List of accidents and disasters by death toll#Rail

!data-sort-type=number|Deaths

!|Date

!!|Incident

|Wanggongchang Explosion in Beijing, China, in the Wanggongchang Gunpowder Factory, destroys part of the city and kills 20,000 people{{Cite web|url=https://www.allbestessays.com/History-Other/Solving-a-Mystery-of-400-Years-An-Explanation-to/47238.html|title=Solving a Mystery of 400 Years-An Explanation to the "explosion" in Downtown Beijing in the Year of 1626 – Research Paper|website=allbestessays.com|language=en|access-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211340/https://www.allbestessays.com/History-Other/Solving-a-Mystery-of-400-Years-An-Explanation-to/47238.html|archive-date=19 September 2018|url-status=live}}

|Ammunition trucks explode near a railway station in Cali, Colombia{{cite web|title=7 de agosto de 1956, el día en que la 'Sucursal del Cielo' fue un infierno|url=http://caracol.com.co/emisora/2016/08/07/cali/1470602915_939260.html|website=caracol.com.co|date=7 August 2016 |access-date=2021-03-01}}

|A lightning bolt caused the Brescia Explosion of a gunpowder depot in Brescia, Italy, destroying one-sixth of the city{{cite news|title=Weatherwatch: Lightning made castles and churches very dangerous places|work=The Guardian|date=16 June 2011|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2011/jun/16/weatherwatch-lightning-thunderstorm|author=Jeremy Plester|access-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102717/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2011/jun/16/weatherwatch-lightning-thunderstorm|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1769|title=Historical Events for Year 1769|website=historyorb.com|date=28 May 1769|access-date=16 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084013/http://www.historyorb.com/events/date/1769|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=live}}

|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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nahjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787,1361609|title=Loss of 6000 Chinese troops in explosion of ship disclosed|newspaper=The Deseret News|date=6 December 1948|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134929/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nahjAAAAIBAJ&pg=6787%2C1361609|url-status=live}}{{Disputed inline|date=August 2018}} Other sources suggest this figure is inaccurate.{{cite book|author=David L. Williams|title=In Titanic's Shadow: The World's Worst Merchant Ship Disasters|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8QTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT187|date=1 October 2012|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7524-7713-8|pages=187–|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134904/https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8QTDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT187|url-status=live}}

|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{{cite book|author=MiguelGalindo y Galindo|title=Catástrofe de Chalchicomula|url=http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1080018007/1080018007_12.pdf|date=21 October 2019|publisher=Secretaria de Fomento|pages=233–237|access-date=21 October 2019|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193552/http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1080018007/1080018007_12.pdf|url-status=live}}

|Halifax Explosion in Nova Scotia, Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/remembrance/|work=Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management|title=Halifax Explosion Remembrance &Book|publisher=Province of Nova Scotia|access-date=4 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011225950/http://gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/remembrance/|archive-date=11 October 2007|url-status=live}}

|Smederevo Fortress explosion of stockpiled ammunition at Smederevo Fortress near Belgrade in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia{{Cite news|url=https://www.smederevowelcome.com/discover-smederevo/june-5th-1941-explosion|title=June 5th 1941 Explosion in Smederevo|last=SmederevoWelcome -|work=SmederevoWelcome|access-date=19 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211540/https://www.smederevowelcome.com/discover-smederevo/june-5th-1941-explosion|archive-date=19 September 2018|url-status=live}}

|Military warehouse explodes and kills up to two-thirds of the population of Campo Maior district of Portalegre, Portugal{{Cite web|url=https://abaciente.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/no-dia-16-de-setembro-de-1732-deu-se-a-explosao-do-paiol-de-campo-maior/|title=No dia 16 de Setembro de 1732, deu-se a explosão do paiol de Campo Maior|date=16 September 2010|access-date=18 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119011137/https://abaciente.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/no-dia-16-de-setembro-de-1732-deu-se-a-explosao-do-paiol-de-campo-maior/|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.igespar.pt/en/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/71110/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317130005/http://www.igespar.pt/en/patrimonio/pesquisa/geral/patrimonioimovel/detail/71110/|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2012|title=Igespar Ip | Heritage}}

|Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, China{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1FF83C581B7A93C5A8178BD95F428285F9|title=1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 October 1926|access-date=10 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921061612/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1FF83C581B7A93C5A8178BD95F428285F9|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=live}}

|Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbor, 1943, due to magazine explosion; ship sank on 9 June

|Lagos Armoury Explosion, in Lagos, Nigeria; many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic

|Jesse pipeline explosion, near Lagos, Nigeria

|Ammunition transporter explosion in Hamont, Belgium

|Explosion of a gunpowder factory in Grenelle, France

|Propellant explosion of the British dreadnought battleship {{HMS|Vanguard|1909|6}}

|Bombay Docks Explosion in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

|British pre-dreadnought battleship {{HMS|Bulwark|1899|6}} destroyed due to a magazine explosion

|Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq

|Explosion of a dynamite depot in Brazil.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v-skAAAAIBAJ&pg=1917%2C516391|title=621 dead in dynamite blast|newspaper=The Madison Lake Times|date=5 March 1925|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134858/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v-skAAAAIBAJ&pg=1917%2C516391|url-status=live}}

|Explosion of the Caterina Costa, at port of Naples; over 3000 were also injured

|Explosion of dynamite cargo on the steamship {{SS|Cabo Machichaco

|Texas City disaster in the Port of Texas City, Texas, USA; over 5,000 were also injured.

|Ufa train disaster in Ufa, Soviet Union.

|Oppau explosion at a BASF plant in Germany; possibly as many as 1,500 were killed

|SS Charles Henderson ammunition explosion at Bari, Italy; 1,800 injured

|A gasoline pipeline exploded in the favela of Vila Sao Jose, Cubatão, Brazil{{Cite news|last=Upi|date=1984-03-26|title=DEATH TOLL IN BRAZILIAN FIRE IS NOW PUT AT 508 (Published 1984)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/26/world/death-toll-in-brazilian-fire-is-now-put-at-508.html|access-date=2021-02-07|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414064055/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/26/world/death-toll-in-brazilian-fire-is-now-put-at-508.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=1984, Feb 25: Explosion kills hundreds in Brazil|url=https://www.nafi.org/blog/1984-feb-25-explosion-kills-hundreds-in-brazil/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=nafi.org|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214100805/https://www.nafi.org/blog/1984-feb-25-explosion-kills-hundreds-in-brazil/|url-status=live}}

|San Juanico disaster, in Mexico City, Mexico

|Ammunition ship {{USS|Mount Hood|AE-11|6}} exploded at Seeadler Harbor, killing 372 and injuring 371

|Powder magazine in Negro Fort in Spanish Florida exploded during battle with United States forces.

|Japanese battleship Mikasa explosion of magazine (artillery) while at port

|Port Chicago disaster at Port Chicago, California, United States

|Brazzaville arms dump blasts at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

|New London School explosion at New London, Texas, United States

|{{Date table sorting|29 December 2001}}

|Fireworks stand explosion in Lima, Peru. 235 bodies recovered, 144+ taken to hospital due to burns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/31/2|title=Over 200 die in Peru fireworks blaze|last=Ryan|first=Missy|date=31 December 2001|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 December 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229024024/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/dec/31/2|url-status=live}}

|An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté

|Gas station explosion in Accra, Ghana

|Gunpowder magazine explosion, Birgu, Malta

|PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Chongqing, China

|2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

|Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion

|Gunpowder explosion on the train doing Japanese military and civilian transportation, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan:ja:沖縄県営鉄道輸送弾薬爆発事故{{Better source needed|date=May 2017|reason=WP:CIRCULAR}}

|Bahawalpur explosion, an oil truck exploded in Bahawalpur, Pakistan

|2020 Beirut explosion, Beirut, Lebanon

|Filling station explosion in Berkadzor, Nagorno-Karabakh{{cite web|url=https://asbarez.com/at-least-223-artsakh-armenians-killed-during-azerbaijans-offensive-in-september/|website=Asbarez|title=At Least 223 Artsakh Armenians Killed During Azerbaijan's Offensive in September|date=2024-01-05|access-date=2024-06-04}}

|Los Alfaques disaster, in Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Spain

|1948 BASF tank car explosion, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany; 3,818 were also injured{{cite web|url=http://content.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/stn/page/1771827_0_9223_-vor-60-jahren-explosionsunglueck-erschuettert-basf.html|work=Stuttgarter Nachrichten online|title=Vor 60 Jahren: Explosionsunglück erschüttert BASF|access-date=22 August 2010|language=de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730190203/http://content.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/stn/page/1771827_0_9223_-vor-60-jahren-explosionsunglueck-erschuettert-basf.html|archive-date=30 July 2010}}

|Gas explosions in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

|2015 tanker explosion in Juba, South Sudan{{cite web|url=https://www.voaafrica.com/a/south-sudan-fuel-tanker-toll-rises/2985981.html|website=voaafrica.com|title=Death Toll Tops 200 in South Sudan Fuel Tanker Explosion|date=2015-09-30|access-date=2023-10-26}}

|Gotera ammunition dump explosion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

!data-sort-type="text"|Location

|Bhopal disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Union Carbide (now Dow Chemicals) factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

|Benxihu Colliery explosion

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Benxi, Liaoning, Manchukuo (now China)

|Courrières mine disaster

|data-sort-value="EUFR"| Courrières, France

|Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Kyūshū, Japan

|Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Datong, China

|Texas City disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUSTX"| Texas City, Texas, U.S.

|Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Niihama, Shikoku, Japan

|San Juanico Disaster{{cite web|url=http://www.emersis.org/prevencion/17.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419153916/http://www.emersis.org/prevencion/17.asp|archive-date=2008-04-19|title=Recordando la catástrofe de San Juanico|website=La Voz Profesional de los Servicios de Bomberos|author=José A. Aparicio Florido|language=es|access-date=21 April 2008}}

|data-sort-value="NAMX"| Mexico City, Mexico

|Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUSWV"| Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States

|Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disasterKawabata, Tai, "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110814x2.html Film mines rich seams of history] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814002453/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20110814x2.html |date=14 August 2011}}", Japan Times, 14 August 2011, p. 8.

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan

|Senghenydd Colliery Disaster

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Senghenydd, Wales

|Coalbrook mining disaster

|data-sort-value="AFZA"| Coalbrook, South Africa

|Wankie coal mine disaster

|data-sort-value="AFZW"| Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe

|Mine explosion caused by Methane gas

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| New Yubari Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan

|Bergkamen mining disaster

|data-sort-value="EUDEBergkamen"| Bergkamen, West Germany

|Oaks Colliery mining disaster

|data-sort-value="EUGBEN"| Barnsley, England

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|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan

|Mine explosion caused by Methane gas{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mine-explosion-kills-hundreds-in-india|title=Mine explosion kills hundreds in India|work=HISTORY.com|access-date=16 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905161420/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mine-explosion-kills-hundreds-in-india|archive-date=5 September 2015|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASINBI"| Dhanbad Bihar, India

|Chasnala mining disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India

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|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan

|Monongah Mining disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.

|Pretoria Pit Disaster

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Westhoughton, England

|Marie ore mine fire

|data-sort-value="EUCZPribram"| Příbram, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

|Soma mine disaster

|data-sort-value="ASTR"| Manisa, Turkey

|Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings

|data-sort-value="SAEC"| Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

|Luisenthal mine disaster

|data-sort-value="EUDE"| Saarland, West Germany

|Fire and explosion

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Albion Colliery, Wales

|Karachi factory fire

|data-sort-value="ASPK"| Karachi, Pakistan

|2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill{{cite web|script-title=zh:山西襄汾溃坝事故12名涉嫌职务犯罪嫌疑人被判刑|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/27/content_11611391.htm|agency=Xinhua News Agency|language=zh|date=27 June 2009|access-date=21 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113243/http://news.xinhuanet.com/legal/2009-06/27/content_11611391.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China

|25 January 2019

|Brumadinho dam disaster caused by the collapse of a mining dam

|data-sort-value="SABR"| Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil

|Abercarn colliery disaster

|data-sort-value="EUGBWA"| Abercarn, Wales

|Gresford Disaster

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Gresford, Wales

|Dawson, New Mexico

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| U.S. (first disaster)

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|data-sort-value="ASTR"| Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey

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|data-sort-value="EUBE"| Marcinelle, Belgium

|1909 Cherry Mine disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Cherry, Illinois, U.S.

|Kogushi sulfur mine collapse

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| western Gunma, Japan

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|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan

|PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2004-09/04/content_1944089.htm|script-title=zh:开县井喷事故案宣判 6名直接责任人被判刑|date=4 September 2004|agency=Xinhua News Agency|language=zh|access-date=21 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041120234941/http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2004-09/04/content_1944089.htm|archive-date=20 November 2004}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China

|Darr Mine Disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUSPA"| Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan

|Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka)

|data-sort-value="EUCZKarvina"| Karviná, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

|El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake

|data-sort-value="SACL"| Chile

|Fraterville Mine disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUSTN"| Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S.

|2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China

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|data-sort-value="ASJPHokoku"| Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan

|Hartley Colliery Disaster

|data-sort-value="EUGBEN"| New Hartley, Northumberland, England

|Bolevec Disaster

|data-sort-value="EUCZPilsen"| Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic

|Scofield Mine disaster

|data-sort-value="NAUSUT"| Scofield, Utah, U.S.

|Mina Rosita Vieja disaster

|data-sort-value="NAMXCO"| San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!Incident

!Location

|29 September 1957

|Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion. 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.{{cite book|author=Samuel Upton Newtan|title=Nuclear War I and Other Major Nuclear Disasters of the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_2ILEQQqpIC&pg=PA238|year=2007|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-1-4259-8512-7|pages=237–240|access-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214041708/https://books.google.com/books?id=3_2ILEQQqpIC&pg=PA238|archive-date=14 February 2017|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASRU"| Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union

|10 October 1957

|Windscale fire

|data-sort-value="EUGBEN"| 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 accidentWindscale fire].

|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.{{cite web|title=IAEA Report|work=In Focus: Chernobyl|access-date=31 May 2008|url=http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611102751/http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/Chernobyl/|archive-date=11 June 2008|url-status=live}} Far-higher death toll estimates have been made, but these are disputed.

|data-sort-value="EUUA"| Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

|data-sort-value="1 August 2000"|August 2000{{Snd}} March 2001

|Instituto Oncológico Nacional, patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.{{Cite web|url=http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1114_scr.pdf|title=Investigation of an accidental Exposure of radiotherapy patients in Panama|access-date=17 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730064055/http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1114_scr.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2013|url-status=live|website=International Atomic Energy Agency}}

|data-sort-value="NAPA"| Panama City, Panama

|data-sort-value="1 January 1996"|1996

|1996 San Juan de Dios radiotherapy accident, 114 patients received an overdose of radiation.{{cite book|author1=Igor Gusev|author2=Angelina Guskova|author3=Fred A. Mettler|title=Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6b4qDorN4wC&pg=PA299|year=2001|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4200-3719-7|pages=299, 303|access-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913002746/http://books.google.com/books?id=p6b4qDorN4wC&pg=PA299|archive-date=13 September 2014|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="NACR"| San José, Costa Rica

|data-sort-value="1 December 1990"|December 1990

|Clinic of Zaragoza radiotherapy accident, (27 patients were injured)[http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull413/article1.pdf Strengthening the Safety of Radiation Sources] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326181428/http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Magazines/Bulletin/Bull413/article1.pdf |date=26 March 2009 }} p. 15.

|data-sort-value="EUSP"| Zaragoza, Spain

|10 August 1985

|Soviet submarine K-431 accident, (49 people suffered radiation injuries){{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1887705,00.html|title=The Worst Nuclear Disasters|magazine=Time|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826132324/http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1887705,00.html|archive-date=26 August 2013|url-status=dead}}

|data-sort-value="ASRU"| near Vladivostok, Russia

|data-sort-value="1 January 1974"|1974–1976

|Columbus radiotherapy accident, 88 injuries{{cite web|url=http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radevents1.html|title=Deadliest radiation accidents and other events causing radiation casualties|author=Johnston, Robert|date=23 September 2007|publisher=Database of Radiological Incidents and Related Events|access-date=13 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023104305/http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/radevents1.html|archive-date=23 October 2007|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irpa.net/irpa10/cdrom/00325.pdf|title=REAC/TS Radiation Accident Registry: Update of Accidents in the United States|author=Ricks, Robert C.|year=2000|publisher=International Radiation Protection Association|page=6|display-authors=etal|access-date=13 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725032709/http://www.irpa.net/irpa10/cdrom/00325.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Columbus, Ohio, United States

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!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

!Location

|8 August 1975

|Failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin.Osnos, Evan. "Faust, China, and Nuclear Power," The New Yorker, Wednesday 12 October 2011. Retrieved at http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/10/faust-china-and-nuclear-power.html/ on 12 October 2011 mirrored at https://web.archive.org/web/20140315044350/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/10/faust-china-and-nuclear-power.html Figure includes subsequent diseases and hunger-related deaths.

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Zhumadian, China

|data-sort-value="1 January 1000"|AD 27

|Amphitheater collapse

|data-sort-value="EUITFidenae"| Fidenae, Italy

|11 September 2023

|2023 Derna dam collapse

|data-sort-value="AFLYDerna"| Derna, Libya

|11 August 1979

|1979 Machchhu dam failure

|data-sort-value="ASINMorbi"| Morbi, India

|31 May 1889

|Johnstown Flood

|data-sort-value="NAUSPAJohnstown"| Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States

|24 April 2013

|Rana Plaza collapse

|data-sort-value="ASBDDhaka"| Savar Upazila, Bangladesh

|19 August 1917

|Tigra Dam failure

|data-sort-value="ASINGwa"| Gwalior, India

|12 July 1961

|Panshet Dam failure{{cite web|url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5671671830883101811&SectionId=5171561142064258099&SectionName=Pune&NewsDate=20100711&NewsTitle=July%2012,%201961...|title=July 12, 1961 – Lest We Forget|website=sakaaltimes.com|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=1 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401193748/http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5671671830883101811&SectionId=5171561142064258099&SectionName=Pune&NewsDate=20100711&NewsTitle=July%2012,%201961...|url-status=usurped}}

|data-sort-value="ASINPune"| Pune, India

|3 May 1868

|Iruka Lake Dam failure

|data-sort-value="ASJPInu"| Inuyama, Japan

|20 September 1807

|Eitai Bridge collapse

|data-sort-value="ASJPTokyo"| Tokyo, Japan

|30 April 1802

|Puentes dam collapsed flooding

|data-sort-value="EUESLor"| Lorca, Spain

|29 June 1995

|Sampoong Department Store collapse

|data-sort-value="ASKRSeo"| Seoul, South Korea

|12 March 1928

|St. Francis Dam failure

|data-sort-value="NAUSCALosangeles"| Los Angeles County, California, United States

|2 December 1959

|Malpasset Dam failure

|1 December 1923

|Gleno Dam failure

|data-sort-value="EUITbergamo"| Bergamo, Italy

|18 August 2008

|Koshi Barrage failure

|data-sort-value="ASNPkoshi"| Koshi River, Nepal

|25 January 2019

|Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine{{Cite web|url=https://www.conectas.org/noticias/fact-sheets-o-numeros-da-tragedia-de-brumadinho|title=Dados: O números da tragédia de Brumadinho|access-date=10 August 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030140949/https://www.conectas.org/noticias/fact-sheets-o-numeros-da-tragedia-de-brumadinho|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="SAminasgeraisbruma"| Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil

|19 July 1985

|Val di Stava dam collapse

|data-sort-value="EUtesero"| Tesero, Italy

|11 March 1864

|Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure

|data-sort-value="EUGBENGsheffield"| Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

|10 June 1972

|Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood

|data-sort-value="NAUSSDrapidcity"| Rapid City, South Dakota, United States

| 8 April 2025

|Jet Set nightclub roof collapse

| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

|1 May 1966

|Dam failure{{cite web|url=https://sgorigrad.com/history#tragedy1966|title=История на село Згориград – Згориград|website=Згориград|access-date=16 April 2018|archive-date=1 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201162656/https://sgorigrad.com/history#tragedy1966|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://zgorigrad.com/tragediata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728074246/http://zgorigrad.com/tragediata|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2012|title=Трагедиата|date=28 July 2012|access-date=16 April 2018}}

|data-sort-value="EUBG"| Vratsa, Bulgaria

|16 April 1850

|Angers Bridge collapse

|data-sort-value="EUFRanger"| Angers, France

|31 October 2017

|Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse

|data-sort-value="AUKP"| North Korea

|20 January 1980

|Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium

|data-sort-value="NACOsincelejo"| Sincelejo, Colombia

|17 November 1981

|Manila Film Center collapse

|data-sort-value="ASPHpasay"| Pasay, Philippines

|10 December 2016

|Uyo church collapse

|data-sort-value="AFNGuyo"| Uyo, Nigeria

|20 April 1986

|Kantale Dam failure

|data-sort-value="ASLK"| Kantale, Sri Lanka

|10 January 1860

|Pemberton Mill collapse

|data-sort-value="NAUSMAlawrence"| Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States

|9 January 1959

|Vega de Tera disaster

|data-sort-value="EUSPribadel"| Ribadelago, Spain

|30 October 2022

|2022 Morbi bridge collapse

|data-sort-value="ASINmorbi"| Morbi, India

|19 November 1974

|Makahali River bridge collapse

|data-sort-value="ASNPbaitadi"| Baitadi, Nepal

|16 May 1874

|Mill River dam failure

|data-sort-value="NAUSMAwilliams"| Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States

|13 September 1976

|Apartment building collapse

|data-sort-value="ASPKkara"| Karachi, Pakistan

|13 August 1993

|Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel

|data-sort-value="ASTH"| Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

|28 July 1983

|Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse

|data-sort-value="SACObogo"| Bogota, Colombia

|26 February 1972

|Buffalo Creek flood

|data-sort-value="NAUSWVlogan"| Logan County, West Virginia, United States

|8 November 1984

|Rope bridge collapse

|data-sort-value="ASINmunnar"| Munnar, India

|1 February 1942

|Nuns' school chapel collapse

|data-sort-value="SAECcanar"| Biblian, Ecuador

|data-sort-value="1 January 1951"|1951

|Heiwa Lake Dam failure

|data-sort-value="ASJPkame"| Kameoka, Japan

|12 September 2014

|2014 Synagogue Church Building Collapse

|data-sort-value="AFNGlago"| Lagos State, Nigeria

|17 July 1981

|Hyatt Regency walkway collapse

|data-sort-value="NAUSMOkansas"| Kansas City, Missouri, United States

|11 September 2015

|Mecca crane collapse

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|13 August 1935

|Dam failure

|data-sort-value="EUITmolare"| Molare, Italy

|data-sort-value="1 January 1951"|1951

|Taisho Lake Dam failure

|data-sort-value="ASJPide"| Ide, Japan

|1 December 2000

|Dongguan Mall collapse{{Cite web|title=图文：广东东莞发生塌楼事件八死逾四十伤|url=https://www.chinanews.com.cn/2000-12-02/26/59247.html|access-date=2023-09-22|website=chinanews.com.cn}}{{Cite web|title=Chinese Mall Collapses, Scores Feared Dead|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=82013&page=1|access-date=2023-09-22|publisher=ABC News|location=United States|language=en}}

|data-sort-value="ASCHdongguan"| Dongguan, China

|21 February 1890

|Walnut Grove Dam failure

|data-sort-value="NAUSAZwickenburg"| Wickenburg, Arizona, United States

|16 June 1990

|Saque Comprehensive College collapse

|data-sort-value="AFNGportharcourt"| Port Harcourt, Nigeria

|{{nowrap|8 December 1863}}

|Church of the Company Fire

|data-sort-value="SACL"| Santiago, Chile

|{{nowrap|2 September 1949}}

|Chongqing Waterfront Fire – "9–2 Fire"

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Chongqing, China

|25 May 1845

|Theater fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Canton, China

|June 1871

|Theater fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Shanghai, China

|30 December 1836

|Lehman Theater fire

|data-sort-value="EURU"| St. Petersburg, Russia

|18 February 1977

|Xinjiang 61st Regiment Farm fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Xinjiang, China

|13 February 1937

|Antoung Movie Theater fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Nantong, China

|26 February 1918

|Happy Valley Racecourse fire

|data-sort-value="ASHK"| Hong Kong

|30 {{nowrap|December}} 1903

|Iroquois Theatre fire

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Chicago, Illinois, United States

|20 May 1872

|Theater fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Tientsin, China

|23 December 1995

|Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India

|17 March 2000

|Kanungu church fire

|data-sort-value="AFUG"| Kanungu, Uganda

|17 December 1961

|Gran Circus Norte-Americano{{Snd}} Niterói circus fire

|data-sort-value="SABR"| Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

|28 November 1942

|Cocoanut Grove fire

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Boston, Massachusetts, United States

|8 December 1881

|Ringtheater fire

|data-sort-value="EUAT"| Vienna, Austria

|13 January 1883

|Circus Ferroni fire

|data-sort-value="EUUA"| Berdichev, Ukraine

|17 December 1778

|Coliseo theater fire

|data-sort-value="EUES"| Zaragoza, Spain

|1 August 2004

|Paraguay supermarket fire

|data-sort-value="SAPY"| Asunción, Paraguay

|19 August 1978

|Cinema Rex fire

|data-sort-value="ASIR"| Abadan, Iran

|14 February 2012

|Comayagua prison fire

|data-sort-value="NAHN"| Comayagua, Honduras

|30 June 1900

|1900 Hoboken Docks fire

|data-sort-value="NAUSNJ"| Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

|10 December 1994

|1994 Karamay fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Karamay, China

|21 April 1930

|Ohio Penitentiary fire

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Columbus, Ohio, United States

|22 May 1967

|L'Innovation Department Store fire

|data-sort-value="EUBE"| Brussels, Belgium

|27 March 1910

|Barn fire

|data-sort-value="EUHU"| Ököritófülpös, Hungary

|25 December 2000

|Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Luoyang, China

|29 December 2001

|Mesa Redonda fire

|data-sort-value="SAPE"| Lima, Peru

|28 October 1995

|1995 Baku Metro fire

|data-sort-value="ASAZ"| Baku, Azerbaijan

|11 September 2012

|2012 Karachi garment factory fire

|data-sort-value="ASPK"| Karachi, Pakistan

|5 December 1876

|Brooklyn Theatre fire

|data-sort-value="NAUSNY"| Brooklyn, New York, United States

|15 February 1909

|Flores Theater fire

|data-sort-value="NAMX"| Acapulco, Mexico

|27 January 2013

|Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria

|data-sort-value="SABR"| Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

|27 November 1994

|Discothèque fire

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Fuxin, China

|14 July 1960

|Mental hospital fire

|data-sort-value="NAGT"| Guatemala City, Guatemala

|23 April 1940

|Rhythm Club fire

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Natchez, Mississippi, United States

|6 March 1943

|Hoteiza theater fire

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Kucchan, Japan

|1847

|Carslruhe theater fire

|data-sort-value="EURU"| St. Petersburg, Russia

|14 February 2004

|Transvaal Park (entire facility affected); the roof of the indoor water park collapsed

|Transvaal Park

|data-sort-value="EURU"| Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia{{cite web|date=16 February 2004|title=Hope fades for water park victims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3489915.stm|publisher=BBC News|access-date=13 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040319210455/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3489915.stm|archive-date=19 March 2004|url-status=live}}

|25 May 2024

|Theme park in Rajkot (entire facility affected); fire at indoor theme park

|Theme park in Rajkot

|data-sort-value="AP"| Rajkot, Gujarat, India{{cite web|date=25 May 2004|title=Bodies of 27 'burnt beyond recognition' after a massive fire in Indian amusement park, relatives say|url=https://apnews.com/article/india-distraught-relatives-fire-amusement-park-fire-8662fcb08cf3e5c5d8230ce8fc1ed806|agency=Associated Press|access-date=26 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241020215027/https://apnews.com/article/india-distraught-relatives-fire-amusement-park-fire-8662fcb08cf3e5c5d8230ce8fc1ed806|archive-date=20 October 2024|url-status=live}}

|27 June 2015

|Formosa Fun Coast music stage; a dust explosion on a music stage; over 400 others injured

|Formosa Fun Coast

|data-sort-value="ASTW"| Bali, New Taipei, Taiwan{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Claire|last2=Wu|first2=Jeffrey|title=Months after water park fire, 15th burn victim dies|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201511290009.aspx|access-date=30 November 2015|agency=Central News Agency|date=29 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130203145/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201511290009.aspx|archive-date=30 November 2015|url-status=live}}

|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

|data-sort-value="NAUSNJ"| Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=Kathleen|title=Haunted by fire|url=http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/publications/nfpa-journal/2014/may-june-2014/features/the-haunted-castle-revisited|website=NFPA Journal|access-date=18 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813181603/http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/publications/nfpa-journal/2014/may-june-2014/features/the-haunted-castle-revisited|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live}}

|9 June 1979

|Ghost Train; a fire at the park's ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotage

|Luna Park Sydney

|data-sort-value="OCAU"| Sydney, Australia{{Cite news|title=Seven die at fun fair: Suddenly fire and smoke make the mock horror real|newspaper=The Age|date=11 June 1979|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ydoQAAAAIBAJ&pg=4980,4921257|access-date=24 November 2016}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|14 August 1981

|Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injured

|Hamburger Dom

|data-sort-value="EUDE"| Hamburg, (Germany){{Cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/life-is-a-rollercoaster-the-downfall-of-a-funfair-family-a-632771.html|title=Life Is a Rollercoaster: The Downfall of a Funfair Family|first=Julia|last=Jüttner|newspaper=Spiegel Online|location=Hamburg, Germany|access-date=17 November 2016|date=26 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821135047/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/life-is-a-rollercoaster-the-downfall-of-a-funfair-family-a-632771.html|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mopo.de/hamburg/14-08-1981-der-tag--an-dem-der-dom-zur-todesfalle-wurde-4223934|title=14.08.1981: Der Tag, an dem der Dom zur Todesfalle wurde|newspaper=MOPO.de|language=de-DE|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320140034/http://www.mopo.de/hamburg/14-08-1981-der-tag--an-dem-der-dom-zur-todesfalle-wurde-4223934|archive-date=20 March 2016|url-status=live}}

|13 August 1944

|Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injured

|Palisades Amusement Park

|data-sort-value="NAUSNJ"| Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States{{cite web|last1=Maloney|first1=Rob|title=Not So Amusing: Amusement Park Fires|url=http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2014/09/not-so-amusing-amusement-park-fires.html|website=Fireengineering.ccom|date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131140846/http://www.fireengineering.com/articles/2014/09/not-so-amusing-amusement-park-fires.html|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live}}

|29 June 2010

|Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injured

|OCT East

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/07/05/deadly-chinese-amusement-park-mystery/|title=Deadly Chinese Amusement Park Mystery|last=Carothers|first=Christopher|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=17 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120040732/http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/07/05/deadly-chinese-amusement-park-mystery/|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=live}}

|30 May 1972

|Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injured

|Battersea Park

|data-sort-value="EUGBEN"| Battersea, London, England{{cite web|last1=Merrill|first1=Jamie|title=attersea Park big dipper disaster in 1972: The funfair tragedy the nation forgot|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/battersea-park-big-dipper-disaster-in-1972-the-funfair-tragedy-the-nation-forgot-10302238.html|website=The Independent|date=6 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103101121/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/battersea-park-big-dipper-disaster-in-1972-the-funfair-tragedy-the-nation-forgot-10302238.html|archive-date=3 November 2016|url-status=live}}

|13 August 2007

|Section of Ferris wheel failed causing people to fall.

| World Carnival Busan

|data-sort-value="NAUSNJ"| Busan, South Korea{{cite web|last1=조|first1=정호|title=부산 놀이공원 관람차 탑승객 추락..일가족 5명 사망(종합2보)|date=13 August 2007|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20070813221700051|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240427004450/https://untappedcities.com/2022/06/10/clason-point-ferris-wheel-accident/|archive-date=27 April 2024|url-status=live}}

|23 June 2017

|Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming pool

|Kuzuluk Aquapark

|data-sort-value="ASTR"| Akyazi, Turkey{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-water-park-electrocution-dead-children-akyazi-sakarya-pool-a7805496.html|title=Five people dead in mass electrocution at water park in Turkey|date=23 June 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623180316/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/turkey-water-park-electrocution-dead-children-akyazi-sakarya-pool-a7805496.html|archive-date=23 June 2017|url-status=live}}

|24 July 1930

|Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injured

|Krug Park

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Omaha, Nebraska, United States{{Cite news|url=https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/krug-park-crash-ne/|title=Most People Don't Know About This Tragic Event in Nebraska History|work=OnlyInYourState|access-date=18 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918230854/https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nebraska/krug-park-crash-ne/|archive-date=18 September 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://omahamagazine.com/articles/krug-park/|title=Krug Park|date=28 April 2015|work=Omaha Magazine|access-date=18 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918230829/http://omahamagazine.com/articles/krug-park/|archive-date=18 September 2018|url-status=live}}

|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

|data-sort-value="OCAU"| Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia{{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dreamworld-emergency-person-unconscious-after-incident-on-ride-police-say-20161025-gsa7ek.html|title=Dreamworld deaths: Four fatalities in horror Thunder River Rapids accident|work=Brisbane Times|date=25 October 2016|access-date=25 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026205936/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/dreamworld-emergency-person-unconscious-after-incident-on-ride-police-say-20161025-gsa7ek.html|archive-date=26 October 2016|url-status=live}}

|14 June 1986

|Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillar

|Galaxyland

|data-sort-value="NACA"| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/06/13/mindbender-tragedy-25-years-later|title=Mindbender tragedy, 25 years later|last=Franklin|first=Jasmine|date=14 June 2011|publisher=Edmonton Sun|access-date=19 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729002736/http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/06/13/mindbender-tragedy-25-years-later|archive-date=29 July 2014}}

|26 July 1978

|Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the ground

|Six Flags St. Louis

|data-sort-value="NAUS"| Eureka, Missouri, United States{{cite web|title=Archives 1978: A tragic day at 6 Flags|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/archives-a-tragic-day-at-flags/article_3edeaa6a-67fd-53d4-95c5-7c4255703d1e.html|website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|access-date=19 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210202226/http://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/archives-a-tragic-day-at-flags/article_3edeaa6a-67fd-53d4-95c5-7c4255703d1e.html|archive-date=10 February 2017|url-status=live}}

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

!Location

|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|reason=May fit better under Structural Collapses|date=July 2023}}

|data-sort-value="EUPT"| Portugal

|5 June 1941

|Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation.

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Chongqing, China

|24 September 2015

|2015 Mina stampede en route to the Stoning of the Devil ritual

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|3 July 1990

|1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|30 May 1896

|Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II (Moscow, 1896)

|data-sort-value="EURU"| Khodynka Field, Moscow, Russia

|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)

|data-sort-value="ASIQ"| Baghdad, Iraq

|3 February 1954

|1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

|12 January 2006

|2006 Hajj stampede

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|22 November 2010

|Phnom Penh stampede

|data-sort-value="ASKH"| Phnom Penh, Cambodia

|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.

|data-sort-value="EUIT"| Genoa, Italy

|24 May 1964

|Estadio Nacional disaster

|data-sort-value="SAPE"| Lima, Peru

|23 May 1994

|1994 Hajj stampede

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|25 January 2005

|Mandher Devi temple stampede

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Wai, Maharashtra, India

|1 February 2004

|2004 Hajj stampede

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|11 October 1711

|Bridge stampede

|data-sort-value="EUFR"| Lyon, France

|30 September 2008

|2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Jodhpur, India

|16 June 1883

|Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Sunderland, England

|3 March 1943

|Bethnal Green tube station panic

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| London, England

|3 August 2008

|Naina Devi Temple stampede

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India

|29 October 2022

|Seoul Halloween crowd crush

|data-sort-value="ASKR"| Seoul, South Korea

|1 October 2022

|2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster

|data-sort-value="ASID"| Malang, East Java, Indonesia

|23 November 1994

|1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Nagpur, Maharastra, India

|9 May 2001

|Accra Sports Stadium disaster

|data-sort-value="AFGH"| Accra, Ghana

|1 January 1956

|1956 Yahiko Shrine Stampede: New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Yahiko, Niigata, Japan

|2 July 2024

|2024 Hathras crowd crush: A crowd crush caused by overcrowding during a satsang

|Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India

|9 April 1998

|1998 Hajj stampede

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

|19 September 1902

|Shiloh Baptist Church stampede

|data-sort-value="NAUSAL"| Birmingham, Alabama

|13 October 2013

|2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Ratangarh, India

|11 February 1823

|Carnival tragedy of 1823

|data-sort-value="EUMT"| Valletta, Malta

|14 January 2011

|2011 Sabarimala crowd crush, broken out during an annual pilgrimage

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Sabarimala, Kerala, India

|1–2 September 2024

|2024 Makala jailbreak attempt: At least 129 (200+ per AP) people were killed while attempting to escape the Makala Central Prison. 24 were fatally shot

|Selembao, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

|10 October 1991

|Yingze Park lantern festival stampede

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

!Location

|Collapse of a wall of Circus Maximus

|Rome{{cite book|last=Humphrey|first=John H.|title=Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=couetXBQO9AC|year=1986|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04921-5|pages=80, 102, 126–9}}

|Collapse of the upper tier of the Circus Maximus

|Rome{{cite book|last=Mommsen|first=Theodor|date=1892|title=Chronica minora saec. IV. V. VI. VII.|series=Added t.-p.: Monvmenta Germaniae historica... Edidit Societas aperiendis fontibvs rervm germanicarvm medii aevi. Avctorvm antiqvissimorvm tomvs IX, XI, XIII|publisher=apvd Weidmannos|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556032313629;view=1up;seq=164|language=la|access-date=30 May 2019|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134940/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556032313629&view=1up&seq=164|url-status=live}}

|Happy Valley Racecourse fire

|Happy Valley, Hong Kong

|Estadio Nacional disaster

|Lima, Peru{{cite web|url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=424697|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629231509/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml?cid=424697|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2012|title=1964: La tragedia de Lima | Historia del Fútbol Olímpico|publisher=Univision.com|date=17 February 2011|access-date=12 January 2013}}

|Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring

|Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia{{cite web|url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/72840.las-corralejas-sangrar-por-la-gloria.html|title=Las corralejas: sangrar por la gloria|date=8 February 2004|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129010911/http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/72840.las-corralejas-sangrar-por-la-gloria.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live}}

|2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster

|Malang, East Java, Indonesia

|Accra Sports Stadium disaster

|Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

|Hillsborough stadium crush

|Sheffield, England

|Hailstorm & Stadium crush

|Kathmandu, NepalKathmandu_stadium_disaster

|1955 Le Mans disaster, motor racing accident

|Le Mans, France

|Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster, stadium crowd crush

|Guatemala City, Guatemala

|Port Said Stadium disaster

|Port Said, Egypt

|Puerta 12 crush

|Buenos Aires, Argentina{{cite web|last=Rogers|first=Mark|title=La puerta 12: Interview with Pablo Tesoriere|date=27 June 2008|url=http://www.theargentimes.com/socialissues/humanrights/la-puerta-12-interview-with-pablo-tesoriere-/|website=theargentimes.com|access-date=23 April 2010|archive-date=10 August 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/http://web.archive.org/web/20110810015556/http://www.argentinaindependent.com/socialissues/humanrights/la-puerta-12-interview-with-pablo-tesoriere-/}}

|Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush

|Glasgow, Scotland

|Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush

|Moscow, USSR{{cite journal|last=Зайкин, В.|script-title=ru:Трагедия в Лужниках. Факты и вымысел|journal=Известия|issue=202|language=ru|url=http://october20.ru/site/20-07-89_izvestiya.html|date=20 July 1989|access-date=6 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915085934/http://october20.ru/site/20-07-89_izvestiya.html|archive-date=15 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

|2013 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium Disaster

|Abidjan, Ivory Coast

|2024 Nzérékoré stampede

|Nzérékoré, Guinea

|Bradford City stadium fire

|Bradford, England

|Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism

|Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey

|Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush

|Johannesburg, South Africa

|Oppenheimer Stadium disaster, football match crush

|Orkney, South Africa

|Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism

|Brussels, Belgium

|2014 Patna stampede

|Patna, Bihar, India

|Burnden Park disaster

|Bolton, England

|1928 Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators killed when the driver crashed into a grandstand

|Monza, Italy

|First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse

|Glasgow, Scotland

|Drunken football fans provoked a stampede at Deportivo Cali vs. América de Cali at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero

|Cali, Colombia{{cite web|url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/proyectos/copamustang/10-27-2002/carepa/golpe.htm|title=El fútbol soporta otro golpe|work=elcolombiano.com|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225070729/http://www.elcolombiano.com/proyectos/copamustang/10-27-2002/carepa/golpe.htm|archive-date=25 February 2012|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Stampede at soccer match leaves 22 dead, 100 injured|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/18/Stampede-at-soccer-match-leaves-22-dead-100-injured/5405406443600/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=UPI|language=en|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121205710/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/18/Stampede-at-soccer-match-leaves-22-dead-100-injured/5405406443600/|url-status=live}}

|Thanksgiving Day Disaster: Spectators on the roof of a glass factory observing the Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse.

|San Francisco, US{{cite news|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-08-15/news/football-san-francisco-and-pacific-glass-works-history-sports-tragedy/full|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140617232301/http://www.sfweekly.com/2012-08-15/news/football-san-francisco-and-pacific-glass-works-history-sports-tragedy/full|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2014|last=Eskanazi|first=Joe|title=Sudden Death: Boys Fell to Their Doom in S.F.'s Forgotten Disaster|newspaper=San Francisco Weekly|date=15 August 2012|access-date=23 June 2014}}

|Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium after a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens

|Piraeus, Greece

|Gansu ultramarathon disaster, 21 out of 172 runners died in windy and cold weather in a 100k mountain running race

|Jingtai County, Gansu, China{{cite news|title=Cold weather in China kills 21 in ultramarathon, sparks outrage|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/extreme-cold-weather-china-kills-20-ultramarathon-2021-05-23/|access-date=23 May 2021|agency=Reuters|date=23 May 2021|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524023605/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/extreme-cold-weather-china-kills-20-ultramarathon-2021-05-23/|url-status=live}}

|2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede

|Abidjan, Ivory Coast

|A wall collapsed at the regional stadium in a football match between Deportes Tolima and Deportivo Cali

|Ibague, Colombia

|Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille

|Bastia, Corsica, France

|1979 Fastnet yachting race storms

|Fastnet Rock, Ireland

|16 Football Fans die of Stampede in a Kolkata Derby. Recognized as the Football Lover's Day.

|Eden Gardens, Kolkata{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniindia.com/shibaji-banerjee-signs-certificates-on-football-lovers-day/other/news/166630.html|title=Shibaji Banerjee signs certificates on 'Football Lovers Day'|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015845/http://www.uniindia.com/shibaji-banerjee-signs-certificates-on-football-lovers-day/other/news/166630.html|archive-date=7 February 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/indian_football_news_live_score_2015/16th_august_2015_indian_football_news.html|title=Kolkatafootball.com|indian Football News, pic, stats, article | Indian Football News 2015|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017021841/http://kolkatafootball.com/indian_football_news_live_score_2015/16th_august_2015_indian_football_news.html|archive-date=17 October 2015|url-status=live}}

|1961 Italian Grand Prix: Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators killed when the Formula 1 car flew into the crowd

|Monza, Italy

|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. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the road race

|Guidizzolo, Mantua; Reggio Emilia; Florence{{Cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/gpa/season_driver~season~1957~driver_id~11700.htm|title=Alfonso de Portago|department=F1 Racing: 1957 season profile|website=Crash|access-date=18 May 2008|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134936/https://www.crash.net/|url-status=live}}{{failed verification|date=October 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=191|title=Motorsport Memorial -|access-date=16 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121173101/http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=191|archive-date=21 January 2016|url-status=live}}

|1953 Argentine Grand Prix: F1 driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds, killing 13

|Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina

|2008 Congo football riots: DRC football league second division of Socozaki vs. Nyuki System at Matokeo stadium

|Butembo, North Kivu, DR Congo

|Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the racing driver when his car plunged into spectators

|Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, West Germany

|San Salvador crowd crush: 12 killed in a crowd crush during a football match

|Estadio Cuscatlán stadium, San Salvador, El Salvador

|Yellow River Dragstrip, a dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into spectators, killing 11. 12th person died later in hospital.

|Covington, Georgia, US

|Baker Bowl bleachers collapse

|Philadelphia, US

|Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd

|Syracuse, New York, US

|2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including pilot Jimmy Leeward who crashed into grandstand VIP booths

|Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada, US

|27 March 1977

|Tenerife airport disaster

|data-sort-value="AFES"| Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain{{Cite web|url=https://www.1001crash.com/index-page-tenerife-lg-2.html|title=The Tenerife disaster{{Snd}} Two Boeing 747 collided|website=1001crash.com|language=en|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106185524/https://www.1001crash.com/index-page-tenerife-lg-2.html|archive-date=6 November 2018|url-status=live}}

|12 August 1985

|Japan Air Lines Flight 123

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Ueno, Japan{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850812-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747SR-46 JA8119 Ueno Village, Tano District, Gunma Prefecture|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906025730/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850812-1|archive-date=6 September 2011|url-status=live}}

|12 November 1996

|Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India{{Cite news|last=Cooper|first=Kenneth J.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/flight801/stories/1996crash.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130626103717/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/flight801/stories/1996crash.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2013|title=At Least 349 Are Killed in Collision|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=18 September 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/mar/11air.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410180434/http://www.rediff.com/news/mar/11air.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2014|title=Rediff on the NeT: Charkhi Dadri collision report expected this weekend|date=10 April 2014|access-date=18 September 2018}}

|3 March 1974

|Turkish Airlines Flight 981

|data-sort-value="EUFR"| Fontaine-Chaalis, France{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740303-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 TC-JAV Bois d'Ermenonville|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020161932/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740303-1|archive-date=20 October 2018|url-status=live}}

|19 August 1980

|Saudia Flight 163

|data-sort-value="ASSA"| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia{{Cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800819-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 200 HZ-AHK Riyadh International Airport (RUH)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129123602/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800819-1|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=live}}

|17 July 2014

|Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

|data-sort-value="EUUA"| Hrabove, Ukraine{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 777-2H6ER 9M-MRD Hrabove|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20140717-0|access-date=29 June 2020|website=aviation-safety.net|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603195052/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20140717-0|url-status=live}}

|3 July 1988

|Iran Air Flight 655

|data-sort-value="ASIR"| Bandar Abbas, Iran {{citation needed|date=February 2021}}[https://reports.aviation-safety.net/1988/19880703-0_A30B_EP-IBU.pdf 19880703-0_A30B_EP-IBU.pdf (aviation-safety.net)]

|19 February 2003

|2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash

|data-sort-value="ASIR"| Kerman, Iran{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030219-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 76MD 15-2280 Kerman|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918231014/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030219-0|archive-date=18 September 2018|url-status=live}}

|25 May 1979

|American Airlines Flight 191

|data-sort-value="NAUSIL"| Des Plaines, Illinois, United States{{Cite web|url=http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR79-17.pdf|title=National Transportation Safety Board{{Snd}} American Airlines Accident Report|website=Library Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129200349/http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR79-17.pdf|archive-date=29 January 2019|url-status=live}}

|11 November 2000

|Kaprun disaster{{cite web|title=Flashback: Kaprun ski train fire|publisher=BBC News|date=19 February 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3502265.stm|access-date=14 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122202408/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3502265.stm|archive-date=22 January 2009|url-status=dead}}

|data-sort-value="EUAT"| Kaprun, Austria

|9 March 1976

|1976 Cavalese cable car crash{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/9/newsid_4213000/4213355.stm|title=BBC ON THIS DAY {{!}} 9 {{!}} 1976: Scores die in cable car tragedy|date=9 March 1976|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126062906/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/9/newsid_4213000/4213355.stm|archive-date=26 January 2017|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUIT"| Cavalese, Italy

|3 February 1998

|1998 Cavalese cable car crash{{cite news|title=1998: Military jet causes cable car tragedy|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/newsid_2527000/2527521.stm|publisher=BBC: On this day|access-date=31 December 2016|date=3 February 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107010729/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/newsid_2527000/2527521.stm|archive-date=7 January 2017|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUIT"| Cavalese, Italy

|1 July 1999

|Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car crash{{cite web|title=A Visual Compendium of Ski Lift Accidents|url=http://www.illicitsnowboarding.com/2010/07/visual-compendium-of-ski-lift-accidents.html|website=Illicitsnowboarding.com|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120151127/http://www.illicitsnowboarding.com/2010/07/visual-compendium-of-ski-lift-accidents.html|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUFR"| Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France

|1 June 1990

|Tbilisi cable car crash{{cite web|title=Major worldwide cable car accidents since 1976|url=http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9907/01/france.cable.car.04/list.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417181207/http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9907/01/france.cable.car.04/list.html|archive-date=17 April 2016|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASGE"| Tbilisi, Georgia

|3 October 1999

|Maling River Gorge cable car crash{{cite news|title=贵州马岭游客缆车坠毁纪实|newspaper=中国青年报|date=1999-10-11|author=覃文武,黄永文|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/society/1999-10-11/20624.html|access-date=26 May 2021|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026231532/http://news.sina.com.cn/society/1999-10-11/20624.html|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Xingyi, Guizhou, China

|23 May 2021

|Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash{{Cite news|date=2021-05-23|title=Italy cable car fall: 14 dead after accident near Lake Maggiore|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57219737|access-date=2021-05-23|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029025202/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57219737|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUIT"| Mottarone, Italy

|12 July 1972

|Bettmeralp cable car crash{{cite web|title=Past cable car accidents|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/past-cable-car-accidents/article_2b397b2b-b436-5b4a-bb2b-f74a6f16865f.html|website=Tulsa World|date=12 November 2000|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134904/https://tulsaworld.com/archives/past-cable-car-accidents/article_2b397b2b-b436-5b4a-bb2b-f74a6f16865f.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=The Splintered Remains|url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc%3A1972-07-13-02/OCR/Full%20Text%20OCR|agency=Reuters|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231080353/http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc%3A1972-07-13-02/OCR/Full%20Text%20OCR|archive-date=31 December 2016|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUCH"| Bettmeralp, Switzerland

|29 June 2017

|Charra Pani cable car crash{{cite web|title=12 Perish As Cable Car Falls|url=https://www.pakistanpoint.com/en/pakistan/news/12-perish-as-cable-car-falls-156509.html|website=Pakistan Point News|access-date=29 June 2017|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030134858/https://www.pakistanpoint.com/en/story/156509/12-perish-as-cable-car-falls.html|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASPK"| Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan

|13 February 1983

|Champoluc cable car crash{{cite news|title=20 killed in cable car disaster|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/02/jonhenley|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=20 November 2016|date=2 July 1999|last1=Henley|first1=Jon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120155149/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jul/02/jonhenley|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUIT"| Champoluc, Italy

|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.{{cite web|title=As Many As 100 Feared Dead in Gold Mine Accident|agency=Associated Press|date=11 May 1995|url=https://www.apnews.com/fc89d588d4b3f8972cc2ac25cd9f9f57|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426035306/https://apnews.com/fc89d588d4b3f8972cc2ac25cd9f9f57|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Vaal Reefs|publisher=Minerals Council South Africa|url=https://www.mineralscouncil.org.za/industry-news/we-care-we-remember/113-we-remember-vaal-reefs|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426040234/https://www.mineralscouncil.org.za/industry-news/we-care-we-remember/113-we-remember-vaal-reefs|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="AFZA"| Orkney, South Africa

|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.{{cite web|title=Mine Disaster Toll Could be 62|agency=Associated Press|date=2 September 1987|url=https://www.apnews.com/aeae0ad9f980d3291ca55ee070e06609|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426034212/https://apnews.com/aeae0ad9f980d3291ca55ee070e06609|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=St Helena|publisher=Minerals Council South Africa|url=https://www.mineralscouncil.org.za/industry-news/we-care-we-remember/159-we-remember-st-helena|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426034217/https://www.mineralscouncil.org.za/industry-news/we-care-we-remember/159-we-remember-st-helena|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="AFZA"| Welkom, South Africa

|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.{{cite web|url=https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle/11427/12223/thesis_gsb_2010_maree_h.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|first=Hein|last=Maree|title=Developing a Systemic Disaster Prevention Paradigm|publisher=UCT|date=30 April 2010}}{{cite book|title=Report on the Circumstances Attending the Accident in No. 2 Shaft, Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited, in the Magisterial District of Klerksdorp, on 27 March 1980, which Caused the Death of 3 White and 28 Black Persons|author=Department of Mineral and Energy Affairs|year=1981|series=G.M.E. report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sg66XwAACAAJ|publisher=Government Printer, South Africa}}

|data-sort-value="AFZA"| Orkney, South Africa

|13 September 2012

|An elevator fell about 100 meters at a construction site, killing everyone on board.{{cite web|title=19 workers in Wuhan killed after elevator plunges 100m|work=The Global Times|date=14 September 2012|url=http://en.people.cn/90882/7948431.html|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426050321/http://en.people.cn/90882/7948431.html|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Wuhan, China

|10 October 1932

|A mine-shaft elevator carrying 20 people fell at the Bickershaw Colliery, killing all but one person.{{cite web|title=Lift Crashes|publisher=Australian Cable Service|date=15 October 1932|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149914269|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525035653/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/149914269|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Lancashire Pit Disaster|publisher=Pathé News|date=13 October 1932|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/lancashire-pit-disaster|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525035707/https://www.britishpathe.com/video/lancashire-pit-disaster|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Leigh, England

|30 July 1973

|A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Markham Colliery.{{cite web|title=Memorial unveiled at Markham ceremony|publisher=ITV News|date=30 July 2013|url=https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2013-07-30/memorial-unveiled-at-markham-ceremony/|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=25 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525035655/https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2013-07-30/memorial-unveiled-at-markham-ceremony/|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Chesterfield, England

|10 September 1918

|Protection Island mining disaster: A mine-shaft elevator cable snapped causing the elevator to plunge to the bottom of the mine.{{cite web|url=http://www.gendisasters.com/british-columbia/19271/nanaimo-bc-mine-cage-accident-sept-1918|title=Sixteen Killed When Cage Falls in Nanaimo Mine|date=2018-09-10|publisher=Manitoba Free Press|access-date=28 January 2023|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505231918/http://www.gendisasters.com/british-columbia/19271/nanaimo-bc-mine-cage-accident-sept-1918|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="NACA"| Protection Island near Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

|27 November 2023

|A mine elevator fell 200m in the Impala Platinum mine shaft accident.{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-11-28-implats-says-11-miners-killed-75-hurt-after-cage-mishap/|title=Implats says 11 miners killed, 75 in hospital after conveyance cage tragedy in Rustenburg|first=Ed|last=Stoddard|date=28 November 2023|publisher=Daily Maverick}}{{cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-11-30-death-toll-rises-to-12-in-implats-lift-accident-as-miner-dies-in-hospital/|website=timeslive.co.za|title=Death toll rises to 12 in Implats lift accident as miner dies in hospital|date=30 November 2023|access-date=12 December 2023}}

|data-sort-value="AFZA"| Rustenburg, South Africa

|30 October 2008

|An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site.{{cite web|date=31 October 2008|title=Twelve dead in Fujian elevator accident|url=http://macaudailytimes.com.mo/archive-2007-2009/twelve-dead-in-fujian-elevator-accident.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426052958/http://macaudailytimes.com.mo/archive-2007-2009/twelve-dead-in-fujian-elevator-accident.html|archive-date=April 26, 2019|work=Macau Daily Times}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Xiapu County, China

|2 June 1993

|An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site.{{Citation|title=1993年6月2日北角籠笠意外12死(無線)1|date=8 July 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArCJlqowzT4|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/ArCJlqowzT4|archive-date=2021-12-21|url-status=live|trans-title=June 2, 1993: Nakasa, North Point died 12 accidentally (wireless) 1|language=en|access-date=2020-06-14}}{{cbignore}}

|data-sort-value="ASHK"| North Point, Hong Kong

|25 April 2019

|An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable.{{cite web|title=11 die as elevator cable snaps at work site in north China|agency=Associated Press|date=25 April 2019|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/11-die-as-elevator-cable-snaps-at-work-site-in-north-china-1.4394191|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426022926/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/11-die-as-elevator-cable-snaps-at-work-site-in-north-china-1.4394191|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Hengshui, China

|29 July 2011

|A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine.{{cite web|title=34 killed, 6 injured in mining accidents|publisher=Ukrainian Journal|date=31 July 2011|url=http://www.ukrainianjournal.com/index.php?w=article&id=12912|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409233509/http://www.ukrainianjournal.com/index.php?w=article&id=12912|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUUA"| Makiivka, Ukraine

|27 March 1964

|A steel cable hit a mine-shaft elevator at the Sachsen coal mine, killing 10 workers, including 5 Turkish nationals.{{cite news|date=28 March 1964|title=18 Doden in Roergebied|trans-title=18 killed in Ruhr area|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=0%7C20e_eeuw%7C&facets%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=artikel&facets%5Bspatial%5D%5B%5D=Landelijk&identifier=ddd%3A110589884%3Ampeg21%3Aa0509&resultsidentifier=ddd%3A110589884%3Ampeg21%3Aa0509|newspaper=De Telegraaf|access-date=25 May 2021|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407225517/https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=&coll=ddd&page=1&facets%5Bperiode%5D%5B%5D=0%7C20e_eeuw%7C&facets%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=artikel&facets%5Bspatial%5D%5B%5D=Landelijk&identifier=ddd%3A110589884%3Ampeg21%3Aa0509&resultsidentifier=ddd%3A110589884%3Ampeg21%3Aa0509|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUDE"| Heeßen, West Germany

|6 September 2014

|An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site.{{cite web|title=10 people killed in Istanbul elevator accident|agency=Associated Press|date=7 September 2014|url=https://www.apnews.com/83ec564a502a4fbd9520c6aa7c7d8b64|access-date=26 April 2019|archive-date=26 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426032400/https://apnews.com/83ec564a502a4fbd9520c6aa7c7d8b64|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUTR"| Istanbul, Turkey

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

|20 December 1987

|3 December 1948

|26 September 2002

|27 April 1865

|15 April 1912

|6 February 1822

|27 January 1949

|16 February, 1993

|Ferry Neptune (off Miragoane)

|26 September 1954

|29 May 1914

|15 June 1904

|3 February 2006

|22 September 1912

|22 April 1916

|{{circa|3 March 1921|sortable=yes}}

|16 September 1927

|{{circa|4 October 1744|sortable=yes}}

|21 May 1996

|28 September 1994

|14 December 1991

|MV Salem Express (Red Sea)

|24 July 1915

|21 June 2008

|15 February 1760

|22 September 1857

|29 August 1782

|8 November 1888

|12 December 1939

|6 May 1902

|26 November 1914

|24 December 1811

|1 January 1738

|17 March 1800

|3 September 1878

|2 September 1819

|28 June 1904

|17 July 1947

|29 October 1955

|24 December 1811

|3 September 1691

|{{circa|16 September 1782|17 September 1782|sortable=yes}}

|25 May 1986

|24 December 1811

|27 January 1981

|9 January 1920

|22 December 1810

|4 July 1898

|17 March 1891

|5 March 1916

|29 June 2000

|1 April 1873

|18 September 1890

|8 July 2003

|14 April 1749

|{{circa|1794-04|sortable=yes}}

|16 February 1993

|25 May 1986

|29 January 1986

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

!Location

|13 January 1917

|Ciurea rail disaster

|data-sort-value="EURO"| Iasi County, Romania

|12 December 1917

|Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment

|data-sort-value="EUFR"| Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

|24 January 1944

|Vereshchyovka train disaster

|data-sort-value="EURUVE"| Oryol Oblast, Soviet Union

|22 January 1915

|Guadalajara train disaster

|data-sort-value="NAMX"| Guadalajara, Mexico

|4 June 1989

|Ufa train disaster

|data-sort-value="EURUUF"| Ufa, Soviet Union

|3 March 1944

|Balvano train disaster

|data-sort-value="EUIT"| Balvano, Basilicata, Italy

|13 January 1985

|Awash rail disaster

|data-sort-value="AFET"| Awash, Afar, Ethiopia

|26 December 2023

|2023 Dancheon train disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIN"|Tanchon, North Korea

|20 February 2002

|Al Ayatt train disaster

|data-sort-value="AFEG"| Egypt

|27 December 1944

|Stará Kremnička derailment{{cite web|title=Havária nem. voj. transportu|url=http://www.ozkamenica.wbl.sk/Havaria-nem-voj-transportu.html|website=OZ KAMENICA Stará Kremnička|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228232044/http://www.ozkamenica.wbl.sk/Havaria-nem-voj-transportu.html|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="EUSK"| Stará Kremnička, Slovakia

|9 July 1981

|1981 Chengdu-Kunming rail crash

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Ganluo County, China

|20 August 1995

|Firozabad rail disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

|29 April 1997

|Rongjiawan train disaster

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Rongjiawan, Hunan, China

|18 February 2004

|Nishapur train disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIR"| Iran

|4 January 1990

|Sukkur rail disaster

|data-sort-value="ASPK"| Sangi, Sindh, Pakistan

|7 January 1918

|{{ill|Changsha rail disaster|de|Eisenbahnunfall von Changsha}}

|data-sort-value="ASCN"| Changsha, China

|21 June 1915

|Monte MorelasRailroad Wrecks by Edgar A. Haine, publ 1993, p. 175.

|data-sort-value="NAMS"| Mexico

|22 September 1994

|Tolunda rail disaster{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3650835.stm|title=World's worst rail disasters|date=19 December 2007|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222011627/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3650835.stm|archive-date=22 December 2007|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="AFAO"| Angola

|29 September 1957

|Gambar train crash{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2004/04/22/in_depth_world/timeline613204.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104085314/http://www.cbsnews.com/elements/2004/04/22/in_depth_world/timeline613204.shtml|archive-date=4 November 2012|title=Train Disasters Interactive Timeline|publisher=CBS News}}

|data-sort-value="ASPK"| Montgomery, Punjab, Pakistan

|2 June 2023

|Odisha train collision{{cite news|last1=Ramanath V|first1=Riyan|last2=Pradhan|first2=Hemanta|title=6 Bahanaga victims' bodies handed over to relatives after DNA match|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/6-bahanaga-victims-bodies-handed-over-to-relatives-after-dna-match/articleshow/101408916.cms|work=The Times of India|date=July 2023|access-date=1 July 2023}}

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Bahanaga, Baleshwar, Odisha, India

|28 October 1995

|Baku Metro fire

|data-sort-value="ASAZ"| Baku, Azerbaijan

|2 August 1999

|Gaisal train disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Gaisal, West Bengal, India

|24 June 2002

|Igandu train disaster

|data-sort-value="AFTZ"| Tanzania

|22 December 1939

|Genthin rail disaster

|data-sort-value="EUDE"| Genthin, Germany

|14 March 1926

|El Virilla train accidentThe Times 16 March 1926, p. 16: 'Costa Rican Train Disaster'

|data-sort-value="NACR"| Costa Rica

|6 June 1981

|Bihar train derailment{{cite press release|title=Diving Operations to Extricate Dead Bodies Completed{{Snd}} Samastipur Rail Disaster|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1981-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1981-06-12_202.pdf|work=Press Information Bureau of India|date=12 June 1981|access-date=6 February 2020|archive-date=7 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207022752/http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/DEFENCE/1981-JAN-DEC-MIN-OF-DEFENCE/PDF/DEF-1981-06-12_202.pdf|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Bihar, India

|23 December 1933

|Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster

|data-sort-value="EUFR"| France

|22 May 1915

|Quintinshill rail crash

|data-sort-value="EUGB"| Scotland

|26 November 1998

|Khanna rail disaster

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

|4 October 1972

|Saltillo, Coahuila

|data-sort-value="NAMX"| Mexico

|28 July 1948

|{{ill|BASF tank car explosion|de|Kesselwagenexplosion in der BASF}}

|data-sort-value="EUDE"| Ludwigshafen, Germany

|17 March 1982

|{{ill|Bau Ca train wreck|vi|Tai nạn tàu 183 (1982)}}

|data-sort-value="ASVN"| Dong Nai, Vietnam

|2 July 2010

|Sange road tanker explosion{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10497716|title=220 die after a fuel tanker exploded|publisher=BBC News|date=3 July 2013|access-date=2 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108031554/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10497716|archive-date=8 November 2016|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="AFCD"| Sange, South Kivu, DRC

|25 June 2017

|Bahawalpur explosion{{cite web|title=Death toll in Pakistan oil tanker fire jumps to 212|url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/05/07/2017/Death-toll-in-Pakistan-oil-tanker-fire-jumps-to-212|website=The Peninsula|date=5 July 2017|access-date=5 July 2017|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030140953/https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/05/07/2017/Death-toll-in-Pakistan-oil-tanker-fire-jumps-to-212|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASPK"| Bahawalpur, Pakistan

|11 July 1978

|Los Alfaques disaster

|data-sort-value="EUES"| Tarragona, Spain

|15 February 1991

|Thung Maphrao truck explosionNew York Times [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2DE173BF935A25751C0A967958260 'Dynamite Blast in Thailand Leaves 122 Onlookers Dead'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030135002/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/16/world/dynamite-blast-in-thailand-leaves-122-onlookers-dead.html |date=30 October 2020 }} 16 February 1991. Retrieved 2 January 2017

|data-sort-value="ASTH"| Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand

|17 September 2015

|2015 Juba tanker explosion

|data-sort-value="AFSS"| Juba, South Sudan

|3 November 1982

|Salang Tunnel fire{{cite web|last1=Panda|first1=Sanjeeb|title=10 Deadliest Road Accidents Around the World|url=http://www.sanjeebpanda.com/10-deadliest-road-accidents-around-the-world/|website=Web Ennovations|access-date=20 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120221100/http://www.sanjeebpanda.com/10-deadliest-road-accidents-around-the-world/|archive-date=20 November 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Truck explosion kills 3,000 in Afghanistan|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truck-explosion-kills-3000-in-afghanistan|publisher=History Channel|access-date=16 February 2020|language=en|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628203544/https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truck-explosion-kills-3000-in-afghanistan|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASAF"| Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan

|5 November 2021

|Freetown fuel tanker explosion

|data-sort-value="AFSL"| Freetown, Sierra Leone

|6 December 1965

|Sotouba truck collision

|data-sort-value="AFTG"| Sotouba, Togo

|12 July 2012

|Okobie road tanker explosion{{cite web|title=Death toll rises to 121 after fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria|publisher=BNO News|date=15 July 2012|url=http://www.bnonews.com/inbox/?id=920|access-date=2 January 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118152318/http://www.bnonews.com/inbox/?id=920|archive-date=18 January 2013}}

|data-sort-value="AFNG"| Okobie, Nigeria

|17 November 2016

|Caphiridzange tanker explosion{{cite web|url=https://clubofmozambique.com/news/judgement-day-for-caphiridzange-tanker-explosion-tragedy-mozambique/|title=Judgement day for Caphiridzange tanker explosion tragedy – Mozambique|date=4 July 2018|access-date=11 December 2023}}

|data-sort-value="AFMZ"| Caphiridzange, Mozambique

|31 January 2009

|Molo road tanker fire

|data-sort-value="AFKE"| Molo, Kenya, Kenya

|12 March 1995

|Tamil Nadu truck collision{{cite web|last1=Withington|first1=John|title=Bus crashes|url=http://disasterhistorian.blogspot.com/2009/12/bus-crashes.html|website=Disaster History|date=29 December 2009|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201082217/http://disasterhistorian.blogspot.com/2009/12/bus-crashes.html|archive-date=1 December 2016|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India

|18 August 1968

|Gero bus crash

|data-sort-value="ASJP"| Gero, Gifu, Japan

|5 November 2000

|Ibadan road tanker explosion[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1009336.stm Nigerian tanker inferno kills over 100] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920041217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1009336.stm |date=20 September 2016 }}, 5 November 2000

|data-sort-value="AFNG"| Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria

|10 August 2019

|Morogoro fuel tanker explosion{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/death-toll-of-morogoro-fuel-tanker-fire-hits-100-2689940|website=The Citizen|title=Death toll of Morogoro fuel tanker fire hits 100|date=2021-04-10|access-date=2023-10-26}}

|data-sort-value="AFTZ"| Morogoro, Tanzania

|28 March 2007

|Kagarko truck explosion

|data-sort-value="AFNG"| Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria

|12 July 1992

|Machakos bus crash{{cite web|title=(VIDEOS) 15 Horrible Road Accidents in Kenya's History|url=https://cdn.scooper.news/static/half/detail/2237/11182405.html?|publisher=Barongo KE|access-date=1 July 2023}}

|data-sort-value="AFKE"| Machakos, Kenya

|8 June 1999

|Karnataka bus crash{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/364901.stm|title=South Asia | Karnataka bus toll rises|publisher=BBC News|date=9 June 1999|access-date=7 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810030933/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/364901.stm|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Karnataka, India

|15 November 1976

|Mafeteng bus crash

|data-sort-value="AFLS"| Mafeteng, Lesotho

|29 June 1980

|Kashmir bus crash

|data-sort-value="ASIN"| Kashmir, India

|24 June 2004

|Zahedan bus crash[http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/irantankerblast.htm UNEP APELL News Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928150341/http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/irantankerblast.htm |date=28 September 2007 }} 25 June 2004

|data-sort-value="ASIR"| Zahedan, Iran

|14 December 2021

|Cap-Haïtien tanker explosion{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/20/haiti-truck-blast-death-toll-rises-to-90-but-still-incomplete|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=Haiti truck blast: Death toll rises to 90, but still 'incomplete'|date=2021-12-20|access-date=2023-10-26}}

|data-sort-value="NAHT"| Cap-Haïtien, Haiti

|6 January 1967

|Cavite bus crash{{Cite news|date=January 6, 1967|title=More Than 115 Die When Buses Hurtle into Manila Ravine|volume=24|page=1|work=Ocala Star–Banner|location=Ocala, Florida|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=hXZnTIgIr50C&dat=19670106|access-date=September 17, 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170910/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=hXZnTIgIr50C&dat=19670106|url-status=live}}

|data-sort-value="ASPH"| Cavite, Philippines

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

|24 October 1960

|Nedelin catastrophe, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union – occurred on ground before launch

|9 August 1965

|1965 Searcy missile silo fire, near Searcy, Arkansas, U.S. – occurred on ground before launch

|18 March 1980

|1980 Plesetsk launch pad disaster, Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union – occurred on ground before launch

|22 August 2003

|2003 Alcântara VLS accident, Alcântara, Brazil{{Snd}} occurred on ground before launch

|Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, crashed over Florida, U.S.

|Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, crashed over Texas and Louisiana, U.S.

| 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).

|Apollo 1, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, FL, U.S.{{Snd}} occurred on ground during a "plugs out" test.

|Soyuz 11, depressurized in space; only deaths in space as of 2024

|Soyuz 1, southeast of Orenburg, Russia

|X-15 Flight 191, near Edwards AFB, California, U.S.

|VSS Enterprise crash, suborbital, Mojave Desert, California, U.S., other pilot survived

!data-sort-type="number"|Deaths

!data-sort-type="date"|Date

!class="unsortable"|Incident

|Coal smog (London, 1880).{{cite web|url=http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494657_4|title=Urban Medicine: Threats to Health of Travelers to Developing World Cities: Air Pollution|last=Sanford|first=Christopher|work=Medscape|date=17 December 2004|access-date=11 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209015508/http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494657_4|archive-date=9 December 2012|url-status=live}}

|1963 New York City smog

|1962 London smog

|1953 New York City smog

|1966 New York City smog

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