Iranian students killed in bus crash Iran has one of the world's worst road safety records, with more than 400,000 accidents and about 20,000 deaths on its roads every year. At least 26 students have been killed and 19 injured in a bus crash in south-west Iran, according to state media. The driver lost control of the bus while driving at high speed in wet weather, senior police official Colonel Mohammad Reza Mehmandar told state radio. The accident took place on the Izeh-Lordegan road, about 310 miles (500km) south-west of Tehran. The high death tolls are blamed on high speed, unsafe vehicles, widespread disregard of traffic laws and poor emergency services.