List of accidents and disasters by death toll

See also: Energy accidents and List of natural disasters by death toll

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

Engineering

Explosions

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

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

Industrial

See also: List of industrial disasters

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
3,787–16,000	2–3 December 1984	Bhopal disaster	Union Carbide (now Dow Chemicals) factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
1,549	26 April 1942	Benxihu Colliery explosion	Benxi, Liaoning, Manchukuo (now China)
1,099	10 March 1906	Courrières mine disaster	Courrières, France
687	15 December 1914	Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster	Kyūshū, Japan
682	9 May 1960	Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion	Datong, China
581	16 April 1947	Texas City disaster	Texas City, Texas, U.S.
512	28 August 1899	Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area, landslide with debris flow disaster	Niihama, Shikoku, Japan
500+	19 November 1984	San Juanico Disaster[22]	Mexico City, Mexico
476–1,000	1931	Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster	Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States
458	9 November 1963	Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster[23]	Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan
439	14 October 1913	Senghenydd Colliery Disaster	Senghenydd, Wales
437	21 January 1960	Coalbrook mining disaster	Coalbrook, South Africa
427	6 June 1972	Wankie coal mine disaster	Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
422	28 November 1914	Mine explosion caused by Methane gas	New Yubari Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan
405	20 February 1946	Bergkamen mining disaster	Bergkamen, West Germany
388	12 December 1866	Oaks Colliery mining disaster	Barnsley, England
375	28 May 1965	Mine explosion caused by Methane gas[24]	Dhanbad Bihar, India
372	27 December 1975	Chasnala mining disaster	Sudamdih Colliery Dhanbad, India
369	21 December 1917 [citation needed]	Coal mine disaster at Kaijima-kirino mine	Miyata, Fukuoka Japan[25]
365	20 July 1907		Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
362	6 December 1907	Monongah Mining disaster	Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
344	21 December 1910	Pretoria Pit Disaster	Westhoughton, England
319	31 May 1892	Marie ore mine fire	Příbram, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
301	13 May 2014	Soma mine disaster	Manisa, Turkey
300+	9 May 1993	Nambija mine disaster, landslide destroying several mines and buildings	Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
299[26]	7 February 1962	Luisenthal mine disaster	Saarland, West Germany
290	23 June 1894	Fire and explosion	Albion Colliery, Wales
289	11 September 2012	Karachi factory fire	Karachi, Pakistan
277	8 September 2008	2008 Shanxi mudslide caused by collapse of a mine landfill[27]	Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China
270	25 January 2019	Brumadinho dam disaster caused by the collapse of a mining dam	Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
268	11 September 1878	Abercarn colliery disaster	Abercarn, Wales
266	22 September 1934	Gresford Disaster	Gresford, Wales
263	22 October 1913	Dawson, New Mexico	U.S. (first disaster)
263	3 March 1992		Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey
262	8 August 1956		Marcinelle, Belgium
259	13 November 1909	1909 Cherry Mine disaster	Cherry, Illinois, U.S.
254	11 November 1937	Kogushi sulfur mine collapse	western Gunma, Japan
243	5 August 1909		Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan
243	23 December 2003	PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion[28]	Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China
239	19 December 1907	Darr Mine Disaster	Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, U.S.
236	1 June 1965		Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan
235	14 June 1894	Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka)	Karviná, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
220	28 March 1965	El Cobre tailing dam and copper mine failure by earthquake	Chile
216	19 May 1902	Fraterville Mine disaster	Fraterville, Tennessee, U.S.
214	15 February 2005	2005 Sunjiawan mine disaster	Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China
210	15 June 1899		Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan
204	16 January 1862	Hartley Colliery Disaster	New Hartley, Northumberland, England
202	25 May 1917	Bolevec Disaster	Pilsen, Bohemia, now in Czech Republic
200+	1 May 1900	Scofield Mine disaster	Scofield, Utah, U.S.
200+	27 February 1908	Mina Rosita Vieja disaster	San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico

Nuclear and radiation

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

Accidents with at least 10 deaths.

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

Structural collapses

Main article: List of structural failures and collapses

Accidents with at least 100 deaths.

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
26,000–240,000	8 August 1975	Failure of Banqiao Dam and 60 other dams in Ru River basin.[40] Figure includes subsequent diseases and hunger-related deaths.	Zhumadian, China
20,000+	AD 27	Amphitheater collapse	Fidenae, Italy
11,300	11 September 2023	2023 Derna dam collapse	Derna, Libya
1,800–25,000	11 August 1979	1979 Machchhu dam failure	Morbi, India
2,208	31 May 1889	Johnstown Flood	Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
1,134	24 April 2013	Rana Plaza collapse	Savar Upazila, Bangladesh
1,000+	19 August 1917	Tigra Dam failure	Gwalior, India
1,000	12 July 1961	Panshet Dam failure[41]	Pune, India
941	3 May 1868	Iruka Lake Dam failure	Inuyama, Japan
500–1500	20 September 1807	Eitai Bridge collapse	Tokyo, Japan
608	30 April 1802	Puentes dam collapsed flooding	Lorca, Spain
502	29 June 1995	Sampoong Department Store collapse	Seoul, South Korea
400–600+	12 March 1928	St. Francis Dam failure	Los Angeles County, California, United States
423	2 December 1959	Malpasset Dam failure	Fréjus, France
356	1 December 1923	Gleno Dam failure	Bergamo, Italy
250–434	18 August 2008	Koshi Barrage failure	Koshi River, Nepal
270+	25 January 2019	Failure of tailings dam on Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine[42]	Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
268	19 July 1985	Val di Stava dam collapse	Tesero, Italy
244	11 March 1864	Dale Dike Reservoir dam failure	Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
238	10 June 1972	Dam failure caused by 1972 Black Hills flood	Rapid City, South Dakota, United States
231	8 April 2025	Jet Set nightclub roof collapse	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
107–500	1 May 1966	Dam failure[43][44]	Vratsa, Bulgaria
226	16 April 1850	Angers Bridge collapse	Angers, France
200+	31 October 2017	Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site tunnel collapse	North Korea
~200	20 January 1980	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium[45]	Sincelejo, Colombia
169	17 November 1981	Manila Film Center collapse	Pasay, Philippines
~160	10 December 2016	Uyo church collapse	Uyo, Nigeria
148+	24 August 2024	Arbaat Dam collapse	Port Sudan, Sudan
120–180	20 April 1986	Kantale Dam failure	Kantale, Sri Lanka
145	10 January 1860	Pemberton Mill collapse	Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States
144	9 January 1959	Vega de Tera disaster	Ribadelago, Spain
141	30 October 2022	2022 Morbi bridge collapse	Morbi, India
140	19 November 1974	Makahali River bridge collapse	Baitadi, Nepal
139	16 May 1874	Mill River dam failure	Williamsburg, Massachusetts, United States
139	13 September 1976	Apartment building collapse	Karachi, Pakistan
135	13 August 1993	Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
128	28 July 1983	Guavio hydroelectric project dam collapse	Bogota, Colombia
125	26 February 1972	Buffalo Creek flood	Logan County, West Virginia, United States
125	8 November 1984	Rope bridge collapse	Munnar, India
120	1 February 1942	Nuns' school chapel collapse	Biblian, Ecuador
117	1951	Heiwa Lake Dam failure	Kameoka, Japan
115	12 September 2014	2014 Synagogue Church Building Collapse	Lagos State, Nigeria
114	17 July 1981	Hyatt Regency walkway collapse	Kansas City, Missouri, United States
111	11 September 2015	Mecca crane collapse	Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
111	13 August 1935	Dam failure	Molare, Italy
108	1951	Taisho Lake Dam failure	Ide, Japan
100+	1 December 2000	Dongguan Mall collapse[46][47]	Dongguan, China
100	21 February 1890	Walnut Grove Dam failure	Wickenburg, Arizona, United States
100	16 June 1990	Saque Comprehensive College collapse	Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Structural fires

Main article: List of fires

See also: List of nightclub fires

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

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

Recreation

Amusement parks

Main article: Amusement park accidents

Accidents with at least 3 deaths.

Deaths	Date	Attraction	Amusement park	Location
28	14 February 2004	Transvaal Park (entire facility affected); the roof of the indoor water park collapsed	Transvaal Park	Yasenevo, Moscow, Russia[49]
33+	25 May 2024	Theme park in Rajkot (entire facility affected); fire at indoor theme park	Theme park in Rajkot	Rajkot, Gujarat, India[50]
15	27 June 2015	Formosa Fun Coast music stage; a dust explosion on a music stage; over 400 others injured	Formosa Fun Coast	Bali, New Taipei, Taiwan[51]
8	11 May 1984	Haunted Castle; a fire caused by a cigarette lighter igniting the flammable foam-rubber walls of the facility	Six Flags Great Adventure	Jackson Township, New Jersey, United States[52]
7	9 June 1979	Ghost Train; a fire at the park's ghost train ride caused by either faulty wiring or sabotage	Luna Park Sydney	Sydney, Australia[53]
7	14 August 1981	Skylab; a crane collided with the Skylab carousel; fifteen injured	Hamburger Dom	Hamburg, (Germany)[54][55]
6	13 August 1944	Virginia Reel; a fire at the facility; 125 injured	Palisades Amusement Park	Cliffside Park-Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States[56]
6	29 June 2010	Eco-Adventure Valley Space Journey; a malfunction at a rocket launch ride; ten injured	OCT East	Yantian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China[57]
5	30 May 1972	Big Dipper; the roller coaster broke free from its haulage rope; thirteen injured	Battersea Park	Battersea, London, England[58]
5	13 August 2007	Section of Ferris wheel failed causing people to fall.	World Carnival Busan	Busan, South Korea[59]
5	23 June 2017	Kuzuluk Aquapark swimming pool; five people died after being electrocuted in the swimming pool	Kuzuluk Aquapark	Akyazi, Turkey[60]
4	24 July 1930	Big Dipper; a bolt came loose from the roller coaster; seventeen injured	Krug Park	Omaha, Nebraska, United States[61][62]
4	25 October 2016	Thunder River Rapids Ride; one of the rafts at the ride flipped upside down and became wedged under a conveyor belt	Dreamworld	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia[63]
3	14 June 1986	Mindbender; one of the roller coaster carriages failed and crashed into a concrete pillar	Galaxyland	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada[64]
3	26 July 1978	Skyway; a gondola detached from its cable and plunged to the ground	Six Flags St. Louis	Eureka, Missouri, United States[65]

Crowd crushes

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

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

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
6,000	29 March 1809	Porto Boat Bridge disaster in Porto. Civilians fleeing the advancing French army tried to cross the Douro river over a fragile pontoon bridge, which collapsed.[citation needed]	Portugal
4,000	5 June 1941	Mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation.	Chongqing, China
2,400+	24 September 2015	2015 Mina stampede en route to the Stoning of the Devil ritual	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1,426	3 July 1990	1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy inside a pedestrian tunnel	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
1,389	30 May 1896	Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II (Moscow, 1896)	Khodynka Field, Moscow, Russia
953	31 August 2005	2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq)	Baghdad, Iraq
800	3 February 1954	1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
363	12 January 2006	2006 Hajj stampede	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
357	22 November 2010	Phnom Penh stampede	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
354	23 October 1942	Crowd crush during an attack by the RAF Bomber Command in World War II as they made their way into Galleria delle Grazie, a railway tunnel used as an air-raid shelter.	Genoa, Italy
328	24 May 1964	Estadio Nacional disaster	Lima, Peru
270	23 May 1994	1994 Hajj stampede	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
258	25 January 2005	Mandher Devi temple stampede	Wai, Maharashtra, India
251	1 February 2004	2004 Hajj stampede	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
245	11 October 1711	Bridge stampede	Lyon, France
224	30 September 2008	2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster in Chamunda Devi temple	Jodhpur, India
183	16 June 1883	Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush	Sunderland, England
173	3 March 1943	Bethnal Green tube station panic	London, England
162	3 August 2008	Naina Devi Temple stampede	Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India
159	29 October 2022	Seoul Halloween crowd crush	Seoul, South Korea
135	1 October 2022	2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster	Malang, East Java, Indonesia
130	23 November 1994	1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building	Nagpur, Maharastra, India
126	9 May 2001	Accra Sports Stadium disaster	Accra, Ghana
124	1 January 1956	1956 Yahiko Shrine Stampede: New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine	Yahiko, Niigata, Japan
123	2 July 2024	2024 Hathras crowd crush: A crowd crush caused by overcrowding during a satsang	Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India
118	9 April 1998	1998 Hajj stampede	Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
115	19 September 1902	Shiloh Baptist Church stampede	Birmingham, Alabama
115	13 October 2013	2013 Madhya Pradesh stampede	Ratangarh, India
110	11 February 1823	Carnival tragedy of 1823	Valletta, Malta
106	14 January 2011	2011 Sabarimala crowd crush, broken out during an annual pilgrimage	Sabarimala, Kerala, India
105-200+	1–2 September 2024	2024 Makala jailbreak attempt: At least 129 (200+ per AP) people were killed while attempting to escape the Makala Central Prison. 24 were fatally shot	Selembao, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
105	10 October 1991	Yingze Park lantern festival stampede	Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

Sporting events

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

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
1,300	Between 284 and 286 AD	Collapse of a wall of Circus Maximus	Rome[66]
1,112	140 AD	Collapse of the upper tier of the Circus Maximus	Rome[67]
614	26 February 1918	Happy Valley Racecourse fire	Happy Valley, Hong Kong
328	24 May 1964	Estadio Nacional disaster	Lima, Peru[68]
~200	20 January 1980	Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring	Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia[45]
135	1 October 2022	2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster	Malang, East Java, Indonesia
127	9 May 2001	Accra Sports Stadium disaster	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana
97	15 April 1989	Hillsborough stadium crush	Sheffield, England
93	12 March 1988	Hailstorm & Stadium crush	Kathmandu, Nepal[69]
83	16 October 1996	Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster, stadium crowd crush	Guatemala City, Guatemala
82	11 June 1955	1955 Le Mans disaster, motor racing accident	Le Mans, France
79	1 February 2012	Port Said Stadium disaster	Port Said, Egypt
71	23 June 1968	Puerta 12 crush	Buenos Aires, Argentina[70]
66	2 January 1971	Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush	Glasgow, Scotland
66	20 October 1982	Luzhniki disaster, stairway crowd crush	Moscow, USSR[71]
61	1 January 2013	2013 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium Disaster	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
56–140[72]	1 December 2024	2024 Nzérékoré stampede	Nzérékoré, Guinea
56	11 May 1985	Bradford City stadium fire	Bradford, England
43	17 September 1967	Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism	Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey
43	11 April 2001	Ellis Park Stadium disaster, football match crush	Johannesburg, South Africa
42	13 January 1991	Oppenheimer Stadium disaster, football match crush	Orkney, South Africa
39	29 May 1985	Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism	Brussels, Belgium
32	3 October 2014	2014 Patna stampede	Patna, Bihar, India
33	9 March 1946	Burnden Park disaster	Bolton, England
28	9 September 1928	1928 Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators killed when the driver crashed into a grandstand	Monza, Italy
26	5 April 1902	First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse	Glasgow, Scotland
22–24	15 November 1982	Drunken football fans provoked a stampede at Deportivo Cali vs. América de Cali at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	Cali, Colombia[73][74]
22	29 November 1900	Thanksgiving Day Disaster: Spectators on the roof of a glass factory observing the Big Game college football game caused roof to collapse.	San Francisco, US[75]
21	8 February 1981	Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium after a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens	Piraeus, Greece[76]
21	22 May 2021	Gansu ultramarathon disaster, 21 out of 172 runners died in windy and cold weather in a 100k mountain running race	Jingtai County, Gansu, China[77]
19	29 March 2009	2009 Houphouët-Boigny stampede	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
18	18 November 1981	A wall collapsed at the regional stadium in a football match between Deportes Tolima and Deportivo Cali	Ibague, Colombia[73]
18	5 May 1992	Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semi-final match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille	Bastia, Corsica, France[78]
17	13–14 August 1979	1979 Fastnet yachting race storms	Fastnet Rock, Ireland
16	16 August 1980	16 Football Fans die of Stampede in a Kolkata Derby. Recognized as the Football Lovers' Day.	Eden Gardens, Kolkata[79][80]
15	10 September 1961	1961 Italian Grand Prix: Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators killed when the Formula 1 car flew into the crowd	Monza, Italy
13	12 May 1957	1957 Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and 9 spectators were killed when they ploughed into spectators. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the road race	Guidizzolo, Mantua; Reggio Emilia; Florence[81][failed verification][82]
13	18 January 1953	1953 Argentine Grand Prix: F1 driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds, killing 13	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
13	14 September 2008	2008 Congo football riots: DRC football league second division of Socozaki vs. Nyuki System at Matokeo stadium	Butembo, North Kivu, DR Congo
13	31 August 1952	Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the racing driver when his car plunged into spectators	Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, West Germany
12	20 May 2023	San Salvador crowd crush: 12 killed in a crowd crush during a football match	Estadio Cuscatlán stadium, San Salvador, El Salvador
12	2 March 1969	Yellow River Dragstrip, a dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into spectators, killing 11. 12th person died later in hospital.	Covington, Georgia, US
12	8 August 1903	Baker Bowl bleachers collapse	Philadelphia, US
11	16 September 1911	Auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd	Syracuse, New York, US
11	16 September 2011	2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including pilot Jimmy Leeward who crashed into grandstand VIP booths	Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada, US

Transportation

Aviation

Main article: List of deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents

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

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
583	27 March 1977	Tenerife airport disaster	Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain[83]
520	12 August 1985	Japan Air Lines Flight 123	Ueno, Japan[84]
349	12 November 1996	Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision	Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India[85][86]
346	3 March 1974	Turkish Airlines Flight 981	Fontaine-Chaalis, France[87]
301	19 August 1980	Saudia Flight 163	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia[88]
298	17 July 2014	Malaysia Airlines Flight 17	Hrabove, Ukraine[89]
290	3 July 1988	Iran Air Flight 655	Bandar Abbas, Iran [citation needed][90]
275	19 February 2003	2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash	Kerman, Iran[91]
273	25 May 1979	American Airlines Flight 191	Des Plaines, Illinois, United States
270	21 December 1988	Pan Am Flight 103	Lockerbie, United Kingdom[92]
269	1 September 1983	Korean Air Lines Flight 007	Sea of Japan, near Moneron Island, Russian SFSR, USSR[93]
265	12 November 2001	American Airlines Flight 587	Belle Harbor, New York City, New York, U.S.[94][95]
264	26 April 1994	China Airlines Flight 140	Komaki, Japan[96][97]
261	11 July 1991	Nigeria Airways Flight 2120	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia[98]
260	12 June 2025	Air India Flight 171	Ahmedabad, India[99][100]
257	11 April 2018	Algerian Air Force (7T-WIV)	Boufarik, Algeria[101]
257	28 November 1979	Air New Zealand Flight 901	Mount Erebus, Antarctica[102][103]
256	12 December 1985	Arrow Air Flight 1285R	Gander, Newfoundland, Canada[104]
251	January 8 1996	Air Africa (RA-26222)	Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)[105][106][107]
239	8 March 2014	Malaysia Airlines Flight 370	Indian Ocean[108]
234	26 September 1997	Garuda Indonesia Flight 152	near Medan, Indonesia[109]
230	17 July 1996	Trans World Airlines Flight 800	Atlantic Ocean, off East Moriches, New York, U.S.[110]
229	2 September 1998	Swissair Flight 111	Atlantic Ocean, off Peggys Cove, N.S., Canada[111][112]
229	6 August 1997	Korean Air Flight 801	Asan-Maina, Guam, U.S.[113][114]
228	1 June 2009	Air France Flight 447	Atlantic Ocean, area of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago[115]
225	25 May 2002	China Airlines Flight 611	Taiwan Strait, near Penghu Islands, Taiwan[116]
224	31 October 2015	Metrojet Flight 9268	near Hasna, North Sinai Governorate, Egypt[117]
223	25 May 1991	Lauda Air Flight 004	Phu Toei National Park, Thailand[118]
217	31 October 1999	EgyptAir Flight 990	Atlantic Ocean, area of Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S.[119]
213	1 January 1978	Air India Flight 855	Arabian Sea, off Mumbai, India[120]
202	16 February 1998	China Airlines Flight 676	Dayuan District, Taiwan[121]
200	10 July 1985	Aeroflot Flight 5143	near Uchkuduk, Uzbek SSR, USSR[122]

Cable cars

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

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

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
155	11 November 2000	Kaprun disaster[123]	Kaprun, Austria
42	9 March 1976	1976 Cavalese cable car crash[124]	Cavalese, Italy
20	3 February 1998	1998 Cavalese cable car crash[125]	Cavalese, Italy
20	1 July 1999	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy cable car crash[126]	Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy, France
19	1 June 1990	Tbilisi cable car crash[127]	Tbilisi, Georgia
14	3 October 1999	Maling River Gorge cable car crash[128]	Xingyi, Guizhou, China
14	23 May 2021	Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash[129]	Mottarone, Italy
13	12 July 1972	Bettmeralp cable car crash[130][131]	Bettmeralp, Switzerland
12	29 June 2017	Charra Pani cable car crash[132]	Charra Pani, Galyat, Pakistan
11	13 February 1983	Champoluc cable car crash[133]	Champoluc, Italy

Elevators

Main article: List of elevator accidents

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

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
104	10 May 1995	Vaal Reefs mining disaster: A locomotive crashed through a safety barrier and fell into a mine shaft, hitting an elevator which was carrying 104 workers, and causing it to plunge to the bottom of the shaft.[134][135]	Orkney, South Africa
62	31 August 1987	A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion.[136][137]	Welkom, South Africa
31	27 March 1980	A descending elevator became stuck in the Vaal Reefs mine shaft and then fell to the bottom of the shaft when it abruptly became unstuck, killing all 31 miners on board.[138][139]	Orkney, South Africa
19	13 September 2012	An elevator fell about 100 meters at a construction site, killing everyone on board.[140]	Wuhan, China
19	10 October 1932	A mine-shaft elevator carrying 20 people fell at the Bickershaw Colliery, killing all but one person.[141][142]	Leigh, England
18	30 July 1973	A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Markham Colliery.[143]	Chesterfield, England
16	10 September 1918	Protection Island mining disaster: A mine-shaft elevator cable snapped causing the elevator to plunge to the bottom of the mine.[144]	Protection Island near Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
13	27 November 2023	A mine elevator fell 200m in the Impala Platinum mine shaft accident.[145][146]	Rustenburg, South Africa
12	30 October 2008	An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site.[147]	Xiapu County, China
12	2 June 1993	An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site.[148]	North Point, Hong Kong
11	25 April 2019	An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable.[149]	Hengshui, China
11	29 July 2011	A mine-shaft elevator fell at the Bazhanov coal mine.[150]	Makiivka, Ukraine
10	27 March 1964	A steel cable hit a mine-shaft elevator at the Sachsen coal mine, killing 10 workers, including 5 Turkish nationals.[151]	Heeßen, West Germany
10	6 September 2014	An elevator plunged 32 stories at a construction site.[152]	Istanbul, Turkey

Peacetime maritime

Main article: List of maritime disasters

Accidents with at least 500 deaths. This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only.

Deaths	Date	Incident
4,386+	20 December 1987	MV Doña Paz (collision with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait, Philippines). Casualty estimates vary because of thousands of passengers not listed on the manifest.[153]
3,000–4,000	3 December 1948	SS Kiangya (Huangpu River, China) Sank due to unidentified explosion (possibly a mine), casualties estimated between 3,000 to 4,000[154][155]
1,863	26 September 2002	MV Le Joola (Senegal) MV Le Joola capsized off the coast of The Gambia on 26 September 2002,[156] with 1,863 deaths and 64 survivors. The majority of passengers were Senegalese, including 854 to 923 Senegalese-French nationals on board.[157][158][159]
~1,600	14 December 1991	MV Salem Express (Red Sea) At midnight between 14–15 December, while on a voyage from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Safaga, Egypt, with at least 644 passengers, the ship struck a reef and sank within 10–20 minutes. The majority of passengers were Moroccan-French. Most were returning from pilgrimage to Mecca.[160][161][162] The official death toll was 470, though some evidence suggests that the ship was overcrowded and the true death toll may have been much greater, likely more than 1,600.[163]
1,547	27 April 1865	Sultana (Mississippi River)
~1,500	15 April 1912	RMS Titanic (North Atlantic)
c. 1,500	6 February 1822	Tek Sing (near the Belvidere Shoals in the South China Sea)
1,500	27 January 1949	Taiping (East China Sea)
~1,500	16 February, 1993	Ferry Neptune (off Miragoane)
1,159	26 September 1954	Tōya Maru (Tsugaru Strait)
1,024	29 May 1914	RMS Empress of Ireland (Saint Lawrence River)
1,021	15 June 1904	PS General Slocum (New York, United States)
1,012	3 February 2006	MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, (Red Sea)
1,000	22 September 1912	SS Kiche Maru (off Honshu, Japan)
1,000	22 April 1916	SS Hsin-Yu (Zhoushan)
c. 1,000	3 March 1921 c. 3 March 1921	SS Hong Moh (South China Sea)
900	16 September 1927	Wusung (Kuril Islands, Empire of Japan)[164]
900	4 October 1744 c. 4 October 1744	HMS Victory (60 miles off Plymouth, England, near Black Rock)
894	21 May 1996	MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania)
852	28 September 1994	MS Estonia (Baltic Sea)
464–1,600	14 December 1991	MV Salem Express (Red Sea)
844	24 July 1915	SS Eastland (Chicago)
832	21 June 2008	MV Princess of the Stars (capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines)
829	15 February 1760	HMS Ramillies (Devon, England)
826	22 September 1857	Lefort (Gulf of Finland)
800+	29 August 1782	HMS Royal George (Portsmouth, England)
746	8 November 1888	SS Vaitarna (lost in cyclonic storm of coast of Saurashtra, Gujarat, India)[165]
741	12 December 1939	SS Indigirka (Sarufutsu, Japan)
737	6 May 1902	SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta)
736	26 November 1914	HMS Bulwark (1899) (Sheerness, England)
731	24 December 1811	HMS St George (Ringkøbing, Denmark)
702	1 January 1738	Leusden (Marowijne, Suriname)
673	17 March 1800	HMS Queen Charlotte (Cabrera)
c. 640	3 September 1878	SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames)
644	2 September 1819	San Telmo (Drake Passage, Antarctica)
627	28 June 1904	SS Norge (Rockall)
625	17 July 1947	SS Ramdas (1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster, off Bombay, India)
608	29 October 1955	Novorossiysk (Sevastopol)
600+	24 December 1811	List of vessels lost on the Haak Sand on 24 December 1811
600+	3 September 1691	HMS Coronation (West of Penlee Point, Rame, England)
600	16 September 1782 c. 16 September 1782 – c. 17 September 1782	HMS Glorieux (Newfoundland, Canada)
600	25 May 1986	1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh)
583	24 December 1811	HMS Defence (Jutland. Denmark)
580	27 January 1981	Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas II (caught fire and sank in Java Sea)
575	9 January 1920	SS Afrique (Bay of Biscay)
570	22 December 1810	HMS Minotaur (off Texel, Netherlands)
565	4 July 1898	SS La Bourgogne (Sable Island, Nova Scotia)
564	17 March 1891	SS Utopia (Bay of Gibraltar)
558	5 March 1916	SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil)
550	29 June 2000	Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia)[166][167]
546	1 April 1873	RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia)
533	18 September 1890	Ertuğrul (Kushimoto, Japan)
530	8 July 2003	MV Nasrin-1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh)
520	15 May 1932	MS Georges Philippar (Gulf of Aden, Yemen)
520	14 April 1749	HMS Namur (Tamil Nadu, India)
500	1794-04 c. 1794-04	HMS Ardent (Villefranche-sur-Mer, France)
500–1,500	16 February 1993	Ferry Neptune (Haiti)
500–600	25 May 1986	1986 Bangladesh MV Shamia ferry incident (Meghna River, Bangladesh)
500	29 January 1986	Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh)[168][169]

Rail

Main article: Lists of rail accidents

Accidents with at least 200 deaths.

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
900–1,700[170]	26 December 2004	Sri Lankan tsunami train wreck	Galle District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
800–1,000[171]	13 January 1917	Ciurea rail disaster	Iasi County, Romania
675+[172]	12 December 1917	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment	Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
600+[173]	24 January 1944	Vereshchyovka train disaster	Oryol Oblast, Soviet Union
600+[174]	22 January 1915	Guadalajara train disaster	Guadalajara, Mexico
575[175]	4 June 1989	Ufa train disaster	Ufa, Soviet Union
517	3 March 1944	Balvano train disaster	Balvano, Basilicata, Italy
428	13 January 1985	Awash rail disaster	Awash, Afar, Ethiopia
~400	26 December 2023	2023 Dancheon train disaster	Tanchon, North Korea
383+	20 February 2002	Al Ayatt train disaster	Egypt
370	27 December 1944	Stará Kremnička derailment[176]	Stará Kremnička, Slovakia
360	9 July 1981	1981 Chengdu-Kunming rail crash	Ganluo County, China
358	20 August 1995	Firozabad rail disaster	Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
338	29 April 1997	Rongjiawan train disaster	Rongjiawan, Hunan, China
320	18 February 2004	Nishapur train disaster	Iran
307	4 January 1990	Sukkur rail disaster	Sangi, Sindh, Pakistan
300	7 January 1918	Changsha rail disaster [de]	Changsha, China
300~	21 June 1915	Monte Morelas[177]	Mexico
300	22 September 1994	Tolunda rail disaster[178]	Angola
300	29 September 1957	Gambar train crash[179]	Montgomery, Punjab, Pakistan
296	2 June 2023	Odisha train collision[180]	Bahanaga, Baleshwar, Odisha, India
289	28 October 1995	Baku Metro fire	Baku, Azerbaijan
285	2 August 1999	Gaisal train disaster	Gaisal, West Bengal, India
281	24 June 2002	Igandu train disaster	Tanzania
278	22 December 1939	Genthin rail disaster	Genthin, Germany
248	14 March 1926	El Virilla train accident[181]	Costa Rica
235	6 June 1981	Bihar train derailment[182]	Bihar, India
230	23 December 1933	Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster	France
226	22 May 1915	Quintinshill rail crash	Scotland
212	26 November 1998	Khanna rail disaster	Khanna, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
208	4 October 1972	Saltillo, Coahuila	Mexico
207	28 July 1948	BASF tank car explosion [de]	Ludwigshafen, Germany
200	17 March 1982	Bau Ca train wreck [vi]	Dong Nai, Vietnam

Road

Main article: Lists of traffic collisions

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

Deaths	Date	Incident	Location
230	2 July 2010	Sange road tanker explosion[183]	Sange, South Kivu, DRC
219	25 June 2017	Bahawalpur explosion[184]	Bahawalpur, Pakistan
217	11 July 1978	Los Alfaques disaster[185]	Tarragona, Spain
207	15 February 1991	Thung Maphrao truck explosion[186]	Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand
206	17 September 2015	2015 Juba tanker explosion[21]	Juba, South Sudan
168–3,000	3 November 1982	Salang Tunnel fire[185][187]	Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan
154	5 November 2021	Freetown fuel tanker explosion	Freetown, Sierra Leone
125	6 December 1965	Sotouba truck collision[185]	Sotouba, Togo
121	12 July 2012	Okobie road tanker explosion[188]	Okobie, Nigeria
115	17 November 2016	Caphiridzange tanker explosion[189]	Caphiridzange, Mozambique
113	31 January 2009	Molo road tanker fire	Molo, Kenya, Kenya
110	12 March 1995	Tamil Nadu truck collision[190]	Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
104	18 August 1968	Gero bus crash[185]	Gero, Gifu, Japan
100–200	5 November 2000	Ibadan road tanker explosion[191]	Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria
100+	10 August 2019	Morogoro fuel tanker explosion[192]	Morogoro, Tanzania
98	28 March 2007	Kagarko truck explosion	Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria
96	12 July 1992	Machakos bus crash[193]	Machakos, Kenya
94	8 June 1999	Karnataka bus crash[194]	Karnataka, India
90	15 November 1976	Mafeteng bus crash	Mafeteng, Lesotho
90	29 June 1980	Kashmir bus crash[185]	Kashmir, India
90	24 June 2004	Zahedan bus crash[195]	Zahedan, Iran
90+	14 December 2021	Cap-Haïtien tanker explosion[196]	Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
81–115	6 January 1967	Cavite bus crash[197]	Cavite, Philippines

Space

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

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

Other

Smog

Accidents with at least 150 deaths.

Deaths	Date	Incident
12,000	5–9 December 1952	The Great Smog of London (5–9 December 1952). Delayed fatalities rise from 10,000 to 12,000.[198]
2,200	1880	Coal smog (London, 1880).[199]
1,000	December 1956	1956 London smog.[200]
780	December 1873	1873 London smog[201]
779	December 1892	1892 London smog[202]
700–800	December 1948	1948 London smog[202]
300–405	January–February 1963	1963 New York City smog
300–400	December 1962	1962 London smog[200]
220–240	November 1953	1953 New York City smog
168	23–25 November 1966	1966 New York City smog
160	12–15 December 1991	Smog (London, 12–15 December 1991)[203]

See also

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