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This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll. It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Some accounts give death toll as 101. Deadliest accident on New York City subway, deadliest rail disaster in city's history and deadliest mass-transit accident in U.S. history. 93 1939 1939 California tropical storm: Tropical cyclone: Southern California: Including 48 offshore deaths 92 1876 Ashtabula River railroad disaster: Accident – railroad
List of disasters in Croatia by death toll. List of disasters in Estonia by death toll. List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll. List of disasters in Japan by death toll. List of disasters in Malta by death toll. List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll. List of disasters in Poland by death toll.
The list of maritime disasters is a link page for maritime disasters by century. For a unified list of peacetime disasters by death toll, see List of accidents and disasters by death toll § Peacetime Maritime.
disputed. Kyshtym disaster. 1957, September 29. An improperly stored underground tank of high-level radioactive waste exploded. Death count unknown, estimates range from 50 to more than 9,000. 78. Chernobyl disaster. 1986, April 26. At least 78 are believed to have been directly killed by the disaster (31 due to the explosion, 28 due to ...
2002. Senegal. Le Joola – On 26 September, the overloaded ferry capsized in rough seas with an estimated death toll of 1,864. There were only 64 survivors. [ 1] 1,864. 2011. Tanzania. Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry carrying at least 800 people, sank off the coast of Zanzibar on 10 September.
Estimates of the number of people killed vary widely. Some sources list it at 117; others claim it was as high as 181. According to the federal report, the official death toll was 136. 37 men survived, but every woman and child aboard was lost. 117–181 1928 United Kingdom
List of natural disasters by death toll. Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life ...