List of disasters in Poland by death toll

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!Disaster

!Type

!Location

!Deaths

!Date

!{{Ref heading}}

|Aviation accident

|Warsaw

|183

|9 May 1987

|{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Ilyushin Il-62M SP-LBG, Saturday 9 May 1987 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/326779 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}

|Mining accident

|Katowice

|104

|3–4 March 1896

|{{Cite web |last=Bednarek |first=Michalina |date=4 March 2019 |title=104 ofiary, 72 wdowy i 221 sierot. Wszystko przez maszynistę i jego lampę |url=https://katowice.wyborcza.pl/katowice/56,35063,24516448,w-nocy-z-3-na-4-marca-zginelo-w-pozarze-104-gornikow-przez.html |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

|Mining accident

|Chorzów

|103

|21 March 1954

|{{Cite web |last=Purzyński |first=Piotr |date=26 March 2004 |title=50-lecie tragedii w kopalni Barbara-Wyzwolenie w Chorzowie |url=https://katowice.wyborcza.pl/katowice/7,35055,1989076.html |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

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!Disaster

!Type

!Location

!Deaths

!Date

!{{Ref heading}}

|Aviation accident

|Smolensk

|96

|10 April 2010

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|Aviation accident

|Warsaw

|87

|14 March 1980

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|Mining accident

|Zabrze

|72

|28 August 1958

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|Train wreck

|Otłoczyn

|67

|19 August 1980

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|Building collapse

|Chorzów

|65

|28 January 2006

|{{Cite web |date=29 January 2006 |title=Hopes fade after Poland collapse |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4659030.stm |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=BBC News}}

|Derecho

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|62

|4 July 1928

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|Structure fire

|Wielopole Skrzyńskie

|58

|11 May 1955

|{{Cite web |last=Klich |first=Janusz |title=Piekło w kinie - tragedia w Wielopolu Skrzyńskim |url=http://podkarpackahistoria.manifo.com/pieklo-w-kinie |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Podkarpacka Historia |language=pl}}

|Flood

|Western Poland

|56

|July 1997

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|Flood

|South of Poland

|55

|14-20 July 1934

|{{Cite journal |last=Chudzik |first=Wojciech |date=2014 |title=Powódź w lipcu 1934 r. w Małopolsce : skutki społeczno-gospodarcze |url=https://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media/files/Rocznik_Lubelski/Rocznik_Lubelski-r2014-t40/Rocznik_Lubelski-r2014-t40-s124-137/Rocznik_Lubelski-r2014-t40-s124-137.pdf |journal=Rocznik Lubelski |volume=40 |pages=124–137 |via=Muzeum Historii Polski}}

|Structure fire

|Górna Grupa

|55

|31 October 1980

|{{Cite web |last=Pawłowski |first=Jacek |title=Jakież to mistyczne spłonąć w dzień Wszystkich Świętych |url=https://archiwum.tvn24.pl/magazyn-tvn24/242/tvn24.pl/magazyn-tvn24/jakiez-to-mistyczne-splonac-w-dzien-wszystkich-swietych%2c242%2c4181.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}

|Shipwrecking

|Baltic Sea (near Rügen)

|55

|14 January 1993

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|Aviation accident

|Polica (near Zawoja)

|53

|2 April 1969

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|Gas explosion

|Warsaw

|49

|15 February 1979

|{{Cite web |last=Lisicki |first=Grzegorz |date=15 February 2011 |title=Wybuch gazu w Rotundzie. Mija 32. rocznica tragedii |url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,95190,9112382,wybuch-gazu-w-rotundzie-mija-32-rocznica-tragedii.html |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

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!Disaster

!Type

!Location

!Deaths

!Date

!{{Ref heading}}

|Aviation accident

|Gabare (near Byala Slatina, Bulgaria)

|39 Poles (out of 73 total fatalities)

|16 March 1978

|{{Cite web |last=Sokalska |first=Arlena |date=18 December 2020 |title=Zapomniana katastrofa lotnicza w Gabare. Opowieść o ludziach, którzy pamiętają |url=https://i.pl/zapomniana-katastrofa-lotnicza-w-gabare-opowiesc-o-ludziach-ktorzy-pamietaja/ar/c1-15352817 |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Polska Metropolia Warszawska |language=pl}}

|Structure fire

|Czechowice-Dziedzice

|37

|26 June 1971

|{{Cite web |date=25 June 2011 |title=Mija 40. rocznica tragicznego pożaru w Rafinerii Czechowice |url=http://katowice.tvp.pl/4767247/mija-40-rocznica-tragicznego-pozaru-w-rafinerii-czechowice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065835/http://katowice.tvp.pl/4767247/mija-40-rocznica-tragicznego-pozaru-w-rafinerii-czechowice |archive-date=4 February 2019 |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Telewizja Polska |language=pl}}

|Aviation accident

|Warsaw

|33

|19 December 1962

|{{Cite web |last=Semczuk |first=Przemysław |date=23 August 2024 |title=Dlaczego dwa samoloty LOT-u rozbiły się wkrótce po ich kupnie. Przyczynę znalazłem w teczkach w IPN |url=https://wyborcza.pl/alehistoria/7,121681,31235650,dlaczego-dwa-samoloty-lot-u-rozbily-sie-wkrotce-po-ich-kupnie.html |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

|Traffic collision

|Gdańsk

|32

|2 May 1994

|{{Cite web |last=Kozłowski |first=Przemysław |title=Ostatni kurs. Już 30 lat od katastrofy autobusu w Kokoszkach |url=https://www.gdansk.pl/wiadomosci/Juz-30-lat-od-katastrofy-autobusu-w-Kokoszkach,f,267583 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Gdansk.pl |language=pl}}

|Traffic collision

|Żywiec

|30

|15 November 1978

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|Stampede

|Warsaw

|30

|25 December 1881

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|Traffic collision

|Vizille, France

|26

|22 July 2007

|{{Cite web |date=22 July 2007 |title=26 killed in French coach crash |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0722/91526-france/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=RTÉ}}

|Train wreck

|Julianka

|25

|3 November 1976

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|Train wreck

|Osieck

|25

|4 June 1981

|{{Cite web |date=22 October 2014 |title=Z kart powiatu – Cz. I, Widok przechodził ludzkie wyobrażenie |url=https://www.garwolin24.com/news-z-kart-powiatu-8211;-cz-i-widok-przechodzil-ludzie-wyobrazenie,5.html |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Garwolin24 |language=pl}}

|Sinking

|North Sea

|24

|8 February 1985

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|Structure fire

|Kamień Pomorski

|23

|13 April 2009

|{{Cite web |date=25 February 2015 |title=Skazani ws. pożaru w Kamieniu Pomorskim. Więzienie dla dwojga urzędników |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/pozar-hotelu-w-kamieniu-pomorskim-wyrok-dla-dwojga-urzednikow-ra518576-ls3293433 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}

|Mining accident

|Ruda Śląska

|23

|22 November 2006

|{{Cite web |last=Jurkiewicz |first=Kacper |date=8 April 2018 |title=Katastrofa górnicza w kopalni Halemba: wyrok zapadł. Sąd apelacyjny zaostrzył karę dwóm skazanym |url=https://dziennikzachodni.pl/katastrofa-gornicza-w-kopalni-halemba-wyrok-zapadl-sad-apelacyjny-zaostrzyl-kare-dwom-skazanym/ar/c1-15533325 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Dziennik Zachodni |language=pl}}

|Boat fire

|Stocznia Gdańska

|23

|13 December 1961

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|Gas explosion

|Gdańsk

|23

|17 April 1995

|{{Cite web |last=Daszczyński |first=Roman |date=17 April 2024 |title=Historia. Wybuch wieżowca na Strzyży 29 lat temu - trzy wersje, jak doszło do tragedii |url=https://www.gdansk.pl/wiadomosci/Wybuch-eksplozja-tragedia-wiezowca-Strzyza-Wrzeszcz-1995-trzy-wersje-jak-doszlo-do-tragedii,a,169201 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Gdańsk.pl |language=pl}}

|Aviation accident

|Mirosławiec

|20

|23 January 2008

|{{Cite web |date=24 January 2008 |title=Cause of military plane crash in Poland sought |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22813297 |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=NBC News |agency=Associated Press}}

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|Mediterranean Sea

|20

|20 January 1983

|{{Cite web |last=Lipka |first=Michał |date=30 May 2013 |title=Morskie tragedie, kórych można było uniknąć |url=https://www.trojmiasto.pl/historia/Morskie-tragedie-korych-mozna-bylo-uniknac-n69363.html |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=trojmiasto.pl |language=pl}}

|Mining accident

|Ruda Śląska

|20

|18 September 2009

|{{cite web |title=Coal mine story - The last relay Photo |url=http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Poland/West/Slaskie/Laziska/photo1151123.htm |accessdate=2010-05-24 |publisher=TrekEarth}}

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!Disaster

!Type

!Location

!Deaths

!Date

!{{Ref heading}}

|Traffic collision

|Near Lake Balaton in Hungary

|19

|1 July 2002

|{{Cite web |date=1 July 2002 |title=19 Polish Tourists Killed, 32 Hurt in Bus Crash |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-01-fg-briefs1.6-story.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Los Angeles Times}}

|Mining accident

|Ruda Śląska

|19

|10 January 1990

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|Avalanche

|Sněžka (near Karpacz)

|19

|20 March 1968

|{{Cite web |last=Szymaszek |first=Agnieszka |date=19 March 2018 |title=Lawina w Białym Jarze - najtragiczniejszy wypadek w polskich górach |url=http://poznajpolske.onet.pl/dolnoslaskie/lawina-w-bialym-jarze-w-karkonoszach-w-1968-roku/4y2tey |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319213852/http://poznajpolske.onet.pl/dolnoslaskie/lawina-w-bialym-jarze-w-karkonoszach-w-1968-roku/4y2tey |archive-date=19 March 2018 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Onet.pl |language=pl}}

|Traffic collision

|Nowe Miasto nad Pilica

|18

|12 October 2010

|{{Cite web |date=24 October 2010 |title=Wypadek. Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą. Busem jechało 18 osób - wszyscy nie żyją |url=https://gp24.pl/wypadek-nowe-miasto-nad-pilica-busem-jechalo-18-osob-wszyscy-nie-zyja/ar/c1-4738853 |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Głos Pomorza |language=pl}}

|Mining accident

|Mysłowice

|18

|4 February 1987

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|Stocznia Gdańska

|18

|18 June 1980

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|Shipwrecking

|Gdańsk

|18

|1 August 1975

|{{Cite web |last=Chudzyński |first=Tomasz |date=8 October 2022 |title=Sześćdziesiąt sekund tragedii. W roku 1975 w katastrofie promu na Motławie w Gdańsku zginęło 18 osób |url=https://dziennikbaltycki.pl/szescdziesiat-sekund-tragedii-w-roku-1975-w-katastrofie-promu-na-motlawie-w-gdansku-zginelo-18-osob/ar/c1-16533579 |access-date=21 January 2025 |website=Dziennik Bałtycki |language=pl}}

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|North Sea

|18

|10 January 1965

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|Aviation accidents

|Szczecin

|18

|28 February 1973

|{{Cite web |last=Zadworny |first=Adam |date=28 February 2012 |title=Katastrofa An-24 sprzed 39 lat. Niepublikowane zdjęcia |url=https://szczecin.wyborcza.pl/szczecin/56,34939,11247341,Katastrofa_An_24_sprzed_39_lat__Niepublikowane_zdjecia.html?disableRedirects=true |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

|Gas explosion

|Gdańsk

|17

|1 February 1976

|{{Cite web |last=Kuczyńska |first=Magdalena |date=29 October 2014 |title=Głaz na Siedlcach upamiętnił ofiary wybuchu gazu |url=http://www.gdansk.pl/start_nowy%2C512%2C33822.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031132205/http://www.gdansk.pl/start_nowy,512,33822.html |archive-date=31 October 2014 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Gdansk.pl |language=pl}}

|Train wreck

|Szczekociny

|16

|3 March 2012

|{{Cite web |date=5 March 2012 |title=Poland suffers deadly train crash near Szczekociny |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17248735 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=BBC News}}

|Train wreck

|Ursus

|16

|20 August 1990

|{{Cite web |last=Durajczyk |first=Kamil |date=21 August 2024 |title=W Ursusie odsłonięto pomnik. Upamiętnia ofiary wielkiej katastrofy kolejowej |url=https://warszawa.eska.pl/w-ursusie-odslonieto-pomnik-upamietnia-ofiary-wielkiej-katastrofy-kolejowej-aa-H7uS-PUR4-Mm6G.html |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Radio Eska |language=pl}}

|Train wreck

|Radkowice

|14

|27 August 1973

|{{Cite web |last=Sztandera |first=Marcin |date=19 August 2014 |title=To była największa katastrofa kolejowa w regionie. Ujawniamy jej tajemnice |url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,16499405,To_byla_najwieksza_katastrofa_kolejowa_w_regionie_.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151001074131/http://wyborcza.pl/1,75248,16499405,To_byla_najwieksza_katastrofa_kolejowa_w_regionie_.html?ssoSessionId=0988d4f33004d8871f95b278c473e7d09e0a13b52d515711ad1cb0b4169e6804 |archive-date=1 October 2015 |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

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|Osiecznica

|15

|22 January 1978

|{{Cite web |last=Chajewski |first=Dariusz |date=22 January 2025 |title=To była najbardziej tragiczna katastrofa drogowa w Lubuskiem |url=https://lci-lubuskie.pl/2025/01/22/to-byla-najbardziej-tragiczna-katastrofa-drogowa-w-lubuskiem/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Lubuskie Centrum Informacyjne |language=pl}}

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|Szczecin

|15

|7 December 1967

|{{Cite web |date=7 December 2015 |title=Największa katastrofa tramwajowa w historii Polski wydarzyła się w Szczecinie. 48 rocznica |url=https://szczecin.wyborcza.pl/szczecin/7,34939,19307122,najwieksza-katastrofa-tramwajowa-w-historii-polski-wydarzyla.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=13 January 2025 |website=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}

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!Disaster

!Type

!Location

!Deaths

!Date

!{{Ref heading}}

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|Schönefeld

|14

|26 September 2010

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|Structure fire

|Szczecin

|14

|27 April 1987

|{{Cite web |last=Daniszewski |first=Maksym |date=27 April 2023 |title=To już 42. rocznica spłonięcia Kaskady. Poznajcie historię pożaru na zdjęciach |url=https://szczecin.eska.pl/to-juz-42-rocznica-sploniecia-kaskady-poznajcie-historie-pozaru-na-zdjeciach-aa-Q5NW-qc5o-eD3o.html |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=Radio Eska |language=pl}}

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|North Sea

|14

|10 May 1955

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|Tornado

|Krosno Odrzańskie

|13

|13 May 1886

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|Izbicko

|13

|6 January 1960

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|Traffic collision

|A4 highway near Breznički Hum, Croatia

|12

|6 August 2022

|{{Cite web |last=Easton |first=Adam |last2=Maishman |first2=Elsa |date=6 August 2022 |title=Croatia bus crash: Twelve Polish pilgrims killed and 32 injured |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62448062 |access-date=23 January 2025 |website=BBC News}}

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|Masuria

|12

|21 August 2007

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|Sikory-Wojciechowięta

|12

|30 September 2005

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|Reptowo

|12

|5 May 1997

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|Śliesin (near Bydgoszcz)

|12

|3 June 1972

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|North Sea

|12

|4 October 1956

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|Stonava (near Karviná), Czechia

|12

|20 December 2018

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|Mirków

|11 (unofficial death toll is 32)

|9 July 1977

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|Mining accident

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|10

|10 February 2002

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|Near Cisna

|10

|10 January 1991

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|Drogomil

|10

|4 June 1988

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|Piła

|10

|19 May 1988

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|Hanstholm, Denmark

|10

|10 January 1975

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|Zabrze

|10

|23 March 1971

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|Wrocław

|10

|22 March 1966

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!Disaster

!Type

!Location

!Deaths

!Date

!{{Ref heading}}

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|Bratoszewice

|9

|30 July 2012

|{{cite news |date=2012-07-30 |title=Nine killed as minibus and train collide in Poland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19045735 |access-date=2012-11-18 |publisher=BBC News |agency=Agence France-Presse (AFP)}}

|Gas explosion

|Łódź

|8

|7 December 1983

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|Epidemic

|Wrocław

|7

|17 July – 19 September 1963

|{{Cite web |date=18 March 2020 |title=Epidemic in Wrocław in 1963 |url=https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/en/news/3945,Epidemic-in-Wroclaw-in-1963.html |access-date=27 January 2025 |website=Institute of National Remembrance}}

|Building collapse

|Świebodzice

|6

|8 April 2017

|{{Cite web |date=2017-04-08 |title=Sześć osób nie żyje, w tym dwoje dzieci. Premier Szydło na miejscu tragedii |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/swiebodzice-dolny-slask-zawalila-sie-kamienica-mieszkalna-ra730456-2569909 |access-date=2020-11-25 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}

|Structure fire

|Koszalin

|5

|4 January 2019

|{{Cite web |date=5 January 2019 |title=Escape room fire kills five teenagers in Poland |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46765692 |access-date=9 January 2025 |website=BBC News}}

|Tornado

|Opole Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship and Łódź Voivodeship.

|4

|15–16 August 2008

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|Explosion

|Przewodów

|2

|15 November 2022

|