2025 Herat road crash

2025 Herat road crash
Location of Herat Province within Afghanistan
Details
Date19 August 2025 (2025-08-19)
c. 8:30 p.m. AFT (UTC+04:30)
LocationGuzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan
Coordinates34°10′21″N 62°04′57″E / 34.1725°N 62.0825°E / 34.1725; 62.0825
Incident typeHead-on and multi-vehicle collision (bus, motorcycle and truck)
CauseUnder investigation; excessive speed of the overcrowded bus (according to police)
Statistics
BusType "580"
Vehicles3
PassengersUnknown (deported Afghans from Iran)
DeathsAt least 79
Injured2

On 19 August 2025, a passenger bus carrying deported migrants from Iran caught fire after it collided with a motorcycle and a fuel truck and veered off a road in Guzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan, killing at least 79 people, including 19 children, and injuring two others. It was one of the country's deadliest road crashes of the decade.