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. For crashes that killed notable people, refer to List of people who died in traffic collisions. The prevalence of bus crashes in this list is a function of severity rather than of frequency. This list records crashes from the year 2000. For earlier crashes see List of traffic collisions (before 2000).

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2000s

2000

* August 28 – Nigeria – Abuja bus crash riots. Seventy people were killed in a bus pile up in Abuja. Related protest riots the next day killed four more people.
* November 5 – Nigeria – Ibadan road tanker explosion. Between 100 and 200 people were killed when a petrol tanker ploughed into a traffic jam and exploded.

2001

* February 28 – United Kingdom – Selby rail crash. A car was 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. A bridge collapsed as a bus was crossing the Douro river, killing 59 people.

2002

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

2003

* May 1 – South Africa – Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash. 51 people drowned when the driver of a coach bus took a wrong turn and drove into a dam at night.
* June 4 – India – Kasganj level crossing disaster. 49 people died when a bus attempted to cross a closed level crossing and was sliced in half by a train.
* July 10 – Hong Kong – 2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident. 21 passengers were killed when a bus plunged off a bridge following a collision with a lorry.
* October 8 – Indonesia – 2003 East Java bus crash. A container truck collided with a bus head-on near Situbondo, then another truck collided with the rear of the bus which caught fire. 54 people were killed in the deadliest road accident in Indonesia.
* November 23 – Malaysia – Merapoh bus tragedy. 14 passengers were killed in a bus tragedy at kilometer 63 of Lipis and Merapoh roads (Federal Route 8) near Merapoh, Pahang.

2004

* March 19 – Finland – Konginkangas bus disaster. 23 people were killed and 14 were injured when the trailer of a truck carrying heavy paper rolls swerved into a bus.
* April 11 – United Kingdom – 2004 Ingoldmells bus crash. A double-decker bus collided with pedestrians in the seaside resort of Ingoldmells on the busiest day of the year, killing five people.
* November 6 – United Kingdom – Ufton Nervet rail crash. Seven were killed and 71 injured when a passenger train hit a car and derailed.

2005

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

2006

* February 18 – Australia – Cardross road crash. Six people were killed in a hit and run crash where a car hit a group of pedestrians.
* April 17 – Mexico – Maltrata bus crash. 57 people died in a bus crash.
* June 23 – Egypt – Sinai bus crash. 11 Arab Israeli tourists were killed when their bus overturned.
* September 30 – Canada – De la Concorde overpass collapse. Five people were killed and six injured when a 65-feet section of a 3-lanes overpass over Autoroute 19 collapsed.
* November 13 – South Africa – Faure level crossing accident. 19 people were killed and 6 injured when a truck carrying workers was hit by a train.
* November 20 – United States – 2006 Huntsville bus crash. 4 high school students were killed and 23 injured when a school bus went over the side of an elevated portion of Interstate 565.

2007

* January 6 – Bangladesh – Comilla bus crash. A bus travelling from Dhaka to Chittagong crashed and caught fire, killing 55-70 people.
* March 2 – United States – Bluffton University bus crash. 7 people were killed when a bus transporting the Bluffton University baseball team crashed through a barrier and landed on Interstate 75.
* August 1 – United States – I-35W Mississippi River Bridge Collapse. 13 people were killed when the structure and deck of a bridge collapsed into the river and the riverbanks.
* November 4 – Azerbaijan – Baku–Gazakh motorway minibus crash. A minibus carrying twenty people slammed into a parked truck laden with stones. 14 died and four were injured.

2008

* April 19 – Spain – Benalmádena coach crash. 38 were injured and 9 killed after an SUV collided with a bus full of tourists while trying to overtake it.
* February 19 – United States – Cottonwood, Minnesota bus crash. A school bus was struck on its passenger side by a minivan that drove through a stop sign, which caused the bus to fall over onto a pickup truck, killing four students and injuring 17.
* December 14 – Egypt – 2008 Egyptian bus accident. A bus plunged into an irrigation ditch while traveling from Cairo to Minya, killing at least 55 and injuring ten.
* December 16 – Israel – 2008 Israeli tour bus crash. 25 were killed and 30 injured after a bus crashed off the road and rolled down a ravine between Ovda and Eilat. It was the deadliest traffic accident in Israel's history.

2009

* May 28 – Bulgaria – 2009 Yambol bus crash. 18 were killed with at least 20 injured after a bus crashed into a group of pedestrians.
* July 24 – Russia – 2009 Rostov-on-Don bus crash. At least 21 people were killed when a bus collided with a petrol tanker.
* July 26 – United States – 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash. Eight people were killed and three were injured when a driver of a Ford Windstar minivan travelled the wrong way for 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) on the Taconic State Parkway before crashing head-on into a sport utility vehicle.
* August 14 – Romania – Scânteia train accident. At least 14 people died after a bus-train collision on County Road 248C.

2010s

2010

* February 13 – Nigeria – Port Harcourt bus electrocution. A power line broke, striking two buses and electrocuting the occupants, killing eleven.
* February 22 – Peru – 2010 Peru bus crash. Two buses collided head-on on the Panamerican Highway resulting in at least 38 deaths and 58 injured.
* June 13 - Philippines - 2010 Balamban, Cebu bus accident. 21 passengers, most of them Iranian students killed when their bus fell off a 30-foot ravine.
* July 2 – Democratic Republic of Congo – 2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion. 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.
* October 12 – Ukraine – Marhanets train accident. A bus ran a red light and crossed a railroad crossing before getting hit by a train, resulting in 43 dead and 9 injured.
* December 20 – Malaysia – 2010 Cameron Highlands bus crash. 27 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. It was the worst traffic accident in Malaysian history until 2013.

2011

* March 12 – United States – World Wide Tours bus crash. A bus crashed on Interstate 95, killing 15 people.
* November 4 – United Kingdom– 2011 M5 motorway crash. A 34-vehicle crash near Taunton, England on the M5 motorway resulted in 7 dead and 51 injured.

2012

* March 13 – Switzerland – Sierre coach crash. 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.
* April 20 – Mexico – Álamo bus accident. A trailer truck collided with an overloaded passenger bus. 43 were killed, with another 17 seriously injured.
* July 12 – Nigeria – Okobie road tanker explosion. A road tanker overturned and exploded; the death toll was initially placed at 95.
* August 26 – China – Shaanxi bus–tanker crash. A double-decker sleeper bus and a tanker loaded with methanol collided and burst into flames, resulting in 36 deaths.

2013

* May 7 – Mexico – 2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion. 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.
* June 23 – Montenegro – 2013 Podgorica bus crash. A bus carrying Romanian tourists plunged into a ravine, killing 19 and injuring 28.
* July 13 – Russia – 2013 Oznobishino bus crash. A truck carrying gravel collided at high speed with a bus. At least 18 people died and 60 were injured.
* July 28 – Italy – 2013 Monteforte Irpino bus crash. A tour bus returning from a pilgrimage went off the highway into a ravine, killing 39 and injuring 19.
* August 21 – Malaysia – 2013 Genting Highlands bus crash. A bus carrying 53 passengers crashed into a ravine. 37 were killed and 16 injured in the deadliest road accident in Malaysia.
* September 5 – South Africa – 2013 Pinetown crash. An articulated truck drove through a red light at high speed, killing 27 people and injuring at least 80.
* September 5 – United Kingdom – Sheppey Crossing crash. A huge pile-up began on the Sheppey Crossing, which involved more than 130 vehicles and injured at least 68 people.
* September 18 – Canada – 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash. A double-decker bus and a passenger train collided, killing 6 and injuring 35.
* October 12 – Peru – 2013 Peru bus disaster. A makeshift bus carrying 51 Quechua Indians plunged off a cliff and ended up in the Cachimayo River, killing everyone on board. This crash tied with the 2018 Pasamayo bus crash as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history.
* October 19 – Philippines – 2013 Atimonan road crash. Three buses and four trucks collided; 20 were killed and 54 injured.
* October 30 – India – 2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident. A bus hit a culvert, damaging its fuel tank and causing a fire, killing 45 people and injuring 7.
* December 16 – Philippines – 2013 Metro Manila Skyway bus accident. A bus fell off the Metro Manila Skyway, killing 18 and injuring 20.

2014

* February 4 – Ukraine – 2014 Ukraine train bus collision. A bus was hit by a train in Sumy Oblast, killing 13 and injuring 6.
* February 7 - Philippines - 2014 Mountain Province bus accident. 17 passengers are killed when their bus falls off a 150-meter ravine in Bontoc, Mountain Province.
* April 13 – Mexico – Acayucan bus crash. A bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City collided with a broken-down truck and caught fire. 36 were killed and 4 injured.
* November 11 – Pakistan – 2014 Khairpur bus crash. A bus collided with a truck, killing 56.
* December 22 – Scotland – 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash. When a bin lorry driver passed out at the wheel in George Square the vehicle mounted the pavement, killing 6 and injuring 15.

2015

* January 10 – Pakistan – 2015 Karachi traffic accident. An oil tanker travelling on the wrong side of the road collided with a bus, killing at least 62.
* February 3 – United States – Valhalla train crash. A Mercedes-Benz ML350 SUV collided with a commuter train at a grade crossing; six were killed and 15 injured.
* March 11 – Tanzania – 2015 Tanzania road accident. A bus and two trucks collided, resulting in 41 dead and 25 injured.
* March 24 – Peru – 2015 Peru bus accident. A bus crashed into traffic, killing at least 37 and injuring 70.
* October 23 – France – Puisseguin road crash, Puisseguin. A bus carrying elderly day-trippers hit a truck head-on and caught fire, killing 43.
* December 14 – Argentina – 2015 Argentina road accident. A bus carrying Argentine frontier police plunged off a bridge in rural Salta Province, killing 43 and injuring 8.

2016

* February 6 – Nepal – Pasang Lhamu bus crash. A bus fell off the Keurini cliff into a ravine, killing 11 and injuring 12.
* February 18 – Ghana – 2016 Ghana bus collision. A head-on collision between a bus and a truck resulted in 53 killed and at least 23 injured.
* March 20 – Spain – Erasmus bus crash. A bus carrying Erasmus students of 19 countries from the Fallas Festival in Valencia collided with a car on the Autovía A-7 motorway, near the town of Freginals. 13 students were killed, all female.
* May 8 – Afghanistan – Ghazni Province road crash. Two buses collided with a fuel tanker, killing 73 and injuring 50.
* June 7 – United States – Kalamazoo bicycle crash. A pickup truck crashed into a group of cyclists, killing 5 and injuring 4.
* July 19 – Taiwan – 2016 Taoyuan bus fire. A tour bus caught fire, killing all 26 on board.
* August 15 – Nepal – 2016 Nepal bus crashes. In the first of two bus crashes on the same day, a 35-seater bus carrying some 90 people stalled and rolled backwards off the road, falling more than . 27-33 people were killed and 38-42 injured.
* August 15 – Nepal – 2016 Nepal bus crashes, Siddheshwar. In the second of the two bus crashes on the same day, a bus slipped off of a high mountain road, falling and killing 4 and injuring 30.
* September 3 – Afghanistan – Zabul Province road crash. A bus collided with a fuel tanker, killing 38 and injuring 28.
* October 23 – United States – 2016 Interstate 10 tour bus crash. A tour bus collided with the back of a stationary semi-trailer truck, killing 13 and injuring 31.
* November 21 – United States – 2016 Chattanooga school bus crash. A school bus carrying 37 elementary students crashed, killing 6 and injuring 32.

2017

* January 21 – Italy – 2017 Verona bus crash. 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 injured.
* February 20 – Philippines – 2017 Tanay bus accident. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an electric post in Barangay Sampaloc. 15 people were killed and 40 injured.
* April 18 – Philippines – 2017 Nueva Ecija bus accident. A 45-seater bus carrying 77 passengers fell into a ravine, killing 31 and injuring 46.
* June 25 – Pakistan – 2017 Bahawalpur explosion. A tanker truck overturned and began leaking its cargo of petrol, which people gathered to collect. 219 were killed and at least 34 injured when it exploded.
* December 14 – France – Perpignan crash. 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 injured.

2018

* January 2 – Peru – 2018 Pasamayo bus crash. A coach plunged off a cliff on a coastal road, killing 51. This incident tied with the 2013 Peru bus disaster as the deadliest road crash in Peruvian history.
* January 18 – Kazakhstan – 2018 Kazakhstan bus fire. A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers caught fire, killing 52.
* February 10 – Hong Kong – 2018 Hong Kong bus accident. A double-decker bus overturned in the New Territories. 19 people were killed and 65 injured.
* 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.
* April 22 – North Korea – 2018 North Korea bus accident. A bus in North Hwanghae Province transporting Chinese tourists fell off a bridge, killing 32 Chinese tourists and 4 North Koreans.
* May 25 – Uganda – 2018 Kiryandongo bus accident. A bus in Kiryandongo District collided with the rear a tractor travelling without lights at night, and then hit a truck head-on. At least 22 were killed, including four children, and 15 injured.
* October 6 – United States – Schoharie limousine crash. A stretch limousine failed to stop at an intersection, killing all 18 in the vehicle and two pedestrians.
* October 28 – China – 2018 Chongqing bus crash. A bus with 15 passengers plunged off Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge into the Yangtze River after a passenger attacked the driver for missing her stop. 13 bodies were recovered, two remain missing.

2019

* January 11 – Canada – Westboro station bus crash. A double-decker bus swerved and hit a bus shelter on approach to Westboro Station in Ottawa, Ontario, tearing off part of the upper deck. Three passengers were killed and 23 injured.
* April 17 – Portugal – Madeira bus crash. A tour bus carrying German tourists plunged off a road on Madeira island, killing 29 and injuring 27.
* April 25 – United States – Lakewood semi-truck crash. A runaway semi-truck crashed into traffic on Interstate 70 in Colorado, killing 4 and injuring 10.
* October 5 – Romania – Sfântu Gheorghe minibus accident. A minibus was hit by a truck driving on the wrong side of the road, killing 10 and injuring 8.
* October 5 – United Kingdom – Totnes bus crash. A double-decker bus overturned on the A385 road in Devon, injuring over 50 people but killing none.

2020s

2020

* January 5 – United States – 2020 Pennsylvania Turnpike crash. Icy conditions caused a tour bus to turn over and a chain reaction of other vehicles to crash. 5 people died and 60 others were injured.
* April 23 – Australia – 2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash. A drunk driver on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway ploughed into four police officers during a traffic stop, killing them instantly, after he swerved onto the emergency lane.
* July 7 – China – Anshun bus crash. A local bus plunged into the Hongshan Reservoir. 21 people died and 16 others were injured.

2021

* January 27 – Cameroon – Dschang bus-truck crash. A crash on the Dschang Cliff, West Region resulted in the deaths of 53 people, after a truck illegally carrying fuel collided with a passenger bus.
* February 11 – United States – Icy conditions from an ice storm caused a massive 133-vehicle pileup on Interstate 35W in Fort Worth, Texas. 6 were killed and 95 more were injured in the pileup.
* February 26 – Ghana – 2021 Asafo-Akyem bus crash. Two buses crashed head-on, killing 19 people on the Accra-Kumasi highway.
* March 2 – United States – 2021 Imperial County car crash. 13 people were killed and 13 others wounded when an SUV and semi-truck collided in Imperial County, California.
* July 15 – United Kingdom – 2021 Bowburn crash. A distracted driver killed three people on the A1(M) near Bowburn when his lorry caught fire after crashing into stationary traffic.
* November 5 – Sierra Leone – Freetown fuel tanker explosion. A collision between a petrol fuel tanker and a lorry at a busy junction of Freetown resulted in an explosion and a fire that left 151 people dead and 304 injured.
* November 7 – Mexico – Mexico toll booth interstate disaster. A truck heading for Mexico City crashed through the San Marcos Huixtoco tollbooth and collided with six cars, igniting a fire. 19 people were killed and 3 injured.
* November 23 – Bulgaria – 2021 Bulgaria bus crash: a bus carrying Macedonian tourists crashed, and caught fire, killing 45 people and injuring 7.
* November 26 – Mexico – 2021 Mexico bus crash. A bus crash in Mexico State killed 19 people and injured 20 people.
* December 9 – Mexico – Chiapas truck crash. A truck carrying over 180 smuggled migrants on Mexican Federal Highway 190 overturned and hit the base of a pedestrian bridge at Chiapas State. 55 were killed and over 100 injured.

2022

* January 7 – Palestine – 2022 West Bank bus crash. A truck and minibus collided at Petzal Junction on Highway 90, killing 8 people and injuring 2 others.
* March 20 – Belgium – 2022 Strépy-Bracquegnies car crash. A motorist drove through a crowd celebrating Carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, La Louvière, killing six people and wounding around 40, 10 seriously.
* August 6 – Croatia – 2022 Croatian bus crash. A bus carrying Polish pilgrims to Medjugorje veered off the A4 between Jarek Bisaški and Podvorec, killing 12 and injuring all other 32 passengers.
* August 20 – Turkey – 2022 Turkey bus crashes. Two separate bus crashes killed 35 people in Gaziantep and Mardin provinces.
* September 18 – China – 2022 Guizhou bus crash. A bus carrying 47 people overturned, killing 27 people and injuring 20.
* December 24 – Spain – 2022 Galicia bus crash. A bus crashed into the Lérez river in Galicia, killing six people and injuring two.

References

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