| Ref No |
Incident |
Year |
Month |
Date |
Locality |
Country |
County or state |
Type |
Subtype |
File |
File No |
FileType |
Dead (est) |
Injured (est) |
Notes |
| 2374 |
Vehicles(14) fall in river |
1986 |
September |
20th |
Latvian Soviet Soc. Rep |
Latvia |
|
Bridge |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 3945 |
Bridge collapsed:50 dead |
1995 |
October |
8th |
Aflou |
Algeria |
|
Bridges |
Heavy rain |
No |
Cardex |
|
50 |
|
|
| 178 |
Railway bridge caught fire in America |
1887 |
|
|
Nr. Chatsworth |
America |
Illinois |
Bridges |
Bridge caught fire |
No |
|
Cardex |
82 |
|
Small wooden bridge caught fire after weeds
had been burnt along the track earlier. A six coach Niagra Falls Special train caught
sight of the fire, but was unable to stop in time. Only first carriage made it to safety.
82 people died. |
| 6290 |
Tacoma Narrows Bridge |
1940 |
November |
7th |
Washington |
America |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed due to wind |
Yes |
679 |
|
|
|
|
| 181 |
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster, America |
1980 |
May |
9th |
Tampa Bay |
America |
Florida |
Bridges |
Ship hit bridge |
Yes |
653 |
|
35 |
|
A Liberian registered ship collided with a
bridge, removing a 400m section of a 4 lane highway on the 14 mile span of Sunshine Skyway
Bridge. 35 people died as a bus, 2 cars & a lorry fell 150 feet into the water. |
| 4617 |
Unfinished Bridge Collapse |
1982 |
April |
15th |
E.Chicago, Indiana |
America |
|
Bridges |
Scaffoldng Fault |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 2511 |
Steel plated bridge:540ft |
1987 |
April |
5th |
Nr. Amsterdam N.York |
America |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 6397 |
Footbridge Collapsed |
2000 |
May |
20th |
Concord |
America |
North Carolina |
Bridges |
|
Yes |
732 |
|
|
80 |
A footbridge over a four lane highway
collapsed. It snapped in half as tens of thousands of people left a motor speedway event
on Saturday evening,and were crossing over it. |
| 180 |
Box girder type bridge collapsed, Australia |
1970 |
October |
15th. |
Yarra River |
Australia |
|
Bridges |
Buckled |
No |
|
Cardex |
35 |
18 |
A box type bridge under construction,
buckled and collapsed shedding 80 tons of concrete onto workmen below. 35 people killed
and at least 18 injured |
| 4214 |
Ship hits bridge |
1975 |
January |
|
Tasman Bridge,Hobart |
Australia |
|
Bridges |
Lake Illawarra |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 4616 |
Footbridge collapsed:30d |
1982 |
January |
17th |
Guaira Falls |
Brazil |
|
Bridges |
Unknown |
No |
Cardex |
|
30 |
|
|
| 6642 |
Seconds Narrow Bridge collapsed, Canada |
1958 |
June |
17th |
Seconds Narrow Bridge, Vancouver |
Canada |
British Columbia |
Bridges |
|
No |
|
Cardex, book |
18 |
20 |
The collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge
was presumed to have taken 18 lives and about 20 others admitted to hospital. Many people
were rescued or managed to scramble to safety without serious injury. |
| 184 |
Crowded Bridge collapsed in China |
1991 |
February |
|
|
China |
Xi'an |
Bridges |
Overcrowded |
No |
|
Cardex |
23 |
140 |
A crowded bridge collapsed during a Lunar
New Year Festival killing 23 people and injuring a further 140. |
| 3493 |
Suspension bridge |
1994 |
October |
(early) |
Amuse.Park,Guangdong |
China |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 3789 |
Section of Bridge:100yds |
1996 |
December |
20th |
Guangdong Province |
China |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 176 |
Suspension bridge collapsed |
1845 |
May |
2nd |
Yarmouth |
England |
Norfolk |
Bridges |
Construction inferior |
Yes |
59 |
|
80 |
|
The yarmouth suspension bridge collased as
hundreds of people crowded on to it to see a clown ride down the river. The bridge was
found to have been constructed to an inferior quality. 80 dead many injured |
| 179 |
Thames Iron Works bridge collapsed, London |
1898 |
June |
21st |
Blackwall Bridge |
England |
London |
Bridges |
Overcrowded |
Yes |
61 |
|
36 |
|
A little bridge holding about 300 people
collapsed as the 'Albion' was launched. People should not have been on the bridge, but the
police could not control the crowd. 34 people drowned in water 10ft deep & 5 yards
from land. At least 2 more died later |
| 3911 |
Road bridge construction |
1972 |
October |
24th |
Reading, Berkshire |
England |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed |
Yes |
429 |
|
|
|
|
| 1354 |
Bridge over Gogra River |
1965 |
April |
10th |
Uttar Pradesh |
India |
|
Bridges |
Railings Break |
No |
|
Cardex |
70 |
|
|
| 2152 |
Rope bridge collapsed |
1984 |
November |
7th |
Munnar |
India |
|
Bridges |
Overcrowded |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 2971 |
Bridge Under Construction |
1990 |
October |
(mid) |
Goa |
India |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 2640 |
Wave destroys bridges |
1988 |
January |
29th |
|
Kazakh SSR |
|
Bridges |
Reservoir burst |
No |
Cardex |
|
|
|
|
| 2641 |
Ferry pier: 30 dead |
1988 |
July |
31st |
Butterworth |
Malaysia |
|
Bridges |
Collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
30 |
|
|
| 2036 |
Bus plunged into river |
1977 |
March |
31st |
Indus River, Der Ghazi Khan |
Pakistan |
Punjab Province |
Bridges |
Drawbridge collapsed |
No |
|
Cardex |
26 |
|
A bus carrying 30 people plummeted into the
Indus River in the Punjab Province, when a drawbridge collapsed. Four people were rescued,
22 died and 4 were reported missing presumed dead. |
| 6154 |
Vehicles plunge into river:30dd |
1998 |
March |
16th |
Piura |
Peru |
|
Bridges |
Road bridge collapsed |
No |
Cardex |
|
30 |
|
|
| 1675 |
Pilgrims Plunge Into Rocks |
1972 |
September |
16th |
Naga City |
Philippines |
|
Bridges |
Gave way |
No |
|
Cardex |
|
|
|
| 5526 |
Bridge collapsed: 25 dead |
1998 |
July |
6th |
Mpumalanga province |
South Africa |
|
Bridges |
Support buckles |
No |
Cardex |
|
25 |
|
|
| 185 |
Road bridge collapsed in South Korea |
1994 |
October |
21st |
|
South Korea |
Soeul |
Bridges |
Collapsed |
No |
|
Cardex |
38 |
|
Thirty eight people died when a section of a
road bridge collapsed. Cars, a bus & a minivan plunged into a river on a piece of the
roadway. The authorities had been warned by the builders that the 10 year old bridge was
being overloaded at times. |
| 182 |
Road Bridge destroyed in Sweden |
1980 |
|
|
|
Sweden |
near Gottenburg |
Bridges |
Ship hit bridge |
No |
|
Cardex |
15 |
|
A Liberian registered ship destroyed the
supports of a road bridge. 15 people died in cars plunging off the bridge into the water. |
| 2037 |
Crowded Rail Footbridge collapsed |
1977 |
August |
17th |
Pushkino Station |
USSR |
Pushkino |
Bridges |
Weight |
No |
|
Cardex |
10 |
|
Crowded footbridge over a rail line
collapsed under the weight of more than 100 people, who had arrived at Pushkino Station.
Dozens of people injured & at least 10 crushed to death by wreckage from the bridge
& other victims who fell 30ft to the track |
| 6603 |
Streetcar plummets from bridge, Canada |
1896 |
May |
26th |
Point Ellice bridge |
Canada |
between Victoria & Esquimalt |
Bridges, collapsed |
|
No |
|
Cardex, book |
55 |
27 |
About 90 streetcar passengers were rescued
after the centre of the bridge collapsed. 27 of those rescued were seriously injured &
55 died. The streetcar was far in excess of the 10 ton capacity for the bridge, due to
overcrowding of passengers. |
| 177 |
Tay bridge collapsed in Scotland |
1879 |
December |
28th |
Tay estuary |
Scotland |
|
Bridges, Rail |
Winds/gale |
Yes |
709 |
|
76 |
|
The bridge over the one mile Tay Estuary in
Scotland collapsed in gale force winds, catapulting a train and 76 passengers into the
stormy waters below. |
| 183 |
River Towy Railway bridge collapsed, Wales |
1987 |
October |
19th |
Nr. Llandeilo |
Wales |
Dyfed |
Bridges, railway |
Flooding |
Yes |
60 |
|
4 |
|
A bridge near the swollen river Towy,
collapsed as a train drove over it. No safety checks had been carried out despite flood
warnings. Four people died. |
| 6801 |
Portugal's Bridge Tragedy |
2001 |
March |
4th |
River Douro, Entre-os-Rios |
Portugal |
Oporto |
Bridges, RTA |
Collapsed |
Yes |
865 |
|
70 |
|
About 70 people feared dead after a bridge
collapsed over the River Douro, taking a coach & 2 cars with it. The bridge is
believed to have collapsed after one if its support pillars gave way following prolonged
heavy rain. |