 79 are injured.

[edit] 1994

• January 10 – According to Chinese media report, a bus pass through guardrail, aftermath veer off Feiyun bridge river at Ruian, Zhejiang, China, killing 45.
• January 11 – According to South African media report, a Cape Town-Durban laxury bus plunged off a bridge at between Bethlehem and Harrismith, Orange Free State, South Africa, killing 14, another 27 are injured.
• January 31 – According to Vietnamese VTV report, a regular route bus caught fire and plunged into 300-feet below of sea at national highway 1, Ca Pass, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam, killing 28, another 11 are injured.
• March 14 – According to Doordarshan television of India report, a bus carrying 75 passengers on board swerved off an iron and concrete bridge into a fast flowing Kadava, Maharashtra, India, killing 64.
• 2 May – 1994 Poland bus disaster: 32 die in collision between a PKS bus and a tree near Gdansk.
• May 24 – According to Press Trust of India report, a bus rolled down a mountainside road at outskirt of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 14, another 11 are injured.
• May 26 – According to SABC report, a bus lost control and plunged into dam at Lothain, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa, killing 36.
• May 26 – According to SAPA report, a minibus head-on collided a truck at outskirt of Middolburg, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa, killing 13.
• September 1 – According to Ecuadorean police report, a bus carrying musical band has lost control, brake failure, and plunged 600-feet down a highway embankment at outskirt of Mitad del Mundo, Pichincha, Ecuador, killing 50.
• October 16 – According to Nepalese RSS news agency report, a commuter bus plunged off a mountainroad and fell 600-feet at outskirt of Amarai, Narayani, Nepal, killing 15, another 21 are injured.

[edit] 1995

• January 21 – According to TV Azteca of Mexico report, a truck carrying religious pilgrims plunged off a highway into 70-feet at outskirt of Oaxaca city, Mexico, killing 22, another injuring are ten.
• February 5 – According to RCN television of Colombia report, a bus collided with truck carrying cement at outskirt of Ponedera, Caribbean-Atlantico, Colombia, killing 13.
• March 12 – According to United News of India report, a truck carrying benzene liquid chemical rammed and collided with a bus at ourtskirt of Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India, killing 110.

[edit] 1996

• January 1 – When a bus crossed center line and careened into on coming traffic, a bus head collided with another bus at Highway Two line, Sonoytai, Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexico, killing 23, another 50 are injured.
• January 1 – According to former Zairean official confirmed report, a Kinshasa-Kingasani regular route bus plunged a ravine and skidded of a main road at Kimbanseke erea, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 72.
• February 10 – According to Japanese news agency Jiji and National Police Agency of Japan report, a huge shard of rock wighing about 21,000 tons smashed through at Toyohama tunnel, national highway route 229, Yoichi, western Hokkaidō, Japan, with crushing Shakotan-Otaru regular route bus and a car, killing 20.
• 25 February – Two buses collide head-on near La Paz, Bolivia, killing at least 35.^[48]
• 28 February – A charter bus collides with a car near Bailen, Spain, killing 29 and injuring 17.^[49]
• March 17 – According to SPA news agency report, a bus carrying illegally foreigners has crushed at outskirt of Asir, Jizan, Saudi Arabia, killing 45.
• April 4 – According to South Korean YTN (Yonhap Television News) television report, a Seoul commuter bus plunged at Han River, Yeouido, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, South Korea, killing 20, another injuring are 38.
• September 29 – According to Japanese TBS Newsbird television and National Police Agency of Japan report, a minivan carrying construction workers crushed at national highway route 9, Muraoka, northwestern Hyogo, Japan, killing 10.
• November 1 – According to Panamericana Television of Peru report, a bus carrying 60-passengers has lost control and plunged off 1500-feet below of cliff at outskirt of San Mateo, Matucana, Peru, killing 39, another injuring are 15.

[edit] 1997

• January 14 – A crowded city bus plunges into the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt, killing 39 people and injuring 24.^[50]
• January 19 – A bus plunges into a river after losing control on a curvy road in Punjab, India, killing 29 and injuring 12.^[51]
• May 8 – A truck carrying local wedding couples and families are plunged by lost control with overturned at Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 70, another 8 are injured.
• August 31 – Diana, Princess of Wales was killed in a Paris underpass along with 2 other passengers.
• October 13 – Les Éboulements bus accident in Quebec, Canada, results in 44 deaths when a bus plunges into a ravine. Worse bus accident in Canadian history.
• October 25 – According to media report from South Africa, a bus smashed into a carrying gasoline tanker truck at Togela River, Port Shepstone, South Africa. This bus carrying Inkatha Freedom Party supporters and members. At least 33 killed.
• November 6 – A passenger train crashes into a bus in Holguín Province, Cuba, killing at least 56 people.^[52]
• November 19 – According to Indian television network Doordarshan report, an overloaded school bus skidded of a bridge, and plunged into Yamana River, outskirt of New Delhi, India, a bus has driven through heavy rush traffic condition, killing 29, another injuring are 60.

[edit] 1998

• January 5 – 43 people were killed and more than 60 seriously injured when a bus plunged down a steep slope in Nyanga district, after the brakes of a bus failed.^[42]
• January 7 – According to Kenyan television network KTN report, A Meru-Nairobi Kenyan Bus Service regular route bus lost control of the vehicle and plammeted down 100-feet embankment into Nithi river, Kenya, killing 58, another 42 are injured.
• January 13 – According to Indian Zee News television network report, a bus carrying 86 students and parents back from Murshidabad picnic site, where skidded in fog with plundge into Bhagirathi River at Jalangi, West Bengal, India, in an incident caused by lost control and exceed speed, killing 65.
• April 3 – According to Turkish TRT television network report, a petrol tanker truck collided with a bus Iranian Muslims returning from Syria at outskirt of Birecik, Sanliurfa, Turkey, killing 28, another 7 are injured.
• April 15 – A school bus is involved in a five-vehicle collision near Newcastle, South Africa, killing 31, including 27 children.^[53]
• September 8 – A tanker truck flips and explodes on a highway north of São Paulo, Brazil, setting fire to two buses and killing at least 50.^[54]
• December 31 – 100 cars crashed on an ice-slicked section of Interstate-75 in central Michigan, killing one and injuring 39.^[55]

[edit] 1999

• January 4 – According to Liaoning Television of China report, a local bus carrying 40 passengers onboard exploded and blast ripped at outskirt of Linghai, Jinzhou, Liaoning, China, killing 18.
• January 9 – According to Georgian official confirmed report, a bus carrying funeral mourners ran off the road and plunged into a river below of 750 feet at outskirt of Kazbegi, Khevi, Georgia, killing 38.
• January 24 – A bus carrying Hungarian skier, where plunged off o hillside at outskirt of Deutschlandsberg, Styria, Austria, killing 18, another 32 are injured.^[56]
• 15 March – 1999 Bourbonnais train accident: the City of New Orleans collides with a truck and derails in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States, killing 11.
• & 24 March – 39 people killed in the Mont Blanc Tunnel fire.
• May 9 – According to Nepalese police report, a bus slipped and plunged 680-feet down slope at Kapurbot Bazar, Saiyan, Rapti, Nepal, killing 32, another 36 are injured.
• 9 May – A tour bus crashes into a concrete wall on Interstate 610 in New Orleans, killing 22 and injuring 24.^[57]
• May 29 – 12 people killed and 50 injured in a collision and fire in Tauern Tunnel in Austria.
• June 7 – According to Press Trust of India report, a bus carrying 119 passengers on-board plunged into lake at Davangore, Kamataka, India, in an incident caused by exceed speed with lost control of the vehicle, and some of travellers are ride on the roof, killing 94, another 25 are injured.
• July 18 – According to Indian Doordarshan television report, a Kiari-Shimla HRTC regular route bus carrying 90 passengers on-board plunged into 40-feet deep gorne at outskirt of Bagar, Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 18, another 55 are injured.
• July 24 – A trailer truck crashes into cars slowed by roadwork on Autoroute 20 near Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, killing 4 and injuring 11.^[58] A public investigation is launched.
• 3 September – Dense fog on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario reduces visibility to less than a meter (3 feet) and causes a 87 vehicles pileup and fire that kills 8 and injures 33. Many vehicles are fused together by the intense heat.^[59]
• September 14 – According to Yangcheng Evening News of China report, a long distance regular route bus overturned and plunged into canyon at outskirt of Kaijiang, Dazhou, Sichuan, China, killing 46, another 9 are injured.
• September 25 – According to SABC television of South Africa report, a bus went off a highway in foggy weather and crashed at outskirt of Kokstad, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, killing 15, another 20 are injured.
• October 11 – According to SCTV television of Indonesia report, a Jakarta-Bandung Turanga express bus crashed into cliffside at outskirt of Lembah Hijau, Puncak, West Java, Indonesia, killing 45, another 29 are injured.
• November 19 – A commuter bus collided with many vehicles, include truck, bus at Lagos-Kano expressway at outskirt of Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria. Aftermath, a bus caughtfire on impact. this accident is killing 22, another 16 are injured.
• December 30 – According to Pakistani television PTV report, a Karachi-Rawalpindi regular route bus overturned and caught fire at Lahore-Islamabad M2 expressway, outskirt of Kallar Kahar, Punjab of Pakistan, in an incident caused by exceed speed, killing 48, another 20 are injured.

[edit] 2000s

[edit] 2000

• March 6 – A Zhob-Shahdadpur regular route bus collided with a truck carrying local wedding couples and families are plunged at Saifullah Shaikh canal, Balochistan, Pakistan, killing 50, another 25 are injured.
• 29 March – 74 people died in a collision between two buses in Kerichko, Kenya.^[60]
• 13 May - A bus carrying Muslim pilgrims plunges into 60-feet below of Buna River at Buna, Neretva, Bosnia killing 43, another 12 are injured.^[61]
• 18 June – Lax security regulation enforcement causes the overpasses of Autoroute 15 to collapse over Boulevard du Souvenir, in Laval, Quebec, during renovation, killing one and injuring two.^[62][63]
• July 6 – According to Spanish EFE news agency report, a bus carrying workers to Madrid has collided with a truck carrying much pigs at outskirt of Soria, Spain, killing 27, another 23 are injured.^[64]
• 7 July – A bus plunges into a river in Liuzhou, Guangxi province killing all 78 aboard.^[65]
• July 11 – According to Indonesian news agency Antara report, a bus carrying 39 passengers on-board, where plunged into a deep ravine at Sarangan, Merapi Ketep, Indonesia, killing 10, another 13 are injured. In an incident caused by brakes failed and skidded off the road.
• 28 August – Abuja bus crash riots, Abuja, Nigeria, Seventy people are killed in a bus pile up in Abuja. The next day, related protest riots kill four more people.
• September 10 – According to Times of India report, a Shiliguri-Darjeeing regular route bus carryin 50 passenger onboard and some passengers has vehicle on roof plunged Tista River, when driver approaching a bridge, lost control before exceed speed at Sivok, West Bengal, India, killing 20, and many passenger injured.
• 12 October – Owerri bus crash, Nigeria, Fifty people die when a bus collides with fuel tanker, which explodes.^[66]
• October 22 – According to Daily Jang newspaper of Pakistan report, Two regular route buses head on collided a bridge at outskirt of Jhang, Punjab of Pakistan, killing 40, another injuring are 75.
• 6 November – Lagos tanker disaster, Lagos, Nigeria, Between 100 and 200 people are killed when a petrol tanker loses control, slams into a traffic jam and explodes.^[67]
• November 7 – According to Kenyan police report, a Nairobi-Mombasa regular route bus with 80 passendgers on-board, plunged a bridge at outskirt of Meru, Eastern, Kenya, in an incident caused by exceed speed, killing 45.
• 24 November – Benin City bus crash, Nigeria, Sixty people die when bus falls into a ravine.^[68]
• November 27 – According to Thai television MCOT report, a Chiang Mai-Bangkok regular route bus crashed and riding in drove off a bridge, and plunged into a canal at Mae Prik, Lampang, Thailand, killing 20, another 16 are injured.
• 24 December – A bus traveling from Cape Town to Butterworth plunges off a mountain road in South Africa, leaving 20 passengers dead and 55 injured.^[69]
• 24 December – Accoding to ABS-CBN news of Philippines report, a Cotobato-Davao regular route bus carrying Chistmas travellers plunged 60-feet down into a ravine at outskirt of Bansalan, Mindanao, Philippines, killing 30, more 12 are injured.

[edit] 2001

• 16 February – 13 people killed in the Gracanica bus bombing in Kosovo.
• 28 February – Selby rail crash: A car falls off a M62 motorway bridge on railroad tracks, causing the derailment of a passenger train and its subsequent collision with a freight train near Selby, England. 10 are killed and 82 injured.
• March 4 – 70+ killed in the Hintze Ribeiro disaster when a bridge collapsed as a bus was crossing the Douro in Portugal.^[70]
• March 6 – According to Thai Bec News television report, a local bus rammed into a tree on a sharp bend on a road with lost control at Amphoe Mueang Phetchabun, Phetchabun, Thailand, killing 16, another injuring are 20.
• March 24 – 14 are killed and over 20 injured when a bus swerves off the road into a ravine in Santa Comba Dão.^[71]
• April 8 – According to Tanzanian police report, a minibus hit a bull, before collide with another bus at Songea Rual, Ruvuma, Tanzania, in an incident caused by exceed speed, killing 21.
• 26 June – A bus swerves and hits a ditch 80 miles southwest of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, killing 41 people.^[72]
• 10 August – An overcrowded bus falls into a river in Xinjiang, China, while traveling from Urumqi to Xinhe County, killing 34 people.^[73]
• August 15 – According to Kenya Television Network report, a minibus severed off the road and plunged into a Mwania River, outskirt of Machakos, Eastern, Kenya, killing 23, another 10 are injured.
• 17 August – A bus and a truck collide head-on on a road between Kerman and Sirjan in Iran, killing 30 people.^[74]
• August 26 – A Lagos-Kano regular route bus, which 72 passengers on-board is veered into Dakatsalle bridge, Kura, Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 49, another 23 are injured.
• 24 October – 11 people die in the Gotthard Road Tunnel after two lorries collide, resulting in a fire.^[75][76]
• 14 November – A bus flips over on a road near Huelva, Spain, killing 19 people.^[77]
• 14 December – 52 pilgrims killed in Aqaba bus crash in Jordan.^[78]
• December 28 – Two crowded bus collision, and one of the bus fall into a road side ditch at outskirt og Bogra, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, killing 35.

[edit] 2002

• January 7 – According to BSS news agency report, Manikganj-Dhaka regular route bus driver lost control while trying to cross a bridge at exceed speed and bus plunged over 35-feet into the river at Aminbazar, Savar, Bangladesh, killing 30, more passenger has injured.
• February 17 – According to Henan Television and China Daily report, two buses collided, both carrying travellers by Lunar New Year holiday, where a bus crashed at Hechuan, Henan, China, killing 25, another injuring are 12.
• March 13 – According to Panamericana Television of Peru report, Ayacucho-Lima regular route bus burst into flame, before skid out of control and hitting gasoline station at Chincha Alta, Ica, Peru, killing 35.
• 19 April - A bus carrying construction workers plunges off a mountain road near Salalah, Oman killing 46 in country's worst ever road accident.^[79]
• 23 April – A steamroller falls off a truck and crushes a bus 70 miles north of Ufa, Russia, killing 14 people.^[80]
• 8 May – 14 people die in the suicide bombing of a bus in Karachi.
• 26 May – 14 die in the I-40 bridge disaster on Interstate 40, near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma when a barge collided with a bridge support, causing a 580-foot section of the bridge to plunge into the Arkansas River.
• May 27 – A Ghatakpukur-Kolkatta route bus carrying office workers veered fall pond at Chowbagha, West Bengal, India, killing 46. In an incident of bus driver is exceed speed and bursting tire.
• June 2 – A bus carrying pilgrims bound for Multan, where fall off a bridge by turned over at Jhelum, Punjab of Pakistan, in an incident caused by driver control of the vehicle steep curve, killing 40, another 10 injured.
• 15 June – A truck and a bus crash head-on on a highway in North Chungchong, South Korea, killing 15 and seriously injuring about 20 people.^[81]
• July 2 – According to Indonesian Metro TV report, a Damri public bus carrying children and parents from Jenbar plunged into 24-foot deep ravine at Arjasa, East Java, Indonesia, killing 26, another 44 are injured.
• July 7 – A bus carrying Polish tourist, where slid off the road and overturned at Balatonszentgyorgy, Somogy, Hungary, in an incident caused by exceeded speed, killing 19, another 31 are injured.
• 19 July – Over 70 die when a bus is hit by a runaway fuel tanker at Rutoto in Uganda.^[82]
• August 7 – According to Mexican Televisa television report, a Guerrero-Guadalajara regular route bus slamned into a concrete wall at Zinapecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico, in an incident caused by a 26-years old bus driver has exceed speed, killing 33, another 10 are injured.
• August 9 – According to Renmin Ribao (Peoples Daily) of China report, an Urumqi-Kashgar regular route bus plunged off a bridge at outskirt og Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur, China, killing 34.
• August 18 – A bus falls into a ravine and overturns near Yantikovo, Chuvashia, Russia, killing 21 and injuring 37.^[83]
• August 18 – According to Turkish NTV television and Anatolia news agency report, a bus carrying return from annual religious festival at Nevsehir, skidded off the road and overturned after brake failed at outskirt of Tarsus, Mersin, Turkey, in an incident caused by bus driver has exceed speed, killing 29, another 30 are injured.
• September 2 – A bus plumneted 520-feet down a ravine at outskirt of Coroico, Nor Yungas, Bolivia, killing 29, another 25 are injured. According to Bolivian gorvernment insist this road is single lane with mud-covered,.
• September 7 – According to Bongo radio of Tanzania report, a bus tried to overtake a car and crashed into a truck at outskirt of Mbozi, Mbeya, Tanzania, killing 27, another 43 are injured.
• October – 10 die on Interstate 43 just south of Cedar Grove, Wisconsin in a fiery 38 car pileup caused by low visibility due to fog. The accident is considered the worst traffic accident in Wisconsin state history.^[84]
• 16 November – A bus crash in Cuesta del Totoral in Northern Argentina kills over fifty people.^[85]
• November 24 – According to Filipino television network ABS-CBN report, a regular route bus smashed through an iron railing and plunged 42-feet down into the ravine at outskirt of Tagkawayan, Quezon, Philippines, killing 33. In an incident caused by mechanical failure.

[edit] 2003

• 24 January – A bus crashes into buildings before bursting into flames, killing 14 in Slawi , Indonesia.^[86]
• January 26 – According to government of Cameroon report, A regular route bus veers into oncoming traffic and crashes into another regular route bus, then many vehicles piled up, including Kami Express and Felicite Express Voyages are occurred at Edea, Littural, Cameroon, killing 70 people, and 15 are injured.
• January 28 – A tourist bus head-on into a truck carrying paint at Narayan Chand, West Bengal, India, killing at least 40, another 15 are injured.
• March 9 – A bus charter by Czech ski tourist, where head collided with truck at between Ceske Budejovice and Dolni Dvorisite, Bohemia, Czech Republic, killing 19, another 30 are injured.
• March 9 – According to Chinese embassy of Kyrgyzstan and Chinese media report, a regular route bus carryin Chinese citizen has crashed and caught fire at outskirt of Jeti Ojuz, Kyzyl Suu, Kyrgyzstan, killing 19.
• March 12 – According to Radio Television Senegalaise report, a local passenger bus collided with a truck carrying cement at outskirt of Podor, Saint Louis, Senegal, killing 22.
• 13 April – 21 students killed in collision between their bus and a truck in Tembi, near Larissa, Greece.^[87]
• April 16 – A truck and a bus collide on a main highway in Cuba killing 30 and injuring 71.^[88]
• 1 May – 80 people drown in the Bethlehem bus crash, when the driver drove off a dam and into a reservoir.^[89]
• May 9 – 24 are killed, nearly as much injured, when a bus spins out of control and collides with an oil tanker near Shorkot.^[90]
• May 17 – A double-decker bus carrying German tourists crashes on a highway near Lyon, France killing 28 and injuring 46 passengers.^[91]
• 4 June – 30 people die in the Kasganj bus disaster, when a bus attempted to cross a closed level crossing in India and was sliced in half by a train.
• 10 July – 21 killed in the Tuen Mun Road bus accident, Hong Kong, when a bus plunged off a motorway viaduct after being hit by lorry. Worst road accident in history of the Territory.^[92]
• August 22 – According to Xinhua News Agency of China report, A regular route bus with 33 passengers on-board, collide with a carrying petro truck, when ran off and plundged into ravine at expressway, Yanan, Shanbei, Shaanxi, China, killing 23.
• 10 September – A bus and a truck collide at high speed during heavy rain near the city of Valencia, Venezuela, killing 34.^[93]
• September 20 – A bus and a train collide near Malak Wal in Pakistani Punjab, killing over 40.^[94]
• October 1 – Multi-vehicle accident when a truck collides with a bus on Interstate 90 near Hampshire, Illinois, killing 8 and injuring 15. ^[95]
• October 9 – 59 people, mostly schoolgirls, are killed in a three–way collision between a bus, a truck and a minivan near Yogyakarta, Indonesia.^[96]
• 23 November – 14 passengers were killed in a bus tragedy at kilometre 63 of Lipis–Merapoh road (Federal Route 8) near Merapoh, Pahang.
• December 17 – A regular Sao Paulo-Fortaleza long distance route bus fall down 120 feet cliff, when driver lost control on a corner at outskirt of Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil, killing at least 20, another 40 are injured.
• December 18 – According to Emergency Situations Ministry of Ukraine report, a chartered Simferopol-Alushta bus carrying local coal miners, where veered off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ditch at Simferopolskyi, Crimea, Ukraine, killing 17, another 19 are injured.

[edit] 2004

• 9 January – Bhakkar bus crash, Pakistan, at least 56 die as bus rolls into a ravine.^[97]
• 22 February – A bus tumbles off a dam into a reservoir near Fortaleza, Brazil, killing over 40 people^[98]
• 19 March – 23 people killed in the Konginkangas bus disaster, Finland.
• March 29 – According to Ethiopia News Agency report, a Gondar-Adis Zemen regular route bus plunged into a gorge at outskirt of Libo Kemkem, Amhara, Ethiopia, killing 37.
• April 1 – According to China Daily and Xinhua report, a local bus plunged off a road into Fuxi River at Zigong, Sichuan, China, killing 15, another 39 are injured.
• May 24 – According to Tunisian news agency TAP report, a bus carrying 54 passengers on-board plunged into the verge of narrow road at outskirt of Korbous, Tunisia, in an incident caused by technical problem, killing 19, another 31 are injured.
• June 8 – According to Indian police official report, a bus carrying wedding family and guest veered out of control and plunged into Bagmati river bridge at Runisaitpul, Bihar, India, killing 65.
• 16 June – Islamabad, Pakistan, at least 50 die in collision between a bus and a tractor.^[99]
• June 16 – According to Xinhua report, a charter bus carrying Buddhism pilgrims plunged into a lake, and swerved to avoid another vehicle at outskirt of Xinyu, Jiangxi, China, killing 21, in an incident caused by driver has exceed speed.
• 24 June – A tanker carrying 17,000 litres of petrol collides with a bus in Zahedan, near Bam, Iran. 90 people are killed.^[100]
• 30 July – A Turkish travel bus and an Iranian truck collide head-on near Erzurum and Erzincan in Eastern Anatolia, killing 26 and injuring 30.^[24]
• September 12 – According to Iranian IRIB television report, a Khoy-Mashhad regular route bus crush by overturned and exhaustion by bus driver at outskirt of Changureh, Avaj, Iran, killing 18.
• October 12 – According to China Daily report, a charter Chongqing-Jiuzhaigou bus crushed into a wall, and bounced back with plunged into Fujiang River, Mianyang, Pingwu, Sichuan, China, killing 24, another 21 are injured. In an incident caused by driver has exceed speed.
• 6 November – Seven are killed and 71 injured when a passenger train hits a car and derails near Ufton Nervet, England.
• November 7 – According to Nile TV of Egypt report, a trailer truck carrying much of sugar was overtake a car, and hit with collided the bus at outskirt of Zafarana, Minya, Egypt, a bus carrying returning from Mecca, killing 33, another 14 are injured.
• December 21 – According to America Television of Peru report, a bus plunged 150-feet intoriverat Lima-Paccllpa mountainous jungler road at outskirt of Aksaray, Ucayali, Peru, killing 49, another 15 are injured.
• December 25 – According to Geo Television of Pakistan report, a bus plunged into deep ravine at outskirt of Kuntrili, Punjab of Pakistan, in an incident caused by lost control with exceeded speed, killing 18, another injuring are 39.

[edit] 2005

• 3 January – A truck overloaded with Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims overturns in Qinghai province, China killing 54.^[101]
• 6 January – A truck and a bus collide on a highway in Fujian province, China killing 28 and injuring 19.^[102]
• January 10 – According to NDTV television of India report, a bus failed to negotiate a sharp curve and lost control with plunged into Almatti Dam, outskirt of Bijapur, Karnataka, India, killing 57.
• January 16 – According to Colombian television network Canal Caracol report, a local passenger bus collided with a trailer truck, where coming from the opposite directions at outskirt of La Sabana, Santander, Colombia, killing 27, another injuring are 29.
• 3 February – 55 wedding guests die in the Nagpur level crossing disaster, India.
• 8 March – A school bus catches fire in Shandong, China, killing 12 children.^[103]
• April 17 – A bus carrying vacationer tourist down a sleep slope and 800-feet below down a ravine at Great-St-Bernard, between Orsieres and Liddes, Valais, Switzerland, killing 12, another 15 are injured.
• April 19 – According to Chongqing Television of China report, a regular route bus plunged off 240-feet bridge at outskirt of Qianjiang, Chongqing, China, killing 27, another injuring are four.
• 21 April – 31 war veterans die in bus crash on the old Ho Chi Minh trail, Vietnam.^[104]
• 27 April – over 50 people are killed in the Polgahawela level crossing collision when a bus is hit by train.
• May 7 – A passendger bus plunged 1,000 feet below into gorge at Pampa, Pallasca, Ancash, Peru, killing 40, another 18 are injured.
• 22 May – 35 are killed in the Jauja bus disaster, Peru when a bus plunges off a bridge.^[105]
• 7 June – 38 people killed in the Badarmude bus explosion, when a bus struck a land mine.
• June 21 – A charter bus carrying BSNL Indian state telecom enployees has failed to negotiate a sharp curve and lost control with plundged into a gorge at outskirt of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 18, another 20 are injured.
• July 9 – A bus from Srinagar plunged into a deep river gerge off a Delhi-Badrinath expressway, Rishikesh, Uttaranchal, India, killing 25.
• July 17 – According to China Daily report, a Kaishan of Chongqing-Shenzhen regular route bus slipped off mountain and plunged into a deep valley at outskirt of Enshi, Hubei, China, killing 17, another 37 are injured.
• July 23 – According to Nigerian government report, a Lagos-Kano regular route bus plundged into the Gadar Tanburawa river bridge at Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria, killing 56.
• August 24 – According to Guangzhou Television and Guangdong Television report, when a kindergarten bus crossing an intersection at a bridge, as the lights changed, when a cyclist pulled out in front and a bus ploughed onto the crowded pavement at China State Highway 318, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, killing 19 and 16 injured.
• August 24 – According to Hubei Television and China Central Television report, a Wenling-Lichuan regular route bus crashed through the roadside barrier and slide down a 320-feet bank at Lichuan, Hubei, China, killing 14 and injuring 40.
• 23 September – 24 elderly people died when their bus catches fire and burns as they flee Hurricane Rita near Wilmer, Texas.^[106]
• 15 October – A speeding bus falls into a river in Bogra District, Bangladesh, killing 25 people.^[107]
• December 6 – According to Beijing Evening News report, a freight truck carrying colcium carbide, other regular route Beijing Bus vehicle suffered a brake failure rammed, and both vehicles are overturned with dropped into 60-feet ditch and caught fire at Badaling Expressway, between Changping-Nankou, outskirt of Beijing, China, killing 24.
• 24 December – A bus plunges into the icy Yellow River in Hanggin Banner, Inner Mongolia, China, killing 28.^[108]
• December 28 – An Ahmedabad-Mumbai regular route bus collided with a chemical tank truck at Barach, Gujarat, India, killing 22.

[edit] 2006

• January 8 – According to Ecuadorean police report, two buses collision and crashed on Puerto Inca-Naranjal Highway, Churute, Guayas, Ecuador, in an incident caused by both buses are exceed speed, killing 14, another 30 are injured.
• 13 January – A bus collides with a train in heavy fog in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, killing 21 people.^[109]
• 20 January – A bus plunges off a road and into a 300-foot gorge in Rajouri, India, killing about 50 people and injuring 15.^[110]
• 23 January – Two buses collide head on in Sao Paulo State in Brazil, killing 33 people.^[111]
• January 31 – A bus carrying Cantonese tourist crush after overturned at national highway, Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, killing 14, and another 30 are injured.
• January 31 – Two buses collide at Qena, Upper Egypt, killing 18, another 24 are injured.
• 7 February – 12 Turkish tourists die when their bus plunges into a ravine in Rome, Italy.^[112]
• 17 February – One killed, 2 injured in a massive 60-cars pile-up on Autoroute 40 near Lavaltrie, Quebec.^[113]
• 18 February – Cardross road accident: 6 people are killed in an alleged hit and run accident in Cardross, Australia.
• March 10 – According to Turkish news agency Anatolia report, A Istanbul-Van regular route bus careered off the road, and plunged Kelkit River at outskirt of Tokat, middle-eastern Turkey, killing 30.
• 22 March – Twelve Americans die when a tour bus falls into a canyon near Arica, Chile.^[114]
• 17 April – 57 people die in the Maltrata bus crash in central Mexico.
• 20 April – At least 47 die when bus falls into a lake at Sarupeta, India^[115]
• April 21 – According to Bangladeshi ATN Bangla television report, a bus carrying wedding couples and families, where plunged into Chitra River and gone down 30-feet deep river at outskirt of Narail, Bangladesh, killing 40.
• May 12 – According to MENA news agency of Egypt report, a bus carrying weaving company employees has overturned and plunged into canal at between Karr al Battikh and Danietta, Nile Delta, Egypt, killing 21, another 20 are injured.
• 16 May – At least 35 die when two buses collide head-on near Kumasi, Ghana^[116]
• 26 May – A crashed fuel tanker leaked patrol onto a roadway in Tega, Benin, which exploded as local people tried to collect it, killing between 54 and 75.^[117]
• 15 June – A bus carrying 45 miners from the Uchucchacua mine to Lima in Peru fell into a ravine, killing 28 people.^[118]
• 23 June – Sinai bus crash: 11 Arab Israeli tourists are killed when their bus overturns. The survivors later initiate legal action, asserting the crash was actually a terrorist attack.
• June 2006 - Sunday News (Tanzania) - IT has happened again. Over a week ago, a speeding minibus crashed into a river in Mirerani, killing 57 people. Four days later near Arusha, another bus accident claimed four lives.^[119]
• August 18 – According to Turkish Radio and Television Corporation report, a bus carrying Iranian travellers returning from Syria has collided with a truck at outskirt of Chaldoran, West Azarbaijan, Turkey, killing 17, another injuring are 26.
• August 30 – According to Moroccan news agency Maghreb Arabe Presse report, a bus carrying 50 passengers on-board rolled over outskirt of Setta, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Morocco, in an incident caused by bus driver has excessive speed, killing 17, another 26 are injured.
• 13 September – 30 vehicle accident on Interstate 696 in Farmington Hills, Michigan, including a transport truck and two cars that drove off the road into the forest to the side of the freeway. The accident was caused by severe thunderstorms in the area. Thankfully, there were no fatalities or serious injuries, and many of the drivers involved stepped out of their cars and helped to clean up the road with the Michigan State Police. Speed and the weather may have been a factor in the accident. (Courtesy: WDIV-TV, [3])
• 24 September – Forty-seven people die when a bus crashes into a wall on a road in Papallacta, Ecuador.^[120]
• 30 September – De la Concorde Overpass collapse: Five are killed and six injured when a 65-feet section of a 3-lanes overpass over Autoroute 19 collapses in Laval, Quebec. The incident sparks a province-wide inspection of sometimes decades old overpasses.^[121]
• 1 October – Thirty killed as a bus falls off a bridge into the Jialing River in Chongqing, China.^[122]
• 3 October – Twelve killed and 16 injured when a truck and a bus collide near Menbej, in northwest Syria.^[123]
• 8 October – Forty-two people die when a bus falls down a ravine during foggy and rainy conditions in Chiantla, Guatemala.^[124]
• 8 October – A double-decker bus crashes into a truck in northern Argentina, killing 12 people.^[125]
• 9 October – Twelve people helping in Typhoon Xangsane relief efforts are killed in a van accident in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.^[126]
• 15 October – Two buses and a truck collide in Sivas Province, Turkey, killing 13 and injuring more than 20.^[127]
• 19 October – A bus overcrowded with passengers plunges into a reservoir in Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 56 people.^[128]
• 21 October – A bus plunges off a mountain road between Sucre and Cochabamba in Bolivia, killing 29 and injuring 25.^[129]
• 23 October – A bus catches fire in downtown Panama City, killing 18 people.^[130]
• 25 October – A bus falls off the road and into the Teesta River in Sikkim, India, killing 25 and injuring 45.^[131]
• 26 October – A bus crashes down an embankment near Arequipa, Peru, killing 20 and injuring 12.^[132]
• 28 October – A crowded bus plunges off a cliff in Nepal, killing 42 and injuring 43.^[133]
• 31 October – Floods sweep away a minibus travelling in Diyarbakir Province, Turkey, killing 14 people.^[134]
• 8 November – A truck transporting farm workers plunges into a river in Hoshangabad District, India, killing 29 and injuring 30.^[135]
• 13 November – A truck carrying workers is hit by a train near Cape Town, South Africa. 19 are killed and 6 injured.
• 14 November – A bus plunges into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh, India, killing 13 and injuring 41.^[136]
• 26 November – A truck carrying passengers veers off the road on a sharp curve in Tamil Nadu, India, killing 17 and injuring 57.^[137]
• 3 December – A tour bus carrying 45 plunges into a valley in Tainan, Taiwan, killing 22 and injuring 23.^[138]
• 4 December – A bus plunges into a ravine on a mountain road in Puno Region, Peru, killing 45 people.^[139]
• 7 December – A truck hits a bus, causing it to fall from a highway bridge in Byala, Bulgaria, and killing 19 people.^[140]
• 9 December – A trailer dislodges from a moving truck and crashes into a bus on a mountain road in Mae Sot district, Tak Province, Thailand, killing 12 and injuring 20.^[141]
• 13 December – A bus plunges into a river after colliding with a truck on a mountain road near Bagua, Peru, killing 21 and injuring 30.^[142]
• December 22 – According to Nigerian Vanguard Online report, two passenger buses head collided at Owena, outskirt of Akure, Ondo, Nigeria, in an incident caused bya bus was trying go overtake a car, when it collided head on with a regular route bus coming opposite direction, killing 17.
• 24 December – A bus goes out of control, overturns and smashes into bridge supports near Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, killing 12 and injuring 40.^[143]
• 25 December – Two minivans collide in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, causing a methane explosion that kills 13 people.^[144]
• A collision in the industrial town of Cuautitlan outside Mexico city saw 24 people lose their lives on 28 December when their bus collided with a 36-wagon freight train. Another 12 passengers were hurt. Police arrested the bus driver who reportedly tried to flee the scene.
• December 29 – According to Yunnan Television report, a bus carrying 21 passengers dash and hit three road workers and then plunged 95-yards down a cliff at outskirt of Baoshan, Yunnan, China, killing 17 and seven injured.

[edit] 2007

• 6 January – A bus travelling from Dhaka to Chittagong crashes and catches fire near Comilla, Bangladesh, killing from 55 to 70 people.^[145]
• January 11 – According to IRIB television of Iran report, a truck lost control and smashed into a regular route bus at Arak-Malayer expressway, outskirt of Arak, Markazi, Iran, killing 14.
• 12 January – Two buses collide near the border between Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, killing 22 hajj pilgrims.^[146]
• 15 January – A bus collides head-on with a tractor-trailer in Cesar Department, Colombia, killing 20 people.^[147]
• 19 January – A double-decker bus plunges into a river near Chiang Mai, Thailand, killing 22 people.^[148]
• 22 January – A speeding bus overturns 250 miles northeast of Kampala, Uganda, leading to 21 deaths and 30 injuries.^[149]
• 24 January – A bus falls into a ravine near Huautla, Oaxaca, Mexico, killing at least 29 and injuring over 24.^[150]
• 27 January – A truck collides head-on with a speeding bus on the highway between Aleppo and Ar Raqqah in northern Syria, killing 26 people, including six children, and injuring six others.^[151]
• 1 February – A truck veers off its lane and rams into a bus in Ghana, killing 16.^[152]
• 2 February – A tanker carrying liquefied carbon dioxide crashes, overturns and explodes in Tigbao, Philippines, killing 50 and injuring 65.^[153]
• 8 February – A train collides with a bus at a level crossing in Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam, killing 13 and injuring 24. E1 Train Disaster^[154]
• 19 February – Two buses collide near Makhado, South Africa, killing 17 and injuring 45.^[155]
• 22 February – A bus crashed into a crowd celebrating the Carnival in Oruro, Bolivia, killing 15 people.^[156]
• 2 March – 7 people are killed when a bus transporting the Bluffton University baseball team crashes through a barrier and lands on Interstate 75 in Atlanta, Georgia.^[157]
• 6 March – A bus collides with a freight train at a level crossing in Harare, Zimbabwe, killing 37 people.^[158][159]
• 15 March – A minibus overturns and falls into banboo-covered valley in Muding, Chuxiong, Yunnan, China, killing 14 and injuring 12.^[160]
• 15 March – A bus veers off the road and plunges into a reservoir in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China, killing at least 22 and injuring 11.^[161]
• 17 March – A bus overturns and falls into a ditch in Purulia District, India, killing 16 and injuring 67.^[162]
• 18 March – A bridge collapses near Gueckedou, Guinea, sending an overloaded truck plunging into a river and killing at least 70 people.^[163]
• 20 March – A bus catches fire and has its brakes fail on a mountain road in Saraburi Province, Thailand, killing 29 and injuring more than 10.^[164]
• 23 March – A bus and a wagon collide on a highway in Khairpur District, Pakistan, killing at least 13.^[165]
• 28 March – a 8,800 gallons carrying fuel truck catch fire with explode at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, killing at least 98, another 100 injured.
• 5 April – A rear tire blows out on a truck as it travels near Santa Marta, Colombia, causing it to flip and explode and leading to a fire that kills 27.^[166]
• 8 April – A truck strikes a bus on a highway bridge in western Iran, causing the bus to tumble into a valley and killing 26. An additional 18 were injured.^[167]
• 10 April – A passenger bus overturns on a highway near Rabat, Morocco, killing 12 and injuring 43.^[168]
• 10 April – A bus travelling from Galle to Colombo in Sri Lanka collides with a beer delivery truck about 40 miles south of Colombo, killing 23 and injuring 56.^[169]
• 11 April – A bus carrying students on a field trip crashes into a tractor trailer on King's Highway 410 in Brampton, Ontario. One dies and five are seriously injured.^[170]
• 14 April – A bus transporting children from Izmir to Cappadocia collides with a truck near Aksaray, Turkey, killing 33, mostly children, and injuring 35.^[171]
• 14 April – A bus and a truck collide near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, causing the truck's gas tank to explode. Twenty-eight were killed and 21 were injured. Some passengers say the bus driver might have fallen asleep.^{[172][173][174]}
• 14 April – A crowded small sized bus overturned and burst into flame at outskirt of Garissa, North Eastern, Kenya, killing 15 and injuring 61. ^[175]
• 19 April – A bus falls down a 150-meter cliff on the road between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 26 and injuring 19.^[176]
• 23 April – A bus drives off a highway overpass and falls 65 feet in Chongqing, China, killing 24 and injuring seven. Slippery road conditions may have been to blame.^[177]
• 25 April – A bus drives off a mountain road and falls 300 feet into a stream near Poonch, India, killing 22 and injuring 14.^[178]
• 29 April – A tanker carrying gasoline catches fire in the MacArthur Maze, in Oakland, United States, causing 2 sections of bridge, one of which carries I-580, to collapse. The driver escapes with burns, nobody else is injured.^[179]
• 4 May – A truck collides with two other vehicles and crashes into a crowd waiting for a bus in Lincang, China, killing 16 and injuring more than 40.^[180]
• 6 May – A speeding bus veers off a mountain road and falls into a ravine 30 miles north of Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 21 Muslim pilgrims.^[181]
• 7 May – A bus drives off a road and plunges 20 meters into a cornfield in Guizhou, China, killing 17 and injuring 25.^[182]
• 7 May – A speeding bus and a truck collide 90 km north of Maseru, Lesotho, killing 39 and injuring 54.^[183]
• 10 May – A bus travelling from Ivory Coast to Togo collides with a truck full of cocoa near Winneba, Ghana, after which another truck and several other vehicles crash into the accident site. About 40 people are killed.^[184][185]
• 11 May – A bus swerves on the road, loses control and falls into the Ganges riverbed near Patna, India, killing 20 and injuring 12.^[186][187]
• 13 May – Three buses collide in Rivers State, Nigeria, causing a large explosion that kills at least 50 people.^[188][189]
• 14 May – An oil tanker, bus and truck collide about 40 miles south of Ahmedabad, India, killing at least 30 people.^[190]
• 18 May – Two buses collide on a highway between Zulia and Lara in Venezuela, killing 17 and injuring 20.^[191]
• 20 May – A three-wheeled tractor with a cargo trailer overturns on a mountain road in Liaoning, China, killing 20 women.^[192]
• 23 May – A bus travelling from Mosul, Iraq overturns on a highway in Syria, 250 miles north of Damascus, killing 14 and injuring 20.^[193]
• 18 June – A truck hits a bus on a highway between Halle and Magdeburg, Germany, causing it to plunge down an embankment. Thirteen are killed and 31 are injured.^[194]
• July 1 – A bus and a truck collide on the Pan-American Highway in northern Peru, killing 24.^[195]
• July 2 – 19 are killed and 25 injured when a Solan-bound bus rolls off 300 meters into a ravine near Shimla, India.^[196]
• July 3 – Two buses collide in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing 12 and injuring a further 58.^[197]
• July 4 – A landslide buries a bus near Eloxochitlan in the Mexican state of Puebla. 32 bodies are recovered before the search is ended.^[198][199]
• July 13 – A tour bus traveling from Lhasa to Shigatse plunges into the Yarlung Tsangpo River about 55 miles west of Lhasa in Tibet, killing 14 and injuring 13.^[200]
• July 22– a polish bus with pilgrims overturns, plunges and burns in French Alps in Notre-Dame-de-Mésage, near Vizille, Isère, France killing 26 and injuring 24.^[201]
• August 1 – The I-35W Mississippi River Bridge, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during afternoon rush hour, killing 13 and injuring 100.
• August 7 – According to Peruvian America Television report, a Nazca-Acari and another Civa bus service bound for Lima are head-on collision at Panamericana Sur Highway, Acari, Arequipa, Peru, killing 14, another 30 are injured.
• 13 August – 20 passengers were killed in the bus crash in North-South Expressway near Bukit Gantang, Changkat Jering, Perak.
• August 20 – According Pakistani newspaper Daily Jang report, a bus veered off a mountain road, and crashed into a Neelum Valley, Ghori, Azad Kashimir, Pakistan, killing 25, another injuring are eight.
• 26 August – A truck carrying UPDF soldiers and their family crashes and overturns near Mount Elgon, in Eastern Uganda, killing 72 people, including 57 soldiers, and injuring a further forty.^[202][203]
• 8 September – Over half of the 150 passengers aboard a pilgrimage bus are killed when it crashes into a gorge in Nagbavji, India.^[204]
• 8 September – Two different bush crashes and fires claim a total of 48 lives in northern Nigeria.^[204]
• 9 September – A tractor-trailer carrying ammonium nitrate overturn and catches fire near Monclova, Mexico. The subsequent explosions kills over thirty people and injures over 150.^[205][206]
• September 16 – According to Televisa of Mexico report, a Puerto Vallarta-Guadalajara Vallarta Plus regular route bus ran off a mountain road where plunged a ravine at outskirt of Compostela, Nayarit, Mexico, killing 17, another 13 are injured.
• October 7 – A bus and train collide in Granma Province, Cuba, killing 28.^[207]
• November 16 – According to Lusa news agency and RTP television report, a bus collided with a car and bus flipped over with tumbled down at outskirt of Fatima, Ourem, Portugal, killing 13, another 24 are injured.
• November 19 – According to Nigerian police official report, an Enugu-Port Harcourt regular route bus rammed into oncoming truck at Ogida, Enugu, Nigeria, killing 21, another injuring are 10.
• November 24 – According to Xinhua and CCTV of China report, a Linchuan Linda bus travelling from Shanghai plunged by landslide at outskirt of Badong, Hubei, China, killing 31.
• December 14 – According to United News of India report, a Ludhiana-Ferozepur Satluj Express collided with a bus carrying local college students and teachers at crossing of Moga, Punjab of India, killing 17, another 18 are injured.
• December 31 – According to Egyptian Television report, a regular route bus collided with a truck and flipped into an irrigation canal at outskirt of Dayrat, Asyut, Egypt, killing 19, another injuring are 40.

[edit] 2008

• 9 January – A 70-vehicle pileup, which killed four persons, and injured 38, occurred on Interstate 4 south of Orlando, Florida. A mix of fog and thick smoke from a nearby environmental burn caused near-zero visibility and is to blame for the accident.^[208]
• January 18 – According to Bolivian police official report, a regular route bus ran off the road and plunged into a 600-feet deep ravine at outskirt of Manco Kapac, La Paz, Bolivia, killing 13, another 22 are injured.
• 20 January – A bus carrying Hindu religious pilgrimage plunges into a gorge at Nashik, Maharashtra, India, killing 39 people and injuring another 40.^[209]
• 20 January – A regular bus bound for Mon State skids off the road and flips over at outskirt of Kyaik Hto, Myanmar, killing at least 27, injuring another 10.
• January 26 – A bus carrying Jordanian tourist collides with a tank truck and overturns into a valley at Jarash, Jordan, killing at least 21, injuring at least 30.^[210]
• January 29 – A regular route Chongqing-Shenzhen bus skidded off an icy road packed with snow and fell into a valley at the 98.9 kilometer point of the Guiyang-Zhunyi expressway, on the outskirts of Zhunyi, Guizhou, China, killing 25, another 13 are injured.
• January 31 – According to media and government of Zimbabwe are confirmed report, a Mhunga bus service bound for Renco with 75 passengers onboard, where left side road and crush into a tree Masvingo-Nemanwa road, Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 14 people are killed, another 55 are injured.
• February 5 – A truck carrying many Hindu pilgrims hit a wall by a roadside, where lost control of the vehicle with overturned at Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 12, another 20 are injured.
• February 12 – According to China Daily report, a Chishui-Zunyi regular route bus veered off highway and plunged into 150-feet high cliff at outskirt of Chishui, Guizhou, China, killing 21, another 14 are injured.
• February 17 – According to Associated Press of Pakistan report, a Lahore-Dera Ghazi Khan local regular bus veer off a bend in the bridge and plunged onto another road below at outskirt of Aialkot, Punjab of Pakistan, killing 14, another 31 are injured.
• February 17 – According to GEO Television of Pakistan report, a Lahore-Multan passenger bus carrying over 60 people onboard has caught fire after going off a bridge at outskirt of Pattoki, Bunjab of Pakistan, killing 40 and injuring 22.
• February 18 – According to a Chinese news agency Xinhua report, a regular route bus ran into the rear of a tank truck, triggering a fire and explosion which ignited other vehicles, at the 471 kilometer point of the Beijing-Zhuhai expressway, on the outskirts of Chenzhou, Hebei, China, killing 15, another 25 are injured.
• February 21 – A bus travelling from Chittagong, where hit a pole carrying power line and caught fire at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killing at least 16, another 20 are injured.
• February 23 – According to Saudi news angency Saudi Press Agency report, Saudi Public Transport (SAPTCO) regular route bus overturned by faulty brakes at outskirt of Abha, Asir, Saudi Arabia, killing at least 25, another 8 are injured.
• February 24 – A local bus veered off the road with plunged into a pond at outskirt of Sonapur, Assam, India, killing at least 18, another one injured.
• March 1 – An overcrowded local bus with 70 passengers onboard, where a bus driver tried to brake by downshifting, aftermath, a bus plunged off the highway and rolled down a fifty-foot slope, with slid about 200-yard down the highway at Cuilapa, Guatemala, killing 53, another 17 are injured.
• March 5 – According to Indian police report, a truck carrying Hindu pilgrims has overturned and lost control of another truck while negotiating a sharp turn at Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 11, another 20 are injured.
• March 9 – A Mar de Ajó-Buenos Aires regular route bus disregards the National Highway Route 2's crossing signal, when a Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata nightly express train hit the bus at El Rapido Argentine line on the outskirts of Dolores, state of Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing at least 26, another 60 injured.
• March 12 – A series of accidents occurred, 200 vehicles crashed and went up in flames at E 11 highway of Dubai, UAE, 7 killed and 200 injured. It is considering to be one of the worst road accidents in the country.
• March 14 – According to Syrian Arab News Agency report, a Idlib-Tartus regular route bus was crushed by overturning and hitting a house on the outskirts of Tartus, southwestern Syria, killing 23, another 31 are injured. In an incident caused by exceeding speed.
• March 14 – According to Bangladeshi police and Channel 1 television report, a bus carrying a wedding couples and families collided head-on with truck before plunging into a ditch at outskirt of Goumadi, Barisal, Bangladesh, killing 12, another 11 are injured.
• March 15 – According to Iranian news agency IRNA report, a bus carrying 22 university students collided with truck, both vehicles caught fire immediately after the crash between Andimeshk of Khuzestan and Pol-e-Dokhtar of Lorestan, Iran, killing 22, another 7 are injured.
• March 16 – According to Peruvian Panamericana Television report, two passenger buses head-on collided and one of the vehicles drove out at Chimbote, Ancash, Peru, killing 14, another 35 are injured.
• March 25 – A major motorway pileup in Austria involving at least 60 vehicles occurred near Seewalchen causing 1 death and 30 injuries.^[211]
• March 25 – A regular route bus plunged off a side of highway and rolled 500-yards down a hillside at Ocotepeque, Honduras, killing 26, another 19 are injured.
• March 27 – According to Uganda Broadcasting Corporation report, a bus overturned and caught fire, when bus escaping overtake a trailer at outskirt of Kingo, Masaka, Uganda, killing 40.
• March 28 – According to Xinhua of China report, a Shenzhen-Chongqing regular route bus smashed into a minivan overtaking and then plunged into a river at expressway, Tankou, Sangzhi, Hunan, China, killing 13.
• April 3 – According to South African SAPA news agency report, a bus bound for Maputo carrying mine workers of Mozambique, left the road, and burst into flames with collided a tree at outskirt of Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa, killing 17.
• April 4 – According to Indian police and Zee News television report, an overcrowded Babughat-Narayanpur charter bus skidded off the road and plunged into a canal at Kestopur, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India, killing 20, another 35 are injured.
• April 12 – According to Jamahiriya Arab News Agency of Libya report, a traveller bus collided with a car, and veered off the road and then plunged into river at outskirt of Mizdah, Libya, killing 36, another nine are injured.
• April 12 – A bus carrying British tourists collided with a truck near Jipijapa killing five and injuring a further 12.
• April 16 – According to Indian NDTV report, a bus carrying 60 school children from Bodeli, has overtake a track and lost control, after plunged into Narmada River, outskirt of Vadodara, Gujarat, India, in an incident caused by bus driver has exceed speed, killing 47 people.^[212]
• April 19 – According to Bangladeshi police and Bangladesh Television report, a Kurigram-Dhaka bus carrying workers has overturned and plunge off Jamuna bridge at Tangail, Bangladesh, killing 18, another 35 are injured.
• April 19 – A bus carrying Finnish tourists collided with a 4X4 and overturned on highway near the coastal resort of Benalmadena killing 9 and injuring 19.^[213]
• April 20 – According to Indian police official report, a passenger bus skidded off a road and plunged 370-feet into a deepgorge at outskirt of Battery Cheshma, Jammu and Kashmir, India, killing 13, another 28 are injured.
• April 23 – According to Indian police official report, an overcrowded mini-van carrying wedding couple and family collided with a truck at outskirt of Khara, Rajasthan, India, killing 24.
• May 1 – According to Hong Kong Tv ATV and TVB report, a bus carrying elderly to a local religious ceremony has overturned and smashed into a barrior at Sai Kung, Hong Kong, killing 17, another injuring are 45.
• May 1 – According to Bolivian police official report, two minivan carrying Israeli and Japanese passengers head on collide and caught fire at outskirt of Uyuni, Potosi, Bolivia, killing 13.
• May 4 – According to Indian police official report, an overcrowded jeep carrying wedding couple and family crashed into truck at outskit of Mumbai, India, killing 16.
• May 7 – According to America Television of Peru report, a Lima-Yauyos regular route bus went off a mountain road, and plunged into 330-feet below of Canete River at outskirt of Yauyos, Peru, killing 29, another injuring are 15.
• May 8 – According to Kashmiri police official report, a bus skidded off a mountain road while negotiating a sharp bend and plunged into 370-feet below the Chenab River, outskirt of Kishtwar, Indian-Kashmir, killing 44.
• May 9 – According to Tanzanian police official report, a bus carrying Catholic Nuns and a truck collided at Morogoro-Dodoma road, outskirtof Dodoma, Tanzania, killing 15.
• May 9 – According to Tanzanian police official report, a trailer hit a local passenger bus where tried to avoid a smash up with an oncoming vehicle at outskirtof Dodoma, Tanzania, killing 12, another injuring are 29.
• May 17 – According to Hangzhou Television and Zhejiang Television report, an involving tractor collided by a mini bus and car, where a tractor was blocked and stopped by two vehicles, and exploded at Yongzhong, Longwan, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, killing 16, another injuring are 29.
• May 19 – According to portal site of Nepal news report, an overcrowded regular route Krishnanagar-Swagadwari Dang bus skidded off the mountain road, and plunged 500-feet below into Rapti River, Bagasati, Dang, Nepal, killing 46, another injuring are 28.
• May 19 – According to TV Azteca of Mexico report, an Estrella Blanca regular route bus plummeted 200-feet off a mountain highway at outskirt of Metzquitilan, Hidalgo, Mexico, killing 28, and many passengers and a driver has injured.
• May 21 – According to Press Trust of India report, a Pithoragarh-Bageshwar regular route bus veer off a road and plunged into the ditch where 300-feet below at outskirt of Chordhuroli, Uttarakhand, India, in an incident caused by mechanical fault, killing 21, another injuring are nine.
• May 23 – According to Iranian newspaper Etemaad report, a bus collided with a truck at a mountain road between Hamedan and Malayer, Hamedan, Iran, in an incident caused by truck driver has illegally overcoming and a bus driver has exceed speed, killing 24, another injuring are 11.
• May 27 – According to South African Broadcasting Corporation news report, a Mvenyane-Matatiele regular route bus plunged 450 feet down an embankment in Kaka Pass, where landed upside down in river at Cedarville, Eastern Cape, South Africa, killing 28.
• June 2 – A bus carrying more than 50 schoolchildren was hit by a regional express train on a level crossing in Haute-Savoie, France. Seven children died and many others were injured.
• June 3 – According to Shanxi Television report, a Shuozhou transport regular route bus collided with a truck at Yuanyuan, Shuozhou, Shanxi, China, killing 22 and injuring two.
• June 9 – According to police official of India report, a passenger bus collided with a jeep at Shahuwadi Kohlapur, Maharashtra, India, killing 17 and injuring 25.
• June 9 – According to Indian Embassy of Thimphu report, a truck carrying Indian workers smashed and negotiating a narrow wet condition stretch road while returning from work sita at Wangkha, Chukha, Bhutan, killing 12.

[edit] See also

• List of bridge disasters
• List of rail accidents - includes level crossing accidents.
• Accidents

[edit] External links

• Early Auto Accidents A Fascinating Collection of Photos of Auto Accidents from the 1920s to 1950's
• Partial list of Highway disasters
• Descansos.org :: Project to create awareness for victims of vehicular fatalities. Painting the story of victims to create love, peace and public awareness.
• A Condensed History of Vehicle Recovery in the United Kingdom.

[edit] References