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This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more. Purposeful disasters, such as military or terrorist attacks, are omitted; those events can be found at List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll.

While all of the listed accidents caused immediately massive numbers of lives lost, further widespread deaths were connected to many of these incidents, often the result of prolonged or lingering effects of the initial catastrophe. This was the case particularly in such cases as exposure to contaminated air, toxic chemicals or radiation, some years later due to lung damage, cancer, etc. Some numbers in the table below reflect both immediate and delayed deaths related to accidents, while many do not.

## Engineering

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### Explosions

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Accidents with at least 200 deaths. This list does not include bombings, aviation incidents, or mining disasters.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident

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20,000 | 30 May 1626 | Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people[1]
3,000 | 18 August 1769 | A lightning bolt caused the Brescia Explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia (Italy), destroying one-sixth of the city[2][3]
3,000? | 1 November 1948 | Boiler and ammunition explosion aboard an unidentified merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou, China for Taiwan in early November 1948.[4][disputed - discuss] Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.[5]
1,400–2,280 | 6 March 1862 | Ammunition warehouse explodes and kills almost all of Oaxaca brigade, in San Andrés Chalchicomula, Mexico, during the first days of Second French intervention in Mexico[6]
1,950 | 6 December 1917 | Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada[7]
1,500 | 5 June 1941 | Smederevo Fortress explosion of stockpiled ammunition at Smederevo Fortress near Belgrade in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia[8]
256–1,500+ | 16 September 1732 | Military warehouse explodes and kills up to two-thirds of the population of Campo Maior district of Portalegre, Portugal[9][10]
1,300+ | 7 August 1956 | Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia[11]
1,200 | 16 October 1926 | Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China[12]
1,121 | 8 June 1943 | Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943 due to magazine explosion; ship sank on 9 June
1,100 | 27 January 2002 | Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic
1,082 | 18 October 1998 | Jesse pipeline explosion, near Lagos, Nigeria
1,007 | 18 November 1918 | Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium
1,000+ | 31 August 1794 | Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France
843 | 9 July 1917 | Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard
800 | 14 April 1944 | Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India
741 | 26 November 1914 | British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark destroyed due to a magazine explosion
700 | 17 August 1989 | Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq
621 | 27 February 1925 | Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil.[13]
600+ | 28 March 1943 | Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured
590 | 3 November 1893 | Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship Cabo Machichaco, in at the port of Santander, Spain, with more than 2,000 injured.[14]
581 | 16 April 1947 | Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City; over 5,000 were also injured.
575 | 4 June 1989 | Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.
565 | 21 September 1921 | Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed
542 | 9 April 1945 | SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured
508 | 25 February 1984 | A gasoline pipeline exploded in the favela of Vila Sao Jose, Cubatão, Brazil[15][16]
500+ | 19 November 1984 | San Juanico disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico
372 | 10 November 1944 | Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371
370+ | 27 July 1816 | Powder magazine in Negro Fort in Spanish Florida exploded during battle with United States forces.
339 | 11 September 1905 | Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine (artillery) while at port
320 | 17 July 1944 | Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States
300+ | 4 March 2012 | Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
296+ | 18 March 1937 | New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States
291  | 29 December 2001 | Fireworks stand explosion in Lima, Peru. 235 bodies recovered, 144+ taken to hospital due to burns.[17]
286 | 25 September 1911 | An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté
256 | 4 June 2015 | Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana
150-240 | 18 July 1806 | Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta
234 | 23 December 2003 | PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China
230+ | 2 July 2010 | 2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
228 | 20 October 1916 | Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion
220 | 11 December 1944 | Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan.[18][better source needed]
219 | 25 June 2017 | Bahawalpur explosion, an oil truck exploded in Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
218 | 4 August 2020 | 2020 Beirut explosion, Beirut, Lebanon
218 | 25 September 2023 | Filling station explosion in Berkadzor, Nagorno-Karabakh[19]
215 | 11 July 1978 | Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain
207 | 28 July 1948 | 1948 BASF tank car explosion, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured[20]
206 | 22 April 1992 | Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
206 | 17 September 2015 | 2015 tanker explosion in Juba, South Sudan[21]
200+ | 6 June 1991 | Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

### Industrial

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See also: List of industrial disasters

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

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3,787–16,000 | 2–3 December 1984  | Bhopal disaster | Union Carbide (now Dow Chemicals) factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
1,549 | 26 April 1942  | Benxihu Colliery explosion  | China
1,134 | 24 April 2013  | Rana Plaza collapse[22] | Dhaka District, Bangladesh
1,099 | 10 March 1906  | Courrières mine disaster | Courrières, France
687 | 15 December 1914  | Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster | Kyūshū, Japan
682 | 9 May 1960  | Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion  | Datong, China
581 | 16 April 1947  | Texas City disaster | Texas City, Texas, U.S.
512 | 28 August 1899  | Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster  | Niihama, Shikoku, Japan
500+ | 19 November 1984  | San Juanico Disaster[23] | Mexico City, Mexico
476–1,000 | 1931  | Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster | Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States
458 | 9 November 1963  | Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster[24] | Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
439 | 14 October 1913  | Senghenydd Colliery Disaster | Senghenydd, Wales
437 | 21 January 1960  | Coalbrook mining disaster | Coalbrook, South Africa
427 | 6 June 1972  | Wankie coal mine disaster | Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
422 | 28 November 1914  | Mine explosion caused by Methane gas  | New Yubari Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan
405 | 20 February 1946  | Bergkamen mining disaster  | Bergkamen, West Germany
388 | 12 December 1866  | Oaks Colliery | Barnsley, England
376 | 21 December 1917  |  | Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
375 | 28 May 1965  | Mine explosion caused by Methane gas[25] | Dhanbad Bihar, India
372 | 27 December 1975  | Chasnala mining disaster | Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India
365 | 20 July 1907  |  | Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
362 | 6 December 1907  | Monongah Mining disaster | Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
344 | 21 December 1910  | Pretoria Pit Disaster | Westhoughton, England
319 | 31 May 1892  | Marie ore mine fire  | Příbram, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
301 | 13 May 2014  | Soma mine disaster | Manisa, Turkey
300+ | 9 May 1993  | Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings  | Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
299[26] | 7 February 1962  | Luisenthal mine disaster | Saarland, West Germany
290 | 23 June 1894  | Fire and explosion  | Albion Colliery, Wales
289 | 11 September 2012  | Karachi factory fire | Karachi, Pakistan
277 | 8 September 2008  | 2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill[27] | Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China
270  | 25 January 2019  | Brumadinho dam disaster caused by the collapse of a mining dam  | Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
268 | 11 September 1878  | Abercarn colliery disaster | Abercarn, Wales
266 | 22 September 1934  | Gresford Disaster | Gresford, Wales
263 | 22 October 1913  | Dawson, New Mexico | U.S. (first disaster)
263 | 3 March 1992  |  | Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey
262 | 8 August 1956  |  | Marcinelle, Belgium
259 | 13 November 1909  | 1909 Cherry Mine disaster | Cherry, Illinois, U.S.
254 | 11 November 1937  | Kogushi sulfur mine collapse  | western Gunma, Japan
243 | 5 August 1909  |  | Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
243 | 23 December 2003  | PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion[28] | Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China
239 | 19 December 1907  | Darr Mine Disaster | Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.
236 | 1 June 1965  |  | Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan
235 | 14 June 1894  | Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka)  | Karviná, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
220 | 28 March 1965  | El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake  | Chile
216 | 19 May 1902  | Fraterville Mine disaster | Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S.
214 | 15 February 2005  | 2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster | Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China
210 | 15 June 1899  |  | Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
204 | 16 January 1862  | Hartley Colliery Disaster | New Hartley, Northumberland, England
202 | 25 May 1917  | Bolevec ammunition factory explosion  | Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic
200+ | 1 May 1900  | Scofield Mine disaster | Scofield, Utah, U.S.
200+ | 27 February 1908  | Mina Rosita Vieja disaster | San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

### Nuclear and radiation

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Main article: List of nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll

Accidents with at least 10 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

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200–6,000  | 29 September 1957  | Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion. 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.[29] | Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union
100–240  | 10 October 1957  | Windscale fire | Windscale, Seascale, Cumbria (now Sellafield), England. [There were no deaths due to deterministic effects (i.e., people receiving a high dose of radiation, rapidly becoming ill, and dying); the 100–240 figure is an estimate of the number of people who died later in life due to cancer caused by radiation from the accident[30]].
95–4,000+[31][32] | 26 April 1986  | Chernobyl disaster. The official report is 31 immediate deaths, 64 recorded cancer deaths by 2008, and potentially up to, but no more than 4,000 total cancer deaths.[33] Far higher death toll estimates have been made, but are disputed.  | Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
17  | August 2000 - March 2001  | Instituto Oncológico Nacional, patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.[34][35] | Panama City, Panama
13  | 1996  | 1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident, 114 patients received an overdose of radiation.[36] | San José, Costa Rica
11  | December 1990  | Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident, (27 patients were injured)[37] | Zaragoza, Spain
10  | 10 August 1985  | Soviet submarine K-431 accident, (49 people suffered radiation injuries)[38] | near Vladivostok, Russia
10  | 1974–1976  | Columbus radiotherapy accident, 88 injuries[35][39] | Columbus, Ohio, United States

### Structural collapses

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Main article: List of structural failures and collapses

Accidents with at least 100 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

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26,000–240,000  | 8 August 1975  | Failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin.[40] Figure includes subsequent diseases and hunger-related deaths.  | Zhumadian, China
20,000+  | AD 27  | Amphitheater collapse | Fidenae, Italy
11,300  | 11 September 2023  | 2023 Derna dam collapse | Derna, Libya
1,800–25,000  | 11 August 1979  | 1979 Machchhu dam failure | Morbi, India
2,208  | 31 May 1889  | Johnstown Flood | Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
1,134  | 24 April 2013  | Rana Plaza collapse | Savar Upazila, Bangladesh
1,000+  | 19 August 1917  | Tigra Dam failure  | Gwalior, India
1,000  | 12 July 1961  | Panshet Dam failure[41] | Pune, India
941  | 3 May 1868  | Iruka Lake Dam failure  | Inuyama, Japan
500–1500  | 20 September 1807  | Eitai Bridge collapse  | Tokyo, Japan
608  | 30 April 1802  | Puentes dam collapsed flooding  | Lorca, Spain
502  | 29 June 1995  | Sampoong Department Store collapse | Seoul, South Korea
400–600+  | 12 March 1928  | St. Francis Dam failure  | Los Angeles County, California, United States
423  | 2 December 1959  | Malpasset Dam failure
356  | 1 December 1923  | Gleno Dam failure  | Bergamo, Italy
250–434  | 18 August 2008  | Koshi Barrage failure  | Koshi River, Nepal
270+  | 25 January 2019  | Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine[42] | Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
268  | 19 July 1985  | Val di Stava dam collapse | Tesero, Italy
244  | 11 March 1864  | Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure  | Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
238  | 10 June 1972  | Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood | Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
107–500  | 1 May 1966  | Dam failure[43][44] | Vratsa, Bulgaria
226  | 16 April 1850  | Angers Bridge collapse  | Angers, France
200+  | 31 October 2017  | Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse | North Korea
~200  | 20 January 1980  | Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium[45] | Sincelejo, Colombia
169  | 17 November 1981  | Manila Film Center collapse  | Pasay, Philippines
~160  | 10 December 2016  | Uyo church collapse | Uyo, Nigeria
120–180  | 20 April 1986  | Kantale Dam failure  | Kantale, Sri Lanka
145  | 10 January 1860  | Pemberton Mill collapse  | Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
144  | 9 January 1959  | Vega de Tera disaster | Ribadelago, Spain
141  | 30 October 2022  | 2022 Morbi bridge collapse | Morbi, India
140  | 19 November 1974  | Makahali River bridge collapse  | Baitadi, Nepal
139  | 16 May 1874  | Mill River dam failure  | Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States
139  | 13 September 1976  | Apartment building collapse  | Karachi, Pakistan
135  | 13 August 1993  | Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
128  | 28 July 1983  | Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse  | Bogota, Colombia
125  | 26 February 1972  | Buffalo Creek flood | Logan County, West Virginia, United States
125  | 8 November 1984  | Rope bridge collapse  | Munnar, India
120  | 1 February 1963  | Nuns' school chapel collapse  | Biblian, Ecuador
117  | 1951  | Heiwa Lake Dam failure  | Kameoka, Japan
115  | 12 September 2014  | 2014 Synagogue Church Building Collapse | Lagos State, Nigeria
114  | 17 July 1981  | Hyatt Regency walkway collapse | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
111  | 11 September 2015  | Mecca crane collapse | Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
111  | 13 August 1935  | Dam failure  | Molare, Italy
108  | 1951  | Taisho Lake Dam failure  | Ide, Japan
100+  | 1 December 2000  | Dongguan Mall collapse[46][47] | Dongguan, China
100  | 21 February 1890  | Walnut Grove Dam failure  | Wickenburg, Arizona, United States
100  | 16 June 1990  | Saque Comprehensive College collapse  | Port Harcourt, Nigeria

### Structural fires

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Main article: List of fires

See also: List of nightclub fires

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

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2,000–3,000  | 8 December 1863 | Church of the Company Fire | Santiago, Chile
1,700–2,845+[48] | 2 September 1949 | Chongqing Waterfront Fire – "9-2 Fire"  | Chongqing, China
1,670  | 25 May 1845  | Theater fire  | Canton, China
900  | June 1871  | Theater fire  | Shanghai, China
800  | 30 December 1836  | Lehman Theater fire  | St. Petersburg, Russia
694  | 18 February 1977  | Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire | Xinjiang, China
658  | 13 February 1937  | Antoung Movie Theater fire  | Nantong, China
614  | 26 February 1918  | Happy Valley Racecourse fire | Hong Kong
602  | 30 December 1903  | Iroquois Theatre fire | Chicago, Illinois, United States
600  | 20 May 1872  | Theater fire  | Tientsin, China
538  | 23 December 1995  | Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire | Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India
530  | 17 March 2000  | Kanungu church fire | Kanungu, Uganda
500  | 17 December 1961  | Gran Circus Norte-Americano - Niterói circus fire | Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
492  | 28 November 1942  | Cocoanut Grove fire | Boston, Massachusetts, United States
448  | 8 December 1881  | Ringtheater fire | Vienna, Austria
430  | 13 January 1883  | Circus Ferroni fire  | Berdichev, Ukraine
400  | 17 December 1778  | Coliseo theater fire  | Zaragoza, Spain
396  | 1 August 2004  | Paraguay supermarket fire | Asunción, Paraguay
377–470+  | 19 August 1978  | Cinema Rex fire | Abadan, Iran
360  | 14 February 2012  | Comayagua prison fire | Comayagua, Honduras
326+  | 30 June 1900  | 1900 Hoboken Docks fire | Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
324  | 10 December 1994  | 1994 Karamay fire | Karamay, China
322  | 21 April 1930  | Ohio Penitentiary fire  | Columbus, Ohio, United States
322  | 22 May 1967  | L'Innovation Department Store fire | Brussels, Belgium
312  | 1910  | Barn fire  | Ököritófülpös, Hungary
309  | 25 December 2000  | Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire | Luoyang, China
291  | 29 December 2001  | Mesa Redonda fire | Lima, Peru
289  | 28 October 1995  | 1995 Baku Metro fire | Baku, Azerbaijan
289  | 11 September 2012  | 2012 Karachi garment factory fire | Karachi, Pakistan
278+  | 5 December 1876  | Brooklyn Theatre fire | Brooklyn, New York, United States
250  | 15 February 1909  | Flores Theater fire  | Acapulco, Mexico
242  | 27 January 2013  | Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria  | Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
234  | 27 November 1994  | Discothèque fire  | Fuxin, China
225  | 14 July 1960  | Mental hospital fire  | Guatemala City, Guatemala
209  | 23 April 1940  | Rhythm Club fire | Natchez, Mississippi, United States
208  | 6 March 1943  | Hoteiza theater fire  | Kucchan, Japan
200  | 1847  | Carslruhe theater fire  | St. Petersburg, Russia

## Recreation

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### Amusement parks

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Main article: Amusement park accidents

Accidents with at least 3 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Attraction  | Amusement park  | Location

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28  | 14 February 2004  | Transvaal Park (entire facility affected); the roof of the indoor water park collapsed  | Transvaal Park | Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia[49]
15  | 27 June 2015  | Formosa Fun Coast music stage; a dust explosion on a music stage; over 400 others injured  | Formosa Fun Coast | Bali, New Taipei, Taiwan[50]
8  | 11 May 1984  | Haunted Castle; a fire caused by a cigarette lighter igniting the flammable foam-rubber walls of the facility  | Six Flags Great Adventure | Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States[51]
7  | 9 June 1979  | Ghost Train; a fire at the park's ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotage  | Luna Park Sydney | Sydney, Australia[52]
7  | 14 August 1981  | Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injured  | Hamburger Dom | Hamburg, (Germany)[53][54]
6  | 13 August 1944  | Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injured  | Palisades Amusement Park | Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States[55]
6  | 29 June 2010  | Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injured  | OCT East | Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China[56]
5  | 30 May 1972  | Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injured  | Battersea Park | Battersea, London, England[57]
5  | 13 August 2007  | Section of Ferriswheel failed to people fall.  | World Carnival Busan  | Busan, South Korea[58]
5  | 23 June 2017  | Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming pool  | Kuzuluk Aquapark | Akyazi, Turkey[59]
4  | 24 July 1930  | Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injured  | Krug Park | Omaha, Nebraska, United States[60][61]
4  | 25 October 2016  | Thunder River Rapids Ride; one of the rafts at the ride flipped upside down and became wedged under a conveyor belt  | Dreamworld | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia[62]
3  | 14 June 1986  | Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillar  | Galaxyland | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[63]
3  | 26 July 1978  | Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the ground  | Six Flags St. Louis | Eureka, Missouri, United States[64]

### Crowd crushes

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See also: Crowd collapses and crushes and List of crowd crushes

Accidents with at least 100 deaths. These incidents may be variably referred to as crushes or panics.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

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6,000  | 29 March 1809  | Ponte das Barcas disaster in Porto. Civilians fleeing the advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed.[citation needed] | Portugal
4,000  | 5 June 1941  | Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation.  | Chongqing, China
2,400+  | 24 September 2015  | 2015 Mina stampede en route to the Stoning of the Devil ritual  | Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1,426  | 3 July 1990  | 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel | Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1,389  | 30 May 1896  | Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II (Moscow, 1896)  | Khodynka Field, Moscow, Russia
953  | 31 August 2005  | 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq)  | Baghdad, Iraq
800  | 3 February 1954  | 1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival  | Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
363  | 12 January 2006  | 2006 Hajj stampede | Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
357  | 22 November 2010  | Phnom Penh stampede | Phnom Penh, Cambodia
354  | 23 October 1942  | Crowd crush during an attack by the RAF Bomber Command in World War II as they made their way into Galleria delle Grazie, a railway tunnel used as an air-raid shelter.  | Genoa, Italy
328  | 24 May 1964  | Estadio Nacional disaster | Lima, Peru
270  | 23 May 1994  | 1994 Hajj stampede | Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
258  | 25 January 2005  | Mandher Devi temple stampede | Wai, Maharashtra, India
251  | 1 February 2004  | 2004 Hajj stampede | Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
245  | 11 October 1711  | Bridge stampede  | Lyon, France
224  | 30 September 2008  | 2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple  | Rajasthan, India
183  | 16 June 1883  | Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush | Sunderland, England
173  | 3 March 1943  | Bethnal Green tube station panic | London, England
162  | 3 August 2008  | Naina Devi Temple stampede | Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India
159  | 29 October 2022  | Seoul Halloween crowd crush | Seoul, South Korea
135  | 1 October 2022  | 2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster | Malang, East Java, Indonesia
130  | 23 November 1994  | 1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building  | Nagpur, Maharastra, India
124  | 1 January 1956  | 1956 Yahiko Shrine Stampede: New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine | Yahiko, Niigata, Japan
123  | 9 May 2001  | Accra Sports Stadium Disaster | Accra, Ghana
118  | 9 April 1998  | 1998 Hajj stampede | Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
115  | 19 September 1902  | Shiloh Baptist Church stampede | Birmingham, Alabama
115  | 13 October 2013  | 2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede | Ratangarh, India
110  | 11 February 1823  | Carnival tragedy of 1823 | Valletta, Malta
105  | 10 October 1991  | Yingze Park lantern festival stampede  | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
102  | 14 January 2011  | 2011 Sabarimala crowd crush, broken out during an annual pilgrimage | Sabarimala, Kerala, India
100  | 20 February 2003  | The Station nightclub fire, fourth-deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history  | West Warwick, Rhode Island

### Sporting events

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Accidents with at least 10 deaths. This list does not include aviation or other transport accidents involving sporting teams traveling to or from a sporting event.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident

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1,300 | Between 284 and 286 AD  | Collapse of a wall of Circus Maximus (Rome, sometime within the reign of Diocletian)[65]
1,112 | 140 AD  | Collapse of the upper tier of the Circus Maximus (Rome, 140 AD)[66]
614 | 26 February 1918  | Happy Valley Racecourse fire (Happy Valley, Hong Kong)
328 | 24 May 1964  | Estadio Nacional disaster (Lima, Peru)[67]
~200 | 20 January 1980  | Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia[45]
135 | 1 October 2022  | 2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster (Malang, East Java, Indonesia)
127 | 9 May 2001  | Accra Sports Stadium disaster (Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana)
97 | 15 April 1989  | Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England)
93 | 12 March 1988  | Hailstorm & Stadium crush (Kathmandu, Nepal)[68]
84 | 11 June 1955  | 1955 Le Mans disaster (motor racing accident) (Le Mans, France)
83 | 16 October 1996  | Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster (stadium crowd crush) (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
79 | 1 February 2012  | Port Said Stadium disaster (Port Said, Egypt, 1 February 2012)
71 | 23 June 1968  | Puerta 12 crush (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968)[69]
66 | 2 January 1971  | Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland)
66 | 20 October 1982  | Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush on a stadium in Moscow, USSR[70]
61 | 1 January 2013  | 2013 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium Disaster (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
56 | 11 May 1985  | Bradford City stadium fire (Bradford, England, 11 May 1985)
43 | 17 September 1967  | Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey)
43 | 11 April 2001  | Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush (Johannesburg, South Africa)
42 | 13 January 1991  | Oppenheimer Stadium disaster, football match crush (Orkney, South Africa)
39 | 29 May 1985  | Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium)
32 | 3 October 2014  | 2014 Patna stampede (Patna, Bihar, India, 3 October 2014)
33 | 9 March 1946  | Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 9 March 1946)
28 | 9 September 1928  | 1928 Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators killed when the driver crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy)
26 | 5 April 1902  | First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland)
22–24 | 15 November 1982  | Drunken football fans provoked a stampede at Deportivo Cali vs. América de Cali in Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia[71][72]
22 | 29 November 1900  | Spectators on the roof of a glass factory observing the Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse (San Francisco, US)[73]
21 | 8 February 1981  | Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium after a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens (Piraeus, Greece)[74]
21 | 22 May 2021  | Gansu ultramarathon disaster 21 out of 172 runners died in windy and cold weather in a 100k mountain running race in China.[75]
19  | 29 March 2009  | 2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
18  | 18 November 1981  | A wall collapses at the regional stadium in Ibague, Colombia in a football match between Deportes Tolima and Deportivo Cali[71]
18 | 5 May 1992  | Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, (Bastia, Corsica, France).[76]
17 | 13–14 August 1979  | 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
16 | 16 August 1980  | 16 Football Fans die of Stampede in a Kolkata Derby at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Recognized as the Football Lover's Day.[77][78]
15 | 10 September 1961  | 1961 Italian Grand Prix: Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators killed when the Formula 1 car flew into the crowd (Monza, Italy)
13 | 12 May 1957  | 1957 Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and 9 spectators were killed when they ploughed into spectators. (Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, 12 May 1957). Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the road race. (Reggio Emilia and Florence)[79][failed verification][80]
13 | 18 January 1953  | 1953 Argentine Grand Prix: F1 driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds, killing 13 (Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
13 | 14 September 2008  | 2008 Congo football riots: DRC football league second division of Socozaki vs. Nyuki System at Matokeo stadium (Butembo, North Kivu, DR Congo)
13 | 31 August 1952  | Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the racing driver when his car plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
12 | 20 May 2023  | San Salvador crowd crush: 12 killed in a crowd crush during a football match at the Estadio Cuscatlán stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador
12 | 2 March 1969  | Yellow River Dragstrip, a dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into spectators, killing 11. 12th person died later in hospital. (Covington, Georgia, US)
12 | 8 August 1903  | Baker Bowl bleachers collapse (Philadelphia, US)
11 | 16 September 1911  | Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd, (Syracuse, New York, US)
11 | 16 September 2011  | 2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including pilot Jimmy Leeward who crashed into grandstand VIP booths (Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada, US)

## Transportation

[edit]

### Aviation

[edit]

Main article: List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents

See also: List of aircraft accidents and incidents by number of ground fatalities

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

|
|
|

583  | 27 March 1977  | Tenerife airport disaster | Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain[81]
520  | 12 August 1985  | Japan Air Lines Flight 123 | Ueno, Japan[82]
349  | 12 November 1996  | Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision | Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India[83][84]
346  | 3 March 1974  | Turkish Airlines Flight 981 | Fontaine-Chaalis, France[85]
301  | 19 August 1980  | Saudia Flight 163 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[86]
298  | 17 July 2014  | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 | Hrabove, Ukraine[87]
290  | 3 July 1988  | Iran Air Flight 655 | Bandar Abbas, Iran [citation needed][88]
275  | 19 February 2003  | 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash | Kerman, Iran[89]
273  | 25 May 1979  | American Airlines Flight 191 | Des Plaines, Illinois, United States[90]

### Cable cars

[edit]

See also: Aerial tramway § List of accidents, and Gondola lift § List of accidents

Accidents with at least 10 deaths. This list does not include incidents involving elevators.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

|
|
|

155  | 11 November 2000  | Kaprun disaster[91] | Kaprun, Austria
43  | 9 March 1976  | 1976 Cavalese cable car crash[92] | Cavalese, Italy
20  | 3 February 1998  | 1998 Cavalese cable car crash[93] | Cavalese, Italy
20  | 1 July 1999  | Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car crash[94] | Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France
19  | 1 June 1990  | Tbilisi cable car crash[95] | Tbilisi, Georgia
14  | 3 October 1999  | Maling River Gorge cable car crash[96] | Xingyi, Guizhou, China
14  | 23 May 2021  | Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash[97] | Mottarone, Italy
13  | 12 July 1972  | Bettmeralp cable car crash[98][99] | Bettmeralp, Switzerland
12  | 29 June 2017  | Charra Pani cable car crash[100] | Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan
11  | 13 February 1983  | Champoluc cable car crash[101] | Champoluc, Italy

### Elevators

[edit]

Main article: List of elevator accidents

Accidents with at least 10 deaths. This list does not include incidents involving gondola lifts, ski lifts, and similar types of cable transport.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

|
|
|

104  | 10 May 1995  | Vaal Reefs mining disaster: A locomotive crashed through a safety barrier and fell into a mine shaft, hitting an elevator which was carrying 104 workers, and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft.[102][103] | Orkney, South Africa
62  | 31 August 1987  | A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion.[104][105] | Welkom, South Africa
31  | 27 March 1980  | A descending elevator became stuck in the Vaal Reefs mine shaft and then fell to the bottom of the shaft when it abruptly became unstuck, killing all 31 miners on board.[106][107] | Orkney, South Africa
19  | 13 September 2012  | An elevator fell about 100 meters at a construction site, killing everyone on board.[108] | Wuhan, China
19  | 10 October 1932  | A mine-shaft elevator carrying 20 people fell at the Bickershaw Colliery, killing all but one person.[109][110] | Leigh, England
18  | 30 July 1973  | A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Markham Colliery.[111] | Chesterfield, England
16  | 10 September 1918  | Protection Island mining disaster: A mine-shaft elevator cable snapped causing the elevator to plunge to the bottom of the mine.[112] | Protection Island near Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
13  | 27 November 2023  | A mine elevator fell 200m in the Impala Platinum mine shaft accident.[113][114] | Rustenburg, South Africa
12  | 30 October 2008  | An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site.[115] | Xiapu County, China
12  | 2 June 1993  | An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site.[116] | North Point, Hong Kong
11  | 25 April 2019  | An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable.[117] | Hengshui, China
11  | 29 July 2011  | A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine.[118] | Makiivka, Ukraine
10  | 27 March 1964  | A steel cable hit a mine-shaft elevator at the Sachsen coal mine, killing 10 workers, including 5 Turkish nationals.[119] | Heeßen, West Germany
10  | 6 September 2014  | An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site.[120] | Istanbul, Turkey

### Maritime

[edit]

Main article: List of maritime disasters

Accidents with at least 200 deaths. This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident

|
|

4,385  | 20 December 1987 | MV Doña Paz (collision with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait, Philippines). Casualty estimates vary because of thousands of stowaways.
1,863  | 26 September 2002 | MV Le Joola, Senegal
1,573  | 10 September 2011 | MV Spice Islander I (Zanzibar Channel)
1,514  | 15 April 1912 | RMS Titanic (North Atlantic)
c. 1,500 | 6 February 1822 | Tek Sing (near the Belvidere Shoals in the South China Sea)
1,500  | 27 January 1949 | Taiping (East China Sea)
1,168  | 27 April 1865 | Sultana (Mississippi River)
1,159  | 26 September 1954 | Tōya Maru (Tsugaru Strait)
1,024  | 29 May 1914 | RMS Empress of Ireland (Saint Lawrence River)
1,021  | 15 June 1904 | PS General Slocum (New York, United States)
1,012  | 3 February 2006 | MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, (Red Sea)
1,000  | 22 September 1912 | SS Kiche Maru (off Honshu, Japan)
1,000  | 22 April 1916 | SS Hsin-Yu (Zhoushan)
c. 1,000 | 3 March 1921 c. 3 March 1921 | SS Hong Moh (South China Sea)
900  | 16 September 1927 | Wusung (Kuril Islands, Empire of Japan)[121]
900  | 4 October 1744 c. 4 October 1744 | HMS Victory (60 miles off Plymouth, England, near Black Rock)
894  | 21 May 1996 | MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania)
852  | 28 September 1994 | MS Estonia (Baltic Sea)
464–850  | 14 December 1991  | MV Salem Express (Red Sea)
844  | 24 July 1915 | SS Eastland (Chicago)
832  | 21 June 2008 | MV Princess of the Stars (capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines)
829  | 15 February 1760 | HMS Ramillies (Devon, England)
826  | 22 September 1857 | Lefort (Gulf of Finland)
800+  | 29 August 1782 | HMS Royal George (Portsmouth, England)
746  | 8 November 1888 | SS Vaitarna (lost in cyclonic storm of coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India)[122]
741  | 12 December 1939 | SS Indigirka (Sarufutsu, Japan)
737  | 6 May 1902 | SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta)
736  | 26 November 1914 | HMS Bulwark (1899) (Sheerness, England)
731  | 24 December 1811 | HMS St George (Ringkøbing, Denmark)
702  | 1 January 1738 | Leusden (Marowijne, Suriname)
673  | 17 March 1800 | HMS Queen Charlotte (Cabrera)
c. 640 | 3 September 1878 | SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames)
644  | 2 September 1819 | San Telmo (Drake Passage, Antarctica)
627  | 28 June 1904 | SS Norge (Rockall)
625  | 17 July 1947 | SS Ramdas (1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster, off Bombay, India)
608  | 29 October 1955 | Novorossiysk (Sevastopol)
600+  | 24 December 1811 | List of vessels lost on the Haak Sand on 24 December 1811
600+  | 3 September 1691 | HMS Coronation (West of Penlee Point, Rame, England)
600  | 16 September 1782 c. 16 September 1782 – c. 17 September 1782 | HMS Glorieux (Newfoundland, Canada)
600  | 25 May 1986 | 1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh)
583  | 24 December 1811 | HMS Defence (Jutland. Denmark)
580  | 27 January 1981 | Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas II (caught fire and sank in Java Sea)
575  | 9 January 1920 | SS Afrique (Bay of Biscay)
570  | 22 December 1810 | HMS Minotaur (off Texel, Netherlands)
565  | 4 July 1898 | SS La Bourgogne (Sable Island, Nova Scotia)
564  | 17 March 1891 | SS Utopia (Bay of Gibraltar)
558  | 5 March 1916 | SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil)
550  | 29 June 2000 | Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia)[123][124]
546  | 1 April 1873 | RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia)
533  | 18 September 1890 | Ertuğrul (Kushimoto, Japan)
528  | 8 July 2003 | MV Nasrin-1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh)
520  | 14 April 1749 | HMS Namur (Tamil Nadu, India)
500  | 1 April 1794 c. 1 April 1794 | HMS Ardent (Villefranche-sur-Mer, France)
500–1,500  | 16 February 1993 | Ferry Neptune (Haiti)
500–600  | 25 May 1986 | 1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident (Meghna River, Bangladesh)
500  | 29 January 1986 | Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh)[125][126]

### Rail

[edit]

Main article: Lists of rail accidents

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

|
|
|

900–1,700+  | 26 December 2004  | 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck | Sri Lanka
600–1,000  | 13 January 1917  | Ciurea rail disaster | Romania
675–800  | 12 December 1917  | Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment | France
235–800  | 6 June 1981  | Bihar train derailment[127][128] | Bihar, India
600–700  | 24 January 1944  | Vereshchyovka train disaster | Vereshchyovka, Soviet Union
600+  | 22 January 1915  | Guadalajara train disaster[129] | Mexico
575  | 4 June 1989  | Ufa train disaster | Ufa, Soviet Union
521–600+  | 3 March 1944  | Balvano train disaster | Italy
428  | 13 January 1985  | Awash rail disaster | Awash, Afar, Ethiopia
383+  | 20 February 2002  | Al Ayatt train disaster | Egypt
370  | 27 December 1944  | Stará Kremnička derailment[130] | Stará Kremnička, Slovakia
360  | 9 July 1981  | 1981 Chengdu-Kunming rail crash | Ganluo County, China
358  | 20 August 1995  | Firozabad rail disaster | Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
338  | 29 April 1997  | Rongjiawan train disaster | Rongjiawan, Hunan, China
320  | 18 February 2004  | Nishapur train disaster | Iran
307  | 4 January 1990  | Sukkur rail disaster | Sangi, Sindh, Pakistan
300  | 7 January 1918  | Changsha rail disaster [de] | Changsha, China
300~  | 21 June 1915  | Monte Morelas[131] | Mexico
300  | 22 September 1994  | Tolunda rail disaster[132] | Angola
300  | 29 September 1957  | Gambar train crash[133] | Montgomery, Punjab, Pakistan
296  | 2 June 2023  | Odisha train collision[134] | Bahanaga, Baleshwar, Odisha, India
289  | 28 October 1995  | Baku Metro fire | Baku, Azerbaijan
285  | 2 August 1999  | Gaisal train disaster | Gaisal, West Bengal, India
281  | 24 June 2002  | Igandu train disaster | Tanzania
278  | 22 December 1939  | Genthin rail disaster | Genthin, Germany
248  | 14 March 1926  | El Virilla train accident[135] | Costa Rica
230  | 23 December 1933  | Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster | France
226  | 22 May 1915  | Quintinshill rail crash | Scotland
212  | 26 November 1998  | Khanna rail disaster | Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
208  | 4 October 1972  | Saltillo, Coahuila | Mexico
207  | 28 July 1948  | BASF tank car explosion [de] | Ludwigshafen, Germany
160–200  | 17 March 1982  | Bau Ca train wreck [vi] | Dong Nai, Vietnam
187  | 1 September 1957  |  | Kendal, Jamaica

### Road

[edit]

Main article: Lists of traffic collisions

Accidents with at least 90 deaths. This list does not include motor vehicle collisions which occurred at sporting events.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident  | Location

|
|
|

230  | 2 July 2010  | Sange road tanker explosion[136] | Sange, South Kivu, DRC
219  | 25 June 2017  | Bahawalpur explosion[137] | Bahawalpur, Pakistan
217  | 11 July 1978  | Los Alfaques disaster[138] | Tarragona, Spain
207  | 15 February 1991  | Thung Maphrao truck explosion[139] | Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
206  | 17 September 2015  | 2015 Juba tanker explosion [21] | Juba, South Sudan
168–3,000  | 3 November 1982  | Salang Tunnel fire[138][140] | Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
154  | 5 November 2021  | Freetown fuel tanker explosion | Freetown, Sierra Leone
125  | 6 December 1965  | Sotouba truck collision[138] | Sotouba, Togo
121  | 12 July 2012  | Okobie road tanker explosion[141] | Okobie, Nigeria
115  | 17 November 2016  | Caphiridzange tanker explosion [142] | Caphiridzange, Mozambique
113  | 31 January 2009  | Molo road tanker fire | Molo, Kenya, Kenya
110  | 12 March 1995  | Tamil Nadu truck collision[143] | Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
104  | 18 August 1968  | Gero bus crash[138] | Gero, Gifu, Japan
100–200  | 5 November 2000  | Ibadan road tanker explosion[144] | Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria
100+  | 10 August 2019  | Morogoro fuel tanker explosion[145] | Morogoro, Tanzania
98  | 28 March 2007  | Kagarko truck explosion | Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
96  | 12 July 1992  | Machakos bus crash[146] | Machakos, Kenya
94  | 8 June 1999  | Karnataka bus crash[147] | Karnataka, India
90  | 15 November 1976  | Mafeteng bus crash | Mafeteng, Lesotho
90  | 29 June 1980  | Kashmir bus crash[138] | Kashmir, India
90  | 24 June 2004  | Zahedan bus crash[148] | Zahedan, Iran
90+  | 14 December 2021  | Cap-Haïtien tanker explosion[149] | Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
81–115  | 6 January 1967  | Cavite bus crash[150] | Cavite, Philippines

### Space

[edit]

For a more comprehensive list, see List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident

|
|

54–300  | 24 October 1960  | Nedelin catastrophe, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union \- occurred on ground before launch
53  | 9 August 1965  | 1965 Searcy missile silo fire, near Searcy, Arkansas, U.S. - occurred on ground before launch
48  | 18 March 1980  | 1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union \- occurred on ground before launch
21  | 22 August 2003  | 2003 Alcântara VLS accident, Alcântara, Brazil - occurred on ground before launch
7 | 28 January 1986  | Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, crashed over Florida, U.S.
7 | 1 February 2003  | Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, crashed over Texas and Louisiana, U.S.
6+  | 15 February 1996  | Intelsat 708, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan, China, Launch vehicle veered off course immediately after liftoff and struck a nearby village, officially killing at least six people (although other estimates put the death count higher).
3 | 27 January 1967  | Apollo 1, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, FL, U.S. - occurred on ground during a "plugs out" test.
3 | 30 June 1971  | Soyuz 11, depressurized in space; only deaths in space as of 2024
1 | 24 April 1967  | Soyuz 1, southeast of Orenburg, Russia
1 | 15 November 1967  | X-15 Flight 191, near Edwards AFB, California, U.S.
1 | 31 October 2014  | VSS Enterprise crash, suborbital, Mojave Desert, California, U.S., other pilot survived

## Other

[edit]

### Smog

[edit]

Accidents with at least 150 deaths.

Deaths  | Date  | Incident

|
|

12,000 | 5–9 December 1952  | The Great Smog of London (5–9 December 1952). Delayed fatalities rise from 10,000 to 12,000.[151]
2,200 | 1880  | Coal smog (London, 1880).[152]
1,000 | December 1956  | 1956 London smog.[153]
780 | December 1873  | 1873 London smog[154]
779 | December 1892  | 1892 London smog[155]
700–800 | December 1948  | 1948 London smog[155]
300–405 | January–February 1963  | 1963 New York City smog
300–400 | December 1962  | 1962 London smog[153]
220–240 | November 1953  | 1953 New York City smog
168 | 23–25 November 1966  | 1966 New York City smog
160 | 12–15 December 1991  | Smog (London, 12–15 December 1991)[156]

## See also

[edit]

* Lists of death tolls
* List of natural disasters by death toll

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