Viking Star Tour Bus Collision in Corfu Leaves No Injuries
The crash occurred at a sharp turn in Nisaki, about twelve miles north of the cruise terminal; the bus's left side was damaged, and the passenger count was not released.
A cruise tour bus carrying guests in Corfu, Greece, collided with a concrete mixer on May 26 in the Nisaki area, about 12 miles north of the island’s cruise terminal. No injuries were reported among passengers or drivers. Traffic was stopped only while the vehicles were cleared from the road.
The incident occurred at a port that handled an estimated 754,228 cruise passengers in 2024, above the 735,000 cruise ship tourists reported in 2019, on an island whose resident population is just over 100,000.
Viking Star continued its Greece itinerary
The collision happened at a sharp turn in Nisaki. All parties remained at the scene until the vehicles could be safely removed, and the bus sustained damage along its left side. The number of cruise guests aboard the bus was not released.
Viking Star was the only cruise ship in port that day. The ship was sailing a nine-night Marghera (Venice)-to-Piraeus itinerary and continued on its planned route after the accident, with calls at Katakolon and Santorini still ahead before its May 30 arrival in Piraeus.
Cruise volume adds pressure on island roads
Corfu’s cruise terminal is about 3 km from Corfu Town and the Old Town, with many passengers using shuttles, taxis, local buses or a 20- to 30-minute walk for the port-to-town transfer. Organized tours, however, take larger coaches onto roads around the island, including narrower routes and tight turns away from the terminal area.
Local authorities have expressed concern that rising tourist traffic could make visitor-involved road accidents more common. Corfu regularly receives calls from Norwegian Cruise Line, P&O Cruises, Princess Cruises, Costa Cruises, MSC Cruises and Holland America Line, in addition to smaller ships such as Viking Star.
Other tour-bus incidents have had more serious outcomes
The Corfu crash caused no injuries, but recent European cruise-port tour-bus incidents have produced more severe consequences. In March 2025, a cruise tour bus collided with another bus in Barcelona, injuring 53 people. In August 2025 at Livorno, an excursion bus backing up struck an elderly couple, and one cruise guest was killed.
No changes to upcoming Corfu calls were announced after the crash. Authorities had not released findings on whether either vehicle crossed into the other lane or whether the sharp turn and vehicle dimensions left insufficient clearance.
