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France: Friends and relatives pay homage to victims of bus crash

At a ceremony in the small village of Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps in France hundreds of people mourn the victims of the bus crash that left 43 dead.

26/10/2015

USA

Four dead and dozens injured in Oklahoma parade horror crash

Four people were killed and more than 40 injured on Saturday after a car with a suspected drink driver at the wheel ploughed into past and present

25/10/2015

France

What went wrong? France probes horror bus crash that left dozens dead

A long and difficult investigation lies ahead after France’s deadliest road crash in more than 30 years. At least 43 people were killed and four

24/10/2015

France

France in mourning after pensioners killed in horror bus crash

At least 43 people, most of them pensioners on a hiking trip, have been killed after the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck. The

23/10/2015

Germany

Lorry aluminium spill sets German motorway on fire

Motorway traffic was serverely disrupted near Dortmund in western Germany on Sunday after a lorry carrying liquid aluminium overturned on the A1. 16

16/08/2015

France

Road deaths in France hit three-year high in July

14/08/2015

Russia

Horrific bus crash latest deadly Russian traffic accident

Two buses have collided in Khabarovsk in Russia’s far west killing at least 16 people and injuring nearly 60 others. Police say the early evidence

05/08/2015

Portugal

Three dead and dozens injured in tourist bus crash in Portugal

A bus crash in southern Portugal has left three tourists dead and 30 others injured. The vehicle was transporting Dutch visitors, who had arrived at

20/06/2015

Europe News

EU cars will get automatic emergency call device from 2018

New cars and light vans will have to be fitted with devices that will automatically alert rescue services when a vehicle crashes from 2018. It

28/04/2015

France

Dozens hurt as train derails in Paris region

Around 30 people have been injured in France, two seriously, in a collision between a train and a tractor-trailer at a level crossing in the Paris

21/04/2015

Europe News

EU warns on road traffic deaths

The EU’s transport chief says the bloc is failing in its goal to halve the number of road deaths by 2020, from their 2010 levels Nearly 26,000 people

24/03/2015

France

Two arrested after car hits French policewoman at Elysee Palace

French police have arrested two people after a motorist injured a policewoman outside President Francois Hollande’s official residence in Paris

15/01/2015

Germany

At least 4 dead in German bus crash

Police in Germany say at least four people have died and more than 40 were injured when the bus they were travelling in lost control and tumbled 50

30/12/2014

Algeria

11 Niger refugees killed in bus crash after fleeing Boko Haram

14/12/2014

United Kingdom

Eight seriously hurt as more than 130 vehicles are involved in England pile-up

05/09/2013

My Europe Series

Ellen Townsend: safety cameras definitely save lives

28/06/2012

My Europe Series

Car insurance cover across European borders

22/06/2012