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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.
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A car was struck by an XPT service traveling at 160 km/h (99 mph), killing five. [6] February 28 – United Kingdom – Selby rail crash. A car was driven off the M62 motorway onto railway tracks, causing the derailment of a passenger train and its subsequent collision with a freight train, killing 10.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in 2016. [2] That is, one person is killed every 26 seconds on average. Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people (seven percent of the world's population), have laws that address the five risk factors of speed ...
1971-01-10 Sports car Ferrari 312PB: World Sportscar Championship: Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez: 1000 km Buenos Aires: Race Crashed into the stopped car of Jean-Pierre Beltoise, somersaulted and caught fire [221] Fritz Glatz (AUT) 2002-07-14 Open wheel Arrows Footwork FA17 - Ford Euroboss: Autodrom Most: Race Hit curb, somersaulted and was ...
These numbers may still go up as the holiday travel period, which started on Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. ET, runs until Nov. 26 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Speeding and drunk driving contributed to Kylie's fatal car crash. Chris Hartje: 1915 1946 31 years American baseball player bus Snoqualmie Pass Highway (US 10), Washington: Passenger in a bus carrying the Spokane Indians baseball team, which swerved to avoid a wrong-way driver and plunged 300–500 feet down a mountainside. Hartje and eight of ...
November 9 – Netherlands – In sudden dense fog on the A16 motorway west of Breda, several cars and trucks collide in a huge pile-up. 10 people were killed and 28 injured. [135] December 11 – United States – Interstate 75 fog disaster. A 99 car pile-up due to fog on Interstate 75 near Calhoun, Tennessee resulted in 12 deaths and 42 ...