Chibombo bus crash
| Chibombo bus crash | |
|---|---|
Location of Central Province in Zambia | |
| Details | |
| Date | 7 February 2013 |
| Location | Central Province |
| Country | Zambia |
| Statistics | |
| Deaths | 51 |
| Injured | 28 |
14°39′29″S 28°04′23″E / 14.658°S 28.073°E
On 7 February 2013, a bus collided with a semi-truck and a sport utility vehicle on the Great North Road, between the towns of Chibombo and Kabwe in the Central Province of Zambia, resulting in the deaths of 49 of the 73 persons on the bus, and of the truck driver and his assistant. A further 28 people were injured.
The crash was one of the worst in the history of Zambia, and was compared to a 2005 bus accident in which 38 high school students died and another 50 were seriously injured.