List of accidents and disasters by death toll

Contents

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. This list does not include war or other violent acts.

Animal attacks

Main article: Man-eater
  1. 436 – Champawat Tiger (India)
  2. 400 – Leopard of Panar (Northern India)
  3. 200+ – Gustave (crocodile) (Burundi)
  4. 150 – Leopard of the Central Provinces (Central Provinces of India)
  5. 135 – Tsavo maneaters (Kenya)
  6. 125+ – Leopard of Rudraprayag (India)
  7. 113 – Beast of Gévaudan (France)
  8. 50+ – Tigers of Chowgarh (India)
  9. 42 – Leopard of Gummalapur (India)
  10. 40 - Wolves of Paris (France)
  11. 22 – Kirov wolf attacks (Russia)
  12. 22 – Wolves of Turku (Finland)
  13. 18 – Wolves of Périgord (France)
  14. 17 – Wolves of Ashta (India)
  15. 15 – Tigress of Jowlagiri (Jowlagiri)
  16. 13 – Wolves of Hazaribagh (India)
  17. 12 – Wolf of Gysinge (Sweden)
  18. 12 – Sloth bear of Mysore (India)
  19. 7 – Tiger of Mundachipallam (South India)
  20. 7 – Sankebetsu brown bear incident (Japan)
  21. 7 - Black Mamba
  22. 4 – Wolf of Soissons (France)
  23. 4 – Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 (North New Jersey)
  24. 3 – Leopard of the Yellagiri Hills (Southern Railway)
  25. Dubious – Burmese Saltwater Crocodiles (Ramree, Burma, February 19, 1945)
  26. Unknown – Wolf of Ansbach (Holy Roman Empire)
  27. Unknown – USS Indianapolis Shark Attacks (Philippines Sea)

Aviation

Main article: Aviation accidents and incidents

This list is incomplete

  1. 583 – Tenerife airport disaster (Tenerife, 1977)
  2. 520 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Japan, 1985)
  3. 349 – 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (India, 1996)
  4. 346 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (Paris, 1974)
  5. 329 – Air India Flight 182 (Atlantic Ocean, South of Ireland, 1985)
  6. 302 – 2003 Iran Ilyushin Il-76 crash (Iran, 2003)
  7. 301 – Saudia Flight 163 (Riyadh, 1980)
  8. ~300 – Air Africa Antonov An-32 (Kinshasa, 1996)
  9. 290 – Iran Air Flight 655 (Persian Gulf, 1988)
  10. 273 – American Airlines Flight 191 (Chicago, 1979)
  11. 269 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (Sea of Japan, 1983)
  12. 265 – American Airlines Flight 587 (New York City, 2001)
  13. 264 – China Airlines Flight 140 (Nagoya, 1994)
  14. 261 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991)
  15. 257 – Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Antarctica, 1979)
  16. 256 – Arrow Air Flight 1285 (Gander, Newfoundland, 1985)
  17. 235 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (Indonesia, 1997)
  18. 230 – TWA Flight 800 (Long Island, 1996)
  19. 229 – Swissair Flight 111 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998)
  20. 228 – Air France Flight 447 (Atlantic Ocean, 2009)
  21. 228 – Korean Air Flight 801 (Guam, 1997)
  22. 225 – China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
  23. 223 – Lauda Air Flight 004 (Thailand, 1991)
  24. 217 – EgyptAir Flight 990 (off the coast of Nantucket, 1999)
  25. 213 – Air India Flight 855 (India, 1978)
  26. 202 – China Airlines Flight 676 (Taipei, 1998)
  27. 200 – Aeroflot Flight 7425 (Uzbekistan, USSR, 1985)
  28. 199 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (São Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
  29. 191 – Martinair Flight 138 (Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1974)
  30. 189 – Birgenair Flight 301 (Dominican Republic, 1996)
  31. 188 – Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Immouzer, Morocco, 1975)
  32. 184 – Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 (Katunayake, Sri Lanka, 1978)
  33. 183 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 (Warsaw, 1987)
  34. 181 – Avianca Flight 011 (Barajas Airport, Spain, 1983)
  35. 180 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Corsica, 1981)
  36. 178 – Aeroflot Flight 3352, (Omsk, Russia, October 1984)
  37. 176 – Surinam Airways Flight PY764 (Surinam, 1989)
  38. 176 – 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (Yugoslavia, 1976)
  39. 176 – Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Nigeria, 1973)
  40. 174 – Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 (Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 1972)
  41. 170 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 (Ukraine, 2006)
  42. 170 – Cubana de Aviación flight 1281 (Havana, 3 September 1989)
  43. 170 – UTA Flight 772 (Sahara Desert, 1989)
  44. 169 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 (Côte d'Ivoire, 2000)
  45. 168 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 (Tehran, Iran, 2009)
  46. 167 – PIA Flight 268 (Nepal, 1992)
  47. 167 – Mexicana Flight 940 (Mexico, 1986)
  48. 162 – All Nippon Airways Flight 58/JSDF F-86 fighter jet (Shizukuishi, Japan, 30 July 1971)
  49. 160 – China Northwest Airlines flight 2303 (Near Xian, China, 6 June 1994)
  50. 160 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (Venezuela, 2005)
  51. 159 – American Airlines Flight 965 (Colombia, 1995)
  52. 159 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, (Tripoli, Libya, December 1992)
  53. 159 – South African Airways Flight 295 (Indian Ocean, 1987)
  54. 158 – Air India Express Flight 812 (India, 2010)
  55. 156 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (Romulus, Michigan, 1987)
  56. 156 – PIA Flight 740 (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
  57. 156 – Interflug Flight DM-SEA (East Germany, 14 August 1972)
  58. 155 – Spantax Flight 275 (Tenerife, 3 December 1972)
  59. 155 – Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident (Saigon, 4 April 1975)
  60. 155 – Viasa Flight 742, (Maracaibo, Venezuela, March 1969)
  61. 154 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452, (Isparta, Turkey, 1976)
  62. 154 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (Brazil, 2006)
  63. 154 – Spanair Flight 5022 (Madrid, Spain, 2008)
  64. 153 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Louisiana, 1982)
  65. 152 – Airblue Flight 202 (Pakistan, 2010)
  66. 152 – Yemenia Flight 626 (Indian Ocean, 30 June 2009)
  67. 148 – Iberia Airlines Flight 610, (Bilbao, Spain, 1985)
  68. 148 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, (Sharm el-Sheikh, 2004)
  69. 146 – Dan-Air Flight 1008, (Tenerife, 1980)
  70. 145 – Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (Budarovka, Russia, 4 July 2001)
  71. 144 – PSA Flight 182/Cessna 172, (San Diego, California, 25 September 1978)
  72. 144 – Independent Air Flight 1851 (Santa Maria, 1989)
  73. 143 – Avianca Flight 410 (near Santander, Colombia, March 1988)
  74. 143 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091 (Medan, Indonesia, 5 September 2005)
  75. 143 – Gulf Air Flight 072 (Bahrain, 2000)
  76. 143 – ADC Airlines Flight 086, (outskirt of Lagos, Nigeria, November 1996)
  77. 141 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (Guilin, China) (24 November 1992)
  78. 141 – Trans Service Airlift Lockheed L-188 crash (Cahungula, Angola, 18 December 1995)
  79. 141 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 (Svalbard, Norway, August 29, 1996)
  80. 141 – UTA Flight 141 (Cotonou, Benin, December 2003)
  81. 137 – Vasp Flight 168 (Ceará, Brazil, 1982)
  82. 136 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (Dallas, Texas, 1985)
  83. 134 – 1960 New York air disaster (New York City, 1960)
  84. 133 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (Tokyo Bay, Japan, 4 February 1966)
  85. 132 – USAir Flight 427 (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 8 September 1994)
  86. 132 – SAM Colombia Flight 505, (Medelin, Colombia, May 1993)
  87. 132 – Aeroflot Flight 8641 (Mazyr, Belarus, 28 June 1982)[1]
  88. 131 – Air Philippines Flight 541 (Davao City, Philippines, 2000)
  89. 131 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 (Madeira Airport, Portugal, November 1977)
  90. 130 – Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad, India
  91. 130 – Chateau de Sully charter flight, (Paris, France, June 3, 1962)
  92. 129 – US Air Force C-124 Globemaster II (Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, June 1953)
  93. 128 – Air China Flight 129 (Busan, South Korea, 2002)
  94. 128 – 1980 Iran Air Boeing 727 airplane crash (Alborz Mountains, Iran, 21 January 1980)
  95. 128 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 (Guangzhou, China, 1990)
  96. 128 – 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision (Arizona, June 1956)
  97. 127 – Tan-Sahsa Flight 414 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1989)
  98. 126 – Czech Airlines Flight 542, (Damascus, Syria, August, 1975)
  99. 125 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 (Comoros Islands, 1996)
  100. 124 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk, Russia, 2006)
  101. 124 – BOAC Flight 911, (Mount Fuji, Japan, 1966)
  102. 124 – Baikal Air Flight 130, (Irkutsk, Russia, January 1994)
  103. 123 – Varig Flight 820, (Orly Airport, France, 1973)
  104. 123 – Faucett Flight 251 (Arequipa, Peru 1996)
  105. 121 – Helios Airways Flight 522 (Greece, 2005)
  106. 119 – South African Airways Flight 228, (Windhoek, Namibia, April, 1968) 　
  107. 119 – PIA Flight 705, (Cairo, Egypt, May 1965)
  108. 119 – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 (Khorramabad, Iran, February, 2002)
  109. 118 – Linate Airport disaster (Milan, Italy, 8 October 2001)
  110. 118 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, (Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 29 November 1963)
  111. 118 – British European Airways Flight 548, (Staines, England, June, 1972)
  112. 117 – Air India Flight 101 (Mont Blanc, January 1966)
  113. 116 – Sudan Airways Flight 39, (Port Sudan, Sudan, July 2003)
  114. 116 – 2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash (Tehran, Iran, 6 December 2005)[2]
  115. 115 – Korean Air Flight 858 (Andaman Sea, 1987)
  116. 115 – Alitalia Flight 112 (Palermo, Italy, 5 May 1972)
  117. 114 – Kenya Airways Flight 507 (Douala, Cameroon, 5 May 2007)
  118. 113 – Air France Flight 4590 (Gonesse, France, 2000)
  119. 113 – Armavia Flight 967 (Black Sea, 3 May 2006)
  120. 113 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 (Langtang National Park, Nepal, 31 July 1992)
  121. 113 – Air France Flight 117 (Guadeloupe, West Indies, June 1962)
  122. 112 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (Dalian, China, 2002)
  123. 112 – CAAC Flight 3303 (Guangxi, China, April, 1982)
  124. 112 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 (New York, 24 June 1975)
  125. 112 – Gulf Air Flight 771, (Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, September, 1983)
  126. 112 – Sterling Airways Flight 296, (outskirts of Kalba, UAE, March 1972)
  127. 111 – United Airlines Flight 232 (Sioux City, Iowa, 1989)
  128. 111 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153 (Douala, Cameroon, March 1962)
  129. 110 – ValuJet Flight 592 (Florida Everglades, 1996)
  130. 110 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (near Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C., 22 August 1981)
  131. 110 – Avianca Flight 203 (near Bogotá, Colombia, November 27, 1989)
  132. 109 – Air Canada Flight 621 (Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 5 July 1970)
  133. 108 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, (Sinai Peninsula, 1973)
  134. 108 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 222, (Chongqing, China, January 1988)
  135. 108 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 (Basel, Switzerland, April 1973)
  136. 107 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 (Pacific Ocean, 16 March 1962)
  137. 107 – Alitalia Flight 4128 (Palermo, Italy, December 1978)
  138. 104 – Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 (Philippines, 1998)
  139. 104 – SilkAir Flight 185 (Sumatra, Indonesia, 1997)
  140. 104 – Iberia Flight 602 (Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain, January 1972)
  141. 103 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771, (Libya, 12 May 2010)
  142. 102 – Adam Air flight 574, (Indonesia, 2007)
  143. 101 – Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (Everglades, 1972)
  144. 101 – Thai Airways Flight 261 (Surat Thani, Thailand, December 1998)
  145. 100 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (Malaysia,1977)
  146. 99 – LANSA Flight 502 (Cusco, Peru. 1970)
  147. 99 – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402 (São Paulo, Brazil, 1996)
  148. 99 – KLM Flight 607-E (Atlantic Ocean, August 1958)
  149. 98 – Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130 crashed into mountain during approach to Zahedan Airport, Iran (2 November 1986)[3]
  150. 98 – Britania Flight 105, (Slovenia, September 1966)
  151. 97 – Varig Flight 810 (outskirt of Lima, Peru, November 1962)
  152. 96 – 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash (Smolensk, Russia, April 10, 2010)
  153. 95 – American Airlines Flight 1 (Jamaica Bay, New York City, 1 March 1962)
  154. 95 – Air France Flight 1611 (Mediterranean, 1968)
  155. 94 – Alitalia Flight 771 (Mumbai, India, 7 July 1962)
  156. 94 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, (Abuja, Nigeria, October 2006)
  157. 93 – Barajas Airport two planes collide disaster, (Madrid, Spain, December 1983)
  158. 92 – TAME Flight 120, (Cumbal, Colombia, January 2002)
  159. 92 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, (Bangalore, India, February 1990)
  160. 92 – TWA Flight 514, (Virginia, December 1974)
  161. 91 – LANSA Flight 508, (Puerto Inca, Peru, December 1971)
  162. 90 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, (Mediterranean, 25 January 2010)
  163. 90 – Aeroflot Flight 411, (Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, July 1982)
  164. 90 – Japan Airlines Flight 471, 4 on the ground killed included (Delhi, India, June, 1972)
  165. 89+ – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, (Phuket, Thailand, September 2007)
  166. 89 – Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E take-off crash, Medina Saudi Arabia ( 14 September 1980)[4]
  167. 89 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (Logan Airport, Massachusetts, July 1973)
  168. 88 – Alaska Airlines flight 261, Pacific Ocean,2000
  169. 88 – Aeroflot Flight 821 (Perm, Russia, 2008)
  170. 88 – TWA Flight 841 (Mediterranean Sea, September 1974)
  171. 87 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (Warsaw, Poland, 1980)
  172. 87 – Air Inter Flight 148, (outskirt of Strasbourg, France, January 1992)
  173. 85 – Braniff Flight 352 (Dawson, Texas, May 1968)
  174. 84 – Sknyliv airshow disaster (Lviv, Ukraine, 2002)
  175. 83 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Taipei, 2000)
  176. 83 – Thai Airways Flight 365, (Phuket, Thailand, August 1987)
  177. 83 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, (Indianapolis, Indiana, September 1969)
  178. 82 – Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee, (Cerritos, California, 1986)
  179. 82 – TABSO Flight 101, (Bratislava, Slovakia, November 1966)
  180. 81 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (near Sicily, Italy, June 1980)
  181. 81 – Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (Pleiku, Vietnam, 1972)
  182. 81 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438 (Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia, January 1976)
  183. 81 – Pan Am Flight 214, (Elkton, Maryland, December, 1963)
  184. 80 – Llandow air disaster, (Sigginstone, Wales, March 1950)
  185. 80 – 2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, (Guelmim, Morocco, 2011)
  186. 79 – Korean Air Flight 803, (Tripoli, Libya, July 1989)
  187. 78 – Air Florida Flight 90 (Washington, D.C., 1982)
  188. 77 – Avensa Flight 358, (Maturin, Venezuela, December 1974)
  189. 77 – Spantax Flight 995 Flight 5995 (Málaga Airport, Málaga, Spain, 1977)
  190. 77 – Iran Air Flight 277, (Urmia Airport, Urmia, Iran, January 2011)
  191. 76 – ČSA Flight OK-NAB (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1976)
  192. 75 – Southern Airways Flight 932, (Ceredo, West Virginia, 1970
  193. 75 – Aeroflot Flight 593, Russia 1994
  194. 75 – Avianca Flight 52, Cove Neck, 1990
  195. 75 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (Bangkok, 1988)
  196. 75 – Turkish Airlines Flight 634, (Diyarbakir Airport, Turkey, January 2003)
  197. 74 – Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553, (Fray Bentos, Uruguay, 1997)
  198. 74 – Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 (Andoas, Peru. 1998)
  199. 74 – Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952, (Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 8 July 2011)
  200. 73 – United States Navy airship USS Akron (1933)[5]
  201. 73 – Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134, (Gabare, Bulgaria, 1978)
  202. 72 – Sabena Flight 548 (near Brussels, Belgium, 1961)
  203. 72 – Southern Airways Flight 242, 1977
  204. 72 – Stockport air disaster, (Stockport, United Kingdom, 1967)
  205. 71 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937/DHL Flight 611, (Uberlingen, Germany, 2002)
  206. 70 – Aeroperú Flight 603 (Lima, Peru. 1996)
  207. 70 – Aerosvit Flight 241 (Mount Pente Pigadia, Greece, 1997)
  208. 70 – Ramstein airshow disaster (Germany, 1988)
  209. 69 – Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal, India, 1991
  210. 68 – American Eagle flight 4184, Chicago, 1994
  211. 68 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, 24 August 2008
  212. 68 – Asiana Airlines Flight 733, (Mokpo Airport, South Korea, July 1993)
  213. 68 – Aero Caribbean Flight 883, 5 November 2010
  214. 68 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 533, near Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, 3 July 1971
  215. 65 – LAPA Flight 3142, (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1999)
  216. 64 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, (Haneda Airport, Japan, 1966)
  217. 62 – Japan Airlines Flight 446, Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union; other 14 injured. 28 November 1972
  218. 61 – Aer Lingus Flight 712 ORK-LHR Crashed off Tuskar Rock Co. Wexford, Ireland 24 March 1968
  219. 61 – Freckleton Air Disaster, (Freckleton, Lancashire, England, 23 August 1944)
  220. 61 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, (Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, 24 February 1999)
  221. 60 – TAROM Flight 371 (Balotesti, Romania, 1995)
  222. 60 – Alliance Air Flight 7412, (Patna, Bihar, India, 2000)
  223. 59 – Lufthansa Flight 540 (Nairobi, Kenya, 1974)
  224. 58 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, Lake Michigan (1950)
  225. 57 – Atlasjet Flight 4203, Turkey (30 November 2007)
  226. 56 – British Airtours Flight 28M, (Manchester Airport, England, 1985)
  227. 56 – Indian Airlines Flight 491, Aurangabad, India
  228. 55 – Eastern Airlines Flight 537, on approach to Washington National Airport (1949)
  229. 55 – Partnair Flight 394, Convair 580, 1989
  230. 55 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, (2004)
  231. 53 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, near Zawoja, Poland, (1969)
  232. 52 – 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash, Munich, 1960
  233. 52 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21, British Columbia, 1965
  234. 51 – Wuhan Airlines Flight 343, (Wuhan, China, 2000)
  235. 51 – 2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  236. 50 – Philippine Airlines Flight 206, (near Loakan Airport, Baguio City, Philippines, 1987)
  237. 50 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, (Gatwick Airport, England, January 1969)
  238. 50 – Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134. (Sofia, Bulgaria 1984)
  239. 50 – Stavropolskaya Aktsionernaya Avia Flight 1023 (Cherkessk, Russia, 1997)
  240. 50 – Continental Airlines Flight 3407 (Buffalo, 2009)
  241. 50 – All Nippon Airways Flight 533, west off Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, 13 November 1966
  242. 50 – Collision of J-BIDH and J-BJDO (Fokker Super Universal), 45 on the ground killed included; Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, 24 August 1938
  243. 49 – Comair Flight 5191 (Kentucky, 2006)
  244. 47 – British Midland Flight 092 (Kegworth, England, 1989)
  245. 47 – RusAir Flight 9605 (Republic of Karelia, Russia, 20 June 2011)
  246. 46 – TANS Peru Fokker F28 (Chachapoyas, Peru. 2003)
  247. 46 – R101 airship disaster (Beauvais, 1930)
  248. 45 – PIA Flight 688 (Multan, 2006)
  249. 45 – Sumburgh disaster (Shetland Islands, 1986)
  250. 44 – Pamir Airways Flight 112 (Afghanistan, 2010)
  251. 44 – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash (Yaroslavl, Russia, 7 September 2011)
  252. 43 – 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster (Lima, Peru, 1987)
  253. 43 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 (Cayucos, 1987)
  254. 43 – El Al Flight 1862 (Amsterdam, 1992)
  255. 42 – 2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash (Hejce, Hungary, 2006)
  256. 42 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 (Cranbrook, British Columbia 1978)
  257. 42 – Henan Airlines Flight 8387, Lindu Airport, China, 24 August 2010
  258. 41 – JAT Yugoslav Airlines Maganik Crash, Titograd, SR Montenegro, 1973
  259. 40 – TANS Peru Flight 204 (Pucallpa, Peru. 2005)
  260. 38 – United Airlines Flight 266 (Santa Monica Bay, California, 1969)
  261. 38 – PauknAir Flight 4101 (Boumahfouda, Morocco, 25 September 1998)
  262. 37 – Crash of N93043 (Martin 2-0-2), Mount Mihara, Izu Ōshima, Japan, 9 April 1952
  263. 36 – Widerøe Flight 710 (Brønnøysund, Norway. 6 May 1988)
  264. 36 – Myanma Airways Flight 635 (Tachilek, Myanmar, 24 August 1998)
  265. 35 – Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)
  266. 35 – US Air Force IFO 21 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1996)
  267. 35 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 (Shenzhen, China) (8 May 1997)
  268. 34 – Japan Airlines Flight 715, Kuala Lumpur Int'l Airport, Malaysia; other 45 injured. 27 September 1977
  269. 34 – Alitalia flight (Shannon, Ireland, 1960)
  270. 34 – Derby Aviation C47 crash into Canigou mountain en-route London - Perpignan, 1961
  271. 34 – Olympic Aviation flight 545 (Isle of Samos, Greece,1989)
  272. 33 – LOT Polish Airlines Vickers Viscount 804 crash (Warsaw, Poland, 1962)
  273. 33 – All Nippon Airways flight 25(DC-3), off Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan, 12 Aug. 1958
  274. 32 – United Nations Bombardier CRJ-100 crash (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2011)
  275. 29 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 Andes flight disaster (now Cerro Seler, Andes, 1972)
  276. 25 – Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 8968 (Off the coast of West Papua, Indonesia, 7 May 2011)

Coal mine disasters

  1. 1,549 – Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
  2. 1,099 – Courrières mine disaster (Courrières, France, 10 March 1906)
  3. 687 – coal mine (Mitsubishi Hōjō, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 December 1914)
  4. 682 – coal mine Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion, (Datong China, 9 May 1960)
  5. 472 – coal mine (Wankie, Rhodesia, 1972)[6][7]
  6. 458 – Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster- (Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan, 9 November 1963)[8]
  7. 439 – Senghenydd Colliery Disaster (Senghenydd, Wales, 1913)
  8. 437 – coal mine (Coalbrook, South Africa, 1960)
  9. 422 – coal mine (New Yubari, Yūbari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 28 November 1914)
  10. 405 – coal mine (Bergkamen, West Germany, 1946)
  11. 388 – Oaks Colliery, (Barnsley, England, 1866)
  12. 376 – coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 21 December 1917)
  13. 375 – coal mine (Bihar, India, 1965)
  14. 372 – Chasnala mining disaster,Sudamdih Colliery (Dhanbad, India, 1975)
  15. 365 – coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 20 July 1907)
  16. 362 – coal mine (Monongah, West Virginia, 1907)
  17. 344 – Pretoria Pit Disaster, (Westhoughton, England, 1910)
  18. 298 – coal mine (Saarland, West Germany, 1962)
  19. 266 – Gresford Disaster (Gresford, Wales, 1934)
  20. 263 – coal mine (Dawson, New Mexico, 1913)
  21. 263 – coal mine (Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 3, 1992)
  22. 262 – coal mine (Marcinelle, Belgium, 1956)
  23. 259 – coal mine (Cherry, Illinois, 1909)
  24. 257 – coal mine (Grundy, Virginia, 1937)
  25. 243 – coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 5 August 1909)
  26. 239 – coal mine (Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, 1907)
  27. 236 – coal mine (Chikuho Yamano, Kyūshū, Japan, 1 June 1965)
  28. 235 – coal mine (Larisch's mines (Jan and Františka), Karviná, Czech Republic, June 14, 1894)
  29. 214 – coal mine (Sunjiawan, Fuxin, Liaoning, China, 15 February 2005)
  30. 210 – coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyūshū, Japan, 15 June 1899)
  31. 200 – coal mine (Scofield, Utah, 1900)
  32. 200 – coal mine (Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 27 February 1908)
  33. 189 – coal mine (Hillcrest mine, Canada, 1914)
  34. 183 – coal mine (Chosei, Ube, Japan, 3 February 1942)
  35. 181 – coal mine with flooding (Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China, August 17, 2007)
  36. 180 – coal mine (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990)
  37. 177 – coal mine (Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaidō, Japan,1941)
  38. 169 – coal mine (Hanna, Wyoming, 1903)
  39. 166 – coal mine (Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shaanxi, China, 28 November 2004)
  40. 159 – coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 26 September 2000)
  41. 155 – coal mine (Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK, 12 January 1918)
  42. 153 – coal mine (Mina de Barroteran, Coahuila, Mexico, March 31, 1969)
  43. 151 – coal mine (Hausdorf, Germany currently Jugów, Poland, July 9, 1930)
  44. 150 – Nanaimo mine explosion (Canada, 1887)
  45. 148 – coal mine (Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China, 20 October 2004)
  46. 147 – coal mine (Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China, April 21, 1991)
  47. 142 – coal mine (Nelson, Osek, Czech Republic, January 3, 1934)
  48. 134 – coal mine (Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan, March 27, 1927)
  49. 134 – coal mine (Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China, 27 November 2005)
  50. 125 – coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 February 1891)
  51. 125 – coal mine (Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia, July 15, 1977)
  52. 124 – coal mine (Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China, 20 June 2002)
  53. 123 – coal mine (Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China, 6 August 2005)
  54. 119 – coal mine (Orient #2 Mine, West Frankfort, Illinois, December 25, 1951)
  55. 111 – coal mine (Centralia Mine Disaster, Centralia, Illinois, March 25, 1947)
  56. 109 – coal mine (Everettville, West Virginia, April 30, 1927)
  57. 108 – coal mine (Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, March 19, 2007)
  58. 108 – coal mine (Dukla, Dolná Súča, Slovakia, July 7, 1961)
  59. 108 – coal mine (Jan, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 5, 1885)
  60. 105 – coal mine (Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China, 5 December 2007)
  61. 101 – coal mine (methane explosion) (Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine, 18 November 2007)
  62. 100 – coal mine (Armutçuk, Ereğli, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 8, 1983)
  63. 94 – coal mine (Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5, 1984)
  64. 93 – coal mine (Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaidō, Japan, 16 October 1981)
  65. 92 – coal mine (Nová Jáma, Orlová, Czech Republic, May 20, 1919)
  66. 92 – coal mine (Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia, November 18, 1989)
  67. 92 – coal mine (Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, July 22, 2001)
  68. 91 – coal mine (Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China, 27 November 1996)
  69. 89 – coal mine (Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, March 11, 1997)
  70. 86 – coal mine (Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China, 13 May 2003)
  71. 83 – coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan, 18 January 1984)
  72. 83 – coal mine (Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur, China, 13 July 2005)
  73. 82 – coal mine (Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine, 11 March 2000)
  74. 74 – coal mine (Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23 October 1958)
  75. 73 – coal mine (San Fernando, Amaga, Antioquia, Colombia, 17 June 2010)
  76. 71 – coal mine (Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyūshū, Japan, 9 March 1961)
  77. 71 – coal mine (Trimdon Grange, County Durham, England 16 February 1882)[5]
  78. 68 – coal mine (Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, December 2, 1997)
  79. 65 – coal mine (Brunner Mine disaster, West Coast, New Zealand, 26 March 1896)
  80. 65 – coal mine (Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic, September 4, 1981)[6]
  81. 64 – coal mine (Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, September 3, 1983)
  82. 63 – coal mine (Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine, 4 April 1998)
  83. 63 – coal mine (Sonman, Pennsylvania, United States, July 15, 1940)
  84. 62 – coal mine (Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 29, 1867)
  85. 61 – coal mine (Trojice, Ostrava, Czech Republic, January 3, 1891)
  86. 60 – coal mine (Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China, May 28, 1997)
  87. 59 – coal mine (Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China, 20 March 2005)
  88. 59 – coal mine (Bettina, Orlová, Czech Republic, March 26, 1885)
  89. 54 – coal mine (Hlubina, Ostrava, Czech Republic, May 22, 1960)
  90. 54 – coal mine (Františka, Záluží, Czech Republic,, 1860)
  91. 53 – coal mine (Secunda, Mpumalanga, East Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993)
  92. 52 – coal mine (Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 August 2001)
  93. 47 – coal mine (Auchinloch, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 18 September 1959)
  94. 45 – coal mine (Surran range, Quetta, Pakistan, 21 March 2011)
  95. 45 – coal mine (Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, 28 June 1960)
  96. 43 – coal mine (Staříč, Czech Republic, December 30, 1976)
  97. 43 – coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 24 February 2003)
  98. 39 – coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1 November 1956)
  99. 36 – coal mine (Michálka, Ostrava, Czech Republic, October 4, 1950)
  100. 36 – coal mine (Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 July 2004)
  101. 34 – coal mine (Dukla, Šardice, Czech Republic, June 9, 1970)
  102. 33 – coal mine (Anna, Souš, Czech Republic,, 1890)
  103. 31 – coal mine (ČSA, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 22, 1977)
  104. 30 – coal mine (Holditch Colliery, Chesterton, Staffordshire, UK, 2 July 1937)
  105. 30 – coal mine (Barbora, Karviná, Czech Republic, October 18, 1990)
  106. 30 – coal mine (Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2008)
  107. 29 – coal mine Pike River Mine disaster (Greymouth, New Zealand, November 19, 2010)
  108. 29 – Upper Big Branch mine explosion (Montcoal, West Virginia, 5 April 2010)
  109. 29 – coal mine (Nordegg, Alberta, 31 October 1941)
  110. 26 – coal mine (Paskov, Paskov, Czech Republic, April 4, 1970)
  111. 26 – coal mine (Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 9, 1992)
  112. 25 – coal mine (Doubrava, Czech Republic, May 7, 1985)
  113. 24 – Nanshan Colliery disaster (Shanxi Province, China, 13 November 2006)
  114. 24 – coal mine (Doubrava, Czech Republic, February 12, 1949)
  115. 23 – methane explosion in Halemba coal mine (Ruda Śląska Poland 21 November 2006)
  116. 21 – coal mine (Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway, November 5, 1962)no:Kings Bay-saken
  117. 20 – 2009 Handlová mine blast (Handlová, Slovakia, August 10, 2009)
  118. 17 – coal mine (Mine No. 9, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky), 8, June 1925
  119. 16 – coal mine (Ningxia Hui, China, 16 October 2008)

Explosions

This list does not include bombings, aviation incidents, and mine disasters.

  1. 1,950 – Halifax Explosion, (Nova Scotia, Canada 1917)[9]
  2. 1,500 – Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia, June 8, 1941
  3. 1,200 – Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship "Kuang Yuang", near Kiukiang, China, October 16, 1926[10]
  4. 1,200 – Ammunition trucks explode near a train station (Cali, Colombia, 1956)
  5. 1,121 – Japanese battleship Mutsu, at Hashirajima harbour, 1943 due to magazine explosion.
  6. 1,100 – Lagos Armoury Explosion, (Lagos, Nigeria, 2002), many deaths were from drowning during the resulting panic
  7. 1,007 – Ammunition transporter exploded in Hamont, Belgium, November 18, 1918
  8. 843 – British dreadnought battleship HMS Vanguard, propellant explosion, 1917
  9. 800 – Bombay Docks Explosion (Bombay, India, 1944)
  10. 738 – British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Bulwark, magazine explosion, 1914
  11. 700 – Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, August 17, 1988.
  12. 621 – Explosion of a dynamite depot, Brazil, February 27, 1925[11]
  13. 600+ – Explosion of the Caterina Costa, port of Naples, March 28, 1943, with over 3000 injured.
  14. 590 – Explosion of the Cabo Machichaco, port of Santander, Cantabria, Spain, November 3, 1893, with over 2000 injured.[12]
  15. 575 – Ufa train disaster (Ufa, Soviet Union, 1989)
  16. 568+ – Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
  17. 565 – BASF Oppau explosion, Germany, 1921, possibly as many as 1,500 killed
  18. 500+ – San Juanico Disaster, (Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 1984)
  19. 376 – Gas explosions occurred in a coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1917)
  20. 372 – Ammunition ship USS Mount Hood, 372 killed and 371 injured (Seeadler Harbor, 1944)
  21. 322 – Port Chicago disaster (Port Chicago, California, 1944)
  22. ~300 – An explosion occurred on the French battleship Liberté, September 25, 1911
  23. 296+ – New London School explosion (New London, Texas, 1937)
  24. 243 – Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyūshū, Japan, 1909)
  25. 234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, December 2003
  26. 233 – Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya magazine explosion, 1916
  27. 230 – 2010 South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  28. 217 – Los Alfaques Disaster, (Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain 1978)
  29. 207 – Tank car explosion at BASF, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany, also 3818 injured, 28 July 1948.[13]
  30. 206 – Gas explosions (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1992)
  31. 200+ – Gotera ammunition dump exploded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 6, 1991.
  32. 200 – 1984 Tbilisi gas explosion
  33. 171 – A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after a crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand on February 15, 1991.
  34. 163 – West Loch Disaster, 1944, On May 21, 1944, the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch while handling ammunition
  35. 160 – Vågen explosion, (Norway, 1944)
  36. 154 – Ryongchon disaster, (North Korea, 2004)
  37. 153+ – Tacoa Disaster, (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela, 1982)
  38. 151 – Gunpowdership disaster (Leiden, The Netherlands, 1807)
  39. 150 – Jaʿār munitions factory explosion (Abyan Governorate, Yemen, March 28, 2011)[14]
  40. 147 – Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, August 18, 1947.
  41. 140 – Sachangwan Molo tanker explosion Kenya 31 January 2009
  42. 134 – Chilwell Munitions factory, Nottingham, England, 1918
  43. 133 – Munitions plant (Pennsylvania, 1917)
  44. 130 – Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion (Cleveland, Ohio, 1944)
  45. 126 – Dublin Gunpowder Disaster, (Dublin, Ireland, 1597)
  46. 126 – Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur, spacecenter, Kazakhstan, 1960)
  47. 118 – An explosion occurred on the French battleship Iéna, March 12, 1907
  48. 117 – 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique on March 22, 2007.
  49. 117 – Electrical transformer explosion, Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 3, 2010.
  50. 116 – Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England, 1916.
  51. 110 – A tanker truck carrying petrol exploded at Chennai, India, March 12, 1995.
  52. 105 – 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kinkkale, Turkey, on November 24, 1980.
  53. 103 – USS Bennington, (off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 1954)
  54. 103 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Daegu, South Korea, 1995)
  55. 100+ – Delft Explosion (Netherlands, 1654)
  56. 100 – Chemical plant (Pittsburgh, 1918)
  57. 100+ – T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion (New Jersey, 1918).[15]
  58. 100 – Explosion of an ammunitions dump (Chuchow, China, June 10, 1930)[16]
  59. 100 – Pakistani Army ammunitions dump explodes at Islamabad, Pakistan, (April 10, 1988)
  60. 100 – NNPC oil pipeline explosion, which blasted a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria, May 15, 2008.
  61. 98 – A truck carrying 8,800 gallons of fuel exploded and caught fire at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 28, 2007
  62. 94 – Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump exploded at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan, (March 1, 1939)
  63. 94 – Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities destroyed by an exploding standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaidō, Japan, (December 27, 1924)
  64. 90 – Explosion of a large store of dynamite in the basement of a five-story apartment building in Shaoyang, Hunan, China, (January 31, 1996)
  65. 90 – A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crashed and exploded at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran, June 20, 2004.
  66. 79 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Osaka, Japan, 1970)
  67. 78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
  68. 75 – Underground Ammunition Store (Fauld, Staffordshire, England, 1944)
  69. 74 - Propane explosion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum during a Holiday On Ice show at the Indiana State Fair (Indianapolis, 1963)
  70. 73 – Silvertown explosion, (London, 1917)
  71. 73 – Arzamas railroad station exploded disaster, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 1988
  72. 70 – Vergarolla explosion (Pula, Italy/Yugoslavia, 1946)
  73. 70- Shenzhen factory explosions (Shenzhen, China1993) A chain reaction of explosions ripples through factory district originating from an army owned factory.[17]
  74. 63 – A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crashed and exploded in downtown Bangkok, Thailand, September 25, 1990
  75. 63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
  76. 60 – Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia, 1936)
  77. 60 – Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China, (September 9, 2000)
  78. 60 – Tank truck explosion, while carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria, November 11, 1994
  79. 57 – Freight train with dynamite exploded at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, (November 11, 1977)
  80. 57 – 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, May 18, 1980
  81. 51 – 297,000 pounds of gunpowder blew up killing 51 people at Hercules Powder Factory of Kenvil, New Jersey, USA on September 12, 1940[18]
  82. 50 – Explosion at TNT factory at Split Rock, Onondaga County, New York State, (2 July 1918)
  83. 50 – Oil tanker explosion, known as the Betelgeuse incident at Whiddy Island, West Cork, Ireland, (8 January 1979)
  84. 50 – Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al jazira, northern Syria on July 28, 1987
  85. 49 – Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, (Warsaw Poland, 1979)
  86. 49 – Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Vizcaya, Ortuella, Spain, October 23, 1980.
  87. 49 – Explosion in Powder Tower of the castle of Bredevoort Netherlands, July 12, 1646.
  88. 48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, 1980)
  89. 47 – USS Iowa turret explosion, 1989
  90. 45 – Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall (Osasco, Brazil, June 11, 1996). Another 482 were injured.
  91. 41 – Richmond, Indiana explosion[19] on April 6, 1968 – More than 150 injured.
  92. 41 – Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, January 7, 1993
  93. 40 – Gunpowder Tower Disaster, lightning struck the gunpowder tower of the castle, Bredevoort, the Netherlands, 12 July 1646
  94. 40 – Lapua ammo factory (Finland, 1976)
  95. 39 – Hekimbasi gabage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 1993
  96. 36 – Petrobras Campos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil, August 16, 1984
  97. 35 – Ammunition factory near Leeds, England (1916)
  98. 33+ – Explosion at a naval laboratory, Brazil, April 30, 1931[20]
  99. 33 – Humberto Vidal Explosion (San Juan, Puerto Rico,1996)
  100. 32 – 2009 Viareggio derailment, a gas train explosion, Italy, 2009
  101. 29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical), Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
  102. 29 – Blast in ammunition depot in Albania, 2008
  103. 28 – Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England, June 1, 1974
  104. 28 – Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, 11 August 1871.
  105. 27 – LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria. 19 January 2004.
  106. 24 – Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium, July 30, 2004
  107. 23 – Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, January 10, 1976
  108. 23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
  109. 22 – Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdańsk Poland, 1995)
  110. 22 – Fireworks factory (Enschede, Netherlands, 2000)
  111. 21 – Boston Molasses Disaster, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA. January 15, 1919)
  112. 21 – Fireworks explosion ([Hallet, Oklahoma]) June 25, 1985
  113. 21 – Arsenal dump (New Jersey, 1926)
  114. 21 – Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
  115. 19 – McKee refinery fire, Sunray, Texas
  116. 18 – Propane Sphere Explosion and Fire, Feyzin, France, January 4, 1966
  117. 18 – Mihăileşti explosion (Romania, 2004)
  118. 16 – Pump House Explosion, Lune/Wyre Transfer Scheme, Abbeystead, England, May 23, 1984
  119. 15 – BP Refinery, Isomerization Unit Explosion (killed 15 injured 180), Texas City, Texas USA March 23, 2005
  120. 15 – Gas explosions from underground shopping mall (Shizuoka, Japan, 1980)
  121. 14 – 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States, 2008)
  122. 14 – Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA, February 3, 1973
  123. 13 - Munitions Dump explosion Evangelos Florakis Naval Base & Vassilikos power plant ([Mari], [Cyprus], July 11, 2011)
  124. 11 – Deepwater Horizon oil spill, (Gulf of Mexico, near the Missipippi River Delta, United States of America, May 2010)
  125. 10 – Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, ON, Canada, October 25, 1960

Floods

  1. 26,000 – Banqiao Dam collapse, Henan Province, China, August 1975
  2. 23,000 – Armero tragedy, Town of Armero, Colombia, November 13, 1985
  3. 2,551 – North Sea flood of 1953, heavy storms caused devastation in the UK, Belgium and especially The Netherlands (where 1,835 people were killed)
  4. 2,209 – Johnstown flood (dam break in Johnstown, Pennsylvania), 1889
  5. 2,000 ca. – Vajont Dam, flood due to landslide into hydroelectric reservoir, Italy, 1963
  6. 1,464 – New Orleans Flooding (New Orleans, Louisiana, Levee failure due to Hurricane Katrina, August 29, 2005.)
  7. 941 – Iruka pond collapsed in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan, on May 14, 1868.
  8. 488 – Mir Placalnizza dam failure and collapsed in Sgorigrad, Bulgaria on May 1, 1966.
  9. 421 – Malpasset dam collapse, France, 1959
  10. 375 – Levee of pond failure at Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, 1936
  11. 373–400 {600 estimated}- St. Francis Dam failure, United States, 1928
  12. 356 – Gleno Dam collapse, Italy, 1923; some estimates put death toll as high as 500
  13. 318 – North Sea flood of 1962, heavy Storm pushed water into the Elbe-River, dykes broke 1962
  14. 270 – Great Sheffield Flood, Dale Dike Dam collapse, England, 1864
  15. 268 – Val di Stava Dam collapse, Italy, 1985
  16. 250 - Kosi embankment breached, river changed course, Bihar, India in August 2008
  17. 243 – Gouhou Dam burst disaster, Gonghe, Qinghai, China on 27 August 1993
  18. 238 - Black Hills flood, United States, June 9, 1972.
  19. 175 – Mont Blanc glacier flood, Mont Blanc, France in 1892
  20. 135 – Santa Catarina floods (Santa Catarina state, Brazil, 2008)
  21. 125 – Buffalo Creek Flood, dam collapse, United States, 1972
  22. 118 – Belci hydro electric dam failure, Romania, 1991
  23. 99 – Situ Gintung dam failure, Indonesia, 2009
  24. 75 – 2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident
  25. 60 – Horonai dam failure with apartment house collapse, Oumu, northeastern Hokkaidō, Japan, 1941
  26. 39 – Kelly Barnes Dam failure, United States, 1977
  27. 35 – 2010–2011 Queensland floods following torrential rain, plus 9 missing, Australia, December 2010 – January 2011
  28. 17 – Merriespruit tailings dam disaster, South Africa, 1994
  29. 14 – Teton Dam collapse, United States, 1976
  30. 7 - Ajka alumina plant accident, Kolontár (Hungary), 2010

Industrial accidents

  1. 16,000 – Bhopal disaster (India, 1984)
  2. 1,549 – Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
  3. 568+ – Texas City Disaster (Texas City, Texas, April 16 & 17, 1947)
  4. 512 – Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine area where landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, 1899
  5. 500+ – San Juanico Disaster (Mexico City, November 19, 1984)[21]
  6. 319 – Marie iron mine fire, Příbram, Czech Republic, May 31, 1892
  7. 254 – Illegal Tashan mine collapsed with mud-rock flow at Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China (September 2008)
  8. 245 – Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan, 1937
  9. 234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, 2003
  10. 220 – El Cobre talling dam and cooper mine failure by earthquake in Chile on March 28, 1965.
  11. 202 – Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Plzeň, Czech Republic, May 25, 1917.
  12. 200+ – Vila Socó oil spill fire (Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil, February 25, 1984)
  13. 177 – General Mining Union Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa, on September 16, 1986.
  14. 167 – Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North Sea, July 6, 1988)
  15. 146 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
  16. 144 – Aberfan landslide disaster (Wales, 1966)
  17. 125 – Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, (West Virginia, United States, 1972)
  18. 123 – Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway, 1980
  19. 105 – Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa, May 11, 1995
  20. 84 – Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, Canada, 15 February 1982
  21. 68 – Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea, March 2, 1960
  22. 65 – KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh on 24 February 2006.
  23. 63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31, 1987
  24. 60 – Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China, November 22, 2004
  25. 56 – Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, 1991
  26. 55 – Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco on April 25, 2008
  27. 40 – Lapua ammunition factory explosion (Finland, 1976)
  28. 35 – West Gate Bridge collapse (during construction), Melbourne, Australia. October 15, 1970.
  29. 31 – Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain on August 16, 1968
  30. 29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical), Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
  31. 28 – Flixborough disaster, (England, June 1, 1974)
  32. 23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, October 23, 1989)
  33. 22 – Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire – 14-Sep-1997, Vishakapatnam, Andhra pradesh, India, [7]
  34. 21 – Boston Molasses Disaster (Boston, 1919)
  35. 17 – Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., gas leak (Hebei, China, December 24, 2008)
  36. 15 – BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion (Texas City, Texas, USA, March 23, 2005)
  37. 11 – Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion (Davenport, Iowa, USA, 1975)
  38. 11 – BP Deepwater Horizon explosion (Gulf of Mexico, April 20, 2010)
  39. 5 – Xcel Energy Cabin Creek Hydroelectric Plant Fire (Georgetown, Colorado October 2, 2007)

Maritime

Main article: List of maritime disasters

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

  1. 1,565–4,400 – MV Doña Paz (Tablas Strait, Philippines, 1987). Estimates of casualties vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers; the official death toll was 1,565, with only 21 survivors; apparently the deadliest peacetime shipping disaster ever.
  2. 2,750–3,920 – SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, 1948). Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board.
  3. 1,863 – MV Joola (Senegal, 2002)
  4. 1,547 – SS Sultana (Mississippi River, 1865)
  5. 1,517 – RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 1912)
  6. 1,159 – Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 1954)
  7. 1,021 – SS General Slocum (New York, 1904)
  8. 1,018 – MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 2006)
  9. 1,012 – RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 1914)
  10. c.1,000 – SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 1921)
  11. 894 – MV Bukoba (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1996)
  12. 852 – MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 1994)
  13. 844 – SS Eastland (Chicago, 1915)
  14. 832 – MV Princess of Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, June 21, 2008.
  15. 737 – SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 1902)
  16. 702 – Slavetradeship Leusden (Marowijne Suriname, January 18, 1738)
  17. c.640 – SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 1878)
  18. 627 – SS Norge (Rockall, 1904)
  19. 625 – 1947 Ramdas Ship Disaster, SS Ramdas (Bombay, 1947)
  20. 608 – Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 1955)
  21. 600 – Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, May 1986)
  22. 587 – Ertuğrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 1890)
  23. 570 – HMS Minotaur (off Texel, Netherlands, December 22, 1810_
  24. 580 – Indonesian passenger ship Tampomas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, January 1981)
  25. 558 – SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 1916)
  26. 550 – Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000)
  27. 546 – RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1873)
  28. 528 – MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, July 2003)
  29. 500 – Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 1986)
  30. 497 – Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
  31. 496 – Saint-Philibert (off Île de Noirmoutier, France, 1931)
  32. 464 – Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 1991)
  33. 461 – MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 2006)
  34. 438 – Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
  35. 423 – Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 1986)
  36. 400 – Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, March 11, 1895)
  37. 400 – PS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 1860)
  38. 400 – Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 1865)
  39. 397 – Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
  40. 392 – SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, January 19, 1947)
  41. 361 – KM Bismas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, October 1999)
  42. 358 – Drummond Castle, (off Ouessant, France, June 16, 1896)
  43. 358 – HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 1893)
  44. 357 – 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 1983)
  45. 353 – SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 2001)
  46. 350 – Annie James (off Vatersay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom, 1853)
  47. 340 – MV Shalahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 2002)
  48. 338 – Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, January 1996)
  49. 325 – Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1999)
  50. 314 – Principessa Mafalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, October 25, 1927)
  51. 308 – Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 1970)
  52. 304 – Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy condition off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, December 9, 1945.
  53. 300+ – Steamer "Hsinwah" sinks off Waglan Island, Hongkong, China (January 15, 1929)[22]
  54. 300 – Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized (Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, September 20, 1981)
  55. 300 – Turkish ferry Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, March 1, 1958
  56. 300 – Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, October 11, 1968.
  57. 297 – RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 1854)
  58. 292 – A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county October 10, 1993[23]
  59. 289 – An boat of clandestine immigrant sank near Portopalo, Italy,1996
  60. 288 – SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 1966)
  61. 280 – Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, November 24, 1999
  62. 280 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
  63. 280 – Myanmarese passenger ferry U Hla Myist sank by colliding with Japanese vessel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
  64. 279 – Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, July 2, 1993
  65. 272 – Kenyan ferry MV Mtongwe sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 1994
  66. 260 – USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
  67. 260 – Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 1805)
  68. 260 – Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 1622)
  69. 259 – Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, July 8, 1961
  70. 254 – Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, November 22, 1978
  71. 250+ – Powhattan (1854) sunk off New Jersey, April 16, 1854 [8]
  72. 250+ – Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 1913)
  73. 250 – Russian liner "Ogoza" sank in the Black Sea, 1928[24]
  74. 250 – Filipino ferry Dona Marylin capsized by Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, October, 1988
  75. 250 – Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, August 20, 1994
  76. ~250 – Chinese steamer "Lee Cheong" sank in a storm off Swabue (December 21, 1929)[25]
  77. 249 – Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 1953)
  78. 240+ – MV Teratai Prima sinking (near Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 11, 2009)
  79. 230 – Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapá capsized (Amazon River, Pará, Brazil, 1981)
  80. 230 – Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
  81. 224 – Neva sunk off (King Island, Tasmania Australia) May 13, 1835
  82. 226 – Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 1873)
  83. 220 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, January 24, 1996
  84. 215 – Myanmarese double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 1990
  85. 210 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
  86. 211 – SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, July, 1909
  87. 209 – Naval transport ship "Angamos" sank during a storm in the Bay of Arauco, Chile, July 7, 1928[26][27]
  88. 209 – Seven Japanese fishing boats sank by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 1965)
  89. 206 – Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May, 1963
  90. 205 – HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1919)
  91. 205 – SS Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Feb. 20, 1860
  92. 200+ – Explosion on the Chinese passenger steamer "Pa Shi", 1931[28]
  93. 200 – SS Victoria (London, Ontario, 1881)
  94. 200 – Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, July 2005.
  95. 200 – Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, December, 1988.
  96. 200 – SS Xi'an passenger ferry fire in Hong Kong — 4 February 1947[29]
  97. 193 – Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 1987)
  98. 192 – Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
  99. 189 – MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 2005)
  100. 189 – HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
  101. 185 – Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
  102. 182 – Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 27, 2003.
  103. 180 – Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, March 31, 1998
  104. 177 – Russian cruise ship Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, June 5, 1983.
  105. 171 – Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, August 1985
  106. 170 – Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 1853)
  107. 168 – Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 1955)
  108. 167 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 26, 1958
  109. 167 – Dona Cassandra sank by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 1983)
  110. 165 – Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, February 20, 1997
  111. 161 – Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sank by collide with Bulgarian barge Pita Karamonchev at Danube River, Galatzi, Romania, September 10, 1989
  112. 158 – Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 1990)
  113. 158 – Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, August 3, 2007
  114. 150 – Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Marañón River, central Peru, May 7, 1991.
  115. 150 – Overloaded motorized canoe capsized off Tasso, Sierra Leone, March 25, 1999.
  116. 150 – A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, May 23, 1965
  117. 150 – Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, September, 1961
  118. 148 – Méduse (off Senegal, 1816)
  119. 147 – Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on March 2, 1983
  120. 140 – SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1912)
  121. 140 – Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, June, 1948
  122. 140 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 1991
  123. 140 – Two African immigrants boat sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 2007
  124. 140 – Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, December 2, 1994.
  125. 136 - SS Valencia wrecked off the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in late January 1906.
  126. 136 – Finnish steamer SS Kuru capsized in autumnal storms at Lake Näsijärvi, near city of Tampere, September 7, 1929
  127. 134 – SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1934)
  128. 134 – Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, March 6, 1990.
  129. 134 – RMS Quetta struck a rock in the Adophus Channel of Cape York, Queensland on 28 February 1890.
  130. 131 – Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000.
  131. 131 – Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 1881)
  132. 130+ – SS Hankow fire (Hong Kong, 14 October 1906)[30] http://books.google.com/books?id=KFR863wtSykC&pg=PA223&lpg=PA223&dq=%22ss+hankow%22+fire+1906&source=bl&ots=5KKV7kyf0v&sig=Qe4DgZcmhYaU-yD9ErnvAdlpaQk&hl=en&ei=Kkh_TvmBNIm08QO6kMidAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ss%20hankow%22%20fire%201906&f=false
  133. 130 – Princess Victoria (Scotland, 1953)
  134. 130 – Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, September, 1997
  135. 130 – Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, March 1992
  136. 129 – USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 1963)
  137. 128 – Ferry SS Berlin struck the pier near Hook of Holland (the Netherlands), February 21, 1907.
  138. 128 – HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 1908)
  139. 128 – Greek cruise ship Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, December 28, 1962.
  140. 125 – SS Bokhara (Formosa, 1892)
  141. 124+ – SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 1911)
  142. 124 – Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, April 6, 2006
  143. 122+ – Russian river cruise ship Bulgaria capsized on the Kuybyshev Reservoir of the Volga River in Tatarstan, Russia, July 10, 2011
  144. 120 – Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, April 10, 2006.
  145. 118 – Kursk (Barents Sea, 2000)
  146. 117 – Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946)
  147. 113 – Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, April 1957.
  148. 105 – Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 14, 1970.
  149. 104 - Yugoslav river boat Niš, capsized on the Danube River near Belgrade, Serbia, September 9, 1952.
  150. 102 – SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875).
  151. 100 – Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1989.
  152. 99 – USS Scorpion (near Azores, 1968)
  153. 92 – Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sank by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyūshū, Japan, October 1, 1933.
  154. 89 – SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, August 6, 1859
  155. 85 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
  156. 84 – Paisley Canal Disaster, canal pleasure boat capsized, Paisley 10 November 1810
  157. 82 – STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
  158. 81 – MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
  159. 81 - Turkish submarine TCG Dumlupınar collided with the Swedish freighter Naboland and sunk at Dardanelles Turkey, April 4, 1953
  160. 80 – Pamir (1957)
  161. 80 – Hong Kong ferry Fatshan plunged by torrential typhoon Rose, August 17, 1971.
  162. 78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
  163. 70 – Ming 361 (2003)
  164. 58 – Bahrain wooden plesure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
  165. 57 – Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, July 8, 1959
  166. 54 – MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
  167. 53 – Finnish torpedo boat S2, in autumnal storms at Outoori, near Pori, 1925
  168. 53 – TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
  169. 51 – SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956)
  170. 51 – Marchioness ( River Thames, London 1989). 131 people onboard leisure craft for a birthday party when accidentally rammed and sunk by Thames dredger "Bowbelle".
  171. 48 – Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, May 4, 2008.
  172. 46 – PCC-772 Cheonan Pohang class corvette (Baengnyeong-do island, South Korea, March 26, 2010)
  173. 45 – SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
  174. 44 – British bulk carrier Derbyshire capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, September 9, 1980
  175. 42 – Masbate, Philippines (including 11 children) crowded Don Dexter Cathlyn, inter-island ferry was hit by a squall and overturned; 76 of 119 passengers were rescued, but 10 were still missing, on November 4, 2008.[31][32]
  176. 36 – FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
  177. 36 - Ellan Vannin (Liverpool, United Kingdom en-route from the Isle of Man), December 1909
  178. 35 – HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
  179. 32 – River Dee Ferry Boat Disaster (Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1876)
  180. 31 – SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
  181. 29 – SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
  182. 28 – Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
  183. 22 – Shek Kong Vietnamese refugee detention centre fire (Hong Kong, 3 Feb 1992)[29]
  184. 20 – Ethan Allen (Lake George (New York), 2 October 2005)
  185. 17 – 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
  186. 16 – MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
  187. 14 - Danish passenger ship SS Agda sank after striking mine near by the coast of Horsens, Denmark, January 15, 1944
  188. 13 – Essex (South Pacific, 1819)

Nuclear and radiation accidents

Main article: Nuclear and radiation accidents by death toll
  1. 4,056[33][34] – Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine, April 26, 1986. 56 direct deaths and 4,000 extra cancer deaths.[35]
  2. 200 – Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels.[36]
  3. 33[37][38] – Windscale, United Kingdom, October 8, 1957. Fire ignites plutonium piles and contaminates surrounding dairy farms.[37][38]
  4. 17 – Instituto Oncologico Nacional of Panama, August 2000 -March 2001; patients receiving treatment for cancer receive lethal doses of radiation.[39][40]
  5. 13 – Radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica, 1996. (114 patients received an overdose of radiation).[41]
  6. 11 – Radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, Spain, December 1990. (27 patients were injured).[42]
  7. 10 – Soviet submarine K-431 accident, August 10, 1985 (49 people suffered radiation injuries).[43]
  8. 10 – Columbus radiotherapy accident, 1974–1976, 88 injuries.[40][44]
  9. 9 – Soviet submarine K-27 accident, 24 May 1968. (83 people were injured).[40]
  10. 8 – Soviet submarine K-19 accident, July 4, 1961. (More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation).[42]
  11. 8 – Radiation accident in Morocco, March 1984.[45]
  12. 7 – Houston radiotherapy accident, 1980.[40][44]
  13. 5 – Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident, August 9, 2004. Hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe.[46]
  14. 5 – Lost radiation source, Baku, Azerbaidjan, USSR, October 5, 1982. 13 injuries.[40]
  15. 4 – Goiânia accident, September 13, 1987 (249 people received serious radiation contamination).[47]
  16. 4 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, 1962.
  17. 3 – SL-1 accident (US Army) 1961.
  18. 3 – Three deaths and ten injuries resulted in Samut Prakarn, Thailand when a radiation-therapy unit was dismantled, February 2000.[48]
  19. 2 – Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, September 30, 1999).[46]

Road

Further information: List of road accidents

Smog pollution

  1. 4,000 – The Great Smog (London, December 5–9, 1952)
  2. 2,200 – Coal smog (London, 1880)[49]
  3. 160 – Smog (London, December 12–15, 1991)[50]
  4. 60 – Meuse Valley Fog (Belgium, 1930)[49]
  5. 50 – The 1948 Donora smog (Donora, Pennsylvania, October 27–31, 1948)[49]

Space exploration

For a more comprehensive list, see List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents.
  1. 7 – Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (over Texas/Louisiana, 2003)
  2. 7 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (over Florida, 1986)
  3. 3 – Soyuz 11 (space, 1971)
  4. 3 – Apollo 1 (Florida, 1967) - occurred on ground before launch
  5. 1 – Soyuz 1 (SE of Orenburg, Russia, 1967)
  6. 1 – X-15 Flight 191 (suborbital, crashed ~50 miles NE of Edwards AFB, 1967)

Sporting events

  1. 1,112 – Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus, (Ancient Rome, c.140 AD)[51]
  2. 590 – Happy Valley Racecourse fire, (Happy Valley, Hong Kong, February 26, 1918)
  3. 328 – Lima National Stadium tragedy, (Lima, May 24, 1964).[52]
  4. ~200 – Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.[53]
  5. 96 – Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
  6. 80+ – 24 hours of Le Mans auto race crash (Le Mans, France, 1955)
  7. 71 – Puerta 12 crush (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 June 1968)[54]
  8. 67 – Luzhniki Disaster, football match crush (Moscow, USSR, 1982)
  9. 66 – Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
  10. 56 – Bradford City stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
  11. 43 – Ellis Park Stadium Disaster, football match crush (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001)
  12. 40 – Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1967)
  13. 39 – Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 1985)
  14. 33 – Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 1946)
  15. 28 – Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi's car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928)
  16. 26 – First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 1902)
  17. 24 – Drunken football fan provoked a stampede at game Deportivo Cali and América de Cali, Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982[55]
  18. 21 – Gate 7 stampede at the old Karaiskakis Stadium at the end of a football game between Olympiacos and AEK Athens (Piraeus, Greece, February 8, 1981)[56]
  19. 18 – Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semifinal match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, Bastia, Corsica, France, May 5, 1992.)[57]
  20. 17 – 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
  21. 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).
  22. 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)[58][59]
  23. 13 – 1953 Argentine Grand Prix: driver Nino Farina ploughed into the crowds on lap 31, killing 13 spectators, Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 18, 1953.
  24. 13 – Democratic Republic of Congo football league second division of Socozaki and Nyuki System match riot at Matokeo stadium, Butembo, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, September 14, 2008.
  25. 13 – Grenzlandring, 13 killed and 42 injured including the driver himself when his car went out of control and plunged into spectators, Wegberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany; August 31, 1952.
  26. 12 – Yellow River Dragstrip, an out of control dragster crashed through a chain-link fence into a spectator area, killing 11 instantly. The twelfth person died later in hospital. (Covington, Georgia, 1969)
  27. 12 – Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1903
  28. 11 – Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad football match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, January 11, 1999.
  29. 11 – auto race at New York State Fairgrounds, when a car went through a rail fence into the crowd, (Syracuse, New York, 1911)
  30. 11 – 2011 Reno Air Races crash, 11 killed including the pilot Jimmy Leeward when his aircraft plunged into VIP booths in front of the grandstands (Reno Stead Airport, Reno, Nevada; September 16, 2011)
  31. 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.[60][61]
  32. 8 – 2010 California 200 Off Road race, eight spectators killed when an off road truck rolled into the gallery.[62][63]
  33. 6 – 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire after been caught in a large storm.
  34. 6 – Saloon car race at the 1977 Malaysian Grand Prix, six children killed when a car struck into a fence, following a tire blowout; Batu Tiga Circuit, Selangor, Shah Alam.[64]

Stampedes and panics

  1. 4,000 – mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941)
  2. 1,426 – stampede by pilgrims inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990)
  3. 1,389 – Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896)
  4. 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)
  5. 800 – 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, India, 1954)
  6. 357 – Phnom Penh stampede (Phnom Penh Cambodia, 2010)
  7. 362 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2006)
  8. 270 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994)
  9. 258 – crowd crush at religious festival (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 2005)
  10. 251 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004)
  11. 224 – 2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster, in Chamunda Devi temple, Rajasthan, India, September 30, 2008
  12. 200 – stampede in the central place of Nagpur (Maharashtra, India, 1992)
  13. 183 – Victoria Hall theatre stairway crush (Sunderland, 1883)
  14. 173 – Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943)
  15. 162 – Naina Devi Temple stampede disaster at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India on August 3, 2008.
  16. 130 – 1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building, Nagpur, India on November 23, 1994.
  17. 124 – New Year event stampede at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, (January 1, 1956)
  18. 123 – Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko soccer match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
  19. 118 – pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998)
  20. 105 – Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, (October 10, 1991)
  21. 102 – 2011 Sabarimala stampede, broken out during an annual pilgrimage at Sabarimala, Kerala, India on January 14, 2011.
  22. 96 – Hillsborough disaster crush (England, 1989)
  23. 84 – Guatemala and Costa Rica soccer match crush (Guatemala City, October 16, 1996)
  24. 78 – PhilSports Arena stampede, Manila, Philippines, February 4, 2006 [9]
  25. 77 – stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station, Japan, (January 8, 1934)
  26. 73 – Italian Hall Disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)
  27. 72 – River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 23, 1968)
  28. 70 – Glen Cinema Disaster, panic caused by smouldering cinema film, Glen Cinema, Paisley, 31 December 1929
  29. 67 – 1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster, Busan, South Korea, July 17, 1959.
  30. 67 – Luzhniki Disaster, soccer match crush (Moscow, 1982)
  31. 66 – Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, 1971)
  32. 60 – Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, Yaoundé, Cameroon, December 6, 1988
  33. 60 – a tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade at Jamshedpur, Bihar, India on March 3, 1989
  34. 56 – Los Angeles de San Rafael square stampede disaster, during contest event, Segovia, Castile-León, Spain, June 15, 1969
  35. 53 – Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, May 31, 1999)
  36. 52 – Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China, February 14, 1994
  37. 51 – Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster, Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, September 13, 2006.
  38. 50 – Mahamaham Stampede disaster at Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on February 18, 1992.[65]
  39. 45 – Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure, Delhi, India, December 4, 1981
  40. 44 – Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster, Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968
  41. 42 – Ellis Park Stadium Disaster, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 11, 2001
  42. 39 – Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, May 29, 1985)
  43. 37 – Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster, Miyun, Beijing, China, February 5, 2004.
  44. 36 – Modibo Keita Stadium stampede disaster in Bamako, Mali on February 21, 2011.
  45. 33 – Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster, Nasik, Maharashtra, India, August 26, 2003.
  46. 29 – Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006) [10]
  47. 27 – Granadilla Civil Governor Office stapede disaster, during waiting to apply for local identify card in Granadilla, Tenerife Island, Spain on February 2, 1963.
  48. 26 – Djinuereber Mosque stampede disaster in Timbuktu, Tombouctou, Mali on February 2010.
  49. 25 – a stampede by building collapse, during Shiuratri festival at Patna, Bihar, India on March 6, 1989.
  50. 24 – Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982
  51. 23 – al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony at Omdurman, Sudan on July 13, 2008.
  52. 21 – Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster, Hong Kong, December 31, 1992
  53. 21 – Love Parade stampede, Duisburg, Germany, July 24, 2010.
  54. 20 – Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster, Maseru, Lesotho, August 29, 1980.
  55. 20 – Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster, Guadarajara, Mexico, January 31, 1965.
  56. 19 – Synagogue stampede during the feast of Yom Kippur (Ostrów Wielkopolski, 10 October 1872)
  57. 13 – News Divine nightclub stampede disaster, Nueva Atzacoalco, Mexico City, June 20, 2008.
  58. 13 – Throb Nightclub stampede disaster, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, March 24, 2000.
  59. 12 – Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening (New York, May 30, 1883) [11]
  60. 11 – Crowd crush at The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (3 December 1979)
  61. 11 – Progressing firework festival that stampede and panics at Akashi Footbridge, Japan, (21 July 2001)
  62. 11 – Alexandria Stadium soccer match stampede disaster, northern Egypt, January, 1999.
  63. 10 – All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, February 10, 2008.
  64. 9 – Pearl Jam performance at Roskilde Festival, Denmark, June 30, 2000.

Structural collapses

  1. est. 20,000 dead or wounded – Fidenae amphitheatre collapse, 27AD.
  2. 502 – Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 1995).
  3. ~200 – Collapse of wooden bleachers at Corralejas bullring/stadium, Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.[53]
  4. 153 – Illegally constructed nine-story buildings with Spectrum Sweater and Knitting factory collapse (Palash Bari, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005).
  5. 140 – Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on November 19, 1974.
  6. 139 – a six-story apartment constructing by block collapsed at Karachi, Pakistan on September 13, 1976.
  7. 135 – Hotel Royal Plaza collapse (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, August 13, 1993).
  8. 125 – a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, November 8, 1984.
  9. 120 – a nuns school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on February 1, 1963.
  10. 114 – Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981).
  11. 100 – Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, June 16, 1990.
  12. 112– Yeotmal Shia Imami Ismaili mosque situated in choti gujri, Yavatmal collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on August 20, 1963.
  13. 94 – Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on February 2, 2004.
  14. 94 – Pétionville school collapse, (Pétionville, Haiti, November 7, 2008).
  15. 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.
  16. 82 – Church tower Geldrop, Netherlands, during storm on December 27, 1627.
  17. 75 – Quebec Bridge, (Canada, 1907).
  18. 74 – Cinema theatre roof collapse (Tokamachi, Japan, January 1, 1938).
  19. 73 – Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyūshū, Japan, on April 16, 1955.
  20. 71 – Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 16, 1985.
  21. 70 – 116 year-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.
  22. 70 – a three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kasjhhimir, India on May 4, 1992.
  23. 69 – Gameleira Exhibition Pavilion collapse (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, February 4, 1971).
  24. 67 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November 1999
  25. 65 – Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse (Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006).
  26. 64 – Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 1996
  27. 60 – Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Cần Thơ, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam, on September 26, 2007.
  28. 60 – Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Pashtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006.
  29. 60 – Underconstructing Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on August 13, 2007.
  30. 58 – Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on September 15, 1959.[66]
  31. 56 – Market roof collapse (Moscow, Russia, February 21, 2006).
  32. 51 – Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2008.
  33. 50 – Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, January 17, 1982.
  34. 49 – Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May, 1963
  35. 48 – Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 11, 1993.
  36. 48 – Paulo de Frontin Elevated Expressway collapse (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 20, 1971).
  37. 47 – Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938).
  38. 46 – Silver Bridge Collapse (United States, 1967).
  39. 45 – Underconstructing Kota Chambal River Bridge collapse in Kota, Rajasthan, India on December 2009.
  40. 42 – Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976)
  41. 42 – Interstate 880 (Oakland, California, Collapsed due to earthquake, October 17, 1989.)
  42. 35 – West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970).
  43. 35 – Seven-story added illegally five story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, December 24, 2007.
  44. 34 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Puglia, Taranto, Italy, February 7, 1985
  45. 33 – Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March, 1986.
  46. 32 – Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, July 31, 1988
  47. 32 – Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October, 1994.
  48. 29 – Under constructing Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on December 20, 1996
  49. 28 – L'Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, April 23, 1987
  50. 27 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 17, 1958
  51. 26 – Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, July 26, 1985).
  52. 24 – Unlicenced construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 1984
  53. 23 – Versailles wedding hall, Jerusalem, Israel. Large portion of the third floor of the four-story building collapsed during a wedding,May 24, 2001
  54. 20 – Cavalese cable car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
  55. 20 – Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaidō, Japan, February 1996.
  56. 20 – Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, December 25, 2007. another 15 missing.
  57. 19 – a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on July 1, 2008.
  58. 17 – Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, January 17, 1982.
  59. 14 – Cave Creek disaster A scenic Viewing Platform in Paparoa National Park, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand collapses. 28 April 1995.
  60. 13 – I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007)
  61. 11 – Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001)

Structural fires

Main article: List of fires
  1. 2000+ – Church of the Company Fire (Santiago, Chile, December 8, 1863)
  2. 2000 – Theater fire (Kamli, China, 1893)[67]
  3. 1670 – Theater fire (Canton, China, May 25, 1845)
  4. 900 – Theater fire (Shanghai, China, June 1871)
  5. 800 – Lehman Theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1836)
  6. 694 – Cinema fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977)
  7. 658 – Antoung Movie Theater fire (China, February 13, 1937)
  8. 602 – Iroquois Theater Fire (Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903)
  9. 600 – Theater fire (Tientsin, China, May 1872)
  10. 538 – Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire (Mandi Dabwali, India, December 23, 1995)
  11. 530 – Kanungu church fire (Kanungu, Uganda, March 17, 2000)
  12. 492 – Cocoanut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942)
  13. 448 – Ring Theater Fire (Vienna, Austria-Hungary, December 8, 1881)
  14. 430 – Circus Ferroni fire (Berdichev, Russia, January 13, 1883)
  15. 422 – Cinema Rex fire (Abadan, Iran, August 20, 1978)
  16. 396 – Paraguay supermarket fire (Asunción, Paraguay, August 1, 2004)
  17. 324 – Karamay theater fire (Karamay, China, December 10, 1994)
  18. 323 – Gran Circus Norte-Americano arson (Niterói, Brazil, 1961)
  19. 322 – Ohio Penitentiary fire (Columbus, Ohio, United States, April 21, 1930)
  20. 322 – L'Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
  21. 309 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire (Luoyang, China, December 25, 2000)
  22. 278+ – Brooklyn Theater Fire (Brooklyn, United States, December 5, 1876)
  23. 250 – Flores Theater fire (Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909)
  24. 225 – Mental hospital fire (Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 14, 1960)
  25. 209 – Rhythm Night Club fire (Natchez, Mississippi, April 23, 1940)
  26. 208 – Hoteiza theater fire (Kucchan, Japan, March 6, 1943)
  27. 198 – Daegu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
  28. 194 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire (Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30, 2004)
  29. 188 – Joelma Building fire (São Paulo, Brazil, February 1, 1974)
  30. 186 – Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, September 5, 1887
  31. 175 – Collinwood school fire (Collinwood, Ohio, United States, March 4, 1908)
  32. 171 – Rhoads Opera House Fire (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1908)
  33. 168 – Hartford circus fire, (Hartford, Connecticut, July 6, 1944)
  34. 167 – Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
  35. 165 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (Southgate, Kentucky, May 28, 1977)
  36. 163 – Cinema fire (Amude, Syria, November 13, 1960)
  37. 162 – 1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea)[68]
  38. 162 – Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
  39. 153 – Perm Lame Horse club fire, (Perm, Russia, December 4, 2009)[69]
  40. 148 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (New York City, New York, March 25, 1911)
  41. 146 – 1970 Saint-Laurent-du-Pont fire (France)[68]
  42. 144 – Church fire in Costeşti, Romania, April 18, 1930[70]
  43. 139 – Wing On godown fire, Sai Wan, Hong Kong, 139 killed[29][71][72]
  44. 130 – Cinema fire in Kirin, China, March 18, 1930[73]
  45. 119 – Winecoff Hotel fire, (Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, December 7, 1946)
  46. 118 – Sennichi department store fire, (Osaka, Japan, May 13, 1972)
  47. 109 – 1961 Elbarusovo school fire (Elbarusovo, Soviet Union, November 5, 1961)
  48. 104 – Cinema fire at the Chinkai Guard District, March 10, 1930[74]
  49. 104 – Taiyo department store fire, (Kumamoto, Japan, November 29, 1973)
  50. 100 – The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
  51. 99 – Seibo-no-Sono nursery home fire, (Yokohama, Japan, February 17, 1955)
  52. 97 – Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
  53. 95 – Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, ( Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1958)
  54. 89 – AMRI hospital fire, India, December 9, 2011
  55. 87 – Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990)
  56. 87 – MGM Grand fire, (Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 1980)
  57. 82 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, (Madrid, Spain, December 17, 1983)
  58. 64 – Restaurant fire in Taichung City, Taiwan, R.O.C., (February 15, 1995)
  59. 64 – Cinema Statuto fire, (Turin,Italy, February 13, 1983)
  60. 63 – Arson at a Macedonian disco in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
  61. 59 (to 61) – Santika 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire (Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2009)[75]
  62. 59 - Uphaar Cinema fire, India on Friday, June 13, 1997
  63. 56 – Bradford City Football Club stadium fire, Bradford, UK, 11 May 1985.
  64. 48 – Stardust fire, (Artane, Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 1981)
  65. 44 – Myojo 56 building fire, (Tokyo, Japan, September 1, 2001)
  66. 42 – Dromcolliher Cinema Fire, (County Limerick, Ireland, 5 September 1926)
  67. 41 – Ballantynes Fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, 18 November 1947.
  68. 40 – The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, November 20, 1996)
  69. 37 or 39 Seacliff Lunatic Asylum Fire. near Dunedin, New Zealand, 8 December 1942.
  70. 35 – Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1, 1973
  71. 34 – Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30, 1971.[76][77]
  72. 33 – Hotel Polen fire, possibly after a burglary below the hotel, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 9, 1977
  73. 33 – Hotel New Japan Fire, (Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 1982)
  74. 31 – King's Cross Fire underground Tube Train station fire, London UK. 18 November 1987
  75. 29 – Pioneer Hotel fire, after an arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (December 20, 1970)[78]
  76. 24 – 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009
  77. 21 – Hostel for homeless fire, Kamień Pomorski, Poland, April 13, 2009
  78. 21 – Andorinha Building fire (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 17, 1986)
  79. 21 – St. Johns School Fire, Peabody, Massachusetts, October 28, 1915
  80. 19 – Calderón Guardia Hospital fire, San José, Costa Rica, July 12, 2005
  81. 19 – Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968[79]
  82. 17 – A cinefilm fire in an elementary school in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, on April 20, 1937.
  83. 17 – Top One Karaoke Fire (fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 25, 1997)[80]

Train accidents and disasters

Main article: Lists of rail accidents

Train accidents with 90+ deaths.

  1. ~1,700 - Queen of the Sea rail disaster (Sri Lanka, 2004)[Note 1][81]
  2. 800–1000 – Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment (France, 1917)
  3. 600–1000 – Ciurea rail disaster (Romania, 1917)
  4. 500-800 – Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)[82]
  5. 600+ – Guadalajara train disaster (Mexico, 1915)[83]
  6. 575 – Ufa train disaster (Russia, 1989)
  7. 521-600+ – Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944)
  8. 200-500+ – Torre del Bierzo rail disaster (Spain, 1944)
  9. 428 – Awash rail disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
  10. 383 – Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
  11. 358 – Firozabad rail disaster (India, 1995)
  12. 320 – Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
  13. 307 – Sukkur rail disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
  14. ~300 – Montemorelas, (Mexico, 1915)[84]
  15. 300 – Tolunda (Angola, 1994)[85]
  16. 289 – Baku Metro fire (Azerbaijan, 1995)
  17. 285 – Gaisal train disaster (India, 1999)
  18. 281 – Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
  19. 250 – Montgomery oil train disaster, (Pakistan, 1957)[86]
  20. 248 – El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)[87]
  21. 230 – Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster, (France, 1933)
  22. 226 – Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915)
  23. 212 – Khanna rail disaster (India, 1998)
  24. 208 – Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
  25. 200 – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki train disaster (Poland, 1949). Not confirmed by any official source, cf. Katastrofy kolejowe w Polsce (Polish).
  26. 192 – Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
  27. 186 – Genthin train disaster (Genthin, Germany, December 22, 1939)
  28. 185 – Aracaju train crash, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, March 20, 1946)
  29. 184 – Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
  30. 181 – Ajikawaguchi train disaster (Osaka, Japan, 1940)
  31. 162 – Mikawashima train crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
  32. 161 – Tsurumi rail accident (Japan, 1963)
  33. 155 – Kaprun disaster (Austria, 2000)
  34. 154 – Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
  35. 154 – Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
  36. 153 – Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, 1974)
  37. 151 – Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
  38. 150 – 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
  39. 148 – Gyaneshwari Express train derailment, (India, 2010)
  40. 142–236 – Benavidez rail disaster (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)[88]
  41. 100–140 – Pontecagnano train disaster, Pontecagnano, Italy,1944
  42. 139 – Bintaro train crash, (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1987)
  43. 135 – Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
  44. 132 – Ghotki rail crash (Sindh, Pakistan, 2005)
  45. 131 – Bouhalouane train crash, (Algeria, 1982)
  46. 130+ – Rafiganj train disaster (India, 2002)
  47. 130 – Liziyida bridge destroyed by mud-flow, caused a train disaster. (Sichuan, China, July 9, 1981)
  48. 130 – Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
  49. 128 – Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997)
  50. 128 – Mangueira train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
  51. 126 – Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
  52. 120 – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997)
  53. 120 – Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
  54. 119 – Anchieta rail disaster (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
  55. 118 – Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960)
  56. 118 – Alcafache trains disaster, (Portugal, 1985)
  57. 114+ – Veligonda train disaster (India, 2005)
  58. 114 – Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
  59. 112 – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952)
  60. 112 – Nebukawa, derailment caused by Great Kanto Earthquake, (Japan, 1923)[89]
  61. 110 – Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
  62. 108 – Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
  63. 107 – Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937)
  64. 107 – Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972)
  65. 107 – Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005)
  66. 107 – Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerala, India, 1988)
  67. 106 – Sakuragichō train fire commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951)
  68. 106 – Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster (Russia, 1987)
  69. 106 – Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
  70. 105 – Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
  71. 103 – Šakvice train disaster, (Czechoslovakia, 1953)
  72. 102 – Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, July 16, 1945)
  73. 102 – Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
  74. 101 – Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, December 22, 1939)
  75. 101 – Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)
  76. 101 – The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 1918)
  77. 100+ – Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953
  78. 100+ – Benaleka train crash, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)
  79. 99 – St-Hilaire train disaster, (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, June 29, 1864)
  80. 97 – Eden train wreck, (Colorado, United States, 1904)
  81. 93 – Harmelen train disaster, Netherlands, 1962
  82. 90 - Lewisham rail crash, UK, 1957
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Other accidents

  1. 200+ – Landslide on the road between San Francisco and Mocoa in Colombia, 1989
  2. 90 – Frank Slide (Frank, Alberta, 29 April 1903)
  3. 67 – Po Shan Road landslide, (Mid-levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972)
  4. 64 – Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, April 2, 1979)
  5. 48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk spacecenter, Russia, March 18, 1980)
  6. 30 – Tram derailment (Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, 13 July 1947)
  7. 15 – Tram derailment (Szczecin, Poland, 7 December 1967)
  8. 13 – Tram derailment (Gothenburg, Sweden, 12 March 1992)
  9. 8 – Avalanche, Lewes, Sussex, England, 27 December 1836. Worst British avalanche disaster.
  10. 3 – Turia disco lights collapse (Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan; 5 January 1988)[90]

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ^ Part of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake; listed by some sources as a rail disaster [1] though primarily due to a natural disaster, rather than a failure of the rail system.

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