What is Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash?
{{Infobox public transit accident | name = Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash <!-- Image --> | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = <!-- Maps --> | image_map = | image_map_alt = | image_map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|28|13|06|S|28|21|47|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} <!-- Details --> | date = 1 May 2003 | time = | location = [[Sol Plaatje Dam]] | location_dir = | location_city = | location_dist_km = | location_dist_mi = | country = South Africa | line = | operator = | owner = | service = | type = | cause = <!-- Statistics --> | bus = | trains = | vehicles = | passengers = | crew = | pedestrians = | deaths = 51 | injuries = | damage = | property = <!-- Footnotes --> | footnotes = }} The '''Sol Plaatje Dam bus crash''' was a [[bus]] [[traffic collision|crash]] that happened on 1 May 2003 in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2003-05-01|title=Dozens killed in South African bus crash|language=en|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/may/01/southafrica.mayday|access-date=2024-04-10}}</ref> a [[bus]] drove into the [[Sol Plaatje Dam|Saulspoort Dam]] near the town of [[Bethlehem, Free State|Bethlehem, South Africa]], 51 people were killed. == Overview == The bus was taking [[Trades union|trade union]] [[Delegate|delegates]] to [[May Day]] celebrations in [[QwaQwa]] in the [[Free State (South African province)|Free State]]. The bus was going through Bethlehem in the dark and driver became [[:wikt:disoriented|disoriented]] .<ref>{{cite web|date=1 May 2003|title=Dozens killed i