A school bus carrying 46 passengers overturned in a county incorporated in the Jiangsu city of Xuzhou (徐州) at approximately 6pm on Tuesday, with a dozen reported deaths and with 3 out of the 11 injured school bus passengers in critical condition. more ›

In a perfect real-life example of geili, passersby on Hangbiao Road (航标路) in the Zhejiang city of Wenzhou helped to rescue a child caught underneath a black Honda CR-V. The incident occurred at 7:25am on Friday, when a child accompanied by their mother and sister was throwing a sit-down-and-pout tantrum in the middle of the street. more ›

Eleven people so far have been killed and 13 injured when a bus traveling at high speed overturned in what has become the deadliest Shanghai automobile-related accident in recent years. The bus was traveling on the Pudong outer-ring expressway near Longdong Road when the accident occurred at 8:54pm last night . more ›

For pedestrians, the law of the Chinese road/jungle maintains that one can only survive by possessing cat-like reflexes and all-seeing peripheral vision. Otherwise, you might end up giving a rather minimalist street theater performance whereby you lie prone on the ground for the edification of assembled onlookers. Canadian diver Kevin Geyson, in Shanghai for the FINA Championships, unfortunately did not receive this highly-urgent memo in his inbox: crossing the street outside of the Oriental Sports Center in Pudong, Geyson was hit by an oncoming vehicle on Saturday. Currently being treated at Huashan hospital（华山医院）in Jing'an district by both Chinese and Canadian doctors, Geyson's condition is reportedly stable. more ›

Is it just us, or is this week's news crazier than usual? Today brings us shocking photos of a father driven by fear and desperation to threatening the lives of his own family with a 40cm blade. Unbelievably, his only reason appears to be that he feared retribution for a traffic accident he had just committed. more ›

Yesterday morning at around 7am a massive pile up occurred on the Donghai Bridge connecting Shanghai to the port of Yangshan. Three people were killed and another 15 injured when a chain collision involving 27 vehicles resulted from Shanghai's worst fog in six months. more ›

Yesterday seemed to be quite a day for strange accidents here in Shanghai. So in case you were stuck in a traffic jam at some point in the day and wondering what people were rubbernecking, here's a couple of clues: more ›

What a hot summer! While we all want to swim, I guess this car wanted to have fun in the fresh cool river water as well. This dramatic car accident happened in the morning of 17 July in Jiaotong University's Minhang campus. more ›

Unfortunately, the Expo had its first big accident late Monday night after a shuttle bus leaving the site collided with a heavy truck. 35 were injured and one passenger was killed. The victim, 45-year-old carpenter Zheng Gao, had been visiting the grounds with his wife and son. more ›

The man who regained control of the bus that mowed into oncoming traffic on the Yangpu bridge, thus saving dozens of passengers, was a 35-year-old promary school teacher without a drivers license, Shanghai Daily has found. Shanghai native Chen Wei stopped the bus by rushing to the front and pressing the floor break. He had been in the last row when he felt the bus veer to the left and crash into other cars on the bridge. When it slammed into a taxi head-on, throwing the driver through the front windshield, Chen moved to the front and hit the brake, saving the lives of everyone on board as well as those in the bus' path. Like all bashful heroes should, he insists he's just a normal guy. more ›

Last night at around 9:30pm, a No. 3 line bus lost control on the Yangpu Bridge and swerved into the opposite lane, colliding with cars and causing a 12 vehicle pile-up. Roughly 14 people were injured. Three were killed by the accident - the bus driver died on the spot and two others, a bus passenger and a driver of a taxi the bus crashed into - died of injuries after being sent to the hospital. Police are currently investigating the cause of the accident. Source: Xinmin and Xinhua more ›

• That pilot scheme for becoming a "real Shanghainese" home-stay guest in time for the World Expo is now kicking off in the Zhabei District. [Shanghai Daily]
• But will this help reverse the trend of less tourists visiting the city thanks to the financial downturn? Who knows! [Shanghai Daily
• If you're a fan of the Simply Life brand, Just a heads up in case you've been eyeing that ceramic dining set - they're hosting sales to celebrate their 10th Anniversary between July 4 and August 2. [Urbanatomy]

What's going on with China and its exploding buses? Just days after that bus fire in Chengdu killed 24 people, one in Shenzhen burst into flames as well. On the morning of June 13, a public bus on the 320 route began emitting smoke at a traffic light intersection. more ›

A bus burst into flames on an off ramp in Chengdu earlier this morning. The fire has claimed 24 lives and injured 42 people. Its cause has yet to be determined and is currently under investigation. Head to GoChengdoo for more information. more ›