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List of road accidents records serious road accidents: those which took a high death toll, occurred in unusual circumstances, or 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 the prevalence of bus accidents in this list is a function of severity rather than of frequency.
1700s
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.
1940s
1941
1944
1947
- October – A bus crashes into a building at Holmfirth, Yorkshire, killing 9 people.[3]
1948
1950s
1950
February 11 – A Takase-Kumamoto Kyūshū Sanko regular route bus plunges into pond 40 feet below at Matsuo, Kumamoto, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 22, and injuring 18.[4]- May – A bus and a tram collide in Glasgow, killing 7 people and injuring 43.[3]
- November 7 – A regular route bus plunges 240 feet into the Mononobe river, Mirabu, eastern Kochi, Shikoku, Japan, killing 33; another 24 are injured.[4]
1951
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.[6]
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.[7]
1958
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.[8]
1960s
1960
- July 24 – A charter bus collides 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 and injuring another 18.[4]
1963
– February 7 – A bus in Northland, New Zealand leaves the road and hits a pole, killing 15. This is considered the worst road accident in New Zealand history.[9]
– April 7 – A bus returning from an African church meeting plunges into the Tiva River, Mitaboni, Machakos, Kenya, killing at least 72. [10]
1965
January 1 A Huancayo-Ayacucho regular route bus plunges 300 feet into a ravine of the Mantaro River, Peru, killing 31.[citation needed]
January 10 – A bus carrying Zona Centro soccer players and their families plunges 450 feet into a ravine on the outskirts of Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico, killing 19 and injuring 22.[11]- February 3 – A regular route bus plunges 300 feet off a cliff along the Mexico-Ciudad Juárez expressway on the outskirts of Zacatecas, Mexico, killing 25 and injuring 40. [12]
February 10 – A truck carrying 66 people plunged into a canal on the outskirts of al-Ayyat, Egypt, killing 36. The truck driver is arrested on suspicion of driving without a license.[citation needed]
February 18 – A Naples-Salerno regular route bus plunges 50 feet into a ravine on the Naples-Pompeii expressway near Mount Vesuvius, Italy, killing 17 and injuring 60.[13]- November 1 – A crowded trolley bus plunges into Nile River on the outskirts of Dokki, Giza, Egypt, killing 74.[14]
December 6 – Two trucks carrying United Nation Peace Keeping Force workers collide at Sotouboua, Togo. Togolese authorities claim 125 are killed. [15]
1966
1967
1968
1969
June 6 – A regular route bus navigating a sharp descending curve on a narrow mountain road near Baler, Aurora, Quezon, Philippines, plunges into a ravine and bursts into flames. 40 people are killed and another 32 are injured.[19]
June 21 – An overcrowded vehicle carrying 35 workers crashes at Mahradah, Al-Amam, Syria, killing 25 people.[20]
1970s
1970
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.
- September 5 – A Masan-Jinhae regular route bus carrying 30 passengers onboard, where crashed 50-yard off a mountain road at outskirt of Jinhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, killing 17 and injuring 16.[citation needed]
September 17 – A bus carrying Canadian tourlist head on collided with a truck at outskirt of Valdepenas, Ciudad Real, Spain, killing 17.[citation needed]- November 5 – A local bus plunged a 900 feet-high mountain slope at Yeongdo-gu, Busan, South Korea, killing 26 and injuring 30.[citation needed]
November 8 – A local bus head on collided with atruck at outskirt of Korat, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, killing 27 and injuring 20.[citation needed]- December 18 – A trailer truck carrying local workers plunged into irrigation canal at outskirt of Aswan, Egypt, killing 50.[citation needed]
1972
- February 15 – 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[23] 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. [4]
1973
January 1 – 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.[citation needed]- July 18 – A bus carrying Belgian tourists plunges into a ravine in Vizille, France, killing 43.[24]
October 13 – A regular route bus plunged off a bridge on the outskirts of Hazaribash, Bihar, India, killing 74.[citation needed]- November 10 – A truck carrying 60 workers plunged off a steep road on the outskirts of Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai, Thailand, killing 40 and injuring 20.[citation needed]
1974
28 July – A crowded bus and a truck collide near Belém, Brazil, killing 69.[24]
September 8 – 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.[citation needed]
1975
- January 1 – A charter bus carrying 62 passengers plunged 100 feet into Aoki Lake, Omachi, Nagano, Japan, killing 24.[4]
- March 1 – 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.[citation needed]
- April 2 – 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.[citation needed]
- April 20 – 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.[citation needed]
- 27 May – Dibbles Bridge bus crash, England: a bus full of pensioners falls off a bridge near Hebden, North Yorkshire, killing 32.[25]
June 15 – A bus carrying elderly tourists plunged 120 feet into a ravine on the outskirts of Villach, Carinthia, Austria, killing 21 and injuring 23.[citation needed]- July 29 – A 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.[citation needed]
13 September – A crowded bus plunges off a cliff in Costa Rica, killing 48.
1976
March 10 – 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.[citation needed]- 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.[26]
October 31 – A tourist bus head-on collide with a mini bus at outskirt og Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, in an incident caused by tourist bus driver has brake failure, killing 34 and injuring 25.[citation needed]- November 14 – A bus carrying municipal election candidate and supporters has plunged into river near ferry terminal at Manaus-Itacoatiara expressway, Uruara, Para, Brazil, killing 38.[citation needed]
November 15 – A bus swept by flash flood in Tsoaing River, Thaba Pechela, Mafeteng, Lesotho, killing at least 90.[citation needed]- November 21 – A mentally school bus returning from Edward Seguin Children Medical Center's meeting, plunged into Rhone River, outskirt of Lyon, France, at least 14 killed.[citation needed]
1977
- April 3 – A crowded bus skidded off the road, and plunged into irrigation Kassed Canal where runa parallel to the road at outskirt of Tanta, Nile Delta, Egypt, killing 19.[citation needed]
June 9 – A truck crashes into a crowd at a downtown Moscow bus stop, killing eight and injuring 18.[27]- 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. [4]
1978
- January 1 – 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.[citation needed]
January 3 – A Villavicencio-Bogotá regular route bus plunged 130 feet off a cliff on the outskirts of Quetame, Oriente, Colombia, killing 30; another 16 are injured.[citation needed]- March 9 – A Brasilia-São Paulo regular route bus collided with a gasoline tank truck on the Faria Lima expressway near Barretos in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The bus driver swerved and lost control, and the vehicle burst into flames, killing 19. Another five are injured.[citation needed]
- 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.[28]
4 August – A bus carrying mentally handicapped people plunges into a lake in Eastman, Quebec, Canada killing 40. Only seven survive.[29]
1980s
1980
February 12 – 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.[citation needed]- February 18 – A 40 passenger bus and an 18 passenger bus collided head-on at San Isidro, Heredia, Costa Rica, killing 16, with 39 injured.[citation needed]
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.[30]- March 5, – 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.[citation needed]
- 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.[31]
- June 25, – A bus carrying 100 passengers lost control and plunged into the Rahand Nullah River, Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing 58.[citation needed]
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.[32]- July 4, – Two passenger buses collided head-on on National Highway Route 1, Camalig, Albay, Philippines, killing 13 and injuring 28.[citation needed]
- November 11, – A bus collided with two trucks, then plunged into an irrigation canal near Beni Sweif, Egypt, killing 30 and injuring at lesat 30.[citation needed]
- November 25, – A Gwalior-Delhi Delhi Transport Bus tumbled into the Chambal River, Dholpur, Rajasthan, India, killing 40 and injuring 30.[citation needed]
1981
- January 3 – A passenger bus skidded and plunged 200-feet down into a ravine at outskirt of Galhar, Indian Kashmir, killing 17 and injuring 18.[citation needed]
February 12 – A crowded bus, heavy truck, a small vehicle and many vehicles pile-up collision disaster at Barquisimento, Venezuela, killing 36 and injuring 31.[citation needed]
April 9 –; An Nicaraguan Army's jeep and head-on collided with a regular route bus at outskirt of Esteli, Nicaragua, killing twenty and injuring forty.[citation needed]- April 14 – A bus carrying Hindu Pilgrims swerve to the left of the road, and negotiating a turn with brakes failure of the road, and negotiating a turn with brakes failure, caught fire at Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India, killing 61.[citation needed]
- July 7 – A bus skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge at outskit of Kawanpui, Mizoram, India, killing 32 and injuring 19.[citation needed]
- June 14 – A bus plunged 300-feet into a ravine at Kohat Pass, Kohat, Pakistan, killing 23 and injuring 25.[citation needed]
- August 12 – 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.[citation needed]
- September 9 – A truck rammed a bus on a hairpin curve and forced it over a 330-foot cliff near Santos, state of São Paulo, Brazil, killing 29 and injuring 14.[citation needed]
- September 29 – A head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Toledo province, Spain, kills at least 25 people.[33]
- October 14 – A public bus plunged into foothills at outskirt of Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India, killing forty and injuring 45.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]- 31 January – Two buses collide and plunge into a gorge on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, killing 14 and injuring 70.[34]
- March 27 – A Toluca-Mexico City Passenger bus head on collided with a trailer truck at outskirt of Mexico City, in an incident caused by condition of rain with narrow road, at least twenty-eight death and injuring 32.[citation needed]
- 1 August – Two buses carrying children collide with cars and burst into flames in Beaune, France, killing 53, including 44 children. Worst highway crash in France.[35]
September 9 – An express train collided with a bus at outskirt of Szekestehervar, Fejer, Hungary, killing at least sixteen passengers.[citation needed]
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.[36]
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.- November 25 – An overloaded truck spun out of control and flipped over near Kaitanol, Karnataka, India, killing at least 18 and injuring 14.[citation needed]
- December 26 – A passenger bus plunged into a river at Brahmanbari, Bangladesh, at least forty-five dead and eighty injured.[citation needed]
1983
February 11 – A Salonica-Athens express bus head on collided with a truck at outskirt of Amfikleia, Phthiotis, Greece, in an incident caused by both vehicles are excceded speed, killing seventeen and injuring ten.[citation needed]
February 13 – A passenger bus head on collided with a truck, when driver trying to pass a care at outskirt of Sanliurfa, Turkey, killing twenty and injuring ten.[citation needed]- March 2 – A charter bus plunged off mountainous highway into Mantaro River, Jauja, Junin, Peru, killing thirty.[citation needed]
- November 1 – A bus collides with a motorcycle and hits a second bus 370 miles northeast of Bangkok, Thailand, killing 21 and injuring 40.[37]
- December 4 – A regular route bus crashed into a utility pole and caught fire on the outskirts of Bogotá, Colombia, in an incident caused by technical problems and excessive speed, killing 21. Another five are injured.[citation needed]
1984
- January 30 – 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.[citation needed]
- August 1 – 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.[citation needed]
- August 1 – 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.[citation needed]
August 26 – A bus slipped and plunged into a 13-feet deep irrigation canal near Salkot, Nepal, killing 25.[citation needed]- September 5 – 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.[citation needed]
- September 24 – A bus plunges into a gorge in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 42 and injuring 15.[38]
- November 25 – A bus returning from Black Sea, collided with a lorry in thick fog at northern Cankiri, Turkey, at least thirty death and injuring twenty-four.[citation needed]
- December 23 – An overcrowded passenger bus plunged off a expressway at Apaseo Grande, Guanjuato, Mexico, at least twenty-two dead and injuring thirty-five.[citation needed]
December 24 – An overcrowdwd bus with ninety passengers skidded off a steep overcrowdwd bus with ninety passengers skidded off a steep bank on Wapadsberg Mountain, Craddock-Graaff Region, Eastern Cape, South Africa, at least 42 dead and injuring 25.[citation needed]
1985
- January 11 – 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.[citation needed]
- January 28 – A bus carrying skiers plunges into a reservoir in Nagano, Japan killing 25.
- April 6 – A regular route bus suffered brake failure and plunged 20 feet at Bherughat, Madhy Pradesh, India, killing 16 and injuring 39.[citation needed]
- April 20 – A bus plunged 500 feet down the side of road at outskirt of Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, killing 18, another injuring are 29.[citation needed]
June 11 – A bus carrying school children on a field trip collides with a train near Moshav Habonim, Israel; 21 people killed, including 19 children.[39]- July 21 – 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.[citation needed]
- July 21 – A bus overturned after brake failure and ploughed through a crowded market at Halsema expressway, Atok, Benguet, Philippines, killing 28 and injuring 70.[citation needed]
- 22 September – A school bus rolls over in Leiah, Pakistan, killing 30 children.[40]
- 21 October – A coach collides with stationary traffic due to construction work on the M6 motorway between Preston and Lancaster, killing 13 people.
- December 21 – A São Paulo-Rio de Janeiro Cometa Transport bus veered off the road and into Guandu River, outskirt of Pirai, Rio state, Brazil, killing 22.[citation needed]
1986
- January 17 – A crowded passenger bus plunged into 89-feet deep ravine, with negotiate a sharp curve at Navsari, Gujarat, India, killing 49 and injuring ten.[citation needed]
- April 26 – A bus carrying pilgrims to a shrine where plunged off a cliff at outskirt of Kathgodam, Uttarakhand, India, killing 44 people.[citation needed]
- May 12 – An overcrowded bus lost control due to brake failure and flipped over near Mount Frere, Transkei, South Africa, killing 30. Another 64 are injured.[citation needed]
- 23 May – A bus falls off a cliff and explodes in Antique Province, Philippines, killing 23 and injuring 15.[41]
- 30 May – A tour bus plunges into the West Walker River near Walker, California, killing 21 and injuring 19.[42]
- June 17 – 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.[citation needed]
June 22 – 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.[citation needed]- 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.
October 8 – A tourist bus plunges 33-yards down a valley onto a river bank at East-West Cross Island Expressway, outskirt of Taichung, Taiwan, killing 39.[citation needed]- October 21 – Two packed buses hit by a passenger express train at Landhi, Karachi, Pakistan, both bus driver has try to pick up waiting passenger train and often are involved accidents, killing 35 and injuring 24.[citation needed]
- November 3 – A bus crashed into road side at outskirt of Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, killing 33 and injuring 28.[citation needed]
1987
- January 4 – A bus carrying workers head-on collided with a truck carrying tomatoes at Itapetininga, state of São Paulo, Brazil, killing fifteen and i
