List of notable traffic collisions (2000–present)

This list of traffic collisions records serious road crashes: those that have a large death toll, occurred in unusual circumstances, or have some other historical significance, which are notable and have their own Wikipedia article.

2000s

2000

• August 28 – Nigeria – 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.
• November 5 – Nigeria – Ibadan road tanker explosion, Ibadan, Nigeria. Between 100 and 200 people are killed when a petrol tanker loses control, slams into a traffic jam and explodes.

2001

• February 28 – United Kingdom – Great Heck rail crash, Selby, England. Car driven off the M62 motorway near a bridge onto railway tracks, causing the derailment of a passenger train and its subsequent collision with a freight train.
• March 5 – Portugal – Hintze Ribeiro disaster, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. A bridge collapsed as a bus was crossing the Douro in Portugal, killing 59 people.^[1]

2002

• May 26 – United States – I-40 bridge disaster, Webbers Falls, Oklahoma. 14 people died and 11 others were injured on Interstate 40, when a barge collided with a bridge support, causing a 580-foot section of the bridge to plunge into the Arkansas River.

2003

• 1 May – South Africa – Bethlehem bus crash, Bethlehem, South Africa. 80 people drown when the driver drove off a dam and into a reservoir.^[2]
• 4 June – India – Kasganj level crossing disaster, Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh. 30 people die when a bus attempted to cross a closed level crossing in India and was sliced in half by a train.
• 23 November – Malaysia – Merapoh bus tragedy, near the Pahang-Kelantan border. 14 passengers were killed in a bus tragedy at kilometer 63 of Lipis and Merapoh roads (Federal Route 8) near Merapoh, Pahang.

2004

• 19 March – Finland – Konginkangas bus disaster, Äänekoski, Finland. 23 people killed.
• 6 November – England – Ufton Nervet rail crash, Ufton Nervet, Berkshire. Seven are killed and 71 injured when a passenger train hits a car and derails.

2005

• 3 February – India – Nagpur level crossing disaster, Nagpur, Maharashtra. 55 wedding guests die when a crowded trailer being towed by a tractor was hit by a train.
• 27 April – Sri Lanka – Polgahawela level crossing accident, Polgahawela. Over 50 people were killed when a bus is hit by train.
• 7 June – Nepal – Badarmude bus explosion, Badarmude. 38 people were killed when a bus struck a land mine.

2006

• 18 February – Australia – Cardross road accident, Cardross, Victoria. 6 people were killed in an alleged hit and run accident.
• 17 April – Mexico – Maltrata bus crash, Maltrata. 57 people die in s bus crash.
• 23 June – Egypt – Sinai bus crash, between Nuweiba and Taba. 11 Arab Israeli tourists are killed when their bus overturns.
• 30 September – Canada – De la Concorde overpass collapse, Laval, Quebec. Five are killed and six injured when a 65-feet section of a 3-lanes overpass over Autoroute 19 collapses.^[3]
• 13 November – South Africa – Faure level crossing accident, Faure near Somerset West. A truck carrying workers is hit by a train. 19 are killed and 6 injured.
• 20 November – United States – 2006 Huntsville bus crash, Huntsville, Alabama. 4 high school students were killed and 23 injured when a school bus went over the side of an elevated portion of Interstate 565.^[4]

2007

• 6 January – Bangladesh – Comilla bus crash, Comilla. A bus travelling from Dhaka to Chittagong crashes and catches fire, killing from 55 to 70 people.^[5]
• 2 March – United States – Bluffton University bus crash, Atlanta, Georgia. 7 people are killed when a bus transporting the Bluffton University baseball team crashes through a barrier and lands on Interstate 75.
• November 4 – Azerbaijan – Baku–Gazakh motorway minibus crash, Qaradağ Raion, Baku, Azerbaijan. A minibus, carrying twenty persons, slammed into a parked truck laden with stones. 14 died and four were injured.^[6]

2008

• April 19 - Spain - Benalmádena coach crash, Benalmádena, Spain. 38 injured and 9 killed after an SUV collided with a bus full of tourists while trying to overtake it.^[7]
• December 14 – Egypt – 2008 Egyptian bus accident, Dahrut, Egypt. A bus plunged into an irrigation ditch while traveling from Cairo to Minya killing at least fifty-five and injuring ten.
• December 16 – Israel - 2008 Israeli tour bus crash, southern Israel. 25 killed and 30 injured after a bus crashes off the road and rolls down a ravine between Ovda and Eilat in Israel. It is the deadliest traffic accident in Israel's history.^[8][9]

2009

• July 24 – Russia – 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash, Rostov Oblast. At least 21 people were killed when a bus collided with a petrol tanker.^[10]
• July 26 – United States – 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash, Mount Pleasant, New York. Eight were killed, including the driver, and three were injured when a driver travels the wrong way for 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) on the Taconic State Parkway in New York State before crashing head-on into a sport utility vehicle.^[11]
• August 14 – Romania – Scânteia train accident, Scânteia, Iaşi County. At least 14 people died after a bus-train collision on County Road 248C.^[12]

2010s

2010

• February 13 – Nigeria – Nigerian bus electrocutions, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A power line broke, striking two buses and electrocuting the occupants.^[13]
• February 22 – Peru – 2010 Peru bus crash, Virú, Peru. Two buses collided head-on on the Panamerican Highway resulting in at least 38 deaths and the injury of 58.^[14]
• July 2 – Democratic Republic of Congo – Catastrophe of Sange, Sange, South Kivu. A fuel tanker overturned and exploded, creating a fireball that devastated the town of Sange in South Kivu province. The preliminary death toll placed the number of dead at 220, with 111 injured, though the numbers later increased.^[15]
• October 12 – Ukraine – Marhanets train accident, Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A bus ran a red light and crossed a railroad crossing before getting hit by a train, resulting in 43 dead and 9 injured.^[16]
• December 20 – Malaysia – 2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash, Blue Valley in the Cameron Highlands. Twenty-seven people, mostly Thai tourists, were killed when the double-decker bus they were traveling in crashed at the Second East–West Highway of the Perak–Pahang state border. Until 2013, the worst traffic accident in Malaysian history.^[17]

2011

• March 12 – United States – World Wide Tours bus crash, Bronx, New York. A bus crashed on Interstate 95 killing 15 people.^[18]
• November 4 – England – 2011 M5 motorway crash, near Taunton, Somerset. A 34-vehicle crash near Taunton, England on the M5 motorway resulted in 7 dead and 51 injured.^[19][20]

2012

• March 13 – Switzerland – Sierre coach crash, Sierre, Switzerland. A coach carrying school teachers and pupils crashed into a wall in the Sierre Tunnel. Of the 52 people on board, 28 were killed in the crash.^[21]
• April 20 – Mexico – Álamo bus accident, Alamo, Veracruz. A trailer truck collides with an overloaded passenger bus, 43 killed, 17 seriously injured.^[22]
• July 12 – Nigeria – Okobie road tanker explosion, Okobie. A road tanker overturned and exploded; the death toll was initially placed at 95.^[23]
• August 26 – China – Shaanxi bus–tanker crash, Yan'an, Shaanxi. A double-decker sleeper bus and a tanker loaded with highly-flammable methanol collided, resulting in 36 deaths.^[24]

2013

• May 7 – Mexico – 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion, Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico. A tank truck driver lost control and ran into several cars and houses before the truck exploded on Federal Highway 85. 27 people were killed and more than 30 injured.^[25]
• June 23 – Montenegro – 2013 Podgorica bus crash, near Morača Monastery, Kolašin Municipality. A bus carrying Romanian tourists plunged into a ravine, killing 19 and injuring 28 more.
• July 13 – Russia – 2013 Oznobishino bus crash, Oznobishino, Moscow Oblast. A truck carrying gravel collided at high speed with a bus. At least 18 people died and another 60 people were injured.
• July 28 – Italy – 2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash, Monteforte Irpino, Italy. A tour bus returning from a pilgrimage went off the highway into a ravine, killing 39 and injuring 19 others.^[26]
• August 21 – Malaysia – 2013 Genting Highlands bus crash, Genting Highlands, Pahang. A bus carrying 53 passengers crashed into ravine killing 37 passengers were killed and injuring 16 others. Deadliest road accident in Malaysia.^[27]
• September 5 – South Africa – 2013 Pinetown crash, Pinetown. An articulated truck drove through a red light at high speed, killing 24 people and injuring at least 80.^[28]
• September 18 – Canada – Ottawa bus-train crash, Ottawa, Ontario. A double-decker bus and a passenger train collided, killing 6 and injuring 35.^[29]
• October 12 – Peru – 2013 Peru bus disaster, Santa Teresa District. A makeshift bus carrying 51 Quechua Indians plunged off a cliff and ended up in the Cachimayo River, killing everyone on board. The deadliest accident in Peruvian history.^[30]
• October 19 – Philippines – 2013 Atimonan road crash, Atimonan, Quezon. Three buses and four trucks collided, 20 killed and 54 injured.^[31]
• October 30 – India – 2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident, Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh. A bus hit a culvert, damaging its fuel tank and causing a fire, killing 45 people and injuring another 7.^[32]
• December 16 – Philippines – 2013 Manila Skyway bus accident, between Parañaque and Taguig. A bus fell off the Metro Manila Skyway, killing 18 and injuring 20.^[33]

2014

• February 4 – Ukraine – 2014 Ukraine train bus collision, Sumy Oblast. A bus was hit by a train killing 13 and injuring 6.^[34]
• April 13 – Mexico – Acayucan bus crash, Juan Rodriguez Clara. A bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City collided with a broken-down tractor-trailer attached to a truck and then caught fire. 36 were killed and another 4 injured.^[35]
• November 11 – Pakistan – 2014 Khairpur bus crash, Khairpur. A bus collided with a truck, killing 56.^[36]
• December 22 – Scotland – 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash, Glasgow. A garbage truck drove up onto a sidewalk in George Square, killing 6 and injuring 15.^[37]

2015

• March 11 – Tanzania – 2015 Tanzania road accident, Iringa Region. A bus and two trucks collided, resulting in 41 dead and 25 injured.^[38]
• October 23 – France – Puisseguin road crash, Puisseguin. A bus carrying elderly day-travelers hit a truck head-on and caught fire, killing 43.^[39]
• December 14 – Argentina – 2015 Argentina road accident, Rosario de la Frontera. A bus carrying Argentine frontier police plunged off a bridge in rural northern Argentina, killing 43 people on board and injuring 8 other people.^[40]

2016

• February 18 – Ghana – Bus collision in February 2016, Ghana. Head-on collision between a bus and a truck, 71 killed and at least 13 injured.^[41]
• May 8 – Afghanistan – May 2016 Afghanistan road crash, Moqor district, Ghazni province. Two buses collided with a fuel tanker, killing 73 and injuring 50 more.^[42]
• June 7 – United States – In the Kalamazoo bicycle crash a pickup truck crashed into a group of cyclists killing five.
• July 19 – Taiwan – 2016 Taoyuan bus fire, Taoyuan. A tour bus caught fire killing 24 Chinese tourists, a Taiwanese tour guide, and the driver.^[43]
• August 15 – Nepal – 2016 Nepal bus crashes, Birtadeurali, Kavrepalanchok District and Siddheshwar, Baitadi District. Two separate bus crashes in Nepal led to the deaths of 30 people, 52 injured.^[44][45]
• September 3 – Afghanistan – September 2016 Afghanistan road crash, Zabul Province. A bus collided with a fuel tanker; 38 people were killed and 28 were injured.^[46]
• November 21 – United States – 2016 Chattanooga school bus crash, Chattanooga, Tennessee. An elementary school bus carrying dozens of students crashed, killing 6 students and injuring 23 others.^[47]

2017

• January 21 – Italy – 2017 Verona bus crash, Verona. A bus carrying school children from Hungary crashed and caught fire on the A4 near Verona a few minutes after midnight.^[48]
• February 20 – Philippines – 2017 Tanay bus accident, Tanay, Rizal. A tourist bus carrying 50 passengers crashed on a curved road after the vehicle apparently lost control and hit an electric post in Barangay Sampaloc in Tanay, Rizal.^[49]
• April 18 – Philippines – 2017 Nueva Ecija bus accident, Carranglan, Nueva Ecija. A minibus carrying 77 passengers lost its brakes and fell off a ravine in Carranglan, Nueva Ecija. It is recorded as one of the deadliest road accidents in recent Philippine history, leaving 31 dead and 46 injured.^[50]

References

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