List of disasters in Croatia by death toll
Appearance
The list of disasters in Croatia by death toll includes major disasters and accidents - excluding warfare and other intentional acts - that took place on Croatian soil and resulted in 10 or more fatalities:
Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date | References |
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1667 Dubrovnik earthquake | Earthquake | Dubrovnik | c. 2000-5000 | 6 April, 1667 | [1][2] |
Raša coal mine explosion[a] | Explosion | Raša | 185 | 28 February, 1940 | [3] |
SS Baron Gautsch[b] | Shipwreck | Adriatic Sea | 177 | 13 August, 1914 | [4] |
1976 Zagreb mid-air collision | Aircrash | Zagreb | 176 | 10 September, 1976 | [5] |
Zagreb train disaster | Railway accident | Zagreb | 153 | 30 August, 1974 | [6] |
Raša coal mine explosion | Explosion | Raša | 86 | 14 March, 1948 | [7] |
Aviogenex Flight 130 | Aircrash | Rijeka Airport | 78 | 23 May, 1971 | [8] |
Medveščak flood | Flood | Medveščak | 52 | 26 July, 1651 | [9][10] |
1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash | Aircrash | North East of Cavtat | 35 | 3 April, 1996 | [11] |
Bilaj bus accident | Crash | Bilaj near Gospić, M604 railway | 25 | 29 September, 1983 | [12] |
Rijeka hospital fire | Fire | Rijeka | 23 | 28 March, 1975 | [13] |
Plavno train accident | Railway accident | Plavno | 21 | 14 August, 1949 | [14] |
1954 Zagreb tram accident | Railway accident | Zagreb | 19 | 31 October, 1954 | [15] |
1964 Zagreb flood | Flood | Zagreb | 17 | 26 October, 1964 | [16] |
Sveti Petar u Šumi derailment | Railway accident | Sveti Petar u Šumi | 15 | 5 August, 1949 | [17][18] |
Risnjak Ju 52 crash | Aircrash | Risnjak | 15 | 29 June, 1951 | [19] |
Popovac bus accident | Crash | Popovac | 14 | 30 September, 1967 | [12] |
Pojatno bus accident | Crash | Pojatno | 14 | 22 September, 1989 | [12] |
A1 bus crash | Crash | A1 highway near Gospić | 14 | 7 September, 2008 | [20] |
August Cesarec fire | Fire | Adriatic Sea | 12 | 18 September, 1971 | [18] |
2007 Kornat fire | Fire | Kornat | 12 | 30 August, 2007 | [21] |
A4 bus crash | Crash | A4 highway near Breznički Hum | 12 | 6 August, 2022 | [22] |
Medvednica DC-3 crash | Aircrash | Medvednica | 10 | 21 September, 1950 | [19] |
Aurora–Ilirija ship collision | Shipwreck | Adriatic Sea | 10 | 6 May, 1992 | [23] |
A3 bus crash | Crash | A3 highway near Slavonski Brod | 10 | 25 July, 2021 | [24] |
See also
[edit]- List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
- List of disasters in Australia by death toll
- List of disasters in Canada by death toll
- List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
- List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
- List of disasters in Poland by death toll
- List of disasters in the United States by death toll
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Soloviev, Sergey L.; Solovieva, Olga N.; Go, Chan N.; Kim, Khen S.; Shchetnikov, Nikolay A. (2000). Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Kluwer Academic Publishers. p. 52. ISBN 9780792365488.
- ^ Embleton, C.; Embleton-Hamann, C., eds. (1997). Geomorphological Hazards of Europe. Elsevier. p. 488. ISBN 9780080532486.
- ^ Ličina, Đorđe (28 February 2013). "Bio je to pravi pakao, pougljenjene leševe nosili smo danima, a po Raši je krenula priča o 300 mrtvih!". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Sto godina od potonuća putničkog parobroda "BARON GAUTSCH"". vojnapovijest.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Večernji list. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ^ "Special Report: British Airways Flight 476". Airdisaster.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Train crashes into station in Yugoslavia". History.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Istarski ugljenokopi Raša". Istrapedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A YU-AHZ Rijeka Airport (RJK)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Premerl, Nada (2007). "Potok u srcu Zagreba - Uz potok Medveščak od izvora do ušća". mgz.hr (in Croatian). Zagreb City Museum. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Poplave". grawe.hr (in Croatian). Grawe Hrvatska d.d. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Weiner, Tim (28 April 1996). "DEADLY FLIGHT -- A special report.;In Crash That Killed Brown, Signs of Safety Shortcomings". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Tuga ne prestaje: U busu užasa ostala je bez supruga i kćeri..." 24sata.hr (in Croatian). 29 September 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Duboko tragična epizoda o požaru koji se dogodio 28. ožujka 1975. na ginekološkom odjelu..." jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "U Hrvatskoj na smrt osuđene 1922 osobe". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Zagreb bio zavijen u crno: 19 ljudi u smrt odvezao tramvaj". Večernji list (in Croatian). 31 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Bonacci, Ognjen; Ljubenkov, Igor (2007). "Changes in flow conveyance and implication for flood protection, Sava River, Zagreb" (PDF). Hydrological Processes. 22 (8): 1189–1196. doi:10.1002/hyp.6688. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Misterij željezničke nesreće u Svetom Petru u Šumi". Glas Istre (in Croatian). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Prometne nesreće". Istarska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Ovo je jedanaest najgorih avionskih nesreća u povijesti bivše Jugoslavije". vecernji.ba (in Croatian). 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "14 mrtvih u stravičnoj nesreći kod Gospića: Putnici su visjeli jedni preko drugih". Index.hr (in Croatian). 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "Croatia Kornat Wildfire Victims Remembered". Balkan Insight. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - Strava na A4: Poljski bus sletio s autoceste, poginulo najmanje 12 ljudi, deseci ozlijeđenih. Išli su za Međugorje". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ^ "POTRESNA ISPOVIJEST: Zadnja je napustila 'Auroru', koja je potonula na današnji dan". dubrovackidnevnik.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 6 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "At least 10 dead and 44 injured in bus crash in Croatia after driver lost control". TheGuardian.com. 25 July 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Ličina, Đorđe (2014). Hrvatska: 100 katastrofa u 100 godina (in Croatian). ISBN 978-953-57238-5-1.