List of 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. 51 people die 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.
- 11 April – England – 2004 Ingoldmells bus crash, Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire. A double-decker bus collides with pedestrians in the seaside resort of Ingoldmells on the busiest day of the year, killing five people.
- 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 a 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.
- 1 August – United States – I-35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse, Minneapolis, Minnesota 13 people killed. The structure and deck collapsed into the river and onto the riverbanks below.
- 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. 37 were killed while 16 others were injured. 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
- 10 January - Pakistan - 2015 Sindh road accident, Sindh, Pakistan. A bus and an oil tanker, which was travelling on the wrong side of the road, collided, leading to at least 62 dead. [38]
- February 3 – United States – Valhalla train crash, Valhalla, New York. An SUV collided with a commuter train at a grade crossing; six were killed and 15 injured.
- March 11 – Tanzania – 2015 Tanzania road accident, Iringa Region. A bus and two trucks collided, resulting in 41 dead and 25 injured.[39]
- June 17 – Portugal – Algarve bus crash, Algarve. A bus traveling on the A22 highway near Algarve, Portugal drove off the road and fell into a gully. The accident killed four Dutch tourists and injured thirty other passengers.[40]
- October 23 – France – Puisseguin road crash, Puisseguin. A bus carrying elderly day-travelers hit a truck head-on and caught fire, killing 43.[41]
- 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.[42]
2016
- February 6 – Nepal – Pasang Lhamu bus crash. A passenger bus fell off the Keurini cliff, below the road, into a ravine. Eleven people were killed and twelve others were injured.[43]
- February 18 – Ghana – Bus collision in February 2016, Ghana. Head-on collision between a bus and a truck, 53 killed and at least 23 injured.[44]
- March 20 – Spain – Erasmus bus crash, Valencia. A Tata Hispano passenger bus carrying Erasmus students from several countries home from the Fallas Festival in Valencia collided with a car on the Autovía A-7 motorway, near the town of Freginals. Thirteen foreigners female students were killed.[45]
- 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.[46]
- 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.[47]
- 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.[48][49]
- 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.[50]
- October 23 – United States – 2016 Interstate 10 tour bus crash, California. A tour bus collided with the back of a semi-trailer truck, killing 13 and 31 others were injured.[51]
- 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.[52]
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. 17 people were killed and 25 others were injured.[53]
- February 20 – Philippines – 2017 Tanay bus accident, Tanay, Rizal. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers crashed on a curved road after the vehicle apparently lost control and hit an electric post in Barangay Sampaloc in Tanay, Rizal. 15 people were killed and 40 were injured.[54]
- 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.[55]
- June 25 – Pakistan – 2017 Bahawalpur explosion, near Ahmedpur East, Bahawalpur – 219 people killed and at least 34 injured when a tanker truck overturned and people rushed towards it to collect the leaking petrol.[56]
- December 14 – France – Perpignan crash, Perpignan. A train crashed into a school bus on a level crossing between Millas and Saint-Féliu-d'Amont in the Arrondissement of Perpignan. Six pupils were killed and 24 others were injured.[57]
- December 31 - Kenya - At least 36 people perished when a truck collided head-on with a bus near Migaa.
2018
- January 2 – Peru – 2018 Pasamayo bus crash. A coach bus plunges off a cliff on a coastal road in Peru, killing 48 people.[58]
- January 18 – Kazakhstan – 2018 Aktobe bus fire, Aktobe. A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers catches fire in Kazakhstan's Aktobe Region, killing 52 people.[59]
- February 10 – Hong Kong – 2018 Hong Kong bus accident. A bus carrying spectators and workers from horse races overturned in the New Territories area. 18 people were killed and 65 were injured.[60]
- April 6 – Canada – Humboldt Broncos bus crash: Sixteen people were killed and 13 others injured when a semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided near Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada.[61]
- April 22 – North Korea – 2018 North Korea bus accident: A bus in North Hwanghae Province, North Korea transporting Chinese tourists fell off a bridge, killing 32 Chinese tourists and 4 North Koreans.[62]
- May 25 – Uganda – 2018 Kiryandongo bus accident: A bus in Kiryandongo District collided with a tractor followed by a truck carrying beer, killing at least 22.[63]
- October 6 – United States – A stretch limousine failed to stop at an intersection near Schoharie, New York, killing all 18 in the vehicle and two pedestrians.[64]
- October 10 – Kenya – At least 51 people died when a bus en route from Nairobi to Kisumu went off the road and plunged into a ravine.
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- ↑ Poor Bus Accident Record for Gauteng, 4 July 2003
- ↑ Highway overpass collapses near Montreal, October 1, 2006
- ↑ Lee High School Bus Flips Off Interstate, 4 Students Die, November 20, 2006
- ↑ "At least 55 dead in Bangladesh bus fire" 7 January 2007
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