Beaune coach crash

It is the second deadliest road traffic collision in France's history after the 2016 Nice truck attack.

[2] At 8:00 pm on 30 July 1982, two coaches left Crépy-en-Valois, a town located approximately 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Paris.

[3] They were carrying children and their teachers heading to a summer camp in Aussois in Savoie, in the French Alps.

[2] Following a trial, the coach company’s contractor received a suspended 18-month prison sentence and a fine of 25,000 French francs.

[2] The Minister of Transport at the time, Charles Fiterman, reacted by implementing strict measures, which remain in place today.

[2][8] Transporting groups of children is now forbidden during the busy weekends of late July and early August.

[9] Furthermore, manufacturers of vehicles destined for public transportation must use non-combustible[2] and non-toxic materials and must make the windscreen out of laminated glass.

A memorial was erected in 1985 at a road-side rest area near Curney, in the commune of Merceuil, very close to the crash site.