2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident

The Boys in Red accident^[a] occurred on January 12, 2008, outside the city of Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada. A semi-trailer truck and a van carrying the basketball team from Bathurst High School collided, which killed seven students and the wife of the coach, and injured four other occupants in the van. It was the deadliest transportation accident in New Brunswick since 1989, when a logging truck tipped onto a hayride in Cormier Village, killing 13. It was the deadliest bus accident involving a sports team in Canada until the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in April 2018.

The accident was followed by a national day of mourning in Canada, and a suspension on all 15-passenger van type vehicles being used for student transport in New Brunswick. Two investigations, one by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the other by Transport Canada, concluded that "poor weather and a slippery road surface" were major contributing factors in the crash while driver error and "poor mechanical condition of the E350 resulting from inadequate vehicle maintenance" appeared to be a major contributing factors in the crash. Pressure from the public and victims' families prompted the chief coroner of the province to launch an inquiry, which produced recommendations to improve student transport safety in New Brunswick. The provincial government agreed with the majority of the suggestions and has since enacted many of them.