List of traffic collisions (2015–present)

This is a list of road accidents. These are serious road accidents that resulted in a high number of casualties (at least 10), occurred in unusual circumstances, or hold some other historical significance. The prevalence of bus accidents and pileups in this list is due to the high number of casualties that such accidents cause, not due to frequency.

2015

Date	Location	Injured	Dead	Details
January 5	Ukraine	20	13	A bus and a truck collided near Minkivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing and injuring servicemen.[1][2][3]
January 9	United States	23	1	A pileup involving 193 vehicles occurred on Interstate 94 near Galesburg, Michigan amidst a heavy snowstorm. One semi truck was carrying a load of fireworks, which caught fire and exploded, injuring two firefighters.[4]
January 10	Pakistan		62	A bus that was carrying 72 people[5] crashed into an oil truck; a gas cylinder on the bus ignited, causing the bus to catch on fire. Rescuers had to cut open the vehicle to get some of the bodies.[6]
January 14	United States	5	10	A bus carrying prisoners skidded off the road and collided with a train near Odessa, Texas.[7]
January 15	Malaysia	22	8	A tour bus overturned and caught fire on the North–South Expressway in the town of Tapah.[8]
February 9	Vietnam	9	10	Two buses crashed head-on.[9]
February 11	South Korea	65	2	A 106-car pileup occurred on the Yeongjong Bridge in Incheon, South Korea.[10]
February 13	Mexico	30	16	A bus crashed with a freight train in the state of Nuevo León.[11]
March 11	Tanzania	21	41	A bus and two trucks collided in Tanzania's highland region of Iringa.[12] (main article)
March 15	Brazil	7	51	A tourist bus left the road and fell approximately 100 meters (330 ft) near Joinville, Santa Catarina.[13][14]
September 24	United States	50	5	An amphibious "duck tour" vehicle crashed into a charter bus on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle, Washington.[15]
October 23	France	8	43	A bus carrying elderly day-travelers hit a truck head-on and caught fire.[16] (Main article)
December 14	Argentina	7	43	A bus carrying Argentine frontier police plunged off a bridge in rural northern Argentina, killing 43 people on board and injured other 7 people

2016

Date	Location	Injured	Dead	Details
January 10	Mexico	25	20	A bus carrying amateur football players and their fans plunged into a river in Veracruz.[17]
January 12	Cambodia	65	5	Trucks carrying garment workers crashed in Cambodia's Kampong Speu Province.[18]
January 15	Japan	27	14	A tour bus carrying skiers ran off the road in the Nagano Prefecture.[19]
January 17	Egypt	10	5	A microbus crashed in the New Valley Governorate.[20]
January 31	Egypt	16	21	A multi-car pile-up occurred near the city of Beni Suef.[21]
February 5	India	24	37	A passenger bus in Gujarat fell off a bridge and into the Purna River.[22]
February 8	United States	30	0	A charter bus crashed during a snowstorm on the Interstate 95 in Connecticut.[23]
February 10	Pakistan		12	A car and an LNG tanker collided, causing a fire that killed six children near Sheikhupura Pakistan.[24]
February 13	United States	60	3	A pileup occurred on I-78 in Pennsylvania.[25]
February 18	Ghana	13	71	A bus and a truck collided head-on.[26]
March 1	Oman	16	18	A multi-vehicle accident involving a bus occurred near Nahdah in northwestern Oman. Six of the dead were from Oman, four from Saudi Arabia, two from Pakistan, and one from Yemen. Five others were unidentified.[27]
March 4	United States	15	0	A 40-vehicle pileup occurred on Interstate 93 in New Hampshire.[28]
March 17	Japan	70	2	A pileup occurred inside of a tunnel in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture.[29]
March 20	Spain	44	13	A bus carrying foreign students crashed in Freginals.[30]
May 7	United States	0	1	The first known fatal accident of a self-driving car occurred in Williston, Florida, when the car's sensor failed to differentiate the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky.[31]
May 8	Afghanistan	50	73	May 2016 Afghanistan road crash: Two buses collided with a fuel tanker in Ghazni.[32]
July 19	Taiwan	0	26	2016 Taoyuan bus fire: A tour bus caught fire killing 24 Chinese tourists, a Taiwanese tour guide, and the driver.[33]
July 23	Iran	13	16	A bus overturned after crashing into a concrete electricity pylon.[34]
July 28	Nepal	30	9	A bus carrying 50 passengers plunged into a gorge. Former Minister of State for Finance and Maoist leader Hari Raj Khewa was among the dead.[35]
August 14	Pakistan	20	25	A wedding bus carrying over 50 passengers fell into a ravine.[36]
August 15	Nepal	38	33+	Kavrepalanchowk bus crashes: A bus fell down a hill.[37]
August 15	Nepal	30	3	Kavrepalanchowk bus crashes: Another bus crashed the same day as the previous listed incident.[37]
September 4	Afghanistan	25	36	September 2016 Afghanistan road crash: A bus collided with a fuel tanker in Zabul Province.[38]
October 23	United States	30	13	A bus collided with a lorry near Palm Springs in California.[39]
November 1	United States	10	6	A school bus collided with a commuter bus in Baltimore, Maryland.[40]
November 9	Iran	12	28	Bus accident left 28 people dead in Iran.[41]
November 21	United States	22	6	2016 Chattanooga school bus crash: At least six people are killed as an elementary school bus carrying dozens of students crashes in Chattanooga, Tennessee.[42]
November 22	China	37	17	A 56-vehicle pile-up on the G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway in China's northern Shanxi province, leaves at least 17 people dead and 37 others injured.[43]
December 2	China	2	18	At least 18 people die and another 2 were wounded in China bus accident.[44]

See also

• List of road accidents
• List of road accidents 2000–2009
• List of rail accidents (2000–09) – includes level crossing accidents.
• List of OECD countries by traffic-related death rate
• List of motor vehicle deaths in U.S. by year
• List of motor vehicle deaths in Japan by year
• List of bridge disasters
• List of level crossing accidents
• Accidents

References

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External links

• Early Auto Accidents A Collection of Photos of Auto Accidents from the 1920s to 1950's
• Partial list of Highway disasters
• A Condensed History of Vehicle Recovery in the United Kingdom.