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USA

Times Square crash suspect charged with second degree murder

Richard Rojas, the suspected driver of a car that ploughed into pedestrians in New York City’s Times Square, has been charged with murder in the second degree, aggravated vehicular homicide and multip

19/05/2017

Sport

Italian cyclist Scarponi killed in traffic collision

37-year-old struck by a van on a training ride, according to his team

22/04/2017

Italy

Italian cycling champion Michele Scarponi killed in road accident

The sporting world is mourning the death of the Italian cycling champion Michele Scarponi.

22/04/2017

United Kingdom

Drunk driver launches car, and her 19-month-old child, over roundabout

A 32-year-old woman has been jailed for dangerous driving after speeding and launching her car nearly 5 metres into the air after “crashing into a…

11/04/2017

World News

Need for speed? How European countries compare

There’s no doubt that driving too fast is dangerous.

02/02/2017

France

Dozens hurt in motorway pile-up near Paris

A motorway pile-up in France has left at least 65 people injured, five of them in a serious condition.

30/01/2017

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USA: train smashes into lorry

A train ploughed into a lorry after an apparent problem at a railroad crossing in Utah.

25/01/2017

World News

Three killed and 20 injured as car ploughs into Melbourne pedestrians

A driver has ploughed his car into pedestrians in a busy street in Melbourne, Australia, killing three people including a young child

20/01/2017

China

[Watch]: Chinese highway pile-up involving 19 cars

Six people were killed and 16 others injured in a 19-car pileup on a highway in south China’s Guangdong Province on Saturday, according to the local traffic…

15/01/2017

Kenya

Kenya: dozens reported killed in oil tanker fireball

In Kenya, dozens of people are reported dead after a fireball from an oil tanker engulfed several vehicles on a main highway.

11/12/2016

Mozambique

Fuel truck explosion in Mozambique kills scores of people

Mystery surrounds deadly fuel truck explosion in Mozambique that has killed 73 people and injured 110

17/11/2016

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Bridge collapses on UK motorway

One person was injured when a footbridge collapsed over the M20 motorway in Kent, near London.

28/08/2016

Brazil

German Olympic team coach fighting for his life after car crash at Rio Games

12/08/2016

USA

25,000 Tesla automated cars to be examined

It comes after a driver of one of the vehicles was killed when it was in autopilot mode and was involved in a collision in the US.

01/07/2016

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Italy: giant hole swallows cars in Florence

A 200-metre-long hole opened up along the Arno river bank in Florence, near the famous Ponte Vecchio.

26/05/2016

France

Police shoot-out with UK-registered car in France

Occupants are suspected of involvement in people-smuggling. Dozens of migrants were found in a lorry in Belgium in what officials say was a linked operation.

05/05/2016

USA

Porsche exonerated in Paul Walker, Roger Rodas crash

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming Porsche was responsible for crash that killed fast and furious actor Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas.

05/04/2016

India

Death toll rises after collapse of flyover in Indian city of Kolkata

A 100-metre piece of a flyover under construction crashed onto vehicles and pedestrians in a busy shopping district

01/04/2016

India

India: deadly flyover collapse kills at least 14

A flyover under construction in Kolkata, India, has collapsed killing at least 14 people. A 100-metre slab of metal and cement crashed onto moving

31/03/2016

Sweden

British indie band members reported killed in Sweden car crash

Members of British indie band Viola Beach have reportedly been killed in a car crash in Sweden. The Foreign Office in London has confirmed that five

14/02/2016