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.

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 died 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.
• 10 July – Hong Kong – July 2003 Tuen Mun Road bus accident. 21 passengers were killed when a bus plunged off a bridge following a collision with a lorry.^[3]
• 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 crash, Cardross, Victoria. Six people were killed in a hit and run crash where a car hit a group of pedestrians.
• 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 collapsed.^[4]
• 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.^[5]

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.^[6]
• 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.^[7]

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.^[8]
• February 19 – United States – Cottonwood, Minnesota bus crash, Cottonwood, Minnesota. 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, 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.^[9][10]

2009[]

• May 28 – Bulgaria – 2009 Yambol bus crash, Yambol. 18 killed with a least 20 injured after a bus crashes into a group of pedestrians.^[11]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[12]
• August 14 – Romania – Scânteia train accident, Scânteia, Iaşi County. At least 14 people died after a bus-train collision on County Road 248C.^[13]

2010s[]

2010[]

• February 13 – Nigeria – Nigerian bus electrocutions, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A power line broke, striking two buses and electrocuting the occupants.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• July 2 – Democratic Republic of Congo – Catastrophe of 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.^[16]
• 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.^[17]
• 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.^[18]

2011[]

• March 12 – United States – World Wide Tours bus crash, Bronx, New York. A bus crashed on Interstate 95 killing 15 people.^[19]
• 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.^[20][21]

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.^[22]
• April 20 – Mexico – Álamo bus accident, Alamo, Veracruz. A trailer truck collides with an overloaded passenger bus, 43 killed, 17 seriously injured.^[23]
• July 12 – Nigeria – Okobie road tanker explosion, Okobie. A road tanker overturned and exploded; the death toll was initially placed at 95.^[24]
• 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.^[25]

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.^[26]
• 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.^[27]
• 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.^[28]
• September 5 – South Africa – 2013 Pinetown crash, Pinetown. An articulated truck drove through a red light at high speed, killing 27 people and injuring at least 80.^[29]
• September 18 – Canada – Ottawa bus-train crash, Ottawa, Ontario. A double-decker bus and a passenger train collided, killing 6 and injuring 35.^[30]
• 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.^[31]
• October 19 – Philippines – 2013 Atimonan road crash, Atimonan, Quezon. Three buses and four trucks collided, 20 killed and 54 injured.^[32]
• 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.^[33]
• 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.^[34]

2014[]

• February 4 – Ukraine – 2014 Ukraine train bus collision, Sumy Oblast. A bus was hit by a train killing 13 and injuring 6.^{[citation needed]}
• 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 bin lorry drove up onto a pavement 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]
• March 24 – Peru – 2015 Peru bus accident, Carretera Panamericana. A bus crashed into traffic, leaving at least 37 dead and 70 wounded.
• June 17 – Portugal – , 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]
• February 18 – Malaysia – 8 people killed (all children) when a car crash driven by a woman into a group of teenage cyclists at the Middle Ring Road, here Johor Bahru, Malaysia at 3.20 am on Feb 18, 2017.^[55]
• 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.^[56]
• 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.^[57]
• 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.^[58]

2018[]

• January 2 – Peru – 2018 Pasamayo bus crash. A coach bus plunges off a cliff on a coastal road in Peru, killing 48 people.^[59]
• January 18 – Kazakhstan – 2018 Aktobe bus fire, Aktobe. A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers catches fire in Kazakhstan's Aktobe Region, killing 52 people.^[60]
• 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.^[61]
• 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.^[62]
• 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.^[63]
• 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.^[64]
• 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.^[65]
• October 28 - China - 2018 Chongqing bus crash: A bus with 15 passengers plunged off Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge into the Yangtze River. No one survived. A passenger attacked the driver, causing the accident.^[66]

2019[]

• January 11 - Canada - 2019 Westboro station bus crash: A double-decker bus crashed on approach to Westboro Station in Ottawa, Ontario by swerving and striking the bus shelter at the station. Part of the upper deck of the bus was torn off on impact, killing three people on board, as well as injuring 23 others.
• April 17 - Portugal - 2019 Madeira bus crash: A tour bus carrying German tourists plunged off a road on Madeira island, killing 29 people and injuring 27.
• October 5 - Romania - Sfântu Gheorghe minibus accident: A minibus was hit by a truck reportedly driving on the wrong side of the road, killing 10 people and injuring 8.

2020s[]

2020[]

• January 5 - United States - January 5, 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.
• July 7 - China - Anshun bus crash: A local bus plunged into the Hongshan Reservoir. 21 people died and 16 others were injured.

2021[]

• 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 - Imperial County car crash: 13 people were killed and 13 others wounded when an SUV and semi-truck collided in Imperial County, California.
• April 12 — Peru — 2021 Peru bus crash
• July 25 - United States - A Sandstorm near Kanosh, Utah caused a 22 car pileup in which 8 people, including children, were killed. ^[67]

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