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This is a list of vehicle-ramming attacks. A vehicle-ramming attack also known as a vehicle as a weapon or VAW attack,[1] is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately rams a vehicle into a building, multiple people, or another vehicle.[1][2][a]

According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts in 2008, this method of attack represented a relatively new militant tactic that could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombings.[3] Deliberate vehicle-ramming into a crowd of people is a tactic often used by terrorists, becoming a major terrorist tactic in the 2010s because it requires relatively little skill to perpetrate and it has the potential to cause significant casualties.[4][5]

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Terrorism

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Attacks in which authorities confirmed that the attack was terrorism. The kill counts excludes the attackers.

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Incidents where a motive could not be determined, or a known motive was not of a terrorist nature.

Before 1980

  • 1935 Revolution Day Zócalo Battle, Horses ridden by the Revolutionary Mexicanist Action were quickly rammed by a small fleet of cars driven by Communist party drivers who had banded together secretly. A number of horses and their riders were injured and collapsed on the pavement.[18][19]
  • 1953 Elias Antonio case, Syrian merchant who killed one person and wounded up to 29 others in Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when ramming his car into a carnival block[20]
  • 1964 Taipei ramming attack[21]
  • 1973 Olga Hepnarová case, Czechoslovakian woman using a truck to go on a rampage; 8 dead, 12 injured.[22]
  • 1973 Plains vehicle-ramming attack (people)[23]
  • 1974 Eugen Grigore case, Romanian man drives cargo truck into Gypsy nomad encampment; 24 dead, around 50 injured

1980s

  • 1980 Priscilla Ford drove her Lincoln Continental into pedestrians on a sidewalk in Reno, Nevada on November 27. Six people were killed and twenty-three others were injured.
  • 1980 Wantagh attack (ramming people)[24]
  • 1982 Beijing attack (ramming people). 5 dead, 19 injured.[25]
  • 1982 Langfang attack (ramming and stabbing). 13 dead, 17 injured.[26]
  • 1983 Changde massacre (ramming people). 21 dead, 29 injured.[27]
  • 1983 Douglas Crabbe drove a 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded bar of a motel at the base of Uluru on 18 August 1983. Five people were killed, and sixteen were seriously injured.
  • 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, Lebanon (building ramming and exploding)
  • 1984 Los Angeles attack (ramming people)[28]

1990s

  • 1993 Jacarepaguá attack (ramming people)[29][30][31][32][33]
  • 1994 – An off duty Federal Express pilot Auburn Calloway attacks the pilots of Federal Express Flight 705 and attempts to take over the plane so that he can crash into the airport. He is stopped by the pilots.[34]
  • 1995 New York City attack (ramming and stabbing).[35]
  • 1995 Shawn Nelson case, a plumber using a stolen tank to go on a rampage
  • 1998 Alma rampage – Murder and vehicle attack on town
  • 1998 Putian 26-day spree ramming.[36]
  • 1999 Emiko Taira (mother of Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro) and her husband Tatsunobu Taira were walking along a road near National Highway No. 58 in Ōgimi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan when Tatsunobu's brother Kenji Taira backed his car into a telephone pole and ran over the couple on 17 March 1999. Emiko Taira was killed. Kenji Taira later committed suicide.[37]
  • 1999 Shimonoseki Station massacre (ramming and stabbing)

2000s

  • 2001 The Hamptons rampage, socialite Lizzie Grubman rams into a crowd outside a club with SUV (16 injured).
  • 2001 Kampala attack (ramming people)[38]
  • 2001 Dalian attack (ramming people). 1 dead, and 18 were injured.[39]
  • 2001 Shenzhen attack (ramming and stabbing). 8 dead and 4−7 injured.[40]
  • 2001 Isla Vista killings David Attias drove into five people killing four and injuring one other. The one survivor unfortunately died from their injuries in 2016. The attack took place 13 years before the 2014 Isla Vista killings
  • 2002 New York City attack (ramming people).[41]
  • 2002 San Cristóbal Ecatepec attack (ramming people).[42]
  • 2003 Düsseldorf attack (ramming people)[43]
  • 2003 A psychologically unstable person kills one and hurts eighteen in Stockholm's old town. A second death later occurs in a hospital.[44]
  • 2005 Las Vegas attack (ramming people)[45]
  • 2006 Dublin attack (ramming people)[46]
  • 2006 Berlin attack (ramming people during soccer championship, found insane)[47]
  • 2006 Shenzhen attack (ramming and stabbing)[48][49]
  • 2006 San Francisco SUV rampage, 2006 case of a paranoid schizophrenic man from Afghanistan using an SUV to go on a rampage
  • 2007 Berrwiller attack (ramming people)[50]
  • 2008 Akihabara massacre, mass murder using a truck and a dagger
  • 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family (ramming people, attempt to attack the Dutch royals including the reigning monarch; 8 killed)
  • 2010 Zhengzhou attack (ramming people). 6 dead, 20 injured.[51]

2010s

2020s

  • 2020 Volkmarsen ramming attack: On 24 February 2020, a 29-year-old man rammed his car against civilians at a carnival parade in Volkmarsen, Germany, wounding 88 people. The motive behind the attack is unknown.[110]
  • 2020 Wan Chai attack, Hong Kong (a motorcyclist rammed his motorcycle into police officers, none killed)[111]
  • 2020 July 6 Seattle: During a protest against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd 1 dead and 1 injured[112]
  • August 2020 attack: Iraqi chases motor cyclists on Berlin's A100; trial for attempted murder to begin April 15.[113]
  • 2020 Henstedt-Ulzburg ramming attack[114]
  • 2020 Trier attack, Germany. Six people were killed and 23 were injured after a drunk man, who suffered from mental health problems, rammed civilians on a street.[115]
  • 2020 Negohot. 1 Israeli soldier was wounded, and the assailant was shot dead.
  • 2021 Portland, Oregon ramming attack, one pedestrian killed and five others wounded. Driver arrested.[116]
  • 2021 United States Capitol car attack: On 2 April 2021, a car ramming occurred outside the United States Capitol, killing a police officer and injuring another. Police shot and killed the perpetrator shortly after.
  • Killing of Deona M. Knajdek: A driver killed one person and injured three on June 13, 2021, in the U.S. city of Minneapolis.
  • June 2021 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Pride Parade: A pickup truck driver killed one person and injured another on 19 June 2021. All three individuals were connected with the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus.[117]
  • June 2021 Show Low, Arizona Bicycle Race: A driver struck 7 cyclists. The driver fled the scene and was pursued and shot by police.[118]
  • 2021 Novara, Italy. A driver intentionally rammed his truck into workers protesting outside a market on the morning of 18 June 2021, during a protest outside a supermarket in Novara, Piedmont, Italy. One worker, Adil Belakhdim, was killed, and two others were wounded.[119] The driver escaped from the scene but was arrested minutes later.[120]
  • 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri massacre: Eight killed in farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district; Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra, was allegedly driving one of the three cars.[121]
  • 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack: Darrell Brooks, of Milwaukee, broke through barricades with a red SUV and drove through the annual Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring 62 others.[122][123] Brooks was charged with 81 felony and two misdemeanor counts.[124]
  • February 2022: "A 42yr old male is facing charges after driving through a group of protesters that were part of the Freedom Convoy at the Legislative grounds," the Winnipeg Police tweeted. "4 adult males were struck."[125][needs update]
  • 2022 Queens, New York, United States. On August 10, a person drove their SUV into a beer delivery worker and a mother and her child before driving away. No arrests were made.[126]
  • 2023 Laval daycare bus crash: Pierre Ny St-Amand, a 51-year-old Société de transport de Laval (STL) bus driver, crashed his bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, killing two children and injuring six.[127]
  • Weng Sor, a 62-year-old Malaysian man, drove a rented U-Haul truck into pedestrians in Brooklyn, killing 1. He was placed on suicide watch after his arrest.[128]
  • 2023 Amqui truck attack: Steeve Gagnon, 38 year-old, rammed his pickup truck against pedestrians in Amqui, Quebec, killing three people and injuring eight.[129][130]
  • 2023 Nottingham attacks
  • Man driving into Downing Street Gates, near 10 Downing Street in 2023[131]
  • 2023 vehicle ramming attack on Bourke Street, Melbourne (White Toyota sedan goes into crowd killing one and injuring many).[132][133]
  • October 2023: Man drives car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco[134]
  • November 2023: A man drove a car into the Israeli embassy in Tokyo[135]
  • 2024 Rochester attack: On January 1, 2024 a man drove into a vehicle outside a theater, killing him and three occupants of the other vehicle. The driver's vehicle was found to be laden with gas canisters in it.
  • 2024 Szczecin, Poland attack: On 1 March 2024 a man intentionally hit in a group of pedestrians at a road crossing at the Rodło Square. The driver of the car did not stop and a kilometer later he collided with three cars. 20 people were injured and one died. The perpetrator of the collision was referred for psychiatric examination.[136]
  • 2024 West Portal, San Francisco car accident: On March 16, 78-year-old woman crashed into a bus stop, killing a family of four consisting of two parents and their two infant sons. While considered an accident and thus leading to manslaughter charges filed against the driver, the crash had overtones of serious recklessness that has been speculated to be violent or erratic in nature.
  • 2024 Texas Department of Public Safety building truck attack: On April 12, 2024 a man intentionally drove a semi-truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety office, killing two people and injuring 12 others. The day prior, the man had failed to get his commercial driver's license renewed at the same office.
  • 2024 Zhuhai car attack: On November 11, 2024, a man drove a small SUV onto a running track out of Zhuhai Stadium in Zhuhai, China, killing 38 people and injuring 48 others exercising on the track. Early reports show that he was angry of the allocation of property after his divorce.
  • 2024 Changde car attack: a 39-year-old man drove into crowd outside a primary school when students were going to school in the morning. 30 people were injured including 18 pupils.[137]
  • 2024 Soho car attack: At 00:45 a.m. on December 25, 2024, Christmas Day, a car was driven into four pedestrians along the wrong side of the road of Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho in Westminster, London, England, with one pedestrian left in critical condition.[138]
  • 2025 Nelson, New Zealand. On New Year's Day, a 32-year-old man drove his car into two New Zealand police officers and a police car, killing one officer and injuring four others, including one seriously.[139]
  • 2025 Tampa, Florida. On January 26, 2025, a 48-year-old man struck groups of pedestrians in two locations, killing one person and injuring six others, before being fatally shot by police officers after a highspeed chase.[140]
  • 2025 Mannheim car attack: On March 3, 2025, at least two people were killed and eleven others including the driver were injured when a man drove into a group of people in Paradeplatz, a pedestrianized street in Mannheim. The driver was taken into custody after he shot himself in the mouth.[141]
  • 2025 Inglewood, California, United States. On March 8, 2025, a disgruntled customer drove his car into a CarMax car dealership building, injuring eight people, including two critically, before being arrested.[142]
  • 2025 Vadodara, Gujarat, India. On March 14, a man rammed his car into pedestrians, killing a woman and injuring eight others, before being arrested.[143]
  • 2025 Yangzhen, Beijing, China. On March 18, a man angry with the government drove his car into a vegetable market, killing five people and injuring eleven others.[144][145]
  • 2025 Luton, Bedfordshire, England. On April 6, a 23-year-old man drove his Fiat 500 into pedestrians, injuring two people, before being arrested.[146]
  • 2025 East Naples, Florida, United States. On April 10, 2025, a 42-year-old man drove his car into a thrift store, injuring six people, before being arrested after attempting to flee the scene.[147]
  • 2025 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On April 15, a person drove their Sedan onto a pedestrian walkway on the Toronto Metropolitan University campus near Yonge Street and Gerrard Street injuring four people. No arrests were made.[148]
  • 2025 Jinhua car attack. On April 22, a car drove into pedestrians, mostly students walking home from school, outside of an elementary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. 14 people, including nine students, police officers and parents, were killed while multiple others were seriously injured.[149][150]
  • 2025 Vancouver car attack. On April 26, a person drove their SUV through the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival before being taken into police custody. At least eleven people were killed, including a child,[151] while more than 20 others were injured.[152]
  • 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. On May 1, a 28-year-old man drove his car into a crowd of students going home from school, injuring seven people, before being arrested.[153]
  • 2025 Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States. On May 1, a man armed with a knife drove his car into two children and an adult, before being arrested later.[154]
  • 2025 Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. On May 7, a car drove into a crowd of French association football team Paris Saint-Germain FC supporters, injuring three people, including two critically, before the driver was attacked and his car was set on fire and later exploded.[155][156]
  • 2025 Paris, France. On May 11, a car carrying three people rammed into and robbed a Louis Vuitton store, stealing luxury items and causing damage, before fleeing the scene.[157]
  • 2025 Bishopville, South Carolina, United States. On May 11, a teenager drove his car into a girl before crashing into a Dollar Tree store and a car during a dispute with five people, injuring the girl, before being arrested.[158]
  • 2025 New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. On May 12, a woman drove her car into the entrance of a federal building, striking a security guard and causing minor damage to the building, before being arrested after getting out and trying to light an American flag on fire with gasoline.[159]
  • 2025 Liverpool car attack. On 26 May a man drove his vehicle into a number of pedestrians on Water Street as they were celebrating Liverpool F.C.'s victory in the Premier League. A man was detained shortly afterwards by Merseyside Police.[160] 65 people were injured
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Notes

  1. Therefore this list excludes traffic accidents and hit and runs.

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