List of accidents and disasters by death toll

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This page lists accidents and disasters sorted by death toll. It does not include natural disasters, or death tolls caused by deliberate violence.

1 Explosion
2 Flood disasters
3 Coal mine disasters
4 Aviation
5 Maritime
6 Space travel
7 Sporting events
8 Industrial accidents
9 Stampedes and panics
10 Animal attacks
11 Nuclear accidents
12 Train accidents
13 Other accidents
14 Footnotes
15 See also
16 External links

[edit] Explosion

Not including bombings, aviation incidents and mine disasters

1,950 - Halifax Explosion, (Nova Scotia, Canada 1917)^[1]
1,500 - Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia, June 8, 1941
1,200 - Ammunition trucks (Cali, Colombia, 1956)
1,000 - Ammunition dump fire, (Lagos, Nigeria, 2002), many deaths were from drowning during the panic
800 - Bombay Docks Explosion (Bombay, India, 1944)
700 - Illegal Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, August 17, 1988.
600+ - Explosion of the Caterina Costa, port of Napoli, March 28, 1943, with over 3000 injured
575 - Ufa train disaster (Ufa, Russia, 1989)
568 - Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
565 - BASF Oppau explosion, Germany, 1921, possibly as many as 1,500 killed
376 - Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1917)
322 - Port Chicago disaster (Port Chicago, California, 1944)
294 - New London School explosion (New London, Texas, 1937)
243 - Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1909)
234 - PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, December 2003
217 - Los Alfaques Disaster, (Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain 1978)
206 - Gas explosions (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1992)
182 - BASF Chemical plant (Ludwigshafen, West Germany, 1948)
171 - A trailer truck carrying dynamite explode with crush at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand on February 15, 1991.
160 - Voorbode, (Norway, 1944)
>153 - Tacoa Disaster, (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela, 1982)
151 - Gunpowdership disaster (Leiden, The Netherlands, 1807)
147 - Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, August 18, 1947.
134 - Munitions Factory Chilwell, Nottingham, England, 1918
133 - Munitions plant (Pennsylvania, 1917)
130 - Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion (Cleveland, Ohio, 1944)
126 - Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur, spacecenter, Kazakhstan, 1960)
116 - The Great Gunpowder Explosion, Faversham, Faversham, 1916)
110 - A tanker truck carrying petrol explode at Chennai, India, March 12, 1995.
105 - 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kinkkale, Turkey, on November 24, 1980.
103 - USS Bennington, (off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 1954)
103 - Gas explosions by subway construction (Daegu, South Korea, 1995)
100+ - Delft Explosion (Netherlands, 1654)
100 - Chemical plant (Pittsburgh, 1918)
100+ - T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion (New Jersey, 1918).^[2]
100 - Pakistani Army ammunitions dump explode at Islamabad, Pakistan, (April 10, 1988)
100 - NNPC oil pipeline explosion, with blast a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria, May 15, 2008.
98 - 8,800 gallons carrying fuel truck catch fire with explode at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 28, 2007
94 - Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump explode at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan, (March 1, 1939)
94 - Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities are explode by standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, (December 27, 1924)
90 - Five-story apartment building with huge dynamite stored in the basement explode at Shaoyang, Hunan, China, (January 31, 1996)
90 - A truck carrying 3,800 gallons gasoline with six vehicles crush and explode at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran, June 20, 2004.
79 - Gas explosions by subway construction (Osaka, Japan, 1970)
78 - Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
75 - Underground Ammunition Store (Fauld, Staffordshire, England, 1944)
73 - TNT factory (London, 1917)
73 - Arzamas railroad station explode disaster, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 1988
70 - Vergarolla explosion (Pula, Italy/Yugoslavia, 1946)
63 - A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crush and explode at downtown Bangkok, Thailand, September 25, 1990
63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
60 - Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia, 1936)^{[citation needed]}
60 - Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China, (September 9, 2000)
60 - Tank truck explosion, during carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria, November 11, 1994
57 - Freight train with dynamite explode at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, (November 11, 1977)
50 - Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al jazira, northern Syria on July 28, 1987
49 - Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, (Warsaw Poland, 1979)
49 - Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Vizcaya, Ortuella, Spain, October 23, 1980.
48 - Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, 1980)
45 - Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall (Osasco, Brazil, June 11, 1996). Another 482 were injured.
41 - Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, January 7, 1993
40 - Lapua ammo factory (Finland, 1976)
36 - Petrobras Canpos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil, August 16, 1984
35 - Ammunition factory near Leeds, England (1916)
33 - Humberto Vidal Explosion (San Juan, Puerto Rico,1996)
29 - Blast in ammunition depot in Albania, 2008
24 - Gas explosion in Ghislenghien,Belgium
23 - Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
22 - Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdansk Poland, 1995)
22 - Fireworks factory (Enschede, Netherlands, 2000)
21 - Arsenal dump (New Jersey, 1926)
21 - Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
15 - Gas explosions from underground shopping mall (Shizuoka, Japan, 1980)
7 - Black Tom Explosion of 1916
4 - West Pharmaceutical Plant explosion
4 - T2 Laboratories (Jacksonville, Florida, USA, December 19, 2007)
3 - Corus Steel explosion, Port Talbot Wales, November 8, 2001 )^[3]
3 - 2006 Falk Corporation explosion (Milwaukee)
2 - PEPCON disaster
2 - Phillips explosion of 1999 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
1 - Phillips explosion of 2000 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
1 - Goodyear plant explosion in Houston, Texas, USA, on June 11, 2008. Also injured 6.

[edit] Flood disasters

Excluding natural disasters i.e. floods caused by natural forces such as tsunami or high rainfall and dam failure caused by natural disaster such as earthquake or exceptional rainfall

500,000-900,000 - Yellow River levee intentionally broken by Chinese Nationalist troops under Chiang Kai-Shek during the Second Sino-Japanese War, China, 1938
2,209 - Johnstown flood (dam break), 1889
2000 ca. - Vajont Dam collapse, Italy, 1963
1,579+ - Möhne Reservoir, Germany, bombed by British bombers in World War II, 1943. 1,026 of killed were foreign forced labourers in camps downstream.
421 - Malpasset dam collapse, France, 1959
375 - Levee of pond failure at Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, 1936
373-400 {600 estimated}- St. Francis Dam failure, United States, 1928
356 - Gleno's dam collapse,Italy, 1923 estimated about 500 death
270 - Great Sheffield Flood, Dale Dike Dam collapse, England, 1864
268 - Val di Stava Dam collapse, Italy, 1985
243 - Gouhou Dam burst disaster, Gonghe, Qinghai, China on 27 August, 1993
125 - Buffalo Creek Flood, dam collapse, United States, 1972
118 - Belci hydro electric dam failure, Romania, 1991
60 - Horonai dam failure with apartment house collapse, Oumu, northeastern Hokkaidō, Japan, 1941
39 - Kelly Barnes Dam failure, United States, 1977
14 - Teton Dam collapse, United States, 1976

[edit] Coal mine disasters

1,549 - Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
1,099 - Coal mine explosion (Courrières, France, 1903)
687 - coal mine (Mitsubishi Hojyo, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 December 1914)
472 - coal mine (Wankie, Rhodesia, 1972)
458 - coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 November, 1963)
439 - Senghenydd Colliery Disaster (Senghenydd, Wales, 1913)
437 - coal mine (Coalbrook, South Africa, 1960)
422 - coal mine (New Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 28 November 1914)
405 - coal mine (Bergkamen, West Germany, 1946)
376 - coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 21 December 1917)
375 - coal mine (Bihar, India, 1965)
372 - Sudamdih Colliery Disaster (Dhanbad, India, 1975)
365 - coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 20 July 1907)
362 - coal mine (Monongah, West Virginia, 1907)
344 - Pretoria Pit Disaster, (Westhoughton, England, 1910)
298 - coal mine (Saarland, West Germany, 1962)
266 - Gresford Disaster (Gresford, Wales, 1934)
263 - coal mine (Dawson, New Mexico, 1913)
263 - coal mine (Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 3, 1992)
262 - coal mine (Marcinelle, Belgium, 1956)
259 - coal mine (Cherry, Illinois, 1909)
257 - coal mine (Grundy, Virginia, 1937)
243 - coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 5 August 1909)
239 - coal mine (Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, 1907)
236 - coal mine (Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan, 1 June 1965)
235 - coal mine (Larisch, Karviná, Czech Republic, June 14, 1894)
214 - coal mine (Sunjiawan, Fuxing, Liaoning, China, 15 February 2005)
210 - coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 June 1899)
200 - coal mine (Scofield, Utah, 1900)
200 - coal mine (Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 27 February 1908)
189 - coal mine (Hillcrest mine, Canada, 1914)
183 - coal mine (Chosei, Ube, Japan, 3 February 1942)
181 - coal mine with flooding (Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China, August 17, 2007)
180 - coal mine (Tuzla, Bosina and Herzegovina, 1990)
177 - coal mine (Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan,1941)
166 - coal mine (Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shanxi, China, 28 November 2004)
159 - coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 26 September 2000)
153 - coal mine (Mina de Barroteran, Coahuila, Mexico, March 31, 1969)
150 - Nanaimo mine explosion (Canada, 1887)
148 - coal mine (Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China, 20 October 2004)
147 - coal mine (Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China, April 21, 1991)
134 - coal mine (Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan, March 27, 1927)
134 - coal mine (Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China, 27 November 2005)
125 - coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 February 1891)
125 - coal mine (Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia, July 15, 1977)
124 - coal mine (Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China, 20 June 2002)
123 - coal mine (Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China, 6 August 2005)
111 - coal mine (Centralia Mine Disaster, Centralia, IL, March 25, 1947)
108 - coal mine (Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, March 19, 2007)
108 - coal mine (Dukla, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 14, 1961)
108 - coal mine (Larisch, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 5, 1885)
105 - coal mine (Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China, 5 December 2007)
101 - coal mine (methane explosion) (Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine, 18 November 2007)
100 - coal mine (Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 8, 1983)
94 - coal mine (Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5, 1984)
93 - coal mine (Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 16 October 1981)
92 - coal mine (Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava, Serbia, November 18, 1989)
92 - coal mine (Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, July 22, 2001)
91 - coal mine (Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China, 27 November 1996)
89 - coal mine (Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, March 11, 1997)
86 - coal mine (Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China, 13 May 2003)
83 - coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyūshū, Japan, 18 January 1984)
83 - coal mine (Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur, China, 13 July 2005)
82 - coal mine (Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine, 11 March 2000)
74 - coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23 October 1958)
71 - coal mine (Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 March 1961)
68 - coal mine (Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, December 2, 1997)
65 - coal mine (Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic, September 4, 1981)[2]
64 - coal mine (Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, September 3, 1983)
63 - coal mine (Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine, 4 April 1998)
60 - coal mine (Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China, May 28, 1997)
59 - coal mine (Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China, 20 March 2005)
53 - coal mine (Secunda, Mpumalanga, East Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993)
52 - coal mine (Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 August 2001)
43 - coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 24 February 2003)
39 - coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1 November 1956)
36 - coal mine (Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 July 2004)
30 - coal mine (Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2008)
24 - Nanshan Colliery disaster (Shanxi Province, China, 13 November 2006)
23 - methane explosion in Halemba coal mine (Ruda Slaska Poland 21 November 2006)
12 - Sago Mine Disaster (Sago, West Virginia, 2 January 2006)
9 - Crandall Canyon Mine (Emery County, Utah, 6 August 2007)

[edit] Aviation

Lists of aviation accidents and incidents

General	by year · by death toll · in mid-air

Commercial	by year · by airline · by location · by cause / in alphabetical order

Military	by year · Shootdowns · Iraq War · Coalition aircraft losses in Afghanistan · involving C-130 Hercules

Other	Airships · News aircraft · Spaceflight

Deaths	by aircraft misadventure · of notables · Sole survivors

Related topics	Air safety · Aircraft hijacking · Aviation archaeology · Air crash investigators · Accident analysis

For more exhaustive lists, see the Aircraft Crashes Record Office (ACRO) and Aviation Safety Network websites.

583 - Tenerife disaster (1977)
520 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Japan, 1985)
349 - 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (India, 1996)
346 - Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (Paris, 1974)
301 - Saudia Flight 163 (Riyadh, 1980)
297 – 350 - Air Africa Antonov An-32 (Kinshasa, 1996).
290 - Iran Air Flight 655 (Persian Gulf, 1988)
276 - Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Ilyushin Il-76 (Sirach Mountains, 2003)
273 - American Airlines Flight 191 (Chicago, 1979)
270 - Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie, 1988)
269 - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (Sakhalin Island, 1983)
265 - American Airlines Flight 587 (New York City, 2001)
264 - China Airlines Flight 140 (Nagoya, 1994)
261 - Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991)
257 - Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Antarctica, 1979)
256 - Arrow Air Flight 1285 (Gander, Newfoundland, 1985)
234 - Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (Indonesia, 1997)
230 - TWA Flight 800 (Long Island, 1996)
229 - Swissair Flight 111 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998)
228 - Korean Air Flight 801 (Guam, 1997)
225 - China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
223 - Lauda Air Flight 004 (Thailand, 1991)
217 - EgyptAir Flight 990 (Cape Cod, 1999)
213 - Air India Flight 855 (India, 1978)
202 - China Airlines Flight 676 (Taipei, 1998)
200 - Aeroflot Flight 7425 (Uzbek, USSR, 1985)
199 - TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 3054 (São Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
191 - Martinair DC-8 (Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1974)
189 - Birgenair Flight 301 (Dominican Republic, 1996)
188 - Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Immouzer, Morocco, 1975)
184 - Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 (Katunayake, Sri Lanka, 1978)
183 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 (Warsaw, 1987)
181 - Avianca Flight 011 (Barajas Airport, Spain, 1983)
180 - Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Corsica, 1981)
176 - Surinam Airways Flight PY764 (Surinam, 1989)
176 - 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (Yugoslavia, 1976)
176 - Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Nigeria, 1973)
176 - Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 (Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 1972)
171 - UTA Flight 772 (Sahara Desert, 1989)
170 - Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 (Ukraine, 2006)
169 - Kenya Airways Flight 431 (Côte d'Ivoire, 2000)
167 - PIA Flight 268 (Nepal, 1992)
167 - Mexicana Flight 940 (Mexico, 1986)
162 - All Nippon Airways Flight 58/JSDF F-86 fighter jet (Shizukuishi, Japan, 30 July 1971)
160 - West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (Venezuela, 2005)
159 - American Airlines Flight 965 (Colombia, 1995)
159 - South African Airways Flight 295 (Indian Ocean, 1987)
156 - Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (Romulus, Michigan, 1987)
156 - PIA Flight 740 (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
155 - Spantax Flight 275 (Tenerife, 3 December 1972)
154 - Turkish Airlines Flight TC-JBH, (Isparta, Turkey, 1976)
154 - Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (Brazil, 2006)
153 - Pan Am Flight 759 (Louisiana, 1982)
148 - Iberia Flight 610, (Bilbao, Spain, 1985)
148 - Flash Airlines Flight 604, (Sharm el-Sheikh, 2004)
146 - Dan-Air Flight 1008, (Tenerife, 1980)
144 - PSA Flight 182/Cessna 172, (San Diego, CA, September 25, 1978)
144 - Independent Air Flight 1851 (Santa Maria, 1989)
143 - Avianca Flight 410 (near Santander, Colombia, March 1988)
143 - Gulf Air Flight 072 (Bahrain, 2000)
141 - China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (Guangzhou, China) (24 November 1992)
137 - Vasp Flight 168 (Ceará, Brazil, 1982)
137 - Delta Airlines Flight 191 (Dallas, TX, 1985)
133 - All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (Tokyo Bay, Japan, 4 February 1966)
132 - USAir Flight 427 (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 8 September 1994)
131 - Air Philippines Flight 541 (Davao City, Philippines, 2000)
131 - TAP Portugal Flight 425 (Madeira Airport, Portugal, November 1977)
130 - Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad, India
129 - US Air Force C-124 Globemaster II (Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, 1953)
128 - Air China Flight 129 (Busan, South Korea, 2002)
128 - Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 (Guangzhou, China, 1990)
127 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 (Comoros Islands, 1996)
124 - S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk, Russia, 2006)
124 - BOAC Flight 911, (Mount Fuji, Japan, 1966)
123 - Varig Flight 820, (Orly Airport, France, 1973)
123 - Faucett Flight 251 (Arequipa, Peru 1996)
121 - Helios Airways Flight 522 (Greece, 2005)
118 - Linate Airport disaster (Milan, Italy, 8 October 2001)
118 - Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, (Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 29 November, 1963)
116 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (Jamaica, New York, 24 June 1975)
115 - Korean Air Flight 858 (Andaman Sea, 1987)
115 - Alitalia Flight 112 (Palermo, Italy, May 5, 1972)
113 - Air France Flight 4590 (Gonesse, France, 2000)
112 - China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (Dalian, China, 2002)
112 - CAAC Flight 3303 (Guangxi, China, April, 1982)
111 - United Airlines Flight 232 (Sioux City, Iowa, 1989)
110 - ValuJet Flight 592 (Florida Everglades, 1996)
109 - Air Canada Flight 621 (Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 5 July, 1970)
107 - Alitalia Flight 4128 (Palermo, Italy, December, 1978)
104 - Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 (Philippines, 1998)
104 - SilkAir Flight 185 (Indonesia, 1997)
99 - LANSA Flight 502 (Cusco, Peru. 1970)
99 - TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402 (São Paulo, Brazil, 1996)
95 - American Airlines Flight 1 (Jamaica Bay, New York City, March 1, 1962)
95 - Air France Flight 1611 (Mediterranean Sea, 1968)
94 - Alitalia Flight 771 (Mumbai, India, July 7, 1962)
93 - Barajas Airport two planes collide disaster, (Madrid, Spain, December 1983)
92 - Indian Airlines Flight 605, Bangalore, India
89+ - One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, Phuket, Thailand
87 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (Warsaw, Poland, 1980)
84 - Sknyliv airshow disaster (2002)
83 - Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Taipei, 2000)
82 - Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee, (Cerritos, California, 1986)
81 - Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (Pleiku, Vietnam, 1972)
78 - Air Florida Flight 90 (Washington, DC, 1982)
76 - ČSA Flight OK-NAB (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1976)
75 - Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (Bangkok, 1988)
74 - Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 (Andoas, Peru. 1998)
72 - Sabena Flight 548 (near Brussels, Belgium, 1961)
71 - Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937/DHL Flight 611, (Uberlingen, Germany, 2002)
70 - Aeroperú Flight 603 (Lima, Peru. 1996)
70 - Ramstein airshow disaster (Germany, 1988)
69 - Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal, India
64 - Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, (Haneda Airport, Japan, 1966)
64 - Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 64, (Hakodate, Japan, 1971)
58 - Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, Lake Michigan (1950)
56 - Indian Airlines Flight 491, Aurangabad, India
55 - China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 {Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, (2004)
51 - Alliance Air Flight 7412, Patna, India
50 - Philippine Airlines Flight 206, (near Loakan Airport, Baguio City, Philippines, 1987)
49 - Comair Flight 5191 (Kentucky, 2006)
47 - British Midland Flight 092 (England, 1989)
47 - El Al Flight 1862 (Amsterdam, 1992)
46 - TANS Peru Fokker F28 (Chachapoyas, Peru. 2003)
46 - R101 airship disaster (Beauvais, 1930)
45 - Sumburgh disaster (Shetland Islands, 1986)
43 - 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster (Lima, Peru. 1987)
40 - TANS Peru Flight 204 (Pucallpa, Peru. 2005)
35 - Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)
35 - US Air Force IFO 21 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1996)
31 - Superga air disaster (Italy, 1949)
29 - TAA Flight 538 (Mackay, 1960)
24 - Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (Between Chile-Argentina border, 1972)

[edit] Maritime

This section lists peacetime shipping disasters only. For wartime shipping disasters, see List of battles and other violent events by death toll.

4,300–4,500 - MV Doña Paz (Philippines, 1987)^[4]
2,750–3,920 - SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, 1948)^[5]
1,863 - MV Joola (Senegal, 2002)
1,547 - Sultana (Mississippi River, 1865)
1,517 - RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 1912)
1,155 - Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 1954)
1,021 - SS General Slocum (New York, 1904)
1,018 - MV al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 2006)
1,012 - RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 1914)
c.1,000 - SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 1921)
894 - MV Bukova (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1996)
852 - MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 1994)
835 - SS Eastland (Chicago, 1915)
737 - SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 1902)
c.640 - SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 1878)
627 - SS Norge (Rockall, 1904)
625 - SS Ramdas (Bombay, 1947)
608 - Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 1955)
600 - Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, May 1986)
587 - Ertuğrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 1890)
580 - Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, January 1981)
558 - SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 1916)
550 - Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000)
546 - RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1873)
528 - MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, July 2003)
500 - Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 1986)
497 - Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
464 - Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 1991)
461 - MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 2006)
438 - Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
423 - Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 1986)
400 - Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, March 11, 1895)
400 - SS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 1860)
400 - Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 1865)
397 - Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
392 - SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, January 19, 1947)
361 - KM Bismas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, October 1999)
358 - HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 1893)
357 - 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 1983)
353 - SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 2001)
340 - MV Shalahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 2002)
338 - Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, January 1996)
325 - Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1999)
314 - Principessa Matalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, October 25, 1927)
308 - Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 1970)
304 - Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy condition off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, December 9, 1945.
300 - Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized Amazon River, Obidos, Brazil, September 20, 1981
300 - Turkish ferry Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, March 1, 1958
297 - RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 1854)
292 - A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county October 10, 1993^[6]
288 - SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 1966)
280 - Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, November 24, 1999
280 - Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
280 - Myanmarese passenger ferry U Hla Myist sank by collided with Japanese vassel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
279 - Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, July 2, 1993
272 - Kenyan ferry MV Mtongwe sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 1994
260 - USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
260 - Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 1805)
260 - Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 1622)
259 - Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, July 8, 1961
250+ - Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 1913)
250 - Filipino ferry Dona Marylin capsized by Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, October, 1988
250 - Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, August 20, 1994
249 - Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 1953)
230 - Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapo capsized Belem de Cajari, Macapa, Amazon River, Brazil, 1981
230 - Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
226 - Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 1873)
220 - Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, January 24, 1996
215 - Myanmarese double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 1990
210 - Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
209 - Seven Japanese fishing boat sank by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 1965)
206 - Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May, 1963
205 - HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1919)
200 - SS Victoria (London, Ontario, 1881)
200 - Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, July 2005.
200 - Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, December, 1988.
193 - Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 1987)
192 - Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
189 - MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 2005)
189 - HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
185 - Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
182 - Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 27, 2003.
180 - Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, March 31, 1998
177 - Russian cruise ship Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, June 5, 1983.
171 - Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, August 1985
170 - Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 1853)
168 - Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 1955)
167 - Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 26, 1958
167 - Dona Cassandra sank by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 1983)
165 - Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, February 20, 1997
161 - Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sank by collide with Bulgarian barge Pita Karamonchev at Danube River, Galatzi, Romania, September 10, 1989
158 - Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 1990)
158 - Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, August 3, 2007
150 - Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Maranon River, central Peru, May 7, 1991.
150 - Overloaded motorrized canoe capsized off Tasso, Sierra Leone, March 25, 1999.
150 - A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, May 23, 1965
150 - Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, September, 1961
148 - Medusa (off Senegal, 1816)
147 - Chinese passenger ferry capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on March 2, 1983
140 - SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1912)
140 - Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, June, 1948
140 - Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscan, Italy, 1991
140 - Two African immigrants boat sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 2007
134 - SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1934)
134 - Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, March 6, 1990.
131 - Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000.
131 - Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 1881)
130 - Princess Victoria (Scottland, 1953)
130 - Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, September, 1997
130 - Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, March 1992
129 - USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 1963)
128 - HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 1908)
128 - Greek cruise ship Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, December 28, 1962.
124+ - SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 1911)
124 - Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, April 6, 2006
120 - Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, April 10, 2006.
118 - Kursk (Barents Sea, 2000)
117 - Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946)
113 - Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, April 1957.
102 - SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875).
100 - Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1989.
99 - USS Scorpion (near Azores, 1968)
92 - Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sank by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, October 1, 1933.
85 - Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
82 - STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
81 - Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
80 - Pamir (1957)
78 - Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
70 - Ming 361 (2003)
58 - Bahrain wooden plesure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
57 - Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, July 8, 1959
54 - MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
53 - TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
51 - SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Mass. 1956)
48 - Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, May 4, 2008.
45 - SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
44 - British bulk carrier Derbyshire capsized by structual failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, September 9, 1980
36 - FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
35 - HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
31 - SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
29 - SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
28 - Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
20 - Ethan Allen (Lake George (New York), 2 October 2005)
17 - 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
16 - MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
13 - Essex (South Pacific, 1819)

[edit] Space travel

7 - Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (United States, 2003)
7 - Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Florida, 1986)
3 - Soyuz 11 (space, 1971)
3 - Apollo 1 (Florida, 1967) (on the ground not actually in space)
1 - Soyuz 1 (SE of Orenburg, Russia, 1967)

[edit] Sporting events

1,112 - Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus, (Ancient Rome, c.140 AD)^[7]
604 - Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Racecourse, stand collapsed and caught fire. Figure conservative, from the Guinness Book of World Records. Most online sources give the death toll as 6,000. (Hong Kong, 1918)^{[citation needed]}
318 - Peru vs. Argentina football game riot (Lima, Peru, May 24, 1964)^{[citation needed]}
222 - Sincelejo Corralejas studium collapsed, during bleaches at bullring, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.
123 - Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko soccer match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)^{[citation needed]}
96 - Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
84 - Guatemala and Costa Rica football match crush (Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1996)^{[citation needed]}
80+ - 24 hours of Le Mans auto race crash (Le Mans, France, 1955)
80 - football match crush (Katmandu, Nepal, 1988)^{[citation needed]}
72 - River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 23, 1968)^{[citation needed]}
66 - Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway collapse & ensuing crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
66 - Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, USSR, 1982)
56 - Bradford City football stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
44 - Kayseri Erciyesspor and Sivasspor soccer fan using gun, knife, weapons, and fighting each other spectators at Kayseri Ataturk Stadium, Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968
43 - Ellis Park Stadium disaster (Johannesburg, South Africa, May 10, 2001)^{[citation needed]}
39 - Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 1985)
33 - Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 1946)^{[citation needed]}
28 - Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928)
26 - First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 1902)
24 - When drunken soccer fan provolce a stampede game Deportivo Cali and America de Cali, Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982
21 - Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskaki stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK (Piraeus, Greece, February 8, 1981)^[8]
17 - 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
17 - Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semifinal match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, Bastia, Corsica, France, May 5, 1992.
15 - 1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Formula 1 race): Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips' car was thrown amidst the audience (Monza, Italy, 1961).
13 - Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and ten spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators, killing the pair, plus 9 spectators. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race. (Reggio Emilia, Florence and Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, May 12, 1957)^[9]^[10]
12 - Baker Bowl Collapse (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1912)^{[citation needed]}
11 - Munich Olympics massacre (Munich, Germany, 1972)^[11]
11 - Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad soccer match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, January 11, 1999.
8+ - 1903 Paris-Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.^[12]^[13]

[edit] Industrial accidents

18,000+ - Bhopal Disaster India (1984)
1,549 - Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
568 - Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
512 - Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine erea where landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, 1899
500 - Pemex liquefied petroleum gas terminal explosion at San Juan, Ixhuatepec, (San Juanico) Mexico City, November 19, 1984^[14]

319 - Marie iron mine fire, Příbram, Czech Republic, May 31, 1892
245 - Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan, 1937
234 - PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, 2003
177 - General Mining Union Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa, on September 16, 1986.
167 - Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North Sea, 1988)
146 - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
125 - Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, (West Virginia, United States, 1972)
123 - Alexander Kielland oil platform destoroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway, 1980
105 - Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa, May 11, 1995
84 – Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks, 15 February 1982
68 – Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea, March 2, 1960
65 - KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh on 24 February, 2006.
63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
60 - Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China, November 22, 2004
56 - Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungei Punggol, Malaysia, 1991
55 - four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco on April 25, 2008
40 - Lapua ammunition factory explosion (Finland, 1976)
28 - Flixborough disaster, (England, 1974)
23 - Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
22 - Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire - 14-Sep-1997, Vishakapatnam,Andhra pradesh,India, [3]
21 - Boston Molasses Disaster (Boston, 1919)
15 - BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion (Houston, Texas, USA, 2005)
11 - Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion (Davenport, Iowa, USA 1975)
4 - T2 Laboratories (Jacksonville, Florida, USA, December 19, 2007)
2 - Phillips explosion of 1999 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
1 - Phillips explosion of 2000 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
1 - Goodyear plant explosion in Houston, Texas, USA, on June 11, 2008. Also injured 6.

[edit] Stampedes and panics

4,000 - mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941)
1,426 - stampede by pilgrims inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990)
1,400 – 2,000 - Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896)
953 - Baghdad bridge stampede, (Baghdad, Iraq, 2005) (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)^{[citation needed]}
800 - crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, India, 1954)
362 - stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2006)
340 - Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, 1982)
270 - stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994)
258 - crowd crush at religious festival (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 2005)
251 - stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004)
200 - stampede in the central place of Nagpur ( Maharashtra, India,1992 )
183 – Victoria Hall theatre panic (Sunderland, 1883)
173 - Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943)
124 - Progressing new year event that panic and stampede at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, (January 1, 1956)
123 - Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko soccer match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
118 - pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998)
96 - Hillsborough disaster crush (England, 1989)
84 - Guatemala and Costa Rica soccer match crush (Guatemala City, October 16, 1996)
77 - stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station, Japan, (January 8, 1934)
74 - PhilSports Arena stampede, Manila, Philippines, February 4, 2006 [4]
73 - Italian Hall Disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)
72 - River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 23, 1968)
66 - Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, 1971)
60 - Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, Yaunde, Cameroon, December 6, 1988
56 - Los Angeles de San Rafael square stampede disaster, during contest event, Segovia, Castile-Leon, Spain, June 15, 1969
53 - Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, May 31, 1999)
52 - Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China, February 14, 1994
51 - Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster, Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, September 13, 2006.
45 - Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure, Delhi, India, December 4, 1981
44 - Kayseri Ataturk Stadium disaster, Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968
42 - Ellis Park Stadium Disaster, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 11, 2001
39 - Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, May 29, 1985)
37 - Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster, Miyun, Beijing, China, February 5, 2004.
33 - Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster, Nasik, Maharashtra, India, August 26, 2003.
29 - Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006) [5]
24 - Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982
21 - Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster, Hong Kong, December 31, 1992
20 - Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster, Maseru, Lesotho, August 29, 1980.
20 - Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster, Guadarajara, Mexico, January 31, 1965.
19 - Synagogue stampede during the feast of Yom Kippur (Ostrów Wielkopolski, 10 October 1872)
11 - Crush at The Who concert in the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (3 December 1979)
11 - Progressing firework festival that stampede and panics at Akashi Footbridge, Japan, (21 July, 2001)
11 - Alexandria Stadium soccer match stampede disaster, northern Egypt, January, 1999.
10 - All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, February 10, 2008.

[edit] Animal attacks

980 - Burmese saltwater crocodiles (Ramree, Burma, February 19, 1945)
600 - Shark attack (USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Pacific, 1945)
436 - The Champawat Tigress (Champawat, India, 1903-1907)
400 - Panar Leopard
300 - Gustave (Burundi, Africa)
nearly 140 - Tsavo maneaters (Kenya, 1898)
over 125 - Leopard of Rudraprayag

[edit] Nuclear accidents

Main article: List of nuclear accidents

200+ - Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), figure is a conservative estimate, 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over thirty small communities had been removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991.
56 - Chernobyl accident (Ukraine, 1986, uncertain number of later casualties from cancer and other radiation-induced sickness.)^[15]
8 - Soviet submarine K-19 4 July 1961.
5 - Mihama Nuclear Power Plant 3 reactor facilities building turbines, where hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe. The accident is the worst nuclear disaster of Japan. (August 9, 2004)
3 - SL-1 (US Army) 1961.
2 - Tokai, Ibaraki nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, September 30, 1999).

[edit] Train accidents

Train accidents with 100+ deaths.

ca. 1,700 Queen of the Sea train disaster, Telwatta, Sri Lanka caused by the tsunami created by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
800+ - Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)
575 - Ufa train disaster (Russia, 1989)
540 - Modane train disaster (France, 1917)
521 - Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944) (lower estimate, other sources report the death toll as more than 600)
500 - Leon train disaster (Spain, 1944)
428 - Awash train disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
383 - Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
337 - Baku subway disaster (Azerbaijan, 1995)
320 - Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
307 - Sukkur station train disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
302 - Firozabad train disaster (India, 1995)
298 - El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)
ca. 300 - Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico, 1955)
285 - Gaisal train disaster (India, 1999)
281 - Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
236 - Benavide trains crash (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)
230 - Langny-Pomponne train disaster (France, 1933)
227 - Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915)
212 - Khanna rail disaster (India, 1998)
208 - Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
200 - Dwor train disaster (Poland, 1949)
196 - Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
185 - Aracaju train derailed, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, 1946)
184 - Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
181 - Ajikawaguchi train disaster (Osaka, Japan, 1940)
162 - Mikawashima triple trains crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
161 - Yokohama rail crash (Japan, 1963)
159 - Rzepin train derailed, (Rzepin, Slubice, Poland, 1952)
154 - Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
154 - Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
153 - Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, 1974)
151 - Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
150 - 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
135 - Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
130+ - Rafiganj train disaster (India, 2002)
130 - Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
128 - Mangueira trains disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
126 - Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
120 - Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997)
120 - Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
119 - 1952 Rio train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
118 - Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960)
118 - Viseu trains disaster, (Portugal, 1985)
114+ - Veligonda train disaster (India, 2005)
114 - Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
112 - Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952)
110 - Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
108 - Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
107 - Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937)
107 - Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972)
107 - Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005)
107 - Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerara, India, 1988)
106 - Sakuragichō commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951)
106 - Kamensk trains disaster, (Kamensk-Shalchtinsky, Russia, 1987)
106 - Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
105 - Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
102 - Bintaro Jaya commuter trains crush, (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1987)
102 - Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
101 - Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)
101 - The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, TN, United States, 1918)
100+ - Benaleka, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)

[edit] Other accidents

600+ - Beichuan Middle School collapsed by 2008 Sichuan earthquake, Wenchuan, Sichuan, China, May 13, 2008
501 - Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 1995)
492 - Coconut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942)
396 - Paraguay supermarket fire (2004)
323 - Circus arson, (Niterói, Brazil, 1961)
322 - L'Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
222 - Sincelejo Corralejas studium collapsed, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.
198 - Daegu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
167 - Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
162 - 1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea)^[16]
162 - Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
153 - Illegally constructed nine-story buildings with Spectrum Sweater and Knitting factory collapse, (Palash Bari, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005)
146 - 1970 Saint-Laurent-du-Pont fire (France)^[16]
144 - Aberfan landslide disaster (Wales, 1966)
140 - Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on November 19, 1974.
135 - Hotel Royal Plaza collapse, (Nakhow Ratchasima, Thailand, August 13, 1993)
126 - Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, October 24, 1960)
125 - a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, November 8, 1984.
114 - Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981)
100 - The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
100 - Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, June 16, 1990
97 - Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
94 - Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on February 2, 2004.
87 - Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990)
84 - Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on December 27, 1938
75 - Quebec Bridge, (Canada, 1907)
74 - Cinema theatre roof collapse (Tokamachi, Japan, 1 January 1938)
73 - Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on April 16, 1955
71 - Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 16, 1985
70 - A 116 years-old Hintze-Ribeiro Bridge collapse, with a bus and three cars plunged into Douro River at Castelo de Paiva, Aveiro, Portugal on March 4, 2001.
67 - Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November, 1999
67 - Po Shan Road landslide, (Mid-levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972)
65 - Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse (Chorzow, Poland, 28 January 2006)
64 – Cinema Statuto fire,Turin,Italy
64 - Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, April 2, 1979)
64 - Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 1996
63 - Arson at a Macedonian disco in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
60 - Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Can Tho, Vinh Long, Vietnam, on September 26, 2007.
49 - Cais do Sodre railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May, 1963
48 - Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk spacecenter, Russia, March 18, 1980)
48 - Hulekelang Highland Tower collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 11, 1993.
47 - Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938)
42 - Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976)
40 - The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, November 20, 1996)
35 - Hotel Hafnia Fire after a arson fire on the hotel,in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1, 1973
35 - West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970)
35 - Seven-story added illegally five story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, December 24, 2007.
34 - Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Puglia, Taranto, Italy, February, 7, 1985
34 - Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30 1971.^[17]^[18]
33 - Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March, 1986.
32 - Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, July 31, 1988
29 - Under constructing Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on December 20, 1996
29 - Pioneer Hotel fire, after a arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (December 20, 1970)^[19]
27 - The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 17, 1958
26 - Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, on July 26, 1985)
24 - Unlicenced construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 1984
20 - Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
20 - Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996.
20 - Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, December 25, 2007. another 15 missing.
19 - Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968 ^[20]
17 - Top One Karaoke Fire, fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 25 1997)^[21]
15 - tram derailment (Szczecin, 7 December 1967)
13 - tram derailment (Gothenburg, 12 March 1992)
13 - I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007)
11 - Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001)
7 - 87-Automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake Saint Clair, Sept. 3 (Labour Day) 1999.

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^ Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
^ The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey). Bridget Malone and Sue Epstein. For 3 days, the ground shook in South Amboy. October 4, 1998 Sunday.
^ Corporate Accountability, Corus Port Talbot incident
^ Estimates of casualties vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers; the official death toll was 1,565, with only 21 survivors.
^ Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board.
^ Xinhua - English
^ Guinness World Records: Worst Sport Disaster
^ Olympiacos Official website for Karaiskaki stadium Gate 7 tragedy of 8/2/1981 (and in Greek). Also in the Greek Wikipedia entry for Olympiacos including the names of the dead.
^ Alfonso de Portago - 1957 season profile | F1 Racing | Crash.Net
^ Motorsport Memorial
^ For references, see Munich massacre#References
^ The Last Great Road Race - Paris-Madrid 1903 - DLM Journal
^ Paris - Madrid - 1903
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