MAKAWANPUR, April 4: A person died when a container truck hit a motorcycle at Sanutar of Bhimphedi Rural Municipality in the district. The accident took place last night when the container truck (Na 5 Kha 8129) hit the motorcycle (Na 19 Pa 896) coming from the opposite direction.

SINDHULI, March 16: At least four persons were killed and eight others were injured when a jeep veered off the road at Karam Danda of Sindhuli’s Kamalamai Municipality-7 on Tuesday afternoon.

MORANG, Feb 21: Two youths were killed in a road accident at Urlabari in Morang district on Saturday.

SOLUKHMBU, Jan 18: At least three persons died and a person got injured in a road accident that occurred at Mahadev cliff along the border of Solu Dudhkunda Municipality and Necha Salyan Rural Municipality.

JALESHWAR, Jan 10: An Indian youth died in a road accident at Manrasiswa Municipality of Mahottari district on Saturday evening.

PANCHTHAR, Dec 2: One person died and two others injured in a road accident along the Mechi Highway in Panchthar on Tuesday night.

MAHENDRANAGAR, Nov 22: A woman died in a road accident that took place at Krishnapur Municipality of  the district last night. The accident took place when a motorcycle (Ma 1 Pa 6766) was hit by a tractor (Se 1 Ta 9533) at Bani Dekhatabhuli Marga of Krishnapur-3, police said.

MAHOTTARI, Nov 18: A motorcyclist died and the pillion rider sustained injuries when a tanker knocked them at the road along the East-West Highway in Bardibas of Mahottari district today morning.

LAMJUNG, Nov 18: A 70-year-old woman died and 11 others sustained injuries when a Bolero jeep skidded off the road and plunged into Kisedi River in Lamjung.

TANAHU, Nov 18: One person was killed and five others sustained injuries in a microbus accident in Tanahu Wednesday morning.

BAITADI, Nov 13: At least nine people died and 34 people were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident at Khodpe of Patan Municipality-8 in Baitadi district along the Dashrath Chand Highway around 10:30 PM on Thursday.

DANG, Nov 11: Three people died on the spot when a motorcycle and a light truck coming from oppositive direction collided head-on in Dang on Tuesday night

UDAYPUR, Oct 8: Two persons died leaving two others critically injured in a container accident on Siddhicharan Highway on Wednesday evening.

DHADING, Oct 6: Three people died in two separate road accidents in Dhading on Tuesday.

MAKAWANPUR, July 26: One person died and another was injured in a road accident involving a truck at Makwanpur this morning.

MUGLING, June 30: Two persons died and three others sustained injuries in a road accident at Bharatpur-29, Chitwan on Monday evening.

BUTWAL, June 14: The chairman of Pratappur Rural Municipality died in an accident at Bardaghat, Nawalparasi on Sunday.

PARASI, March 19: Two persons were killed while 15 others were injured in separate accidents here today.

SURKHET, March 4: Three people have been killed and four others sustained injuries in a road accident in Surkhet district on Wednesday morning.

KATHMANDU, Feb 26: One person was killed while 11 other were injured in a road accident near Dhungeadda, Chandraagiri-15 on Sunday evening.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: A one-year-old girl died in a road accident at Siyari Rural Municipality-2 in Rupandehi district on Friday.

KATHMANDU, Feb 23: A youth was killed in a road accident at Gauriganga Municipality-8 in Kailali district on Friday.

DANG, Feb 12: A Nepal Army man died and six others sustained injuries in a road accident in Salyan district on Wednesday afternoon.

LAHAN, Feb 10: Two people traveling on a motorcycle died after a bus hit their motorcycle at Panbari Chok in Naraha rural municipality-5 in Siraha district today.

BHARATPUR, Feb 2: Two people died while nine others were injured in two separate road accidents that took place in the district on Saturday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Three of the six people killed in a deadly road accident in Abu Dhabi on Thursday were Nepali nationals, the Nepali embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said.

MAHOTTARI, Jan 8: A Nepali Congress (NC) Mahasamiti member was killed in a road accident in Mahottari district on Tuesday.

DAMAK, Jan 5: Two people were killed in a road accident that took place here on the East-West highway last night. Three others were injured.

Dec 26: The accident took place when a bus (Na 4 Kha 6330) heading towards Pulchowk from Pokhara Bus Park hit Parja at the Diyala road of Bharatpur municipality-1. Injured Praja died in course of treatment at Bharatpur Hospital

NUWAKOT, Dec. 22: Two persons died and six others were injured in a road accident at Bidur Municipality-6 in Nuwakot district on Sunday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Taken aback by the loss of lives in the recent road accidents, Prime Minister KP Oli on Monday directed government authorities to thrash out policies to prevent road accidents in the country.

DHANKUTA, Dec 16: Two persons died on the spot when a three-wheeler and a tractor-trailer collided at Chhathar Jorpati Rural Municipality-2 in Dhankuta on Sunday.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Dec 15: Of the 14 persons who died in the Sindhupalchowk bus accident on Sunday morning, six have been identified.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Dec 15: The death toll in Sindhupalchowk bus accident has climbed to 14. At least 11 persons died when a bus met with an accident at Sunkoshi rural municipality in Sindhupalchowk district on Sunday morning.

HUMLA, Dec 13: Two people killed when a tipper skidded off the road due to snowfall. The deceased have been identified as Sonam Megur Lama, 26, of Namkha rural municipality-1 and Yalwanka Sawel Lama, 36, of ward 4.

According to various reports, the total number of bus accidents in Nepal from July 2018 to January 2019 was recorded at 5,404. And that number is only increasing as we continue to hear news of buses plunging into rivers, injuring and killing many, on a daily basis. Narrow roads with sharp bends, and poor conditions of vehicles and highways are often blamed for such accidents. But what is going on, really?

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PALPA, Dec 5: Two people died in a jeep accident today at Chaubis Mile of Tinau rural municipality-5 in Palpa.

BAGLUNG, Dec 4: At least fourteen persons died in a road accident at ward 7 of Badigad Rural Municipality along the Mid Hills Highway in Baglung on Tuesday.

SUNSARI, Dec 1: Six people were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance and a truck on the East-West highway at Haripur of Sunsari district at 1am today. Five of the dead are from the same family from Bokse, Triyuga Municipality-10 of Udayapur district.

CHITWAN, Nov 30: Thirteen passengers were injured when a truck hit a parked bus along the Narayangadh-Muglin road section today.

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ARGHAKHANCHI, Nov 27: The death toll in Arghakhanchi bus accident has climbed to 15, district authorities said here.

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BANKE, Nov 18: Twelve persons were injured when a passenger bus met with an accident at Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality-1 in Banke district today morning.

BANKE, Nov 9: Two persons died in a road accident occurred at Phattepur of Rapti Sonari rural municipality in the district last night.

UDAYAPUR, Nov 6: Police on Tuesday said that two elected representatives from Udayapur — Provincial Assembly Member Sanja Danuwar and Devi Kumari Chaudhary, Deputy Mayor of Triyuga Municipality — who were injured in a road accident, are safe.

In yet another deadly road accident in Sindhupalchok district at least one and half a dozen people have lost their lives and over 50 persons sustained injuries when a passenger bus en route to Kathmandu from Dolkha plunged into the Sunkoshi River. The cause of the accident is over-speeding and overloading as in most such cases of road accidents. All seats in the bus were occupied, and 20-25 passengers were standing, according to the survivors. Most of these passengers were returning to Kathmandu after Tihar celebrations. Sindhupalchok accident is the latest in the series of bus accidents happening in the country. Nearly every month, people lose their lives to road accidents. According to the data released by Nepal Police in May this year, road accidents killed 11,005 people across the country during the last five years and altogether 19,877 people were seriously injured in such accidents. The data shows that road accidents have been increasing every year—at the rate of 28 percent. These are the alarming records and yet the government bodies, including Nepal Police, have not been able to do much about controlling such accidents.

SINDHUPALCHOWK, Oct 11: The death toll has climbed to 11 in Sindhupalchowk bus accident. Earlier, it was reported that eight persons were killed and more than a dozen were injured when a bus met with an accident at Indrawati rural municipality in Sindhupalchowk on Friday morning.

SAPTARI, Oct 10: Two persons died and two others were injured in a road mishap at Bisanpur chowk of Khadka municipality-8 of Saptari district today.