List of selfie-related injuries and deaths
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This is a list of serious injuries and deaths in which one or more subjects of a selfie were killed or injured before, during, or after taking a photo of themselves, with the accident at least in part attributed to taking the photo.
Overview
The United States Department of Transportation estimated that in 2014, the so-called "year of the selfie",{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/tech/twitter-selfie-trend/index.html|title=Twitter declares 2014 year of the selfie|author=Naomi Ng, for|website=CNN |date=12 December 2014 |access-date=25 August 2016|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731071800/http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/12/tech/twitter-selfie-trend/index.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.ie/trends/2014/story/selfies.html|title=The year of the selfie|website=www.google.ie|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005085105/https://www.google.ie/trends/2014/story/selfies.html|url-status=live}} 33,000 people were injured while driving and using a cell-phone in some fashion, which can include talking, listening, and "manual button/control actuation".{{cite web |url=https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812260 |title=Distracted Driving 2014 (DOT HS 812 260) |publisher=DOT NHTSA |date=April 2016 |access-date=3 August 2016 |archive-date=22 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122125312/https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812260 |url-status=live }} A 2015 survey by Erie Insurance Group found that 4% of all drivers admitted to taking selfies while driving.{{cite news |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/romantic-encounters-behind-the-wheel-are-a-driving-distraction/2015/03/30/f76c8baa-d3f1-11e4-8fce-3941fc548f1c_story.html |title=Flossing, selfies, romantic encounters: Driving distractions, by the numbers |newspaper=Washington Post |author=Ashley Halsey III |date=30 March 2015 |access-date=3 August 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916164238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/romantic-encounters-behind-the-wheel-are-a-driving-distraction/2015/03/30/f76c8baa-d3f1-11e4-8fce-3941fc548f1c_story.html |url-status=live }}
The Washington Post reported in January 2016 that "about half" of at least 27 "selfie related" deaths in 2015 had occurred in India.{{Cite news |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/14/more-people-die-taking-selfies-in-india-than-anywhere-else-in-the-world/|title=More people died taking selfies in India last year than anywhere else in the world — The Washington Post|date=14 January 2016|access-date=6 March 2016|last=Gowen|first=Annie|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=5 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005190854/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/14/more-people-die-taking-selfies-in-india-than-anywhere-else-in-the-world/|url-status=live}} There is no official data on the number of people who died taking selfies in India, but reports show from 2014 to August 2016 that there have been at least 54 deaths in India while taking selfies. The Indian Ministry of Tourism asked states to identify and barricade "selfie danger" areas, its first national attempt to deal with the selfie deaths. Mumbai Police identified at least 16 danger zones after a man drowned attempting to save a selfie-taker.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/now-no-selfies-allowed-in-front-of-national-memorials-from-august-12-18/story-8BrHFgmxKpnvOUzdsT6U1N.html |title=Freeze frame: States asked to spot 'selfie danger' areas |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 August 2016 |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202048/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/now-no-selfies-allowed-in-front-of-national-memorials-from-august-12-18/story-8BrHFgmxKpnvOUzdsT6U1N.html |url-status=live }} No-selfie zones were also established in certain areas of the Kumbh Mela because organizers feared that bottlenecks caused by selfie-takers could spark stampedes.
A 2018 study of news reports showed that there were 259 selfie deaths in 137 incidents reported globally between October 2011 and November 2017, with the highest occurrences in India, followed by Russia, United States, and Pakistan.{{cite journal |last1=Bansal |first1=Agam |last2=el al |title=Selfies: A boon or bane? |journal=Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=828–831 |date=July 2018 |doi=10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_109_18 |pmid=30234062 |pmc=6131996 |doi-access=free }} The mean age was 23 years old, with male deaths outnumbering female about three to one.
From January 2008 to July 2021 it was estimated that there were 379 people who died in selfie related accidents.{{Cite news|url=
https://www.traveller.com.au/selfietaking-tourist-rescued-after-falling-into-mount-vesuvius-near-pompeii-h251dv
|title=Selfie-taking tourist rescued after falling into Mount Vesuvius, near Pompeii|date=13 July 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post|via=Traveller.com.au|access-date=2 April 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=Linares |first1=Manuel |title=Selfie-related deaths using web epidemiological intelligence tool (2008–2021): a cross-sectional study |journal=Journal of Travel Medicine |date=July 2022 |volume=29 |number=5 |doi=10.1093/jtm/taab170 |pmid=34668557 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article/29/5/taab170/6404466?login=false }}
Injuries and deaths
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| {{dts|nowrap=off|15 October 2011}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 3 |0 | Transport | Three teenagers (two sisters, 15 and 13, and a friend, aged 15) were killed by a Union Pacific train while posing for a selfie that was found on their phone near Salt Lake City. Shortly before, they posted the message "Standing right by a train ahaha this is awesome!!!!" to Facebook. |{{cite magazine |url=https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/selfie-tragedy-12-7-2016.htm |title=Selfie Tragedy Forever Impacts Those Left Behind |magazine=InsideTrack |publisher=Union Pacific Railroad |date=8 December 2016 |access-date=28 June 2017 |archive-date=8 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208074643/https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/inside_track/selfie-tragedy-12-7-2016.htm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392623/Utah-County-community-mourns-loss-of-teenagers-hit-by-train.html |title=Utah County community mourns loss of teenagers hit by train |last1=Hollenhorst |first1=John |last2=Page |first2=Jared |last3=Romboy |first3=Dennis |last4=Leonard |first4=Wendy |date=16 October 2011 |newspaper=Deseret News |access-date=28 June 2017 |archive-date=4 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404014551/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705392623/Utah-County-community-mourns-loss-of-teenagers-hit-by-train.html |url-status=dead }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|March 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Spain}} | 1 |1 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 21-year-old man was electrocuted and another person hospitalized in a serious condition after climbing on top of a train to take a selfie with friends and touching a live electric wire. | {{cite news | url=http://www.thelocal.es/20140318/young-man-dies-in-train-selfie-fail | title=Man dies while taking selfie on top of train | date=18 March 2014 | work=The Local (Spain) | access-date=17 November 2015 | archive-date=11 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811071818/https://www.thelocal.es/20140318/young-man-dies-in-train-selfie-fail | url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|March 2014}}
|{{flagcountry|Russia}} |1 |0 |Transport |Two people were walking near train tracks when a train approached them; one of the people on the tracks moved away, and the second person, a 15-year-old, was attempting to take a selfie when she was struck by the train and was killed. |url=https://orsk.ru/news/86935|title=The deceased 15-year-old girl on the railway took a selfie|date=25 March 2019|website=Orsk.ru|access-date=28 May 2020|archive-date=10 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210120811/https://orsk.ru/news/86935}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|April 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 32-year-old woman from North Carolina died after her vehicle crossed the center median on Interstate 85 in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem area, upon which it collided with a recycling truck, left the road, hit a tree, and burst into flames – moments after posting selfies online when she heard Pharrell Williams's song "Happy" playing on radio station WKZL inside her car. The truck driver was reportedly unharmed after the fatal crash. | {{cite web|last=Withnall|first=Adam|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/selfie-crash-death-woman-dies-in-headon-collision-seconds-after-uploading-pictures-of-herself-and-happy-status-to-facebook-9293694.html|title=Selfie crash death: Woman dies in head-on collision seconds after uploading pictures of herself and 'HAPPY' status to Facebook|date=27 April 2014|work=The Independent|access-date=3 September 2017|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923110845/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/selfie-crash-death-woman-dies-in-headon-collision-seconds-after-uploading-pictures-of-herself-and-happy-status-to-facebook-9293694.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://thenewswheel.com/woman-dies-after-posting-selfie-while-driving/ |title=Woman Dies After Posting Selfie While Driving |work=The News Wheel |date=27 August 2015 |access-date=12 August 2016 |archive-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110193010/http://thenewswheel.com/woman-dies-after-posting-selfie-while-driving/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 April 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Mexico}} |1 |0 | Other |Two 16-year-old girl-friends posed for naked selfies in private. One girl later posted the revealing photos online. The other girl was so enraged she stabbed her friend to death in an ambush attack. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 April 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 17-year-old girl fell {{convert|30|ft|m}} to her death after being hit by 1,500 volts when attempting to grab live wires on a railway bridge. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 15-year-old boy was killed by a train while posing for a selfie on the tracks. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|31 May 2014}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}} |2 |0 |Transport |A 29-year-old amateur pilot allegedly took selfies using a GoPro camera before his plane crashed at a plain grassy field in Colorado, killing himself and the passenger on board. |{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/us/selfie-plane-crash/index.html|title=NTSB: Selfies likely caused Colorado plane crash|author=Ashley Fantz and Shawn Nottingham|website=CNN |date=3 February 2015 |access-date=11 March 2019|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115024853/https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/03/us/selfie-plane-crash/index.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|June 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Italy}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 16-year-old girl died in Taranto after plunging {{convert|60|ft|m}} onto rocks while she was trying to take a selfie on the seafront. | {{Cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teenager-plunges-60ft-death-onto-3681522|title=Teenager plunges 60ft to death onto rocks after 'trying to take selfie'|last=Mackay|first=Don|website=Daily Mirror |date=12 June 2014|access-date=28 August 2016|archive-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302165514/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/teenager-plunges-60ft-death-onto-3681522|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|July 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Philippines}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 14-year-old high school student fell to her death after losing her balance while taking a selfie with a friend near a staircase landing of their school in Pasig. She sustained a sharp blow to the head from the fall and broke a rib, which pierced a kidney. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|24 July 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Belgium}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 12-year-old was with a second person taking selfies near a railway track. A train arrived and they went back down onto the tracks to retrieve their bags. As they were waiting for the train to leave, a second train approached that they did not hear. The second person jumped away before the train collided with them, but the 12-year-old was hit by the train and killed. |url=https://www.rtl.be/info/belgique/societe/charlotte-est-decedee-a-12-ans-alors-qu-elle-faisait-un-selfie-sur-les-voies-sa-mere-clara-raconte-pour-que-cela-n-arrive-plus-1278547.aspx|title=Charlotte died at 12 while taking a selfie on the train tracks: her mother Carla tells, so that this does not happen again|last1=Rozencwajg|first1=Olivier|last2=Hurner|first2=Céline|date=10 February 2021|work=RTL Info|access-date=13 February 2021}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/02/09/infrabel-wil-geen-doden-meer-op-en-rondom-het-spoor-en-lanceert/|title="Trut. En ik mis u": 12-jarige Charlotte werd gegrepen door trein, haar mama getuigt in nieuwe campagne tegen spoorlopen|author=Dominique de Graaf|date=10 February 2021|work=VRT|access-date=13 February 2021}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|August 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Philippines}} | 0 |1 | Firearm | A 15-year-old boy was critically wounded after accidentally shooting himself while taking a selfie in which his other hand was holding a gun to his chin. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 August 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Mexico}} | 1 |0 | Firearm | A 21-year-old man was drinking with friends and took a selfie to post on Facebook. He posed with a gun pointed at his face. The man accidentally shot himself and was declared dead at the scene. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|August 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Portugal}} | 2 |0 | Fall | A Polish couple fell to their death off a cliff after crossing a safety barrier to take a selfie with their two children, who survived. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|August 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | In Kerala, a 14-year-old boy was electrocuted while attempting to take a selfie on top of a stationary train. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|August 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 36-year-old man from Niagara, North Dakota, struck and killed a 54-year-old woman while driving. She was riding a bicycle and he was distracted as he took a selfie, striking her from behind with his vehicle. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 October 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Philippines}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | An 18-year-old woman was posing for a group selfie on a beach with friends when she was caught by a strong wave and drowned. | {{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2014/10/18-year-old-dies-attempting-beach-birthday-selfie/|title=18-Year-Old Dies Attempting Beach Birthday Selfie|first=Sage|last=Lazzaro|date=16 October 2014|work=The New York Observer|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-date=25 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925020147/https://observer.com/2014/10/18-year-old-dies-attempting-beach-birthday-selfie/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/644971/selfie-in-front-of-bangui-windmills-turns-deadly|title=Selfie in front of Bangui windmills turns deadly|first=Nestor|last=Corrales|date=15 October 2014|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-date=10 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610223546/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/644971/selfie-in-front-of-bangui-windmills-turns-deadly|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/383541/news/regions/student-drowns-while-trying-to-take-selfie-at-ilocos-beach |title=Student drowns while trying to take selfie at Ilocos beach |date=14 October 2014 |work=GMA News Online |access-date=26 July 2015 |archive-date=12 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312133519/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/383541/news/regions/student-drowns-while-trying-to-take-selfie-at-ilocos-beach |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|November 2014}}
| {{flagcountry|Spain}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 23-year-old Polish student fell to her death while trying to take a selfie on the ledge of the Triana Bridge in Seville. | {{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/11/05/tourist-dies-after-falling-from-bridge-taking-selfie-4936592/ |title=Tourist Sylwia Rajchel dies after falling from Puente de Triana bridge, Seville, taking selfie |first=Harry |last=Readhead |date=5 November 2014 |work=Metro News |access-date=26 July 2015 |archive-date=10 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710124142/https://metro.co.uk/2014/11/05/tourist-dies-after-falling-from-bridge-taking-selfie-4936592/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2014/11/tourist-plunges-to-her-death-while-taking-selfie-on-landmark-bridge/ |title=Tourist Falls to Death Taking Selfie on Puente de Trianak Bridge |first=Sage |last=Lazzaro |date=5 November 2014 |work=The New York Observer |access-date=26 July 2015 |archive-date=25 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925020205/https://observer.com/2014/11/tourist-plunges-to-her-death-while-taking-selfie-on-landmark-bridge/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|January 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|South Africa}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 21-year-old woman died after falling from Northcliff Hill, Johannesburg, as a male companion was setting up a tripod for a selfie. | {{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Joburg-woman-in-deadly-fall-was-on-first-date-20150119|title=Joburg woman in deadly fall was on first date|date=19 January 2015|work=News24|access-date=26 July 2015|archive-date=25 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925020219/https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Joburg-woman-in-deadly-fall-was-on-first-date-20150119|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/world-news/tragic-love-story-woman-falls-her-death-while-taking-selfie-first-date |title=Tragic love story: Woman falls to her death while taking selfie on first date |work=The New Paper |date=12 May 2015 |access-date=26 July 2015 |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624183600/https://www.tnp.sg/news/world-news/tragic-love-story-woman-falls-her-death-while-taking-selfie-first-date |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|January 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 2 |0 | Other | Two young men died in the Ural Mountains after they pulled the pin from a live hand grenade to take a selfie. The phone with the picture remained as evidence of the incident. | {{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/russia-launches-safe-selfie-guide-light-deaths-150707132204704.html|title=Russia launches 'safe selfie' guide in light of deaths|date=7 July 2015|work=aljazeera.com|access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=17 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917094008/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/russia-launches-safe-selfie-guide-light-deaths-150707132204704.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|January 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 3 |0 | Transport |Three students aged 20 to 22 died trying to take a "daredevil selfie" close to an oncoming train on railway tracks in Mathura. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|4 February 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 24-year-old Israeli man traveling on a train from Mumbai to Goa was attempting to take a selfie and fell out of the moving train, resulting in his death. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|21 February 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A man in Kalama, Washington, stepped out onto a railroad track to take a selfie with himself and a woman with a passing Amtrak train in the background. The man misjudged which track the oncoming train was on, and was struck and killed at the scene. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|March 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 7 |0 | Drowned | Seven people drowned while taking selfies on Mangrul Lake near Kuhi, about 20 km from Nagpur. Their boat had tipped over as they were standing up to pose. | {{cite web|url=http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/03/23/article535380.ece/Nagpur-Seven-youths-drown-in-lake-while-taking-a-selfie|title=Nagpur: Seven youths drown in lake while taking a selfie|work=ABP Live|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-date=4 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004181414/http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/03/23/article535380.ece/Nagpur-Seven-youths-drown-in-lake-while-taking-a-selfie|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/seven-youths-drown-in-lake-115032300312_1.html|title=Seven youths drown in lake|author=Press Trust of India|date=23 March 2015|work=Business Standard|access-date=17 November 2015|archive-date=17 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917000652/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/seven-youths-drown-in-lake-115032300312_1.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 April 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Italy}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 60-year-old German tourist skiing in the Trentino-Alto Adige region was reported missing when he failed to pick up his children from ski school. Subsequent investigation found that while skiing alone, he took off his skis and went off-trail to take a selfie next to a cliff, where he slipped and plunged approximately {{convert|660|ft|m}} to his death. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|April 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Serbia}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 22-year-old man was trying to recreate a scene from his favorite movie Barking at the Stars by running in front of a train, beating it and being hailed a hero. As he ran in front of the train, he tried to take a selfie to document the scene. He was killed instantly when the express train hit him at full speed in the village of Laćarak near the town of Sremska Mitrovica. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Romania}} | 1 |1 | Electro{{shy}}cution | An 18-year-old woman died when she attempted to take the "ultimate selfie", posing with a friend on top of a train in Iași when her leg touched a live wire above which electrocuted her with 27,000 volts. Her 17-year-old companion was hospitalised. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A teenage boy climbed on a railway bridge in Ryazan Oblast to take a selfie and died when he came in contact with live wires. | {{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/clique/death-snap-russia-launches-safe-selfie-guide-20150709-gi8khb.html|title=Death snap: Russia launches 'safe selfie' guide|date=9 July 2015|work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=4 September 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924183959/http://www.smh.com.au/national/clique/death-snap-russia-launches-safe-selfie-guide-20150709-gi8khb.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 0 |1 | Firearm | A 21-year-old woman found a 9-millimeter rubber-bullet pistol left by a security guard at her office, used it for taking a selfie, and accidentally shot herself in the head, sustaining severe injuries. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 21-year-old man fell into the crater of Mount Merapi while attempting to take a selfie and died. | {{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/18/mt-merapi-prepare-selfie-spot-visitors.html|title=Mt. Merapi to prepare selfie spot for visitors|work=Jakarta Post|date=18 June 2015|access-date=23 September 2015|archive-date=16 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416225941/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/18/mt-merapi-prepare-selfie-spot-visitors.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/05/17/mt-merapi-climber-falls-crater.html |title=Mt. Merapi climber falls into crater |first=Bambang |last=Muryanto |date=17 May 2015 |work=Jakarta Post |access-date=23 September 2015 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210235108/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/05/17/mt-merapi-climber-falls-crater.html |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A Singaporean tourist died after falling into the sea while taking a selfie on a cliff in Nusa Lembongan, off the coast of Bali. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|June 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 1 |0 | Firearm, shot by police | A 15-year-old boy was taking selfies with a toy gun when police opened fire on him, killing him. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|June 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 0 |2 | Electro{{shy}}cution | Two teenage girls received electric shocks, but survived, at a railroad yard in Taganrog. They tried to climb on the tank car of an old freight train that was standing at the platform in order to take a selfie, but did not realize it was still in use and on a live track. | {{cite web| url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/two-teenage-girls-fighting-life-5866860| title=Two teenage girls fighting for life after electric shock while trying to snap selfies on top of train| website=Daily Mirror| date=11 June 2015| access-date=6 April 2018| archive-date=2 March 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302225309/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/technology/two-teenage-girls-fighting-life-5866860| url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|June 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Croatia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 54-year-old Slovak tourist visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park fell to her death from a rock while taking a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|4 July 2015}}
|{{Flag country|Wales}} |1 |0 |Electrocution |A walker in the Brecon Beacons was struck by lightning when the selfie stick he was using to capture a photograph acted like a lightning rod, causing death by electrocution. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|July 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 21-year-old university graduate died after falling from a bridge while she was trying to take a selfie next to the Moscow International Business Center. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|July 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 0 |1 | Animal | A man from San Diego was hospitalised for five days following an attempt to take a selfie with a rattlesnake which then bit him. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|July 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 0 |1 | Animal | A woman in Yellowstone National Park was gored by an American bison while taking a selfie. She was treated for injuries. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|July 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Philippines}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A woman vacationing in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, was hit by a motorcycle while taking a selfie by the side of a scenic road. She was taken to hospital and died. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 August 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Spain}} | 1 |0 | Animal | A man was gored to death in the annual bull-running festival in Villaseca de la Sagra while trying to take a selfie with a bull. | {{Cite web|title = Man gored to death by bull while taking a 'selfie'|url = https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-taking-selfie-gored-death-6225812|access-date = 23 September 2015|date = 10 August 2015|first = Rita|last = Sobot| website=Daily Mirror |archive-date = 23 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195258/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-taking-selfie-gored-death-6225812|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url=https://sports.cbslocal.com/2015/08/10/man-killed-selfie-running-of-the-bulls/|title=Man Gored To Death While Taking Selfie During Running Of The Bulls|last=Kelly|first=Ross|date=10 August 2015|language=en|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-date=7 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007060207/https://sports.cbslocal.com/2015/08/10/man-killed-selfie-running-of-the-bulls/|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|August 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|China}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A man was discovered with his phone and selfie stick at the bottom of a 100-foot cliff at Long Men waterfall in Zhejiang. Based on photographic evidence on his phone, police speculated that he lost his footing while taking a selfie and fell to his death. It was not known when he died or how long his body had been there. | |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|August 2015}}
|{{flagcountry|Russia}} |1 |0 |Electro{{shy}}cution |A 14-year-old girl died after being shocked with a live wire when trying to take a selfie on a train. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|September 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Firearm | A 19-year-old from Houston died after trying to take an Instagram selfie while holding a loaded gun to his head. He accidentally fired the gun and shot himself in the throat. | {{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/houston-teen-dies-taking-an-instagram-selfie-with-a-gun-or-how-selfies-will-kill-us-all-505/ |title=A Teenager Has Accidentally Shot Himself Dead While Taking a Selfie |first=Joel |last=Golby |work=Vice |date=2 September 2015 |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=8 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108101716/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/houston-teen-dies-taking-an-instagram-selfie-with-a-gun-or-how-selfies-will-kill-us-all-505 |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|September 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A Japanese tourist fell off a staircase to his death while taking a selfie at the Taj Mahal, Agra. | {{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34287655 |title=Japan tourist at Taj Mahal 'dies after fall' |date=18 September 2015 |work=BBC |access-date=23 September 2015 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920183739/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34287655 |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|September 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | 17-year-old student Andrey Retrovsky from Vologda fell to his death attempting to take a selfie while hanging from a rope from a nine-story building. The rope snapped. Retrovsky was known for taking 'extreme' selfies and posting them to his Instagram account drewsssik. | {{cite news |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/schoolboy-killed-while-taking-extreme-143709445.html |title=Schoolboy killed while taking extreme selfie |date=29 September 2015 |work=Yahoo! Canada |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=1 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001175831/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/schoolboy-killed-while-taking-extreme-143709445.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/selfie-dangers-teen-falls-9-floors-his-death-he-poses-rooftop-russia-1521743 |title=Selfie dangers: Teen falls 9 floors to his death as he poses on rooftop in Russia |work=International Business Times |last=Piggott |first=Mark |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817165925/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/selfie-dangers-teen-falls-9-floors-his-death-he-poses-rooftop-russia-1521743 |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|September 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | An engineering student died while taking selfies with friends at Kolli Hills, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, when the rock on which he was standing cracked and gave way, plunging him {{convert|60|ft|m}} and causing his death from head injuries. | {{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/engineering-student-falls-off-cliff-trying-to-take-selfie-dies-in-tn/article7701779.ece |title=Engineering Student falls off cliff trying to take selfie, dies in TN |date=29 September 2015 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302104439/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/engineering-student-falls-off-cliff-trying-to-take-selfie-dies-in-tn/article7701779.ece |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/attempt-to-take-selfie-turns-fatal-for-engg-student/1/485597.html |title=Attempt to take selfie turns fatal for engineering student |date=29 September 2015 |work=India Today |access-date=17 November 2015 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118064928/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/attempt-to-take-selfie-turns-fatal-for-engg-student/1/485597.html |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|October 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Spain}} | 0 |1 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 14-year-old from Barcelona was hospitalised with electric shock after trying to take a selfie on the roof of a train car. | {{cite web|url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2583280/0/joven-herido/electrocutado/selfie-techo-tren-rubi-barcelona/|title=Un menor de 14 años resulta electrocutado cuando se hacía un selfi en el techo de un tren|date=19 October 2015|work=20 minutos|access-date=22 October 2015|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181132/https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2583280/0/joven-herido/electrocutado/selfie-techo-tren-rubi-barcelona/|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|October 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Chile}} | 1 |0 | Other | A 68-year-old Belgian woman was visiting the El Tatio geyser field located within the Andes Mountains of Norte Grande. While attempting to take a selfie in front of an active geyser she stepped backwards and fell into the scalding hot water. Her husband pulled her out, but she died in hospital days later from burns over 85 percent of her body. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|November 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | Two engineering students of Wadhwan, Gujarat, drowned in the Narmada Canal after slipping down the bank while taking selfies. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|November 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |1 | Transport | A first-year college student Sourav Dey died and another was critically injured in the Kalyani area in Nadia district, West Bengal after they were run over by a train while they were taking selfies. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|November 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 14-year-old boy, who was trying to take a selfie atop a stationary train wagon at Nahur station yard in Mumbai, was electrocuted and died a few hours later. He accidentally came in contact with a 25,000-volt overhead wire and suffered 80 percent burns. | {{cite news|date=4 November 2015|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbai-schoolboy-dies-while-taking-selfie-atop-train/article7841257.ece|title=Mumbai schoolboy dies while taking selfie atop train|author=IANS|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=21 September 2016|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806143600/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/mumbai-schoolboy-dies-while-taking-selfie-atop-train/article7841257.ece|url-status=live}}{{cite web|author=Liu Chuen Chen|date=4 November 2015|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-teen-electrocuted-to-death-while-taking-selfie-atop-train/1/514949.html|title=Mumbai teen electrocuted to death while taking selfie atop train|publisher=India Today|access-date=21 September 2016|archive-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419223520/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-teen-electrocuted-to-death-while-taking-selfie-atop-train/1/514949.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|December 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 22-year-old man in Rawalpindi died while attempting to take a selfie on a track in front of a moving train. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|December 2015}}
| {{flagcountry|Turkey}} | 2 |3 | Transport | Five intoxicated teenagers laid down in the middle of the road near an airport to take a selfie with a plane landing in the background. It was at night, and a truck driver did not see them and accidentally ran them over, killing two of them. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 January 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 16-year-old boy was killed by a passenger train while taking a selfie with an approaching train in Chennai. The teen reportedly walked in front of the train and waited for it to come closer before taking the photo. | {{Cite web|title = Teen Taking Selfie Killed By Train in India|url = http://news.sky.com/story/1633671/teen-taking-selfie-killed-by-train-in-india|website = news.sky.com|access-date = 1 February 2016|publisher = Sky News|date = 1 February 2016|archive-date = 25 December 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181138/https://news.sky.com/|url-status = live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35457282|title=Teen dies after 'freak' train selfie|date=1 February 2016|access-date=11 March 2019|language=en|archive-date=2 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002021933/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35457282|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|5 January 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Philippines}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 19-year-old student fell to her death from the top of a 20-story apartment building in Manila while taking a selfie. According to her classmate, "she was not satisfied with the photos they had taken so she decided to climb up the parapet wall". | {{Cite web|title = 19-year-old student falls to death after taking selfies on Ermita roofdeck|url = http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/752857/19-year-old-student-falls-to-death-while-taking-selfies-on-ermita-roofdeck|website = newsinfo.inquirer.net|access-date = 6 January 2016|publisher = Philippine Daily Inquirer|date = 5 January 2016|last = See|first = Aie Balagtas|archive-date = 25 December 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181157/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/752857/19-year-old-student-falls-to-death-while-taking-selfies-on-ermita-roofdeck|url-status = live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|7 January 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Brazil}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 27-year-old man fell into the sea and died after an attempt to take a selfie on the rocks of Cantão do Indaiá in Bertioga, on the coast of São Paulo. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 January 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 20-year-old fell to his death while taking a selfie from the top of the Reasi Fort at Jammu and Kashmir. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 January 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | A 20-year-old college student drowned at Bandstand Promenade in Bandra, Mumbai. She is believed to have been swept away in the high tide. According to the woman's friends, they were taking selfies while standing on the rock, close to the Bandra–Worli Sea Link (BWSL). "The girls were standing 50 metres away from the shore when the water suddenly rose. They did not notice the water rising, and remained on the rock taking pictures (selfies). One of the girls was pulled into the water due to high tide." A man also drowned after going into the water to rescue the girl. | {{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/College-girl-drowns-in-Bandra-while-taking-selfies/articleshow/50508525.cms|title=College girl drowns in Bandra while taking selfies|work=The Times of India|date=9 January 2016 |access-date=16 February 2016|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181140/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/College-girl-drowns-in-Bandra-while-taking-selfies/articleshow/50508525.cms|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/woman-drowns-while-clicking-selfie-with-friends-at-bandra-bandstand/story-P5Pjl4iENRqg8BMFGgwkpK.html|title=Woman drowns while taking selfie with friends at Bandra Bandstand|work=hindustantimes.com|access-date=16 February 2016|date=9 January 2016|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181145/https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/woman-drowns-while-clicking-selfie-with-friends-at-bandra-bandstand/story-P5Pjl4iENRqg8BMFGgwkpK.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/mumbai-man-drowns-saving-a-girl-s-life-after-she-falls-off-cliff-taking-selfies-249275.html|title=Mumbai Man Drowns Trying To Save A Girl Who Fell Off A Cliff Into The Sea While Taking Selfies|date=10 January 2016|website=indiatimes.com|language=en|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-date=27 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027014122/https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/mumbai-man-drowns-saving-a-girl-s-life-after-she-falls-off-cliff-taking-selfies-249275.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 February 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 3 |0 | Drowned | Three students of Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences drowned after falling in an irrigation canal in Hulivana village, 180 km from Bengaluru, reportedly while they were taking selfies. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 February 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | An 18-year-old college student drowned after falling off of the Waldevi Dam in Nashik, while taking a selfie. His 18-year-old friend jumped into the water in an attempt to save him, but also drowned. | {{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/cities/teenager-drowns-while-clicking-selfie-friend-dies-trying-to-save-him-1277217|title=Teenager Drowns While Clicking Selfie, Friend Dies Trying To Save Him|date=14 February 2016|work=NDTV.com|access-date=16 February 2016|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181141/https://www.ndtv.com/cities/teenager-drowns-while-clicking-selfie-friend-dies-trying-to-save-him-1277217|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nashik-teen-drowns-in-dam-while-taking-selfie-friend-dies-saving/story-7EcFAg9nGRkgff6DvoV1VM.html|title=Nashik: Teen drowns in dam while taking selfie, friend dies saving|work=hindustantimes.com|access-date=16 February 2016|date=14 February 2016|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225181204/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/nashik-teen-drowns-in-dam-while-taking-selfie-friend-dies-saving/story-7EcFAg9nGRkgff6DvoV1VM.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 February 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 0 |5 | Fall | Five people in Anjuna, Goa, fell off a cliff and were injured after a gate they were leaning on collapsed during a group selfie. | {{cite web | title=5 tourists fall off cliff while clicking selfie in Goa, 2 severely hurt | website=Hindustan Times | date=3 March 2016 | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/five-tourists-fall-off-cliff-while-clicking-selfie-in-goa-2-severely-injured/story-YWOtIL9vfmMMewB4ZO6CMN.html | access-date=16 June 2016 | quote=Five tourists were recently injured – two of them severely – after falling off a cliff while clicking selfies at Anjuna village in Goa, police said on Thursday. | archive-date=8 June 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608152809/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/five-tourists-fall-off-cliff-while-clicking-selfie-in-goa-2-severely-injured/story-YWOtIL9vfmMMewB4ZO6CMN.html | url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|29 February 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Nepal}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A Nepalese woman drowned in the Narayani River. She dived into the river to save her friend who slipped into the water while the two were taking selfies together near the bank. The woman who originally fell was rescued, but her friend who tried to save her drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 March 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Firearm | A 43-year-old man in Concrete, Washington, accidentally shot himself in the face with a gun and died while taking a selfie. He was unaware that the gun was loaded. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|5 March 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Australia}} | 1 |0 | Firearm | A 22-year-old from Melbourne was shot in the face with a sawn-off shotgun while posing for a selfie with the gun. The gun was fired by a friend who was holding it. The shooter fled the scene and was charged with murder. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 March 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Hong Kong}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 30-year-old man fell off Lion Rock while taking a selfie and died. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|5 April 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 16-year-old climbed a rock fountain at a zoo in Hyderabad, apparently to take a selfie. He slipped and fell into the water, and may have hit his head on a rock. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. | {{Cite web | url=http://www.ndtv.com/hyderabad-news/teen-dies-while-taking-selfie-at-zoo-day-after-final-exam-1339072 | title=Teen Dies While Taking Selfie At Zoo A Day After Final Exam | last=Sudhir | first=Uma | date=5 April 2016 | access-date=23 April 2016 | quote=Manjeet and his family were near the butterfly park when he climbed a rock fountain almost three times his height, apparently to take a selfie from the top. | archive-date=20 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420143432/http://www.ndtv.com/hyderabad-news/teen-dies-while-taking-selfie-at-zoo-day-after-final-exam-1339072 | url-status=live }}{{Cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Another-Selfie-Death-This-Time-at-Hyderabad-Zoological-Park/2016/04/06/article3365677.ece | title=Another Selfie Death, This Time at Hyderabad Zoological Park | author=Express News Service | date=6 April 2016 | work=The New Indian Express | access-date=23 April 2016 | quote=At around 1.30 pm, the family reached the Butterfly Park when Manjeet entered the no-entry zone to risk a selfie. | archive-date=15 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415130715/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/Another-Selfie-Death-This-Time-at-Hyderabad-Zoological-Park/2016/04/06/article3365677.ece | url-status=dead }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|15 April 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Transport | Two youths were run over by a train while taking selfies on the railway tracks at Purusottampur railway crossing in the Chunar area in Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 April 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Brazil}} | 0 |1 | Fall | A 27-year-old woman fell from a height of 35m at a waterfall in the Ibitipoca State Park in Minas Gerais. She was rescued by the fire department and survived. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 April 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 16-year-old boy died while taking a selfie at a railway crossing in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|21 April 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Brazil}} | 1 |0 | Fall | In Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, a 32-year-old woman died after she fell in a waterfall while attempting a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|26 April 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | While taking a selfie, a 25-year-old fell off the Dolphin Nose cliff near Vattakanal village, 8 km from the Kodaikanal Lake, Tamil Nadu. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 May 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Firearm | A 15-year-old boy from Pathankot died after he accidentally shot himself with his father's revolver while taking a selfie with the gun pointed at his head. | {{cite web | title=Pathankot boy dies after shooting himself while taking a selfie | website=The Indian Express | date=30 April 2016 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pathankot-boy-gun-selfie-injured-2777970/ | access-date=2 May 2016 | archive-date=1 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501181415/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pathankot-boy-gun-selfie-injured-2777970/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Indian teen dies after accidentally shooting himself while taking selfie|website=CNN |date=2 May 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/asia/india-teenager-dies-gun-selfie/|access-date=25 June 2016|archive-date=20 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620031850/http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/asia/india-teenager-dies-gun-selfie|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|May 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|China}} | 2 |0 | Animal | A businessman at a wildlife park in Rongcheng, Shandong, was drowned by a walrus after taking several selfies and videos with the animal. A zookeeper was also drowned in the same incident after attempting to save the man. | |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|3 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | An 18-year-old boy drowned in the Ganges river while taking a selfie after bathing with his mother and a friend in Nabadwip, West Bengal. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|3 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Firearm | A 15-year-old from Overland, Missouri, accidentally shot and killed himself while attempting to take a selfie at home posing with his father's gun. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | A 23-year-old fell into the water and drowned at Sindhrot Check Dam near Vadodara while taking a selfie. His friend jumped into the water to save him, but he also drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|18 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 37-year-old EMS lieutenant of the New York City Fire Department was mountain climbing near Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains and was on a ledge at the top of Roaring Brook Falls preparing to take a selfie when she disappeared from sight. Rescue services found her body in the water at the base of the falls. | {{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-ems-lieutenant-killed-upstate-hiking-accident-article-1.2679790 |title=FDNY EMS lieutenant killed in upstate mountain climbing accident |work=NY Daily News |last=Mai |first=Andy |date=20 June 2016 |access-date=6 August 2016 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819013418/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-ems-lieutenant-killed-upstate-hiking-accident-article-1.2679790 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.fxtribune.com/local/emt-fatally-falls-off-cliff-while-taking-selfie-h139578.html |title=EMT fatally falls off cliff while taking selfie |work=Fx Tribune |access-date=6 August 2016 |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819060053/http://www.fxtribune.com/local/emt-fatally-falls-off-cliff-while-taking-selfie-h139578.html |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 7 |0 | Drowned | Seven people aged 16 to 31 were swept away and drowned while taking a selfie in the river Ganges in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. According to police, they had gone for a picnic at Kanpur Ganges Barrage when one of the party tried to take a selfie by standing on the edge of the barrage and tripped and fell into the river, which was already in spate due to rains. The six others, in an attempt to save him, jumped into the river but were themselves swept away by the current. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A third year engineering student of a Lonavla-based college lost his balance while taking a selfie from the Amrutanjan Bridge and fell down next to the Mumbai Pune Expressway in Maharashtra. He died on the spot. | {{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/another-selfie-death-youth-falls-off-expressway-bridge-near-khandala-dies/story-E90VGjfjOKP0QSZ1uQT6oM.html |title=Another selfie death? Youth falls off expressway bridge near Khandala, dies |work=Hindustan Times |date=23 June 2016 |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623162954/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/another-selfie-death-youth-falls-off-expressway-bridge-near-khandala-dies/story-E90VGjfjOKP0QSZ1uQT6oM.html |archive-date=23 June 2016 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.siasat.com/news/youth-falls-death-taking-selfie-bridge-977397/ |title=Youth Falls to Death While Taking Selfie On Bridge |work=The Sisat Daily |date=24 June 2016 |access-date=27 July 2016 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815164256/http://www.siasat.com/news/youth-falls-death-taking-selfie-bridge-977397/ |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|29 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Peru}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 28-year-old South Korean tourist plunged {{convert|1600|feet|m}} off a cliff at the Gocta Cataracts in the Amazonas Region while attempting to take a picture of himself. Divers and mountain rescue teams were brought in to recover the body submerged more than {{convert|20|ft|m}} underwater at the base of the falls. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|29 June 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Peru}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 51-year-old German tourist visiting Machu Picchu fell {{convert|130|feet|m}} to his death after he lost his footing while leaping into the air for a "flying selfie". | {{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36680663 |title=Tourist dies in Machu Picchu taking photo |date=30 June 2016 |access-date=1 July 2016 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701021352/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-36680663 |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Croatia}} | 0 |1 | Fall | A 20-year-old Canadian tourist fell off a viewpoint {{convert|75|m|ft|sp=us}} high in the Plitvice Lakes National Park while trying to take a selfie. His fall was broken by tree branches and he survived with injuries. | {{cite web |url=http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/09-Jul-16/be-careful-a-risky-selfie-can-lead-you-to-death |title=Be careful- A risky selfie can lead you to death |work=Daily Times |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=11 July 2016 |archive-date=29 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729050641/http://dailytimes.com.pk/life-and-style/09-Jul-16/be-careful-a-risky-selfie-can-lead-you-to-death |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/stop-taking-stupid-and-dangerous-selfies-crotia-says-after-canadian-falls-off-cliff-1.2980107 |title=Stop taking 'stupid and dangerous selfies' Croatia says after Canadian falls off cliff |work=CTV News |date=9 July 2016 |access-date=11 July 2016 |archive-date=13 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713163021/http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/stop-taking-stupid-and-dangerous-selfies-crotia-says-after-canadian-falls-off-cliff-1.2980107 |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 32-year-old died after he fell in a {{convert|150|ft|m}} deep gorge while taking a selfie near Chunakhaal on Dehradun-Mussoorie road in Uttarakhand. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|6 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 4 |0 | Drowned | Four students were taking selfies near Purva waterfall on Tamsa River in Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh. They were unaware of an oncoming flash flood, and all four were swept away and drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 36-year-old and a friend climbed to a mountain peak at Khandala against warnings. There they took selfies with a waterfall in the background, but the 36-year-old slipped and fell into a 200-foot-deep quarry and died. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Nepal}} | 1 |0 | Animal | A truck driver stopped for a herd of 21 wild elephants crossing the road. The driver exited his vehicle to take a selfie with the animals when the herd attacked and killed him. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | Two students drowned while taking selfies at Kosi Dam near Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. A group of students were taking selfies and became trapped in a vortex; the rest were saved. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Vietnam}} | 2 |0 | Transport | In Hung Yen, two men aged 21 and 28 were hit and killed by a train while taking a selfie on the tracks. Bystanders attempted to warn the two men, but they could not hear them due to wearing earphones. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|17 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | A married couple ages 40 and 42 were swept away by a "giant wave" in Kanyakumari while they were taking a selfie. | {{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Couple-taking-selfie-swept-away-by-giant-wave-in-Kanyakumari/articleshow/53264956.cms |title=Couple taking selfie swept away by giant wave in Kanyakumari |work=The Times of India |last=Sivarajah |first=Padmini |date=18 July 2016 |access-date=18 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718123340/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Couple-taking-selfie-swept-away-by-giant-wave-in-Kanyakumari/articleshow/53264956.cms |archive-date=18 July 2016 |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|19 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Fall | Two people were taking selfies at Alekan waterfall in Charmadi Ghat. The two, Hanumanthappa (34) and Nagabhushan (38), lost balance and fell into the waterfall. They were both killed. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|23 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | At Amboli Falls in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra, a youth fell into a 60-foot-deep gorge while taking a selfie and died. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|27 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A 24-year-old woman was swept away to her death by the swollen waters of the Baandal river near Maldevta area on the outskirts of Dehradun while taking a selfie at the time of the incident. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|30 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A 20-year-old athlete slipped and fell into a pond while taking a selfie near a harvesting plant at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Bhopal. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. | {{cite web |url=http://www.news18.com/news/other-sports/national-level-athlete-dies-while-taking-selfie-1275720.html |title=National Level Athlete Dies While Taking Selfie |work=News18 |date=31 July 2016 |access-date=2 August 2016 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801043042/http://www.news18.com/news/other-sports/national-level-athlete-dies-while-taking-selfie-1275720.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/national-level-athlete-dies-while-clicking-selfie-116073100083_1.html |title=National level athlete dies while clicking selfie |work=Business Standard |date=31 July 2016 |access-date=31 July 2016 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804024341/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/national-level-athlete-dies-while-clicking-selfie-116073100083_1.html |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|31 July 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |1 | Fall | A 24-year-old man fell to his death while taking a selfie near the Vindham waterfall in Uttar Pradesh. A friend who dove into the water to rescue him was hospitalized. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 0 |1 | Firearm | A 22-year-old Florida woman accidentally shot her phone while taking a picture of herself for Snapchat while posing with a .40 caliber pistol. She suffered minor injuries to her hand. The phone was shattered. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|3 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 22-year-old student was vacationing with six friends in Tamil Nadu. While taking a selfie standing on the edge of a 2,000-foot-deep gorge at Vilpatti village on upper Kodaikanal hill, he slipped and plunged to his death. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|7 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 27-year-old woman was visiting Mandoshi ghat, near Bhimashanjar. She and her husband were sitting on boulders that formed a safety barrier from a 100-foot gorge below. As she positioned herself for a selfie, one of the boulders came loose in wet earth, and she slipped over the edge. Her husband attempted to stop her fall, but was unable to hold on. She sustained head injuries and was taken to hospital by her husband, where she was pronounced dead. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 3 |0 | Drowned | An 11-year-old girl drowned while attempting to take a selfie at the Kunhar River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The girl's mother jumped into the fast-moving river to save her, but was also swept away and drowned. On seeing both his daughter and wife in trouble, the father jumped in; he also drowned. The dead bodies of the mother and her daughter were found; the father's body was missing. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 22-year-old student of Kherva Ganpat University, Mehsana, Gujarat, India, climbed a glass dome on the third-floor terrace of a building to take a selfie. The fragile glass collapsed, and she fell {{convert|70|ft|m}} to the ground floor and was killed. Selfies were subsequently banned at the school in "risky places". |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 4 |0 | Drowned | Four teenagers aged 15–19 took selfies in the ocean surf at Maharashtra during a storm. They were swept away by a large wave, and their bodies were never recovered. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|15 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A class 12 student residing at Peelamedu was sightseeing with friends and noticed a huge well dug in a field. While leaning over the edge of the well to take a selfie to show its depth, he slipped and fell in. The well was {{convert|120|ft|m}} deep with a water level of {{convert|60|ft|m}}. He died in the well before he could be rescued. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 0 |1 | Firearm | A 35-year-old woman from Muzaffarnagar was taking a selfie with a gun when it fired. She sustained serious injuries. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|20 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | A man drowned while attempting to take a selfie at the Kunhar River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His cousin jumped in to save him, but she was also swept away and drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|21 August 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 3 |0 | Other | Three women were killed while taking selfies near a road at Lake Saiful Muluk. They were inside a melt hole, or cave, at the front edge of a receding glacier when the roof collapsed and they were crushed. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|17 September 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 5 |0 | Drowned | Six young women students were standing on a rock at the edge of a reservoir in Hanumakonda district of Telangana, taking selfies. One student slipped and fell into the lake, and the rest of the group went in to save her. One student survived, and five drowned. | {{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/nation-newspaper/5-engineering-students-drown-taking-selfies-in-telangana/story-0S57bxe2ZuzkMS9kDRh1EL.html |title=5 engineering students drown taking selfies in Telangana |work=Hindustan Times |author=Srinivasa Rao Apparasu |date=18 September 2016 |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=26 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926192521/http://www.hindustantimes.com/nation-newspaper/5-engineering-students-drown-taking-selfies-in-telangana/story-0S57bxe2ZuzkMS9kDRh1EL.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Selfie-kills-again-claims-five-engineering-students-lives-near-Dharmasagar-reservoir/2016/09/18/article3624062.ece |title=Selfie kills again, claims five engineering students lives near Dharmasagar reservoir |work=New Indian Express |date=18 September 2016 |access-date=21 September 2016 |archive-date=22 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922015059/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/Selfie-kills-again-claims-five-engineering-students-lives-near-Dharmasagar-reservoir/2016/09/18/article3624062.ece |url-status=dead }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|18 September 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Kenya}} | 1 |0 | Animal | A 66-year-old Italian tourist was having breakfast with his wife in a tent at the Swara Camp in Kulalu ranch. He saw elephants and approached them closely. While taking a selfie, he was charged by an elephant, and sustained serious injuries to his leg and died at the camp. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Nepal}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 19-year-old man was taking a selfie when he slipped off a cliff and fell into Dordi stream in Lamjung district. His body was not immediately recovered. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | Two teenagers from Hyderabad were taking selfies in a quarry recently filled with rainwater. They went too deep and drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|8 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Oman}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | Two Sri Lankan girls were visiting Ain Garziz with their families. While at a picnic, they were taking selfies near a deep spring. One girl slipped into the spring and grabbed the hand of the other. She was unable to pull her companion out, and was dragged down into the water where both of them drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 25-year-old man fell to his death while taking a selfie with his friends at Lion's Point Valley near Lonavla. He slipped and fell {{convert|200|feet}} into a gorge. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A Chinese woman fell from a moving train while taking a selfie and later died from her injuries. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A student drowned in the Jaldhaka River at Bindu village, Kalimpong subdivision in West Bengal. The body was retrieved four days later. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A 25-year-old engineer fell into a river and drowned in Gajapati, Odisha, while taking a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|18 October 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 12-year-old schoolgirl climbed over a balcony on the 17th floor of a building and fell while taking a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 November 2016}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | Two students drowned while taking selfies; they were swept away by currents in the Nagarjuna Sagar canal. | {{cite web|url=http://www.newscrab.com/telangana-two-students-drown-to-death-while-taking-selfie/|title=Telangana: Two students drown to death while taking selfie|date=12 November 2016|work=News Crab|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130041827/http://www.newscrab.com/telangana-two-students-drown-to-death-while-taking-selfie/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/death-by-selfie-two-btech-students-drown-at-nagarjuna-sagar-in-telangana/story-JViDtcWeRJio0wgOWMCUZJ.html|title=Death by selfie: Two BTech students drown at Nagarjuna Sagar in Telangana|date=12 November 2016|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130042712/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/death-by-selfie-two-btech-students-drown-at-nagarjuna-sagar-in-telangana/story-JViDtcWeRJio0wgOWMCUZJ.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 21-year-old student died when he was hit by a speeding train while trying to take a selfie in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|4 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | In Sukkur, Asif Jamil fell into the Indus River and drowned as he tried to capture his selfie at the Lansdowne Bridge Rohri. | {{Cite web|title = A man fell into River Indus and drowned on Wednesday (4th January 2017) as he tried to capture his selfie at the Lansdowne Bridge.|url = https://www.geo.tv/latest/126198-Deadly-selfie-takes-a-life-in-Sukkur|website = www.geo.tv|access-date = 6 January 2016|publisher = Geo NEWS Pakistan|date = 4 January 2017|archive-date = 5 January 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170105181701/https://www.geo.tv/latest/126198-Deadly-selfie-takes-a-life-in-Sukkur|url-status = live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|6 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Croatia}} | 1 |1 | Electro{{shy}}cution | In Rijeka, two men climbed onto a container on a train where they wanted to take a selfie. A 20-year-old was killed and his 19-year-old friend was in serious condition, with second and third degree burns on more than 70 percent of his body as a result of an electric shock of 25,000 volts. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | Ashana Bhandari, fell into the Alaknanda River while she was trying to take a selfie near Koteshwar temple in Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|14 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A second-year college student died while taking a selfie in front of a running train on a railway track in Chandrakona Road, Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. He was immediately hit by the speeding train and died instantly. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|14 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Transport | Two teenagers were crushed under a train while posing between two railway tracks at Anand Vihar, East Delhi. They had decided to go to the railway lines to take "daring selfies" for their social media profiles. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|25 January 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 22-year-old man died while attempting to take a selfie on the railway tracks near Dhuri Lines, Ludhiana, Punjab. A passenger train hit him while he was taking selfies. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|5 February 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 22-year-old college student died after falling into a {{convert|160|ft|m}} ravine while taking a selfie near Kolukhet on Dehradun-Mussoorie road in Uttarakhand. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 February 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|New Zealand}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | Four women were taking selfies on a rock in a river, ignoring a warning siren signaling a dam was about to be opened. One of the women, a 21-year-old university student, was swept to her death by the dam surge. | {{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/student-swept-to-her-death-by-fast-flowing-dam-water-moments-after-posing-for-selfies-in-new-zealand-a7570841.html|title=Student posing for selfie swept to her death by fast flowing dam water|last=England|first=Charlotte|date=9 February 2017|work=The Independent|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215023954/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/student-swept-to-her-death-by-fast-flowing-dam-water-moments-after-posing-for-selfies-in-new-zealand-a7570841.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/australasia/article/selfie-student-swept-to-death-by-dam-torrent-rn8vf58ff|title='Selfie' student swept to death by dam torrent|last=Lagan|first=Bernard|date=9 February 2017|newspaper=The Times|access-date=14 February 2017|archive-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215022444/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/selfie-student-swept-to-death-by-dam-torrent-rn8vf58ff|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|25 March 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 |Drowned | A 14-year-old girl was standing on a log with friends at a beach in Bandon, Oregon, to pose for photos, possibly including selfies. She fell off and was fatally pinned underwater by the log due to the receding tide. According to the girl's mother, when this occurred it was not a selfie; rather her picture was being taken by a friend. | {{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/03/27/teen-cheerleader-dies-taking-selfies-in-freak-beach-accident/|title=Teen cheerleader dies taking selfies in freak beach accident|publisher=New York Post|date=27 March 2017|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730161149/http://nypost.com/2017/03/27/teen-cheerleader-dies-taking-selfies-in-freak-beach-accident/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://theworldlink.com/bandon/news/eugene-girl-dies-after-being-trapped-by-log-in-surf/article_51a82a68-5831-5530-9b8a-38f8a15eb667.html |title=Eugene girl dies after being trapped by log in surf in Bandon |work=Bandon Western World |author=Amy Moss Strong |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=5 September 2017 |archive-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906090804/http://theworldlink.com/bandon/news/eugene-girl-dies-after-being-trapped-by-log-in-surf/article_51a82a68-5831-5530-9b8a-38f8a15eb667.html |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|25 March 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Mexico}} | 2 |0 | Transport | In Chínipas de Almada, Chihuahua, two females aged 17 and 18 went to see horse races at a track adjacent to an airport runway. They climbed onto the roof of a truck or a van to take selfies, failing to notice an aircraft approaching the airfield to land. The aircraft's wing hit and fatally injured both women. This would later earn them a Darwin Award. | {{Cite news|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/479668/una-avioneta-mata-a-dos-jovencitas-se-tomaban-fotos-en-una-pista-aterrizaje|title=Una avioneta mata a dos jovencitas que se tomaban fotos en una pista de aterrizaje – Proceso|date=27 March 2017|work=Proceso|access-date=30 March 2017|language=es-MX|archive-date=29 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329173125/http://www.proceso.com.mx/479668/una-avioneta-mata-a-dos-jovencitas-se-tomaban-fotos-en-una-pista-aterrizaje|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2017-03.html|title=Air Strike Out|date=25 March 2017|work=Darwin Awards|access-date=20 November 2017|archive-date=20 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120181339/http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2017-03.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 April 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 5 |0 | Transport | Taraknath Makal was travelling by train with four friends – Sumit Kumar, Sanjiv Polley, Kajal Saha and Chandan Polley – all aged between 25 and 30 years – when he reportedly leaned out of the door to take a selfie. However, he lost his footing and fell off the train. Makal's companions jumped out to save him, but ended up getting mowed down by another train coming from the opposite direction. Makal's friends died on the spot while Makal died in hospital. The incident occurred between Liluah and Belur stations, in the vicinity of Howrah. | {{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/selfie-quest-snuffs-out-four-lives-on-railway-track-near-howrah/story-gs0iJKw80dcQLulM6FtySJ.html|title=Man falls off train for dramatic selfie, 4 friends die trying to save him|date=14 April 2017|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=1 May 2017|archive-date=30 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430215615/http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/selfie-quest-snuffs-out-four-lives-on-railway-track-near-howrah/story-gs0iJKw80dcQLulM6FtySJ.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|30 April 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Germany}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A Scotsman was knocked down and killed after trying to take a selfie on a motorway. He was with two friends when he was hit by a car on the A24 Autobahn in Gudow, near Hamburg. Witnesses reported seeing the three men taking "cell phone pictures of themselves". | {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-39772539|title=Scot killed 'while taking selfie' on German motorway|date=1 May 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=1 May 2017|archive-date=2 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502024615/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-39772539|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|8 May 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A 21-year-old student slipped from a rock and drowned near Bandra Fort in Bandra, Mumbai after trying to take a selfie with her mother and sister. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|24 May 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | Two adults, 21 and 22 years old from Hooghly district, drowned in a fish pond while taking a selfie. They were taking selfies in waist-deep water when the duo slipped from the bank and went underwater. Later, divers from Kolkata recovered both the bodies from the pond. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|30 May 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |1 | Transport | At Alwal Railway station near Secunderabad, a man died while another lost his hand when the two were run over by a moving train while taking selfies. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|7 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 0 |1 | Animal | A man in Dhenkanal district was seriously injured by a wild elephant when he tried to take a selfie with the animal. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} | 2 |0 | Transport | Two brothers, aged 25 and 12, were killed when they were hit by a train while they were taking a selfie standing on the rail track. They were standing on the coastal train track between Bambalapitiya and Kollupitiya stations attempting to take a selfie when they were hit by an Aluthgama-bound express train from Maradana to Galle. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 3 |1 | Transport | Four children aged 10 to 13 were hit by a train while trying to take a selfie on a railway line in Nadezhdinsky District of Primorsky Krai, 43 km northwest of Vladivostok. Three were killed and one survived with injuries. | {{cite web|url=http://chelorg.com/2017/06/11/killed-in-primorye-the-kids-wanted-to-make-selfi-on-the-background-of-the-train/|title=Killed in Primorye, the kids wanted to make selfi on the background of the train|website=Chelorg.com|date=11 June 2017|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823044559/http://chelorg.com/2017/06/11/killed-in-primorye-the-kids-wanted-to-make-selfi-on-the-background-of-the-train/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/selfie-horror-on-trans-siberian-rail-line-as-three-children-killed-by-freight-train/|title=Selfie tragedy on Trans-Siberian rail line as three children killed by freight train|work=The Siberian Times|date=12 June 2017|access-date=28 June 2017|archive-date=25 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625153223/http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/selfie-horror-on-trans-siberian-rail-line-as-three-children-killed-by-freight-train/|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} | 1 |1 | Transport | A 24-year-old groom was killed and his bride seriously injured when the newly-wed couple tried to take a selfie on the railway track at Kahawa, in the Southern Province. According to eyewitnesses, the couple had ignored warning signals given by the people in the area saying that the train was coming. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|13 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 15-year-old boy was killed when he tried to climb onto a high-voltage wire to take a selfie in Perm Krai. | |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 17-year-old boy was killed when he took a selfie near a high-voltage electric cable in Novosibirsk Oblast. | |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|17 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Russia}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 14-year-old girl was electrocuted when taking a selfie on a railway bridge in Moscow Oblast when her head accidentally touched the overhead wires. | |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 23-year-old South Korean woman fell from Seaford Head while jumping in the air to pose for a photo. |{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41598003|title=Student fell off cliff 'posing for photo'|date=12 October 2017|work=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2018|language=en|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219024032/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-41598003|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|27 June 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | A 17-year-old girl drowned in Mumbai while taking selfies with her friends. She was swept away by a strong wave. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|1 July 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Nigeria}} | 2 |2 | Drowned | Four undergraduate students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, were taking selfies in a canoe while boating on a campus pond when the canoe capsized. Two students who could swim made it to safety, while two others drowned. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|10 July 2017}}
|{{flagcountry|India}} |8 |0 |Drowned |A boat capsized in Vena reservoir near Nagpur while its passengers were taking selfies and broadcasting on Facebook live. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 July 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 0 |48 | Fire | 48 people were injured when standing too close to a burning bakery in Chennai to take selfies. They repeatedly ignored warnings advising them to move away from the blaze. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|25 July 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Animal | A 30-year-old man snuck into the Bannerghatta National Park near Bangalore with friends to take selfies with an elephant that later trampled him to death. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|26 July 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Hungary}} | 0 |1 | Fall | A girl fell off a bridge in Budapest while taking selfies and suffered serious injuries. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|26 July 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Drowned | An 18-year-old man was swept into the sea and drowned while he was taking a selfie at a beach in Mumbai during high tide. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 August 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 0 |1 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 17-year-old boy climbed on top of a train in Ambarnath to take a selfie but came into contact with a live wire, suffering severe injuries from the resulting electric shock. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|26 August 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | A 17-year-old boy attempted to take a selfie on top of a train carriage in Tambaram railway station. He touched a live wire, suffered severe burns from electric shock, and died four days later. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 September 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Animal | A youth in Rourkela, Odisha, was trampled to death by a wild elephant while trying to take a selfie with the animal. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 September 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} | 1 |0 | Transport | A 41-year-old woman from New Zealand who took a selfie as she rode her bike died after she fell off shortly afterwards, following a night out to celebrate her mother's birthday in London. The graphic designer and mother of two was with her mother when they rode home from the pub. The 41-year-old had drunk two cocktails and four glasses of wine, and was not wearing a helmet. She had allegedly been riding one-handed when she tumbled to the ground, suffering fatal head injuries. | {{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/96867039|title='Very rare complication' killed New Zealand woman after cycling selfie accident|publisher=Stuff |date=14 September 2017|access-date=24 November 2017|archive-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203170510/https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/96867039|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 September 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Malaysia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 20-year-old man believed to be taking a selfie died after he fell from the 16th floor of a resort hotel in Genting Highlands, Pahang. It is speculated that he had climbed a wall on the hotel's car park to take photographs when he slipped and fell. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 November 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 20-year-old woman from New Zealand died after she allegedly attempted to take a selfie near a second-storey window in London. She suffered a serious brain injury as a result of the fall, and died two days later. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|25 December 2017}}
| {{flagcountry|Mexico}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 20-year-old woman died during a selfie session in the Malpaso Dam in Aguascalientes. Witnesses said she accessed a restricted zone to take the selfie before slipping and falling about {{convert|50|ft|m}}, dying from severe cranioencephalic trauma. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|8 January 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Croatia}} | 1 |0 | Electro{{shy}}cution | In Zagreb, a 14-year-old boy climbed onto the roof of a train cargo wagon where he wanted to take a selfie. He was electrocuted and his body "burned like a torch." Firefighters were unable to take action until the train's power was turned off. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 January 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Colombia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | In Gámbita, Santander, a 19-year-old girl fell to her death while trying to take a selfie at "Manto de la Virgen" falls. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|24 January 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 0 |1 | Transport | A 22-year-old man was struck from behind by a train in Hyderabad while recording a selfie video immediately adjacent to the Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System line near Borabanda railway station. The video he filmed captured the entire incident, and showed him ignoring warnings from nearby staff and the train's horn, then being knocked down by the train, sustaining head injuries in the accident. After recovering from his injuries, he attended court, and was fined 500 rupees for trespassing. | {{Cite news |last=Park |first=Victoria |date=2018-01-25 |title=Man hit by train in quest for perfect selfie |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-42815483 |access-date=2022-05-16}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 February 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Thailand}} | 1 |1 | Transport | A 24-year-old woman died when a train hit her while attempting to take a photo with an outgoing train in the background near Samsen train station in Bangkok's Phaya Thai District. A man, believed to be a colleague of the victim, was knocked unconscious by the train, suffering a head injury and a broken arm. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 March 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 5 |0 | Drowned | Five passengers aboard a sightseeing helicopter with doors off drowned after a passenger allegedly tried to take a 'shoe selfie', leading to the passenger's safety tether getting caught in the emergency fuel shutoff lever. A shoe selfie is when the person's shoes can be seen while looking out of the open doorway of a helicopter. The helicopter's pilot survived the splashdown in the East River, and managed to climb out of the helicopter and call for help, but rescue arrived too late to save the passengers. | {{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/nyregion/east-river-helicopter-crash-pilot-interview.html |title=Passenger's Harness May Have Tripped Switch in Deadly Helicopter Crash |work=The New York Times |last=McGeehan |first=Patrick |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=17 December 2018 |archive-date=17 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217110703/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/nyregion/east-river-helicopter-crash-pilot-interview.html |url-status=live }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|20 April 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Greece}} | 1 |0 | Fall | In Keratsini, a 16-year-old boy died after he fell from a height of about {{convert|200|ft|m}} after climbing on a rock to take a selfie at a park. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 April 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Brazil}} | 0 |3 | Fall | In Castelo do Piauí, a 22-year-old woman and two girls aged 16 and 15 fell from a height of about {{convert|30|ft|m}} while taking a selfie on a bridge when the platform on the side of the bridge collapsed. They suffered fractures. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|30 April 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Brazil}} | 1 |0 | Fall | At Corumbá Lake in Caldas Novas, a 34-year-old man drowned after falling off a platform in an attempt to take a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|2 May 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Animal | In Nabarangpur, Odisha, a man tried to take a selfie with a wounded bear and was mauled to death. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 June 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Indonesia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 46-year-old Chinese tourist died after falling into the sea while taking a selfie on a cliff at Devil's Tears on Nusa Lembongan, off the coast of Bali. |{{cite web|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/06/11/chinese-tourist-dies-after-falling-from-cliff-taking-a-selfie.html|title=Chinese tourist dies after falling from cliff taking a selfie|date=11 June 2018|work=Jakarta Post|access-date=13 July 2018|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713171740/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/06/11/chinese-tourist-dies-after-falling-from-cliff-taking-a-selfie.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 June 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Portugal}} | 2 |0 | Fall | On the Praia dos Pescadores, Ericeira, an Australian couple fell to their deaths when they tried to take a selfie on a {{convert|30|m|ft|adj=mid |
| high|sp=us}} wall. |
| 3 July 2018
|{{Flag country|France}} |1 |0 |Fall |Chinese billionaire Wang Jian, co-founder of HNA Group, died in a tragic accident after falling from a wall while attempting to take a photograph in Provence, France, on July 3, 2018 |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|10 July 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Tahiti}} | 1 | 0 | Fall | A 15-year-old girl fell to her death while taking a selfie near a waterfall. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|22 July 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Australia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 19-year-old American man fell to his death at Cape Solander in Kurnell near Sydney, Australia. | {{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-24/kurnell-cliff-fall-mormon-missionary-gavin-zimmerman/10029406|title=Kurnell selfie cliff fall victim identified as US Mormon missionary Gavin Paul Zimmerman|work=ABC News|date=23 July 2018|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002073013/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-24/kurnell-cliff-fall-mormon-missionary-gavin-zimmerman/10029406|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/he-died-after-falling-off-a-cliff-while-taking-a-selfie-a-year-later-his-parents-share-the-photo/|title=He Died After Falling Off A Cliff While Taking A Selfie: A Year Later, His Parents Share The Photo|work=Maritime Herald|date=6 May 2019|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722181555/http://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/he-died-after-falling-off-a-cliff-while-taking-a-selfie-a-year-later-his-parents-share-the-photo/|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|5 September 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Fall | An Israeli teen fell to his death while trying to take a selfie at Yosemite National Park. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|19 September 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A woman fell to her death while taking selfies on the edge of a 200-foot cliff over Lake Superior at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 October 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Panama}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A Portuguese woman fell to her death while taking a selfie on the 27th floor balcony of a residential building. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|25 October 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 2 |0 | Fall | An Indian couple fell to their deaths from Taft Point at Yosemite National Park. | {{Cite news|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Two-die-in-fall-from-Yosemite-Park-vista-six-13336605.php|title=Two die in fall from Yosemite Park vista; six fatalities in 2018|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005336/https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Two-die-in-fall-from-Yosemite-Park-vista-six-13336605.php|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Indian-couple-who-studied-engineering-died-in-13347064.php|title=Brother: Indians died in Yosemite fall while taking selfie|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=30 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030085221/https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Indian-couple-who-studied-engineering-died-in-13347064.php|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 November 2018}}
| {{flagcountry|Sri Lanka}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A German tourist died after stumbling off a cliff while taking a photo of herself. The 35-year-old woman was taking pictures with her friend when she fell off the World's End, a sheer cliff about {{convert|4,000|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} high. The Sri Lankan army and volunteers recovered the body after a six-hour search involving air support and climbing. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|4 January 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Ireland}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A young Indian man died after falling off the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, while taking a photo of himself. | {{Cite news|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/student-dies-after-falling-from-cliffs-of-moher-while-taking-selfie-895700.html|title=Student dies after falling from Cliffs of Moher while taking selfie|access-date=4 January 2019|archive-date=4 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104214311/https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/student-dies-after-falling-from-cliffs-of-moher-while-taking-selfie-895700.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzz.ie/news/young-man-dies-taking-selfie-cliffs-moher-312347|title=Young man dies while taking selfie at Cliffs of Moher|access-date=5 January 2019|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413091945/https://www.buzz.ie/news/young-man-dies-taking-selfie-cliffs-moher-312347|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|10 January 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Colombia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 32-year-old man died after fall down in a waterfall in Sucre, Cauca, while he attempted to take a photo of himself. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|9 March 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|United States}} | 0 |1 | Animal | A woman was mauled by a jaguar in Arizona after entering a zoo enclosure to take a selfie. She received non-life-threatening injuries, including a large gash on her arm. Note: Although widely reported as a selfie incident, the victim claimed in a later CBS News interview that she was not taking a selfie, and did not enter the zoo enclosure—she only reached across a below-waist-height concrete planter in front of a much higher fenced enclosure—misleadingly termed "climbing" or "crossing" a barrier. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|April 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Uganda}} | 1 |0 | Drowned |A person visiting Kalagala Falls leaned back to take a selfie, slipped on the wet ground, fell, and drowned. |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/monde/2493163-20190410-ouganda-touriste-noie-nil-apres-avoir-voulu-prendre-selfie|title=Uganda tourist drowns in Nile after trying to take selfie|date=4 April 2019|work=20 minutes|agency=AFP|access-date=13 February 2021}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|24 April 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Germany}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | A 21-year-old man was swimming in the Gumpen waterfall pool. When the man was unable to free himself from the waterfall swirl, his friend of the same age jumped in to help him out of the 4–6 °C water. Both drowned. | {{cite web|url=https://www.merkur.de/bayern/koenigssee-insta-hotspot-was-menschen-hier-tun-ist-absolut-lebensgefaehrlich-12213495.html|title=Instagram-Hotspot: Was Menschen hier tun, ist lebensgefährlich|work=Merkur|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616193945/https://www.merkur.de/bayern/koenigssee-insta-hotspot-was-menschen-hier-tun-ist-absolut-lebensgefaehrlich-12213495.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.br.de/mediathek/video/todesmutig-gefaehrlicher-insta-hype-im-nationalpark-av:5ef5045eed5cc1001bbd847b|title=Gefährlicher Insta-Hype im Nationalpark|work=Bayerischer Rundfunk|access-date=29 June 2020|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702063315/https://www.br.de/mediathek/video/todesmutig-gefaehrlicher-insta-hype-im-nationalpark-av:5ef5045eed5cc1001bbd847b|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|4 July 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Spain}} | 2 |0 | Fall | Two Englishmen aged 20 and 25 died while reportedly taking a selfie while on holiday at Punta Prima Beach, near the town of Torrevieja. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|14 July 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Italy}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 22-year-old man died after falling from a cliff with a waterfall. | {{cite news|url=https://it.blastingnews.com/cronaca/2019/07/cascate-di-cittiglio-scivola-e-cade-forse-a-causa-di-un-selfie-matteo-muore-a-23-anni-002948247.html|title=Cascate di Cittiglio, scivola e cade forse a causa di un selfie: Matteo muore a 23 anni|date=14 July 2019|access-date=1 September 2019|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901092057/https://it.blastingnews.com/cronaca/2019/07/cascate-di-cittiglio-scivola-e-cade-forse-a-causa-di-un-selfie-matteo-muore-a-23-anni-002948247.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.varesenews.it/2019/07/cade-alle-cascate-cittiglio-soccorsi-azione/838854/|title=Cade alle cascate di Cittiglio, morto un ragazzo di 22 anni|date=14 July 2019|access-date=1 September 2019|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716162713/https://www.varesenews.it/2019/07/cade-alle-cascate-cittiglio-soccorsi-azione/838854/|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|15 July 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A college student fell into the Kabul River in Nowshera district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while taking a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 July 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Pakistan}} | 2 |0 | Drowned | A 17-year-old girl slipped while taking a selfie and fell into a river. Her father jumped into the river in an attempt to rescue her, but was also swept away by the flowing water. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|17 August 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Australia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 27-year-old woman died after falling from a cliff at Diamond Bay Reserve in Vaucluse, Sydney. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|3 September 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A woman fell at least {{convert|200|ft|m}} to her death while allegedly taking a selfie on her way to a temple on a hilltop in Pavagadh hill station, Gujarat. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|7 October 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|India}} | 4 |0 | Fall | Wedding guests fell from a dam, four drowned. | {{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/inde-un-selfie-quatre-morts-20191007|title=Inde: un selfie, quatre morts|date=7 October 2019 |access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007140223/http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/inde-un-selfie-quatre-morts-20191007|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/asia/selfie-deaths-india-dam-scli-intl/index.html|title=Selfie slip leaves four dead at India dam|website=CNN |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008110246/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/asia/selfie-deaths-india-dam-scli-intl/index.html|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|14 November 2019}}
| {{flagcountry|Thailand}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 33-year-old died when they were on a waterfall and attempted to take a selfie when they slipped and fell. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|8 January 2020}}
| {{flagcountry|Colombia}} | 1 |0 | Fall | A 29-year-old woman died after falling 10m down in a waterfall in Sucre, Cauca. According to an eyewitness, she was attempting to take a selfie, ignoring written warnings. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 January 2020}}
|{{flagcountry|Australia}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 21-year-old Englishwoman fell from a 98-foot-high cliff in Diamond Bay Reserve in Sydney. The woman, accompanied by seven friends, climbed a fence to sit on the edge of the cliff and take selfies. |{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-51103837|title=Police review CCTV footage over Sydney cliff fall|date=14 January 2020|work=BBC News |access-date=2 February 2020|language=en|archive-date=17 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117034048/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-51103837|url-status=live}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|30 April 2020}}
|{{flagcountry|Turkey}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 31-year-old Kazakhstani fell from a 115-foot-high cliff trying to take a selfie with a waterfall in Duden Park, Antalya, to celebrate the lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|14 May 2020}}
|{{flagcountry|Malta}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 15-year-old Italian girl who was on vacation took a selfie on a balcony and accidentally fell four storeys to her death. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 December 2020}}
|{{flagcountry|Australia}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 38-year-old woman fell about {{convert|260|ft|m}} and died at a popular tourist photo spot in The Grampians in Victoria. According to authorities, she jumped over a safety barrier and tripped off the cliff edge. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|12 January 2021}}
|{{flagcountry|Slovenia}} |1 |1 |Transport |An accident in Maribor occurred when two minors were taking selfies in front of an oncoming train between two tracks. One was killed and the other was hospitalized from shock. Both were photographed between the tracks next to the railway platform in front of a train coming from the direction of Ljubljana at high speed. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|16 May 2021}}
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |9 |11 |Drowned |A boat overloaded with 20 people in a reservoir in Central Java capsized when the passengers all suddenly moved to one side of the vessel, which was helmed by a 13-year-old, to take a group selfie. Nine of the passengers drowned, including two children. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|10 July 2021}}
|{{flagcountry|Hong Kong}} |1 |0 |Fall |32-year-old influencer Sofia Cheung died after slipping and falling about {{convert|15|ft|m}} in the Ha Pak Lai nature park, while she was taking a selfie with friends at the edge of a waterfall. Her Instagram account featured photos of her outdoor adventures, including scaling cliffs and mountaintops. |{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/influencer-sofia-cheung-dead-after-fatal-slip-while-taking-selfie/news-story/380d9c896ffc79a2f6d5b792f0cc4b9e/|title=Influencer Sofia Cheung dead after fatal slip while taking selfie|date=14 July 2021|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=25 July 2021}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|11 July 2021}}
|{{flagcountry|India}} |11 |0 |Electro{{shy}}cution |Eleven people died in Rajasthan after being struck by lightning near a watchtower at the Amer Fort. According to police, some of the victims were taking selfies near the tower. |{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lightning-38-deaths-victims-taking-selfies-india/|title=Lightning strikes kill 38 people in India; some victims were taking selfies|date=12 July 2021|publisher=CBS News|access-date=12 July 2021}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|28 July 2021}}
|{{flagcountry|Italy}} |1 |0 |Fall |22-year-old Danish YouTuber Albert Dyrlund died after falling about {{convert|660|ft|m}} from Forcella di Pana while he was recording for his channel. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|6 August 2021}}
|{{flagcountry|Hungary}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 19-year-old Dutchman died after falling from the Liberty Bridge in Budapest. It was reported that he climbed the bridge to take a selfie. |
| 15 September 2021
|{{flagcountry|England}} |1 |0 |Transport |A driver who was taking a selfie while speeding near Roudham, Norfolk crashed into a man riding a moped and killed him. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|24 January 2022}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}} |1 |0 |Fall |A hiker in Arizona slipped and fell approximately {{convert|700|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} to his death while trying to take a photo in Lost Dutchman State Park near the Superstition Mountains. |{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/an-arizona-hiker-fell-700-feet-to-his-death-while-trying-to-take-a-photo/ar-AATfjDC?li=BBnb7Kz |title=An Arizona hiker fell 700 feet to his death while trying to take a photo |date=28 Jan 2022 |website=CNN |language=en }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|28 August 2022}}
|{{flagcountry|India}} |6 |0 |Drowned |Six members of the same family drowned at Ramdaha Falls in Chhattisgarh. Two teenage sisters attempted to take a selfie but slipped into the water.{{Cite web |author=Partha Sarathi Behera|date=Aug 28, 2022 |title=Three dead, three others missing in Chhattisgarh water falls tragedy {{!}} Raipur News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/one-dead-five-missing-in-water-falls-of-chhattisgarh/articleshow/93836095.cms |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} Four other relatives tried to save them but they all drowned.{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=David |date=2022-09-01 |title=Two sisters taking selfies of a waterfall drown along with four other relatives |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/six-members-family-die-trying-27880427 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=mirror |language=en}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|10 November 2022}}
|{{flagcountry|United States}} |1 |0 |Fall |A man filming himself on the back of a semi-trailer truck was killed when the driver, unaware of the man on his trailer, drove under an underpass. |{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-dancing-top-18-wheeler-knocked-killed-truck-drives-bridge-rcna57645 | title=Man dancing on top of 18-wheeler knocked off and killed when truck drives under bridge | website=NBC News | date=17 November 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-man-falls-death-dancing-top-moving-18-wheeler-passing-under-bridge | title=Texas man falls to his death after dancing on top of moving 18-wheeler passing under bridge | website=Fox News | date=15 November 2022 }} |
| 23 November 2022
|{{ITA}} |1 |0 |Drowned |A woman was hit by a wave on the Amalfi Coast in Italy, while she was trying to take pictures. The wave tossed her to the ground, where she hit her head against the rocks. |{{Cite web |date=2022-11-23 |title=Murió una turista argentina arrastrada por una ola cuando se sacaba una selfie en Italia |url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/murio-una-turista-argentina-arrollada-por-una-ola-cuando-se-sacaba-una-selfie-en-italia.phtml |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Perfil |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Mendoza: una mujer murió tras caer a un precipicio al querer sacarse una selfie |url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2022/12/27/mendoza-una-mujer-murio-tras-caer-a-un-precipicio-al-querer-sacarse-una-selfie/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=infobae |date=27 December 2022 |language=es-ES}} |
| 26 December 2022
|{{ARG}} |1 |0 |Fall |A woman fell approximately {{convert|330|ft|m}} from a cliff in Cañón del Atuel, Mendoza, while attempting to take a selfie. |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|27 December 2022}}
|{{flagcountry|Thailand}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 45-year-old New Zealand tourist slipped and fell about {{convert|30|ft|m}} to his death while taking a selfie from an opened carriage door on the Thai-Burma railway. |{{Cite web |last=cue |date=2022-12-27 |title=New Zealand tourist dies while taking selfie over 'death railway' in Thailand {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/new-zealand-tourist-dies-while-taking-selfie-over-death-railway-in-thailand |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Selfie tragedy: Kiwi tourist dies in fall from moving train on Thailand's WWII 'death railway' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwi-tourist-falls-to-his-death-from-moving-train-on-thailands-death-railway/K5YQGT6G4JH65I7YXRZ56N4KRU/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=The New Zealand Herald |date=27 December 2022 |language=en-NZ}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|23 April 2023}}
|{{flagcountry|India}} |1 |0 |Decapitated |As he attempted to take a selfie on a helipad, Jitendra Kumar Saini, the financial controller of the Uttarakhand State Civil Aviation development authority was killed by a helicopter rotor blade. |{{Cite web |title=Uttarakhand govt official killed after being hit by helicopter blades in Kedarnath |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uttarakhand-govt-official-killed-taking-selfie-in-chopper-kedarnath-2363603-2023-04-23 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=India Today |date=23 April 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Uttarakhand govt official killed by helicopter blade while taking selfie in Kedarnath |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/uttarakhand-govt-official-killed-in-tragic-helicopter-mishap-while-taking-selfie-in-kedarnath |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|15 February 2024}}
|{{flagcountry|India}} |1 |0 |Animal |A 38-year-old man went over a 12-foot fence to enter the lion enclosure at a zoo in Tirupati in order to take a selfie. He entered the enclosure close to the lions who immediately and fatally attacked him. |{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/lion-selfie-death-zoo-tirupati-b2497341.html | title=Man mauled to death after jumping into lion enclosure to take selfie | website=Independent.co.uk | date=16 February 2024 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/lion-kills-man-who-entered-enclosure-for-taking-selfie-in-tirupati-zoo/article67849342.ece | title=Lion kills man who entered enclosure for taking selfie in Tirupati zoo | newspaper=The Hindu | date=15 February 2024 | last1=Rangarajan | first1=A. D. }}{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/rajasthan-man-jumps-into-lion-den-in-tirupati-zoo-mauled-to-death/articleshow/107736483.cms | title=Rajasthan man jumps into lion den in Tirupati zoo, mauled to death | newspaper=The Times of India | date=16 February 2024 }} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|09 April 2024}}
|{{flagcountry|Georgia}} |1 |0 |Fall |A 39-year-old woman climbed over a barrier at a viewing point in Abkhazia to take a selfie, stumbled and fell more than {{convert|170|ft|m}} to her death. |{{cite web | url=https://petapixel.com/2024/04/10/tourist-falls-170-feet-off-a-cliff-to-her-death-while-taking-selfie/ | title=Tourist Falls 170 Feet off a Cliff to Her Death While Taking Selfie | date=10 April 2024 }}{{Cite web | title=Tourist Inessa Polenko dies after plunging more than 50 metres to her death {{!}} news.com.au — Australia's leading news site | url=https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/tourist-falls-to-death-after-clifftop-selfie-goes-horribly-wrong/news-story/b531b70762c0165a39fa2a4139fa2031 | access-date=2025-01-08 | website=www.news.com.au}} |
| {{dts|nowrap=off|17 April 2024}}
|{{flagcountry|UK}} |2 |0 |Drowned |Two male students aged 22 and 26 were taking selfies near Blair Atholl, Scotland, but slipped and were swept away by the river at Linn of Tummel |{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/19/two-students-drown-highlands-waterfall-dundee | title=Two Dundee University students drown after falling into waterfall | newspaper=The Guardian | date=19 April 2024 | last1=Carrell | first1=Severin }} |
| 20 May 2024
|{{flagcountry|United States}} |1 |0 |Firearm |A 17-year-old rapper accidentally shot himself while filming a video on Instagram after he pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger. |
| 4 June 2024
|{{flagcountry|Mexico}} |1 |0 |Transport |While taking a selfie too close to the tracks, a woman was struck and killed by the newly-reactivated Canadian Pacific 2816 Empress steam locomotive, which was passing through the town of Nopala in Hidalgo, Mexico. |{{Cite web |last=Martínez |first=Por Mariana L. |date=2024-06-04 |title=Muere en Hidalgo una mujer que intentaba tomarse una selfie con La Emperatriz, locomotora de vapor |url=https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024/06/04/muere-en-hidalgo-una-persona-que-intentaba-tomarse-una-selfie-con-la-emperatriz-locomotora-de-vapor/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}}{{cite web |url=https://www.trains.com/trn/woman-struck-killed-by-cpkc-steam-tour-train-in-mexico/ |title=Woman struck, killed by CPKC steam tour train in Mexico (Updated) |date=16 June 2024 }} |
| 7 June 2024
|{{flagcountry|Brazil}} |0 |1 |Transport |A cyclist standing too close to the tracks is hit by a train while taking selfies with her friends near Uberaba. |
| 7 August 2024
|{{flagcountry|Indonesia}} |1 |1 |Fall |A couple fell more than 80 feet when taking a selfie near a waterfall in Bali. The man died and the woman survived. |
| 21 August 2024
|{{flagcountry|Germany}} |1 |0 |Fall |Czech gymnast Natálie Štíchová fell approximately {{convert|80|m}} when attempting to take a selfie near the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany and died a few days later. |{{Cite web |date=2024-08-28 |title=Murió la gimnasta Natalie Stichova al caer desde 80 metros de altura por una arriesgada foto |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/murio-la-gimnasta-natalie-stichova-al-caer-desde-80-metros-de-altura-por-una-arriesgada-foto-nid28082024/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Solution |first=Horydoly cz, Next Generation |title=Gymnastka Štíchová se stala obětí selfie |url=https://www.horydoly.cz/tragedie/gymnastka-stichova-se-stala-obeti-selfie.html |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=www.horydoly.cz |language=cs}} |
| 27 September 2024
|{{Flagcountry|Georgia}} |1 |0 |Fall |Russian tourist Arina Glazunova fell off an overpass in Tbilisi, Georgia while taking a selfie video of herself singing with a friend on a night out. |
| 7 February 2025
|{{flagcountry|Turks and Caicos}} |0 |1 |Animal |A Canadian tourist had both hands bitten off when attempting to take a selfie with a shark in shallow water. |
See also
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- Death by GPS
- List of graffiti and street-art injuries and deaths
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite web | last=Segan | first=Sascha | title=6 Lethal Selfies You Need to Learn From | website=PC Magazine | date=4 February 2015 | url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476322,00.asp | access-date=26 August 2015}}
- {{cite web | title=Selfie deaths: five people who died taking a selfie | website=The Week| date=9 July 2015 | url=http://www.theweek.co.uk/64328/selfie-deaths-five-people-who-died-taking-a-selfie | access-date=26 August 2015}}
- {{cite web | last=Basu | first=Tanya | title=Here's a Breakdown of Selfie-Related Deaths | website=New York | date=5 February 2016 | url=http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/02/heres-a-breakdown-of-selfie-related-deaths.html | access-date=16 June 2016}}
- {{cite web | last1=Basu | first1=Tanya | last2=Us | first2=Science of | title=How selfie-related deaths happen | website=CNN | date=11 February 2016 | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/11/health/death-by-selfie/index.html | access-date=15 June 2016}}
- {{cite web | last=Torres | first=Kevin | title=Startling statistic: More selfie deaths than shark-related deaths in 2015 | website=KDVR | date=8 March 2016 | url=http://kdvr.com/2016/03/07/startling-statistic-more-selfie-deaths-than-shark-related-deaths/ | access-date=15 June 2016}}
- {{cite web | title=Selfie Obsession kills over 60 people Worldwide – Report | website=Phone Radar | date=6 June 2016 | url=http://phoneradar.com/selfie-deaths-detailed-report/ }}
- {{cite web | title=Safe Selfie campaign is a response to a spate of incidents in which youngsters were seriously injured, while trying to take pictures of themselves | website=PantallasAmigas | date=10 July 2019 | url=https://www.selfieseguro.com/ }}
External links
- [https://theswiftest.com/selfie-death-database/ The Selfie Death Database]
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