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

Explosion

Not including bombings, aviation incidents and mine disasters

• 1,950 – Halifax Explosion, (Nova Scotia, Canada 1917)^[1]
• 1,750 – Ammunition transporter exploded in Hamont, Belgium, November 19, 1918
• 1,500 – Ammunition plant with facilities explode at Smederevo, outskirt of Belgrade, Serbia, June 8, 1941
• 1,200 – Ammunition trucks (Cali, Colombia, 1956)
• 1,000 – Ammunition dump fire, (Lagos, Nigeria, 2002), many deaths were from drowning during the panic
• 800 – Bombay Docks Explosion (Bombay, India, 1944)
• 700 – Illegal Iraqi military plant with facilities explode at Al Hillah, Babil, Iraq, August 17, 1988.
• 600+ – Explosion of the Caterina Costa, port of Napoli, March 28, 1943, with over 3000 injured
• 575 – Ufa train disaster (Ufa, Russia, 1989)
• 568 – Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
• 565 – BASF Oppau explosion, Germany, 1921, possibly as many as 1,500 killed
• 500+ – San Juanico Disaster, (Mexico City, Mexico, November 19, 1984)
• 376 – Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyushu, Japan, 1917)
• 322 – Port Chicago disaster (Port Chicago, California, 1944)
• 296+ – New London School explosion (New London, Texas, 1937)
• 243 – Gas explosions occurred coal mine at (Onoura, Kirino, Kyushu, Japan, 1909)
• 234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, December 2003
• 217 – Los Alfaques Disaster, (Sant Carles de la Ràpita, Tarragona, Spain 1978)
• 206 – Gas explosions (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 1992)
• 200+ – Gotera ammunition dump exploded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June, 6, 1991.
• 200 – Gas explosion at a nine-story apartment building at Nafluksaya Street, Tbilisi, Georgia on December 6, 1984.
• 182 – BASF Chemical plant (Ludwigshafen, West Germany, 1948)
• 171 – A trailer truck carrying dynamite exploded after crash at Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand on February 15, 1991.
• 161 – West Loch Explosion, 1944, On May 21, 1944, the tank landing ship LST-353 exploded at West Loch while handling ammunition
• 160 – Voorbode, (Norway, 1944)
• >153 – Tacoa Disaster, (Tacoa Power Plant, Arrecife, Venezuela, 1982)
• 151 – Gunpowdership disaster (Leiden, The Netherlands, 1807)
• 147 – Spanish Naval torpedo and landmine factory exploded at Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain, August 18, 1947.
• 134 – Chilwell Munitions factory, Nottingham, England, 1918
• 133 – Munitions plant (Pennsylvania, 1917)
• 130 – Cleveland East Ohio Gas Explosion (Cleveland, Ohio, 1944)
• 126 – Nedelin catastrophe, (Baikonur, spacecenter, Kazakhstan, 1960)
• 117 – 2007 Maputo arms depot explosion at Mozambican Armed Forces ammunition in Laulane, Mozambique on March 22, 2007.^{[citation needed]}
• 116 – Munitions factory, Faversham, Kent, England, 1916)
• 110 – A tanker truck carrying petrol explode at Chennai, India, March 12, 1995.
• 105 – 24 houses of liquefied petroleum gas exploded at Danaciobasi, Kinkkale, Turkey, on November 24, 1980.
• 103 – USS Bennington, (off Quonset Point, Rhode Island, 1954)
• 103 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Daegu, South Korea, 1995)
• 100+ – Delft Explosion (Netherlands, 1654)
• 100 – Chemical plant (Pittsburgh, 1918)
• 100+ – T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion (New Jersey, 1918).^[2]
• 100 – Pakistani Army ammunitions dump explode at Islamabad, Pakistan, (April 10, 1988)
• 100 – NNPC oil pipeline explosion, with blast a primary school at Ijegun, Nigeria, May 15, 2008.
• 98 – 8,800 gallons carrying fuel truck catch fire with explode at Kagarko, Kaduna, Nigeria, March 28, 2007
• 94 – Japanese Imperial Army ammunitions dump explode at Hirakata, outskirt of Osaka, Japan, (March 1, 1939)
• 94 – Temiya railroad station and Otaru harbor facilities are explode by standing freight train carrying dynamite at Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan, (December 27, 1924)
• 90 – Five-story apartment building with huge dynamite stored in the basement explode at Shaoyang, Hunan, China, (January 31 1996)
• 90 – A truck carrying 3,800 gallons of gasoline with six vehicles crush and explode at Nosratabad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Iran, June 20, 2004.
• 79 – Gas explosions by subway construction (Osaka, Japan, 1970)
• 78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
• 75 – Underground Ammunition Store (Fauld, Staffordshire, England, 1944)
• 73 – Silvertown explosion, (London, 1917)
• 73 – Arzamas railroad station explode disaster, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, 1988
• 70 – Vergarolla explosion (Pula, Italy/Yugoslavia, 1946)
• 63 – A tank truck carrying liquefied petroleum gas crush and explode at downtown Bangkok, Thailand, September 25, 1990
• 63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31 1987
• 60 – Army laboratory (near Tallinn, Estonia, 1936)^{[citation needed]}
• 60 – Truck explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China, (September 9, 2000)
• 60 – Tank truck explosion, during carrying fuel oil at outskirt of Onitscha, Nigeria, November 11, 1994
• 57 – Freight train with dynamite explode at Iri railroad station, Iksan, Jeollabukdo, South Korea, (November 11, 1977)
• 50 – Three cars of passenger train from Aleppo, that exploded at Al jazira, northern Syria on July 28, 1987
• 49 – Gas explosion in PKO Rotunda Bank, (Warsaw Poland, 1979)
• 49 – Gas explosion at Colegio Marcelino Ugalde, Vizcaya, Ortuella, Spain, October 23, 1980.
• 48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia, 1980)
• 45 – Gas explosion in Osasco Plaza Shopping Mall (Osasco, Brazil, June 11, 1996). Another 482 were injured.
• 41 – Uam apartment complex collapsed by gas explosion at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, January 7, 1993
• 40 – Lapua ammo factory (Finland, 1976)
• 39 – Hekimbasi gabage dump with twelve slum houses explosion at Umraniye, Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 1993
• 36 – Petrobras Canpos Basin exploded, off eastern Rio state, Brazil, August 16, 1984
• 35 – Ammunition factory near Leeds, England (1916)
• 33 – Humberto Vidal Explosion (San Juan, Puerto Rico,1996)
• 29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical) , Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
• 29 – Blast in ammunition depot in Albania, 2008
• 28 – Flixborough chemical plant explosion near Scunthorpe, England, June 1, 1974
• 28 – Explosion in gun cotton factory in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, 11 August, 1871.
• 27 – LNG liquefaction plant explosion, Skikda, Algeria. 19 January 2004.
• 24 – Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Belgium
• 23 – Pathfinder Hotel, Fremont, Nebraska, January 10, 1976
• 23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
• 22 – Gas explosion in tower block, (Gdansk Poland, 1995)
• 22 – Fireworks factory (Enschede, Netherlands, 2000)
• 21 – Boston Molasses Disaster, (Boston, Massachusetts, USA. January 15, 1919)
• 21 – Fireworks explosion ([Hallet, OK]) June 25, 1985
• 21 – Arsenal dump (New Jersey, 1926)
• 21 – Brazilian rocket explosion (Brazil, 2003)
• 18 – Mihailesti explosion (Romania, 2004)
• 15 – Gas explosions from underground shopping mall (Shizuoka, Japan, 1980)
• 13 – 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion (Port Wentworth, Georgia, United States, 2008)
• 13 – Gas explosion in downtown Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA, February 3, 1973
• 10 – Metropolitan Store explosion, Windsor, ON, Canada, October 25, 1960
• 7 – Black Tom Explosion of 1916
• 4 – West Pharmaceutical Plant explosion
• 4 – T2 Laboratories (Jacksonville, Florida, USA, December 19, 2007)
• 4 – Little General Store, Ghent, West Virginia USA, propane tank leak gas station explosion January 30, 2007 (several injured)
• 3 – Corus Steel explosion, Port Talbot Wales, November 8, 2001 )^[3]
• 3 – 2006 Falk Corporation explosion (Milwaukee)

>> 2 – Residential Propane Explosion, September 11, 1982, Phillips, Wisconsin (posted by survivor)

• 2 – 2008 Toronto explosions, (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 10, 2008)
• 2 – 1998 Esso Longford gas explosion, Victoria, Australia, 25 September 1998, also 8 injured.
• 2 – PEPCON disaster
• 2 – Phillips explosion of 1999 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
• 1 – Phillips explosion of 2000 (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
• 1 – Goodyear plant explosion in Houston, Texas, USA, on June 11, 2008. Also injured 6.
• 1 – Seest fireworks disaster N. P. Johnsens Fyrværkerifabrik fireworks factory exploded, Kolding, Denmark, on November 3, 2004.

Structural fires

• 2000+ – Church of the Company Fire (Santiago, Chile, December 8, 1863)
• 2000 – Theater fire (Kamli, China, April 1893)
• 1670 – Theater fire (Canton, China, May 25, 1845)
• 900 – Theater fire (Shanghai, China, June 1871)
• 800 – Lehman Theater fire (St. Petersburg, Russia, 1836)
• 694 – Cinema fire (Xinjiang, China, 1977)
• 658 – Antoung Movie Theater fire (China, February 13, 1937)
• 650 – Korean National Theater fire (Kyoeng, Korea, April 1888)
• 602 – Iroquois Theater Fire (Chicago, Illinois, December 30, 1903)
• 600 – Theater fire (Tientsin, China, May 1872)
• 538 – Dayananda Anglo Vedic private school fire (Mandi Dabwali, India, December 23, 1995)
• 530 – Kanungu church fire (Kanungu, Uganda, March 17, 2000)
• 492 – Coconut Grove fire (Boston, Massachusetts, November 28, 1942)
• 448 – Ring Theater Fire (Vienna, Austria-Hungary, December 8, 1881)
• 430 – Circus Ferroni fire (Berditscheff, Russia, January 13, 1883)
• 422 – Cinema Rex fire (Abadan, Iran, August 20, 1978)
• 396 – Paraguay supermarket fire (Asunción, Paraguay, August 1, 2004)
• 324 – Karamay theater fire (Karamay, China, December 10, 1994)
• 323 – Circus arson, (Niterói, Brazil, 1961)
• 322 – Ohio Penitentiary fire (Columbus, Ohio, United States, April 21, 1930)
• 322 – L’Innovation Department Store Fire (Brussels, Belgium, 1967)
• 309 – Dongdu Commercial shopping center fire (Luoyang, China, December 25, 2000)
• 278+ – Brooklyn Theater Fire (Brooklyn, United States, December 5, 1876)
• 250 – Flores Theater fire (Acapulco, Mexico, February 15, 1909)
• 225 – Mental hospital fire (Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 14, 1960)
• 198 – Daegu Subway Fire (Daegu, South Korea, 2003)
• 194 – República Cromagnon nightclub fire, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 30, 2004)
• 188 – Joelma fire (São Paulo, Brazil, February 1, 1974)
• 186 – Theatre Royal, Exeter, England, September 5, 1887
• 175 – Collinwood school fire (Collinwood, Ohio, United States, March 4, 1908)
• 171 – Rhoads Opera House Fire (Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 1908)
• 168 – Hartford circus fire, (Hartford, Connecticut, July 6, 1944)
• 167 – Piper Alpha oil platform explosions (North Sea, 1988)
• 165 – Beverly Hills Supper Club fire (Southgate, Kentucky, May 28, 1977)
• 163 – Cinema fire (Amude, Syria, November 13, 1960)
• 162 – 1971 Seoul hotel fire (South Korea)^[4]
• 162 – Ozone Disco Club fire (Quezon City, Philippines, 1996)
• 148 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (New York City, New York, March 25, 1911)
• 146 – 1970 Saint-Laurent-du-Pont fire (France)^[4]
• 119 – Winecoff Hotel fire, (Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, December 7, 1946)
• 118 – Sennichi department store fire, (Osaka, Japan, May 13, 1972)
• 104 – Taiyo department store fire, (Kumamoto, Japan, November 29, 1973)
• 100 – The Station nightclub fire, (West Warwick, Rhode Island, 2003)
• 97 – Dupont Plaza Hotel arson, (San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986)
• 95 – Our Lady of the Angels School Fire, ( Chicago, Illinois, December 1, 1958)
• 87 – Happyland Fire, (Bronx, New York City, 1990)
• 87 – MGM Grand fire, (Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 1980)
• 82 – Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, (Madrid, Spain, December 17, 1983)
• 64 – Cinema Statuto fire,Turin,Italy
• 63 – Arson at a Macedonian disco in (Gothenburg, Sweden, 1998)
• 59 (to 61) – 2009 Bangkok nightclub fire (Bangkok, Thailand, January 1, 2009)^[5]
• 48 – Stardust fire, (Artane, Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 1981)
• 40 – The Garley Building fire, (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, November 20, 1996)
• 35 – Hotel Hafnia Fire after an arson fire on the hotel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, September 1, 1973
• 34 – Under construction Jumbo Kingdom industrial fire in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong, killing up to 34 workers on October 30 1971.^[6][7]
• 29 – Pioneer Hotel fire, after an arson fire on the hotel in Tucson, Arizona (December 20, 1970)^[8]
• 24 – 2009 Nakumatt supermarket fire, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2009
• 21 – Hostel fire, Kamien Pomorski, Poland, April 13, 2009
• 19 – Knitting factory fire in Hong Kong, spread to apartment above the factory, on 1968 ^[9]
• 17 – A cinefilm fire in an elementary school in Kilingi-Nõmme, Estonia, on April 20, 1937.
• 17 – Top One Karaoke Fire, fire after an arson attack in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, January 25 1997)^[10]

Flood disasters

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

• 2,209 – Johnstown flood (dam break), 1889
• 2,000 ca. – Vajont Dam collapse, Italy, 1963
• 941 – Iruka pond collapsed in Inuyama, Aichi, Japan, on May 14, 1868.
• 488 – Mir Placalnizza dam failure and collapsed in Sgorigrad, Bulgaria on May 1, 1966.
• 421 – Malpasset dam collapse, France, 1959
• 375 – Levee of pond failure at Mitsubishi Osarizawa mine, Kazuno, northeastern Akita, Japan, 1936
• 373-400 {600 estimated}- St. Francis Dam failure, United States, 1928
• 356 – Gleno’s dam collapse, Italy, 1923 estimated about 500 death
• 318 – North Sea flood of 1962,Heavy Storm pushed Water into the Elbe-River, Dykes broke 1962
• 270 – Great Sheffield Flood, Dale Dike Dam collapse, England, 1864
• 268 – Val di Stava Dam collapse, Italy, 1985
• 243 – Gouhou Dam burst disaster, Gonghe, Qinghai, China on 27 August, 1993
• 125 – Buffalo Creek Flood, dam collapse, United States, 1972
• 118 – Belci hydro electric dam failure, Romania, 1991
• 99 – Situ Gintung dam failure, Indonesia, 2009
• 60 – Horonai dam failure with apartment house collapse, Oumu, northeastern Hokkaido, Japan, 1941
• 39 – Kelly Barnes Dam failure, United States, 1977
• 14 – Teton Dam collapse, United States, 1976

Coal mine disasters

• 1,549 – Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
• 1,099 – Coal mine explosion (Courrières, France, 1903)
• 687 – coal mine (Mitsubishi Hojo, Kyushu, Japan, 15 December 1914)
• 682 – coal mine Laobaidong colliery coal dust explosion, (Datong China, 9 May, 1960)
• 472 – coal mine (Wankie, Rhodesia, 1972)
• 458 – coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyushu, Japan, 9 November, 1963)
• 439 – Senghenydd Colliery Disaster (Senghenydd, Wales, 1913)
• 437 – coal mine (Coalbrook, South Africa, 1960)
• 422 – coal mine (New Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, 28 November 1914)
• 405 – coal mine (Bergkamen, West Germany, 1946)
• 388 – Oaks Colliery, (Barnsley, England, 1866)
• 376 – coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyushu, Japan, 21 December, 1917)
• 375 – coal mine (Bihar, India, 1965)
• 372 – Chasnala mining disaster,Sudamdih Colliery (Dhanbad, India, 1975)
• 365 – coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyushu, Japan, 20 July, 1907)
• 362 – coal mine (Monongah, West Virginia, 1907)
• 344 – Pretoria Pit Disaster, (Westhoughton, England, 1910)
• 298 – coal mine (Saarland, West Germany, 1962)
• 266 – Gresford Disaster (Gresford, Wales, 1934)
• 263 – coal mine (Dawson, New Mexico, 1913)
• 263 – coal mine (Incirharmani, Kozlu, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 3, 1992)
• 262 – coal mine (Marcinelle, Belgium, 1956)
• 259 – coal mine (Cherry, Illinois, 1909)
• 257 – coal mine (Grundy, Virginia, 1937)
• 243 – coal mine (Onoura, Kirino, Kyushu, Japan, 5 August, 1909)
• 239 – coal mine (Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, 1907)
• 236 – coal mine (Chikuho Yamano, Kyushu, Japan, 1 June 1965)
• 235 – coal mine (Larisch, Karviná, Czech Republic, June 14, 1894)
• 214 – coal mine (Sunjiawan, Fuxing, Liaoning, China, 15 February 2005)
• 210 – coal mine (Hokoku, Itoda, Kyushu, Japan, 15 June, 1899)
• 200 – coal mine (Scofield, Utah, 1900)
• 200 – coal mine (Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila, Mexico, 27 February 1908)
• 189 – coal mine (Hillcrest mine, Canada, 1914)
• 183 – coal mine (Chosei, Ube, Japan, 3 February 1942)
• 181 – coal mine with flooding (Huayuan, Xintai, Shandong, China, August 17, 2007)
• 180 – coal mine (Tuzla, Bosina and Herzegovina, 1990)
• 177 – coal mine (Mitsubishi Bibai, Bibai, Hokkaido, Japan,1941)
• 166 – coal mine (Chenjiashan, Tongchuan, Shanxi, China, 28 November 2004)
• 159 – coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 26 September 2000)
• 155 – coal mine (Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Halmer End, Staffordshire, UK, 12 January 1918)
• 153 – coal mine (Mina de Barroteran, Coahuila, Mexico, March 31 1969)
• 151 – coal mine (Hausdorf, Germany currently Jugów, Poland, July 9, 1930)
• 150 – Nanaimo mine explosion (Canada, 1887)
• 148 – coal mine (Daping, Tongchuan, Henan, China, 20 October 2004)
• 147 – coal mine (Sanjiaohe, Hongdong, Shanxi, China, April 21, 1991)
• 134 – coal mine (Uchigo, Iwaki, Japan, March 27, 1927)
• 134 – coal mine (Dongfeng, Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China, 27 November 2005)
• 125 – coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 21 February 1891)
• 125 – coal mine (Amaga, Angelopolis, Antioquia, Colombia, July 15, 1977)
• 124 – coal mine (Chengzihe, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China, 20 June 2002)
• 123 – coal mine (Daxing, Xingning, Guangdong, China, 6 August 2005)
• 119 – coal mine (Orient #2 Mine, West Frankfort, IL, December 25, 1951)
• 111 – coal mine (Centralia Mine Disaster, Centralia, IL, March 25, 1947)
• 109 – coal mine (Everettville, WV, April 30, 1927)
• 108 – coal mine (Ulyanovskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, March 19, 2007)
• 108 – coal mine (Dukla, Ostrava, Czech Republic, July 14, 1961)
• 108 – coal mine (Larisch, Karviná, Czech Republic, March 5, 1885)
• 105 – coal mine (Ruizhiyuan, Linfen, Shanxi, China, 5 December 2007)
• 101 – coal mine (methane explosion) (Zasyadko, Donetsk, Ukraine, 18 November 2007)
• 100 – coal mine (Armutçuk, Eregli, Zonguldak, Turkey, March 8, 1983)
• 94 – coal mine (Haishan, Taipei, Taiwan, December 5, 1984)
• 93 – coal mine (Hokutan Yubari, Yubari, Hokkaido, Japan, 16 October 1981)
• 92 – coal mine (Rudnici, Aleksinac, Nisava District, Serbia, November 18, 1989)
• 92 – coal mine (Gangzi, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China, July 22, 2001)
• 91 – coal mine (Dongcun, Datong, Shanxi, China, 27 November 1996)
• 89 – coal mine (Xingsheng, Pingdingshan, Henan, China, March 11, 1997)
• 86 – coal mine (Luling coal mine, Hefei, Anhui, China, 13 May 2003)
• 83 – coal mine (Mitsui Miike, Omuta, Kyushu, Japan, 18 January 1984)
• 83 – coal mine (Shenlong, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur, China, 13 July 2005)
• 82 – coal mine (Barakova, Krasnodon, Ukraine, 11 March 2000)
• 74 – coal mine (Springhill mining disaster, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 23 October 1958)
• 71 – coal mine (Ueda Kamikiyo, Kawara, Kyushu, Japan, 9 March 1961)
• 68 – coal mine (Zyryanouskaya, Novokuznetsk, Kuzbass Siberia, Russia, December 2, 1997)
• 65 – coal mine (Pluto, Záluží, Czech Republic, September 4, 1981)[1]
• 64 – coal mine (Hlobane, Vryheid, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, September 3, 1983)
• 63 – coal mine (Skochynsky, Donetsk, Ukraine, 4 April 1998)
• 60 – coal mine (Beilongfeng, Fushun, Liaoning, China, May 28, 1997)
• 59 – coal mine (Xishui mine, Shanxi province, China, 20 March 2005)
• 53 – coal mine (Secunda, Mpumalanga, East Transvaal, South Africa, May 13, 1993)
• 52 – coal mine (Zasyadka, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 August 2001)
• 43 – coal mine (Muchonggou, Shuicheng, Guizhou, China, 24 February 2003)
• 39 – coal mine (Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1 November 1956)
• 36 – coal mine (Donbass, Donetsk, Ukraine, 19 July 2004)
• 30 – coal mine (Abaiskaya, Abai, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, January 11, 2008)
• 26 – coal mine (Westray Mine, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 9, 1992)
• 24 – Nanshan Colliery disaster (Shanxi Province, China, 13 November 2006)
• 23 – methane explosion in Halemba coal mine (Ruda Slaska Poland 21 November 2006)
• 21 – coal mine (Kings Bay, Svalbard, Norway, November 5, 1962)[2]
• 16 – coal mine (Ningxia Hui, China, 16 October 2008)
• 12 – Sago Mine Disaster (Sago, West Virginia, 2 January 2006)
• 9 – Crandall Canyon Mine (Emery County, Utah, 6 August 2007)

Aviation

• 583 – Tenerife airport disaster (Tenerife, 1977)
• 520 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 (Japan, 1985)
• 349 – 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (India, 1996)
• 346 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (Paris, 1974)
• 301 – Saudia Flight 163 (Riyadh, 1980)
• 297 – 350 – Air Africa Antonov An-32 (Kinshasa, 1996).
• 290 – Iran Air Flight 655 (Indian Ocean, 1988)
• 276 – Air Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution Ilyushin Il-76 (Sirach Mountains, 2003)
• 273 – American Airlines Flight 191 (Chicago, 1979)
• 270 – Pan Am Flight 103 (Lockerbie, Scotland 1988)
• 269 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (Sea of Japan, 1983)
• 265 – American Airlines Flight 587 (New York City, 2001)
• 264 – China Airlines Flight 140 (Nagoya, 1994)
• 261 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (Jeddah, 1991)
• 257 – Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Antarctica, 1979)
• 256 – Arrow Air Flight 1285 (Gander, Newfoundland, 1985)
• 235 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 (Indonesia, 1997)
• 230 – TWA Flight 800 (Long Island, 1996)
• 229 – Swissair Flight 111 (Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1998)
• 228 – Air France Flight 447 (Atlantic Ocean, 2009)
• 228 – Korean Air Flight 801 (Guam, 1997)
• 225 – China Airlines Flight 611 (Penghu Islands, 2002)
• 223 – Lauda Air Flight 004 (Thailand, 1991)
• 217 – EgyptAir Flight 990 (Cape Cod, 1999)
• 213 – Air India Flight 855 (India, 1978)
• 202 – China Airlines Flight 676 (Taipei, 1998)
• 200 – Aeroflot Flight 7425 (Uzbekistan, USSR, 1985)
• 199 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (São Paulo, Brazil, 2007)
• 191 – Martinair DC-8 (Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, 1974)
• 189 – American Airlines Flight 77 (Washington DC, 2001)
• 189 – Birgenair Flight 301 (Dominican Republic, 1996)
• 188 – Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Immouzer, Morocco, 1975)
• 184 – Icelandic Airlines Flight LL 001 (Katunayake, Sri Lanka, 1978)
• 183 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 (Warsaw, 1987)
• 181 – Avianca Flight 011 (Barajas Airport, Spain, 1983)
• 180 – Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 (Corsica, 1981)
• 178 – Aeroflot Flight 3352, (Omsk, Russia, October 1984)^{[citation needed]}
• 176 – Surinam Airways Flight PY764 (Surinam, 1989)
• 176 – 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision (Yugoslavia, 1976)
• 176 – Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 (Nigeria, 1973)
• 176 – Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 (Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 1972)
• 171 – UTA Flight 772 (Sahara Desert, 1989)
• 170 – Pulkovo Airlines Flight 612 (Ukraine, 2006)
• 169 – Kenya Airways Flight 431 (Côte d’Ivoire, 2000)
• 167 – PIA Flight 268 (Nepal, 1992)
• 167 – Mexicana Flight 940 (Mexico, 1986)
• 162 – All Nippon Airways Flight 58/JSDF F-86 fighter jet (Shizukuishi, Japan, 30 July 1971)
• 160 – China Northwest Airlines flight 2303 (Near Xian, China, 6 June 1994)
• 160 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 (Venezuela, 2005)
• 159 – American Airlines Flight 965 (Colombia, 1995)
• 159 – South African Airways Flight 295 (Indian Ocean, 1987)
• 157 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 1103, (Tripoli, Libya, December 1992)
• 156 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (Romulus, Michigan, 1987)
• 156 – PIA Flight 740 (Saudi Arabia, 1979)
• 156 – Interflug Flight DM-SEA (East Germany, 14 August 1972)
• 155 – Spantax Flight 275 (Tenerife, 3 December 1972)
• 155 – US Air Force C-5 Galaxy, Operation Babylift, (Saigon, 4 April 1975)
• 155 – VIASA Flight 742, (Maracaibo, Venezuela, March 1969)
• 154 – Turkish Airlines Flight TC-JBH, (Isparta, Turkey, 1976)
• 154 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (Brazil, 2006)
• 154 – Spanair Flight 5022 (Madrid, Spain, 2008)
• 153 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Louisiana, 1982)
• 148 – Iberia Flight 610, (Bilbao, Spain, 1985)
• 148 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, (Sharm el-Sheikh, 2004)
• 146 – Dan-Air Flight 1008, (Tenerife, 1980)
• 145 – Vladivostok Air Flight 352 (Budarovka, Russia, 4 July 2001)
• 144 – PSA Flight 182/Cessna 172, (San Diego, CA, 25 September 1978)
• 144 – Independent Air Flight 1851 (Santa Maria, 1989)
• 143 – Avianca Flight 410 (near Santander, Colombia, March 1988)
• 143 – Gulf Air Flight 072 (Bahrain, 2000)
• 143 – ADC Airlines Flight 086, (outskirt of Lagos, Nigeria, November 1996)
• 141 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 (Guilin, China) (24 November 1992)
• 141 – UTA Flight 141 (Cotonou, Benin, December 2003)^{[citation needed]}
• 137 – Vasp Flight 168 (Ceará, Brazil, 1982)
• 136 – Delta Airlines Flight 191 (Dallas, TX, 1985)
• 133 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 (Tokyo Bay, Japan, 4 February 1966)
• 132 – USAir Flight 427 (Beaver County, Pennsylvania, 8 September 1994)
• 132 – SAM Flight 505, (Medelin, Colombia, May 1993)
• 132 – Aeroflot Flight 8641 (Mozyc, Belarus, July, 1982)^{[citation needed]}
• 131 – Air Philippines Flight 541 (Davao City, Philippines, 2000)
• 131 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 (Madeira Airport, Portugal, November 1977)
• 130 – Indian Airlines Flight 113, Ahmedabad, India
• 130 – Chateau de Sully charter flight, (Paris, France, June 3, 1962)
• 129 – US Air Force C-124 Globemaster II (Tachikawa Air Force Base, Tokyo, Japan, 1953)
• 128 – Air China Flight 129 (Busan, South Korea, 2002)
• 128 – 1980 Iran Air Boeing 727 airplane crash (Alborz Mountains, Iran, 21 January 1980)
• 128 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 (Guangzhou, China, 1990)
• 128 – 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision (Arizona, June 1956)^{[citation needed]}
• 127 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 (Comoros Islands, 1996)
• 126 – Czech Airlines Flight 542, (Damascus, Syria, August, 1975)
• 124 – S7 Airlines Flight 778 (Irkutsk, Russia, 2006)
• 124 – BOAC Flight 911, (Mount Fuji, Japan, 1966)
• 124 – Baikal Air Flight 130, (Irkutsk, Russia, January 1994)
• 123 – Varig Flight 820, (Orly Airport, France, 1973)
• 123 – Faucett Flight 251 (Arequipa, Peru 1996)
• 121 – Helios Airways Flight 522 (Greece, 2005)
• 119 – South African Airways Flight 228, (Windhoek, Namibia, April, 1968)
• 119 – PIA Flight 705, (Cairo, Egypt, May 1965)
• 119 – Iran Air Tours Flight 956 (Khorramabad, Iran, February, 2002)^{[citation needed]}
• 118 – Linate Airport disaster (Milan, Italy, 8 October 2001)
• 118 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, (Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada, 29 November, 1963)
• 118 – BEA Flight 548, (Staines, England, June, 1972)
• 117 – Air India Flight 101 (Mont Blanc, January 1966)^{[citation needed]}
• 116 – Sudan Airways Flight 39, (Port Sudan, Sudan, July 2003)^{[citation needed]}
• 116 – Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130E crashed into apartment building, Tehran, Iran, (6 December 2005)^[11]
• 115 – Korean Air Flight 858 (Andaman Sea, 1987)
• 115 – Alitalia Flight 112 (Palermo, Italy, 5 May 1972)
• 113 – Air France Flight 4590 (Gonesse, France, 2000)
• 113 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 (Langtang National Park, Nepal, 31 July 1992)
• 113 – Air France Flight 117 (Guadeloupe, West Indies, June 1962)^{[citation needed]}
• 112 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6136 (Dalian, China, 2002)
• 112 – CAAC Flight 3303 (Guangxi, China, April, 1982)
• 112 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 New York, 24 June 1975
• 112 – Gulf Air Flight 771, (Mina Jebel Ali, UAE, September, 1983)
• 112 – Sterling Airways Flight 296, (outskirt of Kalba, UAE, March 1972)
• 111 – United Airlines Flight 232 (Sioux City, Iowa, 1989)
• 111 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153 (Douala, Cameroon, March 1962)^{[citation needed]}
• 110 – ValuJet Flight 592 (Florida Everglades, 1996)
• 110 – Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 (near Taipei, Taiwan, 22 August 1981)
• 109 – Air Canada Flight 621 (Brampton, Ontario, Canada, 5 July, 1970)
• 108 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, Sinai Peninsula, 1973
• 108 – China Southwest Airlines Flight 222, (Chongqing, China, January 1988)
• 108 – Invicta International Airlines Flight 435 (Basel, Switzerland, April 1973)^{[citation needed]}
• 107 – Alitalia Flight 4128 (Palermo, Italy, December 1978)
• 104 – Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387 (Philippines, 1998)
• 104 – SilkAir Flight 185 (Sumatra, Indonesia, 1997)
• 104 – Iberia Flight 602 (Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain, January 1972)
• 102 – Adam Air flight 574, (Indonesia, 2007)
• 101 – Eastern Airlines Flight 401 (Everglades, 1972)
• 101 – Thai Airways Flight 261 (Surat Thani, Thailand, December 1998)
• 100 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 (Malaysia,1977)
• 99 – LANSA Flight 502 (Cusco, Peru. 1970)
• 99 – TAM Linhas Aéreas Flight 402 (São Paulo, Brazil, 1996)
• 99 – KLM Flight 607-E (Atlantic Ocean, August 1958)^{[citation needed]}
• 98 – Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force C-130 crashed into mountain during approach to Zahedan Airport, Iran (2 November 1986)^[12]
• 98 – Britania Flight 105, (Slovenia, September 1966)
• 97 – Varig Flight 810 (outskirt of Lima, Peru, November 1962)
• 95 – American Airlines Flight 1 (Jamaica Bay, New York City, 1 March 1962)
• 95 – Air France Flight 1611 (Mediterranean Sea, 1968)
• 94 – Alitalia Flight 771 (Mumbai, India, 7 July 1962)
• 94 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, (Abuja, Nigeria, October 2006)
• 93 – Barajas Airport two planes collide disaster, (Madrid, Spain, December 1983)
• 92 – American Airlines Flight 11, (New York City, 2001)
• 92 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, (Bangalore, India, February 1990)
• 92 – TAME Flight 120, (Cumbal, Colombia, January 2002)
• 92 – TWA Flight 514, (Virginia, December 1974)^{[citation needed]}
• 91 – LANSA Flight 508, (Puerto Inca, Peru, December 1971)
• 90 – Aeroflot Flight 411, (Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia, July 1982)
• 89+ – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, (Phuket, Thailand, September 2007)
• 89 – Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E take-off crash, Medina Saudi Arabia ( 14 September 1980)^[13]
• 89 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723 (Logan Airport, Massachusetts, July 1973)^{[citation needed]}
• 88 – Alaska Airlines flight 261, Pacific Ocean,2000
• 88 – Aeroflot Flight 821 (Perm, Russia, 2008)
• 88 – TWA Flight 841 (Mediterranean Sea, September 1974)^{[citation needed]}
• 87 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 (Warsaw, Poland, 1980)
• 87 – Air Inter Flight 148, (outskirt of Strasbourg, France, January 1992)
• 86 – Japan Airlines Flight 471, (Delhi, India, June, 1972)
• 85 – Braniff Flight 352 (Dawson, Texas, May 1968)^{[citation needed]}
• 84 – Sknyliv airshow disaster (Lviv, Ukraine, 2002)
• 83 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (Taipei, 2000)
• 83 – Thai Airways Flight 365, (Phuket, Thailand, August 1987)
• 83 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, (Indianapolis, Indiana, September 1969)
• 82 – Aeroméxico Flight 498/Piper Cherokee, (Cerritos, California, 1986)
• 82 – TABSO Flight 101, (Bratislava, Slovakia, November 1966)
• 81 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 (near Sicily, Italy, June 1980)
• 81 – Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z (Pleiku, Vietnam, 1972)
• 81 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438 (Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia, January 1976)
• 81 – Pan Am Flight 214, (Elkton, Maryland, December, 1963)
• 80 – Llandow air disaster, (Sigginstone, Wales, March 1950)
• 79 – Korean Air Flight 803, (Tripoli, Libya, July 1989)
• 78 – Air Florida Flight 90 (Washington, DC, 1982)
• 77 – Spantax Flight 5995 (Torremolinos Airport, Malaga, Spain, 1977)
• 77 – Avensa Flight 358, (Maturin, Venezuela, December 1974)
• 76 – CSA Flight OK-NAB (Bratislava, Slovakia, 1976)
• 75 – Aeroflot Flight 593, Russia 1994
• 75 – Avianca Flight 52, Cove Neck, 1990
• 75 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 (Bangkok, 1988)
• 75 – Turkish Airlines Flight 634, (Diyarbakir Airport, Turkey, January 2003)
• 74 – Peruvian Air Force Boeing 737 (Andoas, Peru. 1998)
• 73 – United States Navy airship USS Akron, (1933)^[14]
• 73 – Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134, (Gabare, Bulgaria, 1978)
• 72 – Sabena Flight 548 (near Brussels, Belgium, 1961)
• 72 – Southern Airways Flight 242 1977
• 72 – Stockport air disaster, (Stockport, United Kingdom, 1967)
• 71 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937/DHL Flight 611, (Uberlingen, Germany, 2002)
• 70 – Aeroperú Flight 603 (Lima, Peru. 1996)
• 70 – Ramstein airshow disaster (Germany, 1988)
• 69 – Indian Airlines Flight 257, Imphal, India
• 68 – American Eagle flight 4184, Chicago, 1994
• 68 – Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, 24 August 2008
• 68 – Asiana Airlines Flight 733, (Mokpo Airport, South Korea, July 1993)
• 64 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402, (Haneda Airport, Japan, 1966)
• 64 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 64, (Hakodate, Japan, 1971)
• 61 – Aer Lingus Flight 712 ORK-LHR Crashed off Tuskar Rock Co. Wexford, Ireland 24 March 1968
• 61 – Freckleton Air Disaster, (Freckleton, Lancashire, England, 23 August 1944)
• 60 – TAROM Flight 371 (Balotesti, Romania, 1995)
• 59 – Lufthansa Flight 540 (Nairobi, Kenya, 1974)
• 58 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501, Lake Michigan (1950)
• 56 – British Airtours Flight 28M, (Manchester Airport, England, 1985)
• 56 – Indian Airlines Flight 491, Aurangabad, India
• 55 – Eastern Airlines Flight 537, on approach to Washington National Airport, (1949)
• 55 – Partnair Flight 394 1989 Convair 580
• 55 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210 Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China, (2004)
• 52 – 1960 Munich Convair 340 crash, Munich, 1960
• 52 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21, British Columbia, 1965
• 51 – Alliance Air Flight 7412, Patna, India
• 50 – Philippine Airlines Flight 206, (near Loakan Airport, Baguio City, Philippines, 1987)
• 50 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701, (Gatwick Airport, England, January 1969)
• 50 – Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134. (Sofia, Bulgaria 1984)
• 50 – Continental Airlines Flight 3407 (Buffalo, 2009)
• 49 – Comair Flight 5191 (Kentucky, 2006)
• 47 – British Midland Flight 092 (Kegworth, England, 1989)
• 46 – TANS Peru Fokker F28 (Chachapoyas, Peru. 2003)
• 46 – R101 airship disaster (Beauvais, 1930)
• 45 – Sumburgh disaster (Shetland Islands, 1986)
• 43 – 1987 Alianza Lima air disaster (Lima, Peru. 1987)
• 43 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 (Cayucos, 1987)
• 43 – El Al Flight 1862 (Amsterdam, 1992)
• 42 – Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 (Cranbrook, British Columbia 1978)
• 40 – TANS Peru Flight 204 (Pucallpa, Peru. 2005)
• 35 – Hindenburg disaster (New Jersey, 1937)
• 35 – US Air Force IFO 21 (Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1996)
• 35 – China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 (Shenzhen, China) (8 May 1997)
• 34 – Olympic Aviation flight 545 (Isle of Samos, Greece,1989)
• 31 – Superga air disaster (Italy, 1949)
• 29 – TAA Flight 538 (Mackay, 1960)
• 23 – Munich air disaster, Munich-Riem Airport, 1958
• 23 – Air Canada Flight 797, July 2, 1983
• 23 – ALM Flight 980, St Maarten 1970
• 22 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 (Yogyakarta, 2007)
• 21 – Air Midwest Flight 5481 (Charlotte, 2003)
• 20 – Chalk’s Ocean Airways Flight 101 (2005)
• 17 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (Between Chile-Argentina border, 1972; 12 more died awaiting rescue, 16 survived)
• 16 – TWA Flight 260 (Sandia Mountains, 1955)
• 14 – EgyptAir Flight 843 (Tunis, Tunisia, 2002)
• 11 – British South American Airways Flight CS59 (Star Dust) (Andes, 1947)
• 9 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 (February 26, 2009)
• 1 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (Hawaii, 1988-04-28)

Maritime

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

• 1,565–4,500 – MV Doña Paz (Philippines, 1987). Estimates of casualties vary because of overloading and unmanifested passengers; the official death toll was 1,565, with only 21 survivors.
• 2,750–3,920 – SS Kiangya (off Shanghai, 1948). Estimates of casualties vary due to large number of stowaways on board.
• 1,863 – MV Joola (Senegal, 2002)
• 1,547 – SS Sultana (Mississippi River, 1865)
• 1,517 – RMS Titanic (North Atlantic, 1912)
• 1,155 – Toya Maru (Tsugaru Strait, 1954)
• 1,021 – SS General Slocum (New York, 1904)
• 1,018 – MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 (Red Sea, 2006)
• 1,012 – RMS Empress of Ireland, (Saint Lawrence River, 1914)
• c.1,000 – SS Hong Moh (South China Sea, 1921)
• 894 – MV Bukova (Lake Victoria, Tanzania, 1996)
• 852 – MS Estonia (Baltic Sea, 1994)
• 835 – SS Eastland (Chicago, 1915)
• 832 – MV Princess of Stars capsized by Typhoon Fengshen off Sibuyan Island, Philippines, June 21, 2008.
• 737 – SS Camorta (Irrawaddy Delta, 1902)
• c.640 – SS Princess Alice and SS Bywell Castle (River Thames, 1878)
• 627 – SS Norge (Rockall, 1904)
• 625 – SS Ramdas (Bombay, 1947)
• 608 – Novorossiysk (Sevastopol, 1955)
• 600 – Shamia (Meghna River, southern Barisa, Bangladesh, May 1986)
• 587 – Ertugrul (off Kushimoto, Japan, 1890)
• 580 – Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas 2 (caught fire and sank in Java Sea, January 1981)
• 558 – SS Principe de Asturias (off Brazil, 1916)
• 550 – Cahaya Bahari (off Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2000)
• 546 – RMS Atlantic (Nova Scotia, 1873)
• 528 – MV Nazreen 1 (Chandpur, Bangladesh, July 2003)
• 500 – Atlas Star (Dhaleswar River, Munshiganj, Bangladesh, 1986)
• 497 – Ebisu Maru (off Tokushima, Japan, 1946)
• 464 – Salem Express (off Safaga, Egypt, 1991)
• 461 – MV Senopati Nusantara (off Mandalika Island, Indonesia, 2006)
• 438 – Baccha Singh (Manihari Ghat, Bihar, River Ganges, 6 August 1988)
• 423 – Admiral Nakhimov (Black Sea, 1986)
• 400 – Reina Regenta (off Gibraltar, March 11, 1895)
• 400 – SS Lady Elgin (Chicago, 1860)
• 400 – Cataraqui (King Island, Australia, 1865)
• 397 – Toyo Maru 10 (near Kurushima, Japan, 1945)
• 392 – SS Himera (off Athens, Greece, January 19, 1947)
• 361 – KM Bismas Raya 2 (off Merauke, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, October 1999)
• 358 – HMS Victoria (near Tripoli, Lebanon, 1893)
• 357 – 10th of Ramadan (Lake Nasser, Egypt, 1983)
• 353 – SIEV-X (off Indonesia, 2001)
• 340 – MV Shalahuddin 2 (Meghna River, Bangladesh, 2002)
• 338 – Gurita (off Sabang, Aceh, Indonesia, January 1996)
• 325 – Harta Limba (off Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1999)
• 314 – Principessa Matalda (off Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, October 25, 1927)
• 308 – Namyong-Ho (Korean Strait, 1970)
• 304 – Japanese passenger boat Sekirei Maru capsized with crush by windy condition off northwestern Awaji Island, Japan, December 9, 1945.
• 300 – Brazilian river boat Sobral Santos capsized Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, September 20, 1981
• 300 – Turkish ferry Üsküdar capsized and sank at Bay of Izmit, Kocaeli, Turkey, March 1, 1958
• 300 – Filipino motor vessel Dumagnete capsized off Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines, October 11, 1968.
• 297 – RMS Tayleur, (Lambay, Ireland, 1854)
• 292 – A Seohae, South Korean ferry, West Sea, overloaded with 362 people, capsized off Puan county October 10, 1993^[15]
• 289 – An boat of clandestine immigrant sank near Portopalo,Italy,1996
• 288 – SS Heraklion (Souda, Crete, Greece, 1966)
• 280 – Chinese ferry Dashun caught fire and capsized in rough seas off Yellow Sea, Yantai, Shandong, China, November 24, 1999
• 280 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized at Ibaka, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, April 1998
• 280 – Myanmarese passenger ferry U Hla Myist sank by collided with Japanese vassel Bombei Maru at Yangon Bay, Myanmar, February 1973
• 279 – Filipino floating pagoda capsized in Bocaue river, northern Manila, Philippines, July 2, 1993
• 272 – Kenyan ferry MV Mtongwe sank at Mtongwe, Mombasa, Kenya, 1994
• 260 – USS Maine (Havana, Cuba, 1898) it is disputed whether this was accidental or an act of terrorism
• 260 – Earl of Abergavenny (off Portland Bill, 1805)
• 260 – Nuestra Señora de Atocha (Florida Keys, 1622)
• 259 – Portuguese passenger ship Save ran aground off Mozambique, July 8, 1961
• 254 – Vietnamese refugee boat capsized off Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia, November 22, 1978
• 250+ – Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (Great Lakes Basin, 1913)
• 250 – Filipino ferry Dona Marylin capsized by Typhoon Ruby off Maripipi Island, Philippines, October, 1988
• 250 – Bangladeshi ferry MV Dinar gone down in strong whirlpool at Meghna River, Chandpul, Bangladesh, August 20, 1994
• 249 – Chang Tyong-Ho (Busan, South Korea, 1953)
• 240+ – MV Teratai Prima sinking (near Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 11, 2009)
• 230 – Brazilian double-decker boat Novo Amapo capsized Belém de Cajari, Macapa, Amazon River, Brazil, 1981
• 230 – Bangladeshi ferry Rushi capsized by stormy condition at Padma River, Bangladesh, April 1980
• 224 – Neva sunk off (King Island, Tasmania Australia) May 13, 1835
• 226 – Ville du Havre (North Atlantic, 1873)
• 220 – Nigerian passenger boat capsized by stormy sea off Uyo, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, January 24, 1996
• 215 – Myanmarese double-decker ferry sank during storm at Gyaing River, 1990
• 210 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank off Sfax, Tunisia, 2003
• 211 – SS Waratah, disappeared without trace off Durban, South Africa, July, 1909
• 209 – Seven Japanese fishing boat sank by Super typhoon Carmen (off Agrihan, 1965)
• 206 – Egyptian ferry boat Adel capsized at Upper Nile, Maghagha, Governorate, Egypt, May, 1963
• 205 – HMS Iolaire (off Stornoway, 1919)
• 205 – S.S. Hungarian Wrecked off Cape Sable, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada Feb. 20, 1860
• 200 – SS Victoria (London, Ontario, 1881)
• 200 – Indonesian passenger ferry KMP Digul capsized in rough sea off Merakuke, Papua, Indonesia, July 2005.
• 200 – Bangladeshi passenger ferry Haisal rammed by collide with cargo vessel at Dhaleswari river, Bangladesh, December, 1988.
• 193 – Herald of Free Enterprise (English Channel, 1987)
• 192 – Two illegal immigrants boats sank off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, 2007
• 189 – MV Maharaj (Buriganga River, Bangladesh, 2005)
• 189 – HMS Orpheus, (Auckland, 1863)
• 185 – Batavia (off Australia, 1629) includes both drowned and murdered
• 182 – Congo ferry Dieu Merci capsized at Mai-Ndombe Lake, Bandunu, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 27, 2003.
• 180 – Somali refugee boat capsized off Gulf of Aden, Yemen, March 31 1998
• 177 – Russian cruise ship Alexander Suvorov crashed into a railroad bridge at Volga River, Ulyanovsk, southwestern Russia, June 5, 1983.
• 171 – Chinese sightseeing boat sank at Songhua River, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, August 1985
• 170 – Staffordshire (Cape Sable, 1853)
• 168 – Shiun Maru (Takamatsu, Japan, 1955)
• 167 – Japanese ferry Nankai Maru capsized off southern Awaji Island, Japan, January 26, 1958
• 167 – Dona Cassandra sank by typhoon Orchid (off Mindanao, 1983)
• 165 – Tamil refugees boat capsized off Nanchchikuddah, Sri Lanka, February 20, 1997
• 161 – Romanian passenger boat Mogosoaia sank by collide with Bulgarian barge Pita Karamonchev at Danube River, Galatzi, Romania, September 10, 1989
• 158 – Scandinavian Star (Skagerrak, 1990)
• 158 – Sierra Leone boat Amunafa capsized off coast Bailor, Sierra Leone, August 3, 2007
• 150 – Peruvian ferry La Chachita capsized at Maranon River, central Peru, May 7, 1991.
• 150 – Overloaded motorrized canoe capsized off Tasso, Sierra Leone, March 25, 1999.
• 150 – A pontoon ferry sink by overturned on Shire River, Malawi, May 23, 1965
• 150 – Colombian excursion ship Vencedor capsized off Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, September, 1961
• 148 – Medusa (off Senegal, 1816)
• 147 – Chinese passenger ferry Red Star 312 capsized at Shanshui, Guangdong, China on March 2, 1983
• 140 – SS Koombana (off Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1912)
• 140 – Danish passenger ship Kjoebenhavn capsized after striking mine off coast of Jutland, Denmark, June, 1948
• 140 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collide with oil tanker, dense fog off Livorno, Tuscan, Italy, 1991
• 140 – Two African immigrants boat sank off Seferihisar, Turkey, 2007
• 140 – Filipino ferry MV Cebu City capsized and collision with freighter Kota Suria off Manila Bay, Philippines, December 2, 1994.
• 134 – SS Morro Castle (off Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1934)
• 134 – Peruvian passenger boat Adresito capsized at Amazon River, Iquitos, Loreto Maynas, Peru, March 6, 1990.
• 131 – Chinese passenger boat Rong Jian capsized at Hejiang River, Rongshan, Sichuan, China, June 2000.
• 131 – Tararua (off Waipapa Point, New Zealand, 1881)
• 130 – Princess Victoria (Scottland, 1953)
• 130 – Nigerian ferry Olodiama collided with a tugboat off Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, September, 1997
• 130 – Thai ferry boat Sathit collided with chemical tanker at Gulf of Thailand, Si Racha, Thailand, March 1992
• 129 – USS Thresher (N. Atlantic, 1963)
• 128 – HMS Gladiator (Isle of Wight, 1908)
• 128 – Greek cruise ship Lakonia sunk after fire on board off Madeira, Portugal, December 28, 1962.
• 125 – SS Bokhara (Formosa, 1892)
• 124+ – SS Yongala (Townsville, Australia, 1911)
• 124 – Djibouti ferry Al Baraqua 2 capsized off Tadjoura, Djibouti, April 6, 2006
• 120 – Ghanan motorboat capsized at Lake Volta, Jasikan, Ghana, April 10, 2006.
• 118 – Kursk (Barents Sea, 2000)
• 117 – Kinka Maru (Onagawa, northeastern Miyagi, Japan, 1946)
• 113 – Japanese wooden passenger boat Kitagawa Maru 5 capsized at Onomichi, Japan, April 1957.
• 105 – Iranian motor vessel Viaqtar capsized off Abu Dhabi, UAE, on March 14, 1970.
• 102 – SS Gothenburg. (Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, 24 February 1875).
• 100 – Brazilian cruise boat Bateau Mouche capsized at Copacabana beach, Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1, 1989.
• 99 – USS Scorpion (near Azores, 1968)
• 92 – Japanese passenger boat Koun Maru sank by rough sea off Misumi, Amakusa, western Kyushu, Japan, October 1, 1933.
• 89 – SS Admella wrecked off South Australia, Australia, August 6, 1859
• 85 – Illegal African immigrants boat sank Mareg, Puntland, Yemen, 2003
• 82 – STV Royston Grange (off Montevideo, Uruguay, 1972)
• 81 – MS Express Samina (near Paros, Greece, 2000)
• 80 – Pamir (1957)
• 80 – Hong Kong ferry Fatshan plunged by torrential typhoon Rose, Auguat 17, 1971.
• 78 – Greek tanker Spyros exploded at Jorong shipyard, Singapore, October 12, 1978
• 70 – Ming 361 (2003)
• 58 – Bahrain wooden plesure boat al-Dana capsized off Gulf of Bahrain, 2006
• 57 – Danish passenger boat Turisten Killing 57 pass. after fire on board on Haderslev Dam, July 8, 1959
• 54 – MS Jan Heweliusz (Baltic Sea, 1993)
• 53 – TEV Wahine (Wellington, NZ, 1968)
• 51 – SS Andrea Doria (off Nantucket, Massachusetts 1956)
• 48 – Brazilian river boat Comandante Sales capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapura, Amazonas, Brazil, May 4, 2008.
• 45 – SS Elingamite (Three Kings Islands, NZ, 1902)
• 44 – British bulk carrier Derbyshire capsized by structural failure and Typhoon Orchid off Ryukyu Island, September 9, 1980
• 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.^[16][17]
• 36 – FV Gaul (Barents Sea, 1974)
• 35 – HMS Pandora (Torres Strait, 1791)
• 31 – SS Carnatic (Red Sea, 1869)
• 29 – SS Edmund Fitzgerald (Lake Superior, 1975)
• 28 – Soviet submarine K-19 (to fire, 24 February 1972)
• 20 – Ethan Allen (Lake George (New York), 2 October, 2005)
• 17 – 1979 Fastnet race (Fastnet Rock, 1979)
• 16 – MS Sleipner (Norway, 1999)
• 13 – Essex (South Pacific, 1819)

Space exploration

• 7 – Space Shuttle Columbia disaster (United States, 2003)
• 7 – Space Shuttle Challenger disaster (Florida, 1986)
• 3 – Soyuz 11 (space, 1971)
• 3 – Apollo 1 (Florida, 1967)
• 1 – Soyuz 1 (SE of Orenburg, Russia, 1967)

See also List of space disasters.

Sporting events

• 1,112 – Upper tier collapse of the Circus Maximus, (Ancient Rome, c.140 AD)^[18]
• 600+ – Happy Valley Racecourse fire, (Happy Valley, Hong Kong, February 26, 1918)
• 222 – Sincelejo Corralejas studium collapsed, during bleaches at bullring, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.^{[citation needed]}
• 96 – Hillsborough stadium crush (Sheffield, England, 1989)
• 80+ – 24 hours of Le Mans auto race crash (Le Mans, France, 1955)
• 66 – Second Ibrox stadium disaster, stairway collapse & ensuing crowd crush (Glasgow, Scotland, 1971)
• 66 – Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, USSR, 1982)
• 56 – Bradford City football stadium fire (Bradford, England, 1985)
• 44 – Kayseri Atatürk Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism in Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1967
• 43 – Ellis Park Stadium, Kaizer Chiefs FC vs Orlando Pirates, There was already a 60,000 capacity crowd in the stadium, but reports suggest a further 30,000 fans were still trying to gain entry to the stadium. Reports also suggest that 120,000 fans were admitted into the stadium. An Orlando Pirates equaliser sparked a further surge by the fans trying to gain entry as they scrambled to see what had happened. 43 Fans were crushed to death. (Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 April 2001)
• 39 – Heysel Stadium disaster football stadium hooliganism (Brussels, Belgium, 1985)
• 33 – Burnden Park disaster (Bolton, England, 1946)
• 28 – Italian Grand Prix, Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators was killed when Materassi’s car crashed into a grandstand, (Monza, Italy, 1928)
• 26 – First Ibrox stadium disaster, terracing collapse (Glasgow, Scotland, 1902)
• 24 – When drunken soccer fan provolce a stampede game Deportivo Cali and America de Cali, Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982^{[citation needed]}
• 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)^[19]
• 18 – Temporary grand stand collapsed, before French Cup semifinal match SC Bastia and Olympique Marseille, Bastia, Corsica, France, May 5, 1992.)^[20]
• 17 – 1979 Fastnet yachting race storms (Fastnet Rock, Ireland, 1979)
• 15 – 1961 Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Formula 1 race): Wolfgang Von Trips and 14 spectators were killed when Von Trips’ car was thrown amidst the audience (Monza, Italy, 1961).
• 13 – Mille Miglia road race: driver Alfonso de Portago, his co-driver/navigator, Ed Nelson and ten spectators was killed when Portago and Nelson ploughed into spectators, killing the pair, plus 9 spectators. Also includes 2 separate deaths earlier in the race. (Reggio Emilia, Florence and Guidizzolo, Mantua; Italy, May 12, 1957)^[21][22]
• 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.
• 12 – Baker Bowl bleachers collapse, Philadelphia, Aug. 8, 1903
• 11 – Munich Olympics massacre (Munich, Germany, 1972)^[23]
• 11 – Egyptian Premier League cross ryval Koroum and Al-Ittihad soccer match stampede at Alexandria Stadium, northern Egypt, January 11, 1999.
• 8+ – 1903 Paris-Madrid race, a chain of accidents occurred causing deaths to drivers and spectators and destruction to properties. The race which was called to a halt at Bordeaux.^[24][25]
• 6 – 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, in which six sailors died and many other yachts had to retire

Industrial accidents

• 16,000 – Bhopal Disaster (India, 1984)
• 1,549 – Benxihu Colliery explosion, (China, 1942)
• 568 – Texas City Disaster (Texas, 1947)
• 512 – Sumitomo Besshi bronze mine erea where landslide with debris flow disaster, Niihama, Shikoku, Japan, 1899
• 500 – Pemex liquefied petroleum gas terminal explosion at San Juan Ixhuatepec, (San Juanico) Mexico City, November 19, 1984^[26]

• 319 – Marie iron mine fire, Príbram, Czech Republic, May 31, 1892
• 254 – Illegally Tashan mine collapsed with mud-rock flow at Xiangfen, Linfen, Shanxi, China (September 2008)
• 245 – Kogushi sulfur mine collapse, western Gunma, Japan, 1937
• 234 – PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, 2003
• 220 – El Cobre talling dam and cooper mine failure by earthquake in Chile on March 28, 1965.
• 202+ – Bolevec ammunition factory explosion, Plzen, Czech Republic, May 25, 1917.
• 177 – General Mining Union Kinross gold mine fire, Transvaal, South Africa, on September 16, 1986.
• 167 – Piper Alpha oil rig disaster (North Sea, 1988)
• 146 – Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, (New York City, 1911)
• 125 – Buffalo Creek Flood / Pittston Coal Company dam failure, (West Virginia, United States, 1972)
• 123 – Alexander Kielland wreck, oil platform destroyed by high wind, Ekofisk oil field, Norway, 1980
• 105 – Vaal Reef gold mine elevator failure, Orkney, Klerksdorp, South Africa, May 11, 1995
• 84 – Ocean Ranger oil platform sinking, Grand Banks, 15 February 1982
• 68 – Kukje Rubber Manufacturing plant No.2 fire at Busan, South Korea, March 2, 1960
• 65 – KTS Composite Textile factory fire, at Chittagong, Bangladesh on 24 February, 2006.
• 63 – St. Helena gold mine explosion by methane gas, Welkom, Free State, South Africa on August 31 1987
• 60 – Shahe iron mine caught fire, Hebei, China, November 22, 2004
• 56 – Bright Sparkler fireworks factory explosion at Sungai Buloh, Malaysia, 1991
• 55 – Four-story Rosamor Furniture ameublements plant fire, Lissasfa, Casablanca, Morocco on April 25, 2008
• 40 – Lapua ammunition factory explosion (Finland, 1976)
• 31 – Industria Mirafe Toy Factory blast, Ibi, Alicante, Spain on August 16, 1968^{[citation needed]}
• 29 – AZF factory explosion (chemical) , Toulouse, France, September 21, 2001
• 28 – Flixborough disaster, (England, 1974)
• 23 – Phillips Disaster (Pasadena, Texas, USA, 1989)
• 22 – Hindustan Petroleum Refinery fire – 14-Sep-1997, Vishakapatnam, Andhra pradesh, India, [3]
• 21 – Boston Molasses Disaster (Boston, 1919)
• 17 – Ganglu Iron and Steel Co Ltd., gas leak (Hebei, China, December 24, 2008)
• 15 – BP Americas Texas City isomerization unit explosion (Houston, Texas, USA, 2005)
• 11 – Robin Hood Flour Company grain storage elevator explosion (Davenport, Iowa, USA, 1975)
• 9 – Stockline Plastics factory explosion (Glasgow, Scotland, May 11, 2004)
• 9 – London Beer Flood (London, England, October 17, 1814)
• 4 – T2 Laboratories (Jacksonville, Florida, USA, December 19, 2007)
• 2 – Phillips explosion of 1999, (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
• 1 – Phillips explosion of 2000, (Pasadena, Texas, USA)
• 1 – Goodyear plant explosion in Houston, Texas, USA, on June 11, 2008. Also injured 6.

Stampedes and panics

• 4,000 – mass panic at air raid shelter, during Japanese bombing of Chongqing, most deaths caused by suffocation (Chongqing, China, 1941)
• 1,426 – stampede by pilgrims inside a pedestrian tunnel (Mecca, 1990)
• 1,400 – 2,000 – Khodynka Tragedy at coronation of Nicholas II, (Moscow, 1896)
• 953 – Baghdad bridge stampede, (Baghdad, Iraq, 2005) (note: because the stampede was triggered by reports of a bombing, this figure is also included in the higher estimate for casualties of the War in Iraq)
• 800 – 1954 Kumbh Mela stampede, crowd crush at religious festival (Allahabad, India, 1954)
• 362 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2006)
• 340 – Moscow soccer match crush (Moscow, 1982)
• 270 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 1994)
• 258 – crowd crush at religious festival (Wai, Maharashtra, India, 2005)
• 251 – stampede at the stoning of the devil ritual (Mecca, 2004)
• 224 – 2008 Jodhpur stampede disaster, in Chamunda Devi temple, Rajasthan, India, September 30, 2008
• 200 – stampede in the central place of Nagpur ( Maharashtra, India,1992 )
• 183 – Victoria Hall theatre panic (Sunderland, 1883)
• 173 – Bethnal Green tube station panic (London, 1943)
• 162 – Naiwa Devi Temple stampede disaster at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India on August 3, 2008.
• 130 – 1994 Gowari stampede in Maharashtra State Legislature building, Nagpur, India on November 23, 1994.
• 124 – Progressing new year event that panic and stampede at Yahiko Shrine, Yahiko, central Niigata, Japan, (January 1, 1956)
• 123 – Hearts of Oak vs. Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko soccer match crush (Accra, Ghana, 2001)
• 118 – pilgrims trampled to death (Mecca, 1998)
• 105 – Yingze Park lantern festival stampede disaster in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, (October 10, 1991)
• 96 – Hillsborough disaster crush (England, 1989)
• 84 – Guatemala and Costa Rica soccer match crush (Guatemala City, October 16, 1996)
• 77 – stampede and panics at Kyoto railroad station, Japan, (January 8, 1934)
• 74 – PhilSports Arena stampede, Manila, Philippines, February 4, 2006[4]
• 73 – Italian Hall Disaster (Calumet, Michigan, 1913)
• 72 – River Plate vs Boca Juniors football match, stampede at gate 12 (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 23, 1968)
• 67 – 1959 Busan stadium stampede disaster, Busan, South Korea, July 17, 1959.^{[citation needed]}
• 66 – Second Ibrox disaster crush (Glasgow, 1971)
• 64 – a Hindu Temple stampede disaster at Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India on February 18, 1992.
• 60 – Jean Monthe Institute secondary school panic disaster, Yaunde, Cameroon, December 6, 1988
• 60 – a tent fire after stampede, during local festival parade at Jamshedpur, Bihar, India on March 3, 1989
• 56 – Los Angeles de San Rafael square stampede disaster, during contest event, Segovia, Castile-Leon, Spain, June 15, 1969
• 53 – Niamiha metro station stampede (Minsk, Belarus, May 31, 1999)
• 52 – Hengyang railroad station stampede disaster, during Lunar New Year holidays of final day, Hengyang, Hunan, China, February 14, 1994
• 51 – Yemeni presidential candidate Ali Abdullah Saleh election rally stampede disaster, Zunjubar, Ibb Governorate, Yemen, September 13, 2006.
• 45 – Qutab Minar Tower stampede disaster by electric power failure, Delhi, India, December 4, 1981
• 44 – Kayseri Ataturk Stadium disaster, Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey, September 17, 1968
• 42 – Ellis Park Stadium Disaster, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 11, 2001
• 39 – Heysel Stadium disaster (Brussels, May 29, 1985)
• 37 – Mihong Park Lantern Festival stampede disaster, Miyun, Beijing, China, February 5, 2004.
• 33 – Kumbh Mela bathing festival stampede disaster, Nasik, Maharashtra, India, August 26, 2003.
• 29 – Mosque stampede (Karachi, 2006) [5]
• 27 – Granadilla Civil Governor Office stapede disaster, during waiting to apply for local identify card in Granadilla, Tenerife Island, Spain on February 2, 1963.^{[citation needed]}
• 25 – a stampede by building collapse, during Shiuratri festival at Patna, Bihar, India on March 6, 1989.
• 24 – Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero Stampede Disaster, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, November 18, 1982
• 23 – al-Mureikh Stadium stampede disaster, during graduation ceremony at Omdurman, Sudan on July 13, 2008.
• 21 – Lan Kwai Fong stampede disaster, Hong Kong, December 31 1992
• 20 – Steve Kekana concert stampede disaster, Maseru, Lesotho, August 29, 1980.
• 20 – Mexican singar Martinez Gil and twist singer Pily Gaos concert stampede disaster, Guadarajara, Mexico, January 31 1965.
• 19 – Synagogue stampede during the feast of Yom Kippur (Ostrów Wielkopolski, 10 October 1872)
• 13 – News Divine nightclub stampede disaster, Nueva Atzacoalco, Mexico City, June 20, 2008.
• 13 – Throb Nightclub stampede disaster, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, March 24, 2000.
• 12 – Crush on Brooklyn Bridge, four days after opening (New York, May 30 1883) [6]
• 11 – Crush at The Who concert in the Riverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, Ohio (3 December 1979)
• 11 – Progressing firework festival that stampede and panics at Akashi Footbridge, Japan, (21 July, 2001)
• 11 – Alexandria Stadium soccer match stampede disaster, northern Egypt, January, 1999.
• 10 – All Africa Arts Hall concert stampede disaster, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, February 10, 2008.

Animal attacks

• 436 – Champawat Tiger (India)
• 400+ – Panar Leopard (India)
• 200+ – Gustave (crocodile) (Burundi)
• 135 – Tsavo maneaters (Kenya)
• 125+ – Leopard of Rudraprayag (India)
• 50+ – Tigers of Chowgarh (India)
• dubious – Burmese saltwater crocodiles (Ramree, Burma, February 19, 1945)

Nuclear and radiation accidents

A monument to the victims of the Chernobyl disaster at Moscow’s Mitino cemetery, where some of the firefighters who battled the flames and later died of radiation exposure are buried.

• 200+ – Mayak nuclear waste storage tank explosion, (Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union, 29 September 1957), figure is a conservative estimate, 270,000 people were exposed to dangerous radiation levels. Over thirty small communities had been removed from Soviet maps between 1958 and 1991.
• 56 – Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine, 1986. It is estimated that there may be 4,000 extra cancer deaths among the approximately 600,000 most highly exposed people.^[27]
• 13 – Radiotherapy accident in Costa Rica, 1996. (114 patients received an overdose of radiation).^[28]
• 11 – Radiotherapy accident in Zaragoza, Spain, December 1990. (27 patients were injured).^[29]
• 10 – Soviet submarine K-431 accident, August 10 1985 (49 people suffered radiation injuries).^[30]
• 8 – Soviet submarine K-19 accident, July 4 1961. (More than 30 people were over-exposed to radiation).^[29]
• 8 – Radiation accident in Morocco, March 1984.^[31]
• 5 – Mihama Nuclear Power Plant accident, hot water and steam leaked from a broken pipe. The accident is the worst nuclear disaster of Japan. (August 9, 2004)
• 4 – Goiania accident, September 13, 1987 (249 people received serious radiation contamination).^[32]
• 4 – Radiation accident in Mexico City, 1962.
• 3 – SL-1 accident (US Army) 1961.
• 2 – Tokaimura nuclear accident, nuclear fuel reprocessing plant (Japan, September 30, 1999).
• 1 – Daigo Fukuryu Maru March 1 1954
• 1 – Louis Slotin May 21 1946
• 1 – Harry K. Daghlian, Jr, August 21, 1945 at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Train accidents

Train accidents with 100+ deaths.

• ca. 1,700 Queen of the Sea train disaster (Sri Lanka, 2004) Part of 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake
• 575 – Ufa train disaster (Russia, 1989)
• 540 – Modane train disaster (France, 1917)
• 521-600+ – Balvano train disaster (Italy, 1944)
• 500 – Leon train disaster (Spain, 1944)
• 428 – Awash train disaster (Awash, Afar, Ethiopia, 1985)
• 383 – Al Ayatt train disaster (Egypt, 2002)
• 337 – Baku subway disaster (Azerbaijan, 1995)
• 320 – Nishapur train disaster (Iran, 2004)
• 307 – Sukkur station train disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 1990)
• 302 – Firozabad train disaster (India, 1995)
• 298 – El Virilla train accident, (Costa Rica, 14 March 1926)
• ca. 300 – Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico, 1955)
• 285 – Gaisal train disaster (India, 1999)
• 281 – Igandu train disaster (Tanzania, 2002)
• 268 – Bihar train disaster (Bihar, India, 1981)
• 236 – Benavide trains crash (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970)
• 230 – Langny-Pomponne train disaster (France, 1933)
• 227 – Quintinshill rail crash (Scotland, 1915)
• 212 – Khanna rail disaster (India, 1998)
• 208 – Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico, 1972)
• 200 – Dwor train disaster (Poland, 1949)
• 196 – Muamba rail disaster (Mozambique, 2002)
• 186 – Genthin train disaster (Genthin, Germany, December 22, 1939)
• 185 – Aracaju train derailed, (Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, 1946)
• 184 – Komagawa train disaster (Komagawa, Saitama, Japan, 1947)
• 181 – Ajikawaguchi train disaster (Osaka, Japan, 1940)
• 162 – Mikawashima triple trains crash (Tokyo, Japan, 1962)
• 161 – Yokohama rail crash (Japan, 1963)
• 159 – Rzepin train derailed, (Rzepin, Slubice, Poland, 1952)
• 155 – Kaprun disaster (Austria, 2000)
• 154 – Ryongchon disaster (North Korea, 2004)
• 154 – Mardaiyar river bridge derail disaster, (Tamil-Nadu, India, 1956)
• 153 – Zagreb express train crash (Croatia, 1974)
• 151 – Tangiwai train disaster (New Zealand, 1953)
• 150 – 1965 Durban commuter train disaster, (KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1965)
• 100-140 Pontecagnano train disaster,Pontecagnano, Italy,1944
• 135 – Maizdi Khan trains disaster (Bangladesh, 1989)
• 132 – Ghotki triple trains disaster (Sindh, Pakistan, 2005)
• 130+ – Rafiganj train disaster (India, 2002)
• 130 – Liziyida bridge destroyed by mud-flow, caused a train disaster. (Sichuan, China, July 9, 1981)
• 130 – Barwald Sredni trains disaster, (Poland, 1944)
• 128 – Mirshah trains disaster, (Punjab, Pakistan, 1997)
• 128 – Mangueira trains disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958)
• 126 – Rongjiawan trains disaster, (Hunan, China, 1997)
• 120 – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (India, 1997)
• 120 – Yaoundé train explosion (Cameroon, 1998)
• 119 – 1952 Rio train disaster, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1952)
• 118 – Stéblová train disaster (Czechoslovakia, 1960)
• 118 – Viseu trains disaster, (Portugal, 1985)
• 114+ – Veligonda train disaster (India, 2005)
• 114 – Ngai Ndethya (Kenya, 1993)
• 112 – Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash (England, 1952)
• 110 – Tsuchiura triple trains crash (Tsuchiura, Japan, 1943)
• 108 – Tangua train disaster, (Brazil, 1950)
• 107 – Patna train derailed, (Bihar, India, 1937)
• 107 – Vierzy tunnel trains derailed, (Aisne, France, 1972)
• 107 – Amagasaki rail crash (Japan, 2005)
• 107 – Ashtamudi Lake train disaster, (Kerala, India, 1988)
• 106 – Sakuragicho commuter train fire (Yokohama, Japan, 1951)
• 106 – Kamensk trains disaster, (Kamensk-Shalchtinsky, Russia, 1987)
• 106 – Yangzhuang station trains disaster, (Henan, China, 1978)
• 105 – Tama river trains disaster, (Hachioji, Japan, 1945)
• 103 – Šakvice train disaster, (Šakvice, Czechoslovakia, 1953)
• 102 – Aßling train disaster, (Aßling, Germany, July 16, 1945)
• 102 – Bintaro Jaya commuter trains crush, (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1987)
• 102 – Wuntho train disaster, (Myanmar, 1994)
• 101 – Markdorf train disaster, (Markdorf, Germany, December 22, 1939)
• 101 – Eschede train disaster (Germany, 1998)
• 101 – The Great Train Wreck of 1918 (Nashville, TN, United States, 1918)
• 100+ – Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds) derailment, East Indochina (Vietnam), 24 June 1953
• 100+ – Benaleka, (Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2007)

Structural collapses

• 502 – Sampoong Department Store collapse (Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 1995)
• 222 – Sincelejo Corralejas studium collapsed, Sucre, Colombia, January 20, 1980.
• 153 – Illegally constructed nine-story buildings with Spectrum Sweater and Knitting factory collapse, (Palash Bari, outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005)
• 140 – Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, Nepal, on November 19, 1974.
• 139 – a six-story apartment constructing by block collapsed at Karachi, Pakistan on September 13, 1976.
• 135 – Hotel Royal Plaza collapse, (Nakhow Ratchasima, Thailand, August 13, 1993)
• 125 – a wire rope style bridge collapsed over a swollen stream at Munnar, Kerala, India, November 8, 1984.
• 120 – a nuns school chapel collapsed at Biblian, Canar, Ecuador on February 1, 1963.
• 114 – Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, (Kansas City, Missouri, 1981)
• 100 – Saque Comprehensive College collapsed at Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, June 16, 1990
• 100 – Yeotmal mosque collapsed disaster, present day of Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India on August 20, 1963.^{[citation needed]}
• 94 – Eleven-story apartment building collapsed at Konya, central Turkey, on February 2, 2004.
• 94 – Pétionville school collapse, (Pétionville, Haiti, November 7, 2008)
• 84 – Shigotani dormitory site of under construction Kurobe hydro power-plant station hit avalanche by heavy snow at Kurobe, Toyama, Japan, on December 27, 1938
• 75 – Quebec Bridge, (Canada, 1907)
• 74 – Cinema theatre roof collapse (Tokamachi, Japan, 1 January 1938)
• 73 – Six dormitories of Abe coal mine company collapse with heavy rain at Sasebo, northwestern Kyushu, Japan, on April 16, 1955
• 71 – Dhaka University assembly hall collapsed, Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 16, 1985
• 70 – A 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.
• 70 – a three-story house collapsed at Lal Bazzar, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashimir, India on May 4, 1992.
• 67 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Foggia, Apulia, Italy, on 13 November, 1999
• 65 – Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse (Chorzów, Poland, 28 January 2006)
• 64 – Twelve-story upmarket building collapsed at Heliopolis, outskirt of Cairo, Egypt, October 27, 1996
• 60 – Under construction Hau River bridge collapsed at Can Tho, Vinh Long, Vietnam, on September 26, 2007.
• 60 – Run Pathani bridge collapsed by flood swept in Mardan, Pashtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 2006.^{[citation needed]}
• 60 – Underconstructing Tuojiang bridge collapsed in Fenghuang, Hunan, China on August 13, 2007.^{[citation needed]}
• 58 – a five-story apartment building collapsed, Barletta, Apulia, Italy on September 15, 1959.^{[citation needed]}
• 56 – Market roof collapse (Moscow, Russia, February 21, 2006)
• 51 – Moqattam Hill rockslide disaster in Manshiyet Nasser erea, Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2008.
• 50 – Ordzhonokidze Machine Tool factory roof collapsed by heavy snow at Moscow, Russia, January 17, 1982.
• 49 – Cais do Sodré railroad station collapsed at Lisbon, Portugal, May, 1963
• 48 – Hulu Kelang Highland Towers collapsed at Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 11, 1993.
• 47 – Miles City, Montana bridge collapse (United States, 1938)
• 46 – Silver Bridge Collapse (United States, 1967)
• 42 – Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1976)
• 35 – West Gate Bridge collapse, (Australia, 1970)
• 35 – Seven-story added illegally five story building collapse at Alexandria, Egypt, December 24, 2007.
• 34 – Six-story apartment building collapsed at Castellaneta, Puglia, Taranto, Italy, February, 7, 1985
• 33 – Hotel New World disaster, six-story building collapsed at Serangoon Road, Singapore, March, 1986.
• 32 – Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge collapsed at Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia, July 31 1988
• 32 – Seongsu Bridge collapsed in Han River, Seoul, South Korea on October, 1994.^{[citation needed]}
• 29 – Under constructing Baikong bridge collapsed, Ruyuan, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China, on December 20, 1996
• 28 – L’Ambiance Plaza collapsed during construction, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, April, 23, 1987
• 27 – The Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapsed during construction in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 17, 1958
• 26 – Shojuso elderly house with sixty apartment building destroyed by landslide (Nagano, Japan, on July 26, 1985)
• 24 – Unlicenced construct four-story apartment buildings collapsed at Cairo, Egypt, May 3, 1984
• 20 – Cavalese cable-car disaster, (Italy, 1998) cable severed by United States Marine Corps military aircraft
• 20 – Toyohama road tunnel collapse, Furubira, Hokkaido, Japan, February 1996.
• 20 – Chunchu suspension bridge collapse, Napalgunj, Birendranagar, Nepal, December 25, 2007. another 15 missing.
• 19 – a seven-story apartment building collapsed at Saadatabad, Teheran, Iran on July 1, 2008.
• 17 – Sete Quedas foot bridge collapsed at Mato Grosso do Sol, Brazil, January 17, 1982.
• 13 – I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007)
• 11 – Petrobras 36 Oil Platform explosions (Brazil, 2001)

Other accidents

• 144 – Aberfan landslide disaster (Wales, 1966)
• 67 – Po Shan Road landslide, (Mid-levels, Hong Kong, 18 June 1972)
• 64 – Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, April 2, 1979)
• 48 – Vostok rocket explosion (Plesetsk spacecenter, Russia, March 18, 1980)
• 30 – Tram derailment (Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, 13 July 1947)
• 15 – Tram derailment (Szczecin, Poland, 7 December 1967)
• 13 – Tram derailment (Gothenburg, Sweden, 12 March 1992)
• 7 – 87-Automobile pile-up on Highway 401 freeway just east of Windsor Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake Saint Clair, September 3 (Labour Day) 1999.
• 9 – 2009 Washington Metro Accident, June, 22, 2009

Footnotes

See also

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