Daily brief · 06:00 UTC · templated from tracked data
Daily Accident Brief — Thursday, November 12, 2026
By the numbers: 1,161 accident reports were tracked in the 24 hours to 06:00 UTC (-30% vs the previous day) across 51 countries: 1088 road, 36 rail, 32 aviation, 5 industrial. 29 headlines stated a death toll (149 deaths in total as reported). Most reports: Germany (162), Brazil (96), India (69).
Overnight
The loudest reports of the last 24 hours
rail
Spain holds state funeral for 69 killed in high-speed rail crash - Irish Independent
www.independent.ie · Spain · 69 reported dead
road
At least 12 people killed after dense fog triggers two pileups involving 86 vehicles on Bulgaria's Trakia motorway - Latin Times
www.latintimes.com · Bulgaria · 12 reported dead
road
Five dead over 50 injured in Rambewa bus collision - Island.lk
island.lk · Sri Lanka · 5 reported dead
road
Three Dead, 24 Injured In PRTC Bus Crash In Punjab's Sangrur
www.outlookindia.com · Nigeria · 3 reported dead
Today
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- FLOOD Tigris at Baghdad (Iraq) forecast to peak on 2026-12-12 at 667% above its 30-day median
- FLOOD Elbe at Dresden (Germany) forecast to peak on 2026-12-12 at 441% above its 30-day median
- FLOOD Red River at Hanoi (Vietnam) forecast to peak on 2026-11-16 at 319% above its 30-day median
- FLOOD Ohio at Cincinnati (United States) forecast to peak on 2026-11-27 at 216% above its 30-day median
- STORM NHC 5-day forecast cones are drawn on the live map for every active storm
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How is the daily brief written?
Entirely from data the site already tracks: the archive of geocoded accident reports (ranked by a keyword and casualty score), the FAA, NHC, USGS, GDACS and tsunami feeds, and the GloFAS river outlook. Sentences are templated; no language model writes or speculates.
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Every day at 06:00 UTC, covering the previous 24 hours. Past briefs stay online under /brief/YYYY-MM-DD.