On 1 March 2024, a school bus crashed into a lorry in Dan Khun Thot District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, causing one fatality.

On 11 August 2018, a school bus-for-hire crashed into a tree in Tak Bai District, Narathiwat Province, leaving 10 people dead.

However, responding firefighters reported being unable to enter the bus for hours after due to the heat which potentially could have caused more explosions from the natural gas.

[3][6] The driver later added that after the tire malfunctioned, he lost control over the bus and hit a car before scraping against the barrier, causing sparks that ignited the fire.

[14] A teacher reported that the fire had spread so quickly she did not have time to gather personal belongings, and that some managed to escape through the open door while others jumped out of windows.

According to a rescuer, the majority of the bodies were found in the middle and back seats, leading investigators to believe that the fire had started at the front of the bus and the victims had moved away from it.

[3] The 41-seat bus, with a Saraburi Province licence plate, was registered as a bus-for-hire in February 1970, making it 54 years old at the time of the crash and subsequent fire.

[5] Phrommin Kanthiya, head of Office of Network of Accident Prevention under the Department of Disease Control, cited the illegal modification of the half-century-old bus to be the cause.

[19][20] The bodies of the deceased were returned to their home town, and were received by family members, friends and Buddhist monks at the Wat Khao Phraya Sangkharam, a temple in Uthai Thani province.

[21] A mass funeral for the victims was held in Lan Sak on 3 October and was attended by government ministers and a representative of the Thai royal family.

However, the firm failed to comply, and the buses were found and seized by police instead at a repair shop in Nakhon Ratchasima province, with their gas canisters already removed.