This list of structural failures and collapses includes bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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1625 | Tower of St. Olaf's Church | Tallinn, Sweden (now Estonia) | Church | |
1647 | Tower of St. Mary's Church | Stralsund, Duchy of Pomerania (now Germany) | Church | |
1661 | Tower of St. Reinold's Church | Dortmund, Hanseatic League (now Germany) | Church | |
1666 | St. Peter's Church | Riga, Sweden (now Latvia) | Church | 8 buried in rubble |
17th century | Abbaye-aux-Hommes | Caen, France | Church | |
1674 | Nave of the Dom Church | Utrecht, Netherlands | Church | |
1697 | Tower of St. Michael's Church | Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) | Church | |
1713 | St. Mary's Church | Twickenham, England, Great Britain (now UK) | Church | |
ca. 1715 | Marsalforn Tower | Xagħra, Gozo, Malta | Tower | |
1721 | St. Peter's Church | Riga, Sweden/Russia (now Latvia) | Church | |
1763 | Tower of St. Michael's Church | Klausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) | Church | |
1807 | Eitai Bridge | Tokyo, Japan | Bridge | 500-2,000 dead |
1809 | Ponte das Barcas | Porto, Portugal | Bridge | 4,000 dead |
1821 | Saalebrücke bei Mönchen-Nienburg | Nienburg, Germany | Bridge | 55 dead |
1831 | Broughton Suspension Bridge | Broughton, Greater Manchester, England, UK | Bridge | 0 dead, 20 injured |
1845 | Yarmouth suspension bridge | Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK | Bridge | 79 dead |
1847 | Dee bridge disaster | Chester, England, UK | Bridge | 5 dead, 9 injured |
1850 | Angers Bridge | Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France | Bridge | 226 dead |
1854 | Wheeling Suspension Bridge | Wheeling, West Virginia, United States | Bridge | 0 Dead |
1860 | Pemberton Mill | Lawrence, Massachusetts, US | ~145 dead, ~166 injured | |
1860 | Wootton bridge collapse | Wootton, Warwickshire, England, UK | Bridge | 2 dead |
1860 | Bull bridge accident | Ambergate, Derbyshire, England, UK | Bridge | |
1861 | Chichester Cathedral spire collapse | Chichester, West Sussex, UK | Church | |
1863 | Chunky Creek Bridge | between Meridian and Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States | Bridge | |
1864 | Dale Dike Reservoir | South Yorkshire, England, UK | Dam | 240+ dead [1] |
1868 | Saint Peter's Church spire collapse | Fritzlar, Hesse, Prussia, North German Confederation | Church | 21 dead, 31 injured |
1873 | Dixon Bridge Disaster | Dixon, Illinois, United States | Bridge | 46 dead, 56 injured |
1876 | Ashtabula River railroad disaster | Ashtabula, Ohio, US | 92 dead, 64 injured | |
1879 | Tay Bridge disaster | Dundee, Scotland | Bridge | ~75 dead, With 60 known |
1887 | Bussey bridge disaster | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Bridge | 38 dead, 40 injured |
1888 | Big Four Bridge | Kentucky, United States | Bridge | 37 dead |
1889 | South Fork Dam | Johnstown, Pennsylvania, US | Dam | 2,209 dead |
1890 | Walnut Grove Dam [2] | Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US | Dam | 100–150 dead |
1891 | Münchenstein rail disaster | Münchenstein, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland | Bridge | 73 dead, 171 injured |
1895 | Ireland Building | New York City, New York, US | Office building | 16 dead, 12 injured |
1896 | Point Ellice Bridge disaster | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Bridge | 55 dead |
1897 | Maddur Railway Bridge | Maddur, India | Bridge | 150 dead |
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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1900 | 1900 Big Game disaster | San Francisco, California, United States | Factory | 23 dead, 100+ injured |
1902 | St. Mark's Campanile | Venice, Italy | ||
1902 | Ibrox disaster | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | Stadium | 25 dead, 500+ injured |
1904 | Eden railroad bridge collapse | Eden, Colorado, US | Bridge | 111 dead |
1905 | Egyptian Bridge | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Bridge | |
1905 | Portage Canal Swing Bridge | Houghton, Michigan, United States | Bridge | |
1905 | Grover Shoe Factory | Brockton, Massachusetts, US | Factory | 58 dead, 150 injured |
1906 | National Electric Signaling Company mast | Machrihanish, Scotland | Guyed mast | |
1906 | Amsden Building | Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S. | Office building | 13 dead, 8 injured |
1907 | Quebec Bridge | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Bridge | 75 dead, 11 injured |
1911 | Romanov Bridge | Zelenodolsk, Russian Empire | Bridge | 13 dead |
1912 | Mast of Nauen Transmitter Station | Nauen, Germany | Radio tower | |
1915 | Division Street Bridge | Spokane, Washington, US | Bridge | 5 dead, 12 injured |
1916 | Quebec Bridge | Quebec City, Canada | Bridge | 13 dead |
1919 | Molasses Tank | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Tank | 21 dead, 150 injured |
1921 | Shukhov Tower (under construction) | Moscow, Russia | Radio tower | |
1922 | Knickerbocker Theatre | Washington, D.C., US | Cinema building | 98 dead, 133 injured |
1925 | Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting Station | Norddeich, Germany | Radio tower | |
1925 | Pickwick Club | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Building | 44 dead, 24 injured |
1927 | Western mast of Deutschlandsender Zeesen | Zeesen, Germany | Guyed mast | |
1928 | St. Francis Dam | Santa Clarita, California, US | Dam | ~600 dead [3] |
1930 | Towers of Sender Stadelheim | Munich, Germany | Radio tower | |
1935 | Wooden tower of Rundfunksender Langenberg | Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany | Radio tower | |
1937 | New London School | New London, Texas, US | School | ~300 dead |
1938 | Kugaiza Cinema collapse | Tokamachi, Niigata, Japan | Cinema building | 69 dead, 92 injured |
1939 | Sandö Bridge | Kramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden | Bridge | 18 dead |
1939 | Collapse of Utbremen Radio Tower | Bremen, Germany | Radio tower | |
1940 | First Tacoma Narrows Bridge | Tacoma, Washington, US | Bridge | |
1940 | Theodor Heuss Bridge | Ludwigshafen, Germany | Bridge | |
1945 | Hindenburg Bridge | Cologne, Germany | Bridge | Unknown |
1945 | Ludendorff Bridge | Remagen, Germany | Bridge | ~18–33 dead, ~63–93 injured |
1949 | Two masts of the Langenberg transmission tower | Langenberg (Rheinland), Germany | Radio tower | |
1949 | Inotani wire bridge | Toyama, Toyama, Japan | Bridge | 29 dead |
1949 | Mast of the Transmitter Hamburg-Billstedt | Hamburg, West Germany | Radio tower |
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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1951 | Duplessis bridge collapse | Quebec, Canada | Bridge | 4 dead |
1953 | Tangiwai Bridge | Tangiwai, New Zealand | Bridge | 151 dead |
1957 | WSM-TV Tower | Nashville, Tennessee, US | Guyed mast (under construction) | 4 dead |
1957 | Rail bridge near St Johns railway station | Lewisham, London, UK | Bridge | 90 dead, 173 injured |
1958 | Second Narrows Bridge | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Bridge | 19 dead |
1958 | LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach | Carolina Beach, North Carolina, US | Radio tower | |
1958 | Collapse of the Ochsenkopf Transmitter | Ochsenkopf, Germany | Guyed mast | |
1959 | Vega de Tera | Ribadelago, Spain | Dam | 144 dead |
1959 | Malpasset | Côte d'Azur, France | Dam | 423 dead |
1959 | October cinema collapse | Bryansk, USSR | Cinema | 46 dead, at least 123 injured |
1960 | KOBR-TV Tower | Caprock, New Mexico, US | Guyed mast | |
1962 | LORAN-C transmitter Ejde | Ejde, Faroe Islands, Denmark | Radio tower | |
1962 | King Street Bridge | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Bridge | |
1963 | Beaver Dam Bridge | Murdochville, Quebec, Canada | Bridge | 6 dead |
1963 | Baldwin Hills Reservoir | Los Angeles, California, US | Dam | 5 dead |
1964 | General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Bridge | |
1965 | Mast of Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter | Iwo Jima, Ogasawara Subprefecture, Japan | Radio tower | 6 dead |
1966 | Heron Road Bridge | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Bridge | 9 dead, 60+ injured |
1967 | Queen Juliana Bridge | Willemstad, Curaçao | Bridge | 15 dead |
1967 | Waltham transmitting station | Waltham, UK | Guyed mast | |
1967 | Silver Bridge | Point Pleasant, West Virginia, US | Bridge | 46 dead |
1968 | Ronan Point collapse | London, UK | High rise | 4 dead, 17 injured |
1968 | KELO TV Tower | Rowena, South Dakota, US | Guyed mast | |
1969 | FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitter | Marnach, Luxembourg | Guyed mast | |
1969 | Emley Moor TV mast collapse | Emley, West Yorkshire, UK | Guyed mast | |
1970 | Orlunda radio transmitter central mast collapse | Orlunda, Sweden | Guyed mast | |
1970 | West Gate Bridge | Melbourne, Australia | Bridge | 35 dead, 18 injured |
1970 | Britannia Bridge | Menai Strait, Wales, UK | Bridge | |
1970 | Cleddau Bridge | Pembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UK | Bridge | 4 dead, 5 injured |
1970 | Wau Apartment collapse | Seoul, South Korea | Residential building | 34 dead, 40 injured |
1971 | 2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse | Boston, Massachusetts, US | Condominium building under construction | 4 dead, 30 injured |
1971 | South Bridge | Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany | Bridge under construction | 13 dead, 13 injured |
1971 | 1971 Certej dam failure | Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania | Dam | 89 dead, 76 injured |
1972 | Buffalo Creek Flood | West Virginia, US | Dam | 125 dead, 1,121 injured |
1972 | Königs Wusterhausen Central Tower | Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | Lattice tower | |
1973 | Skyline Towers collapse | Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, US | Building under construction | 14 dead, 35 injured |
1973 | Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts Center | New York, NY, US | Hotel and theaters | 4 dead, at least 12 injured |
1973 | Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridge | Zeulenroda, Germany (GDR) | Bridge (under construction) | 4 dead |
1974 | Makahali River bridge | Baitadi, Nepal | Bridge | 140 dead |
1974 | Miami DEA building collapse | Miami, US | 4-story office building | 7 dead [4] |
1975 | Tasman Bridge disaster | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | Bridge | 12 dead |
1975 | Banqiao and Shimantan Dams | Zhumadian, Henan, China | Dam | ~85,600 to 240,000 dead |
1976 | Teton Dam | Idaho, US | Earthen dam | 11 dead |
1976 | Sendeanlage Burg SL-3 | Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, West Germany | Guyed mast | |
1976 | Reichsbrücke | Vienna, Austria | Bridge | 1 dead |
1976 | Pic de Nore transmitter | Pic de Nore, France | Guyed mast | |
1977 | KSLA-TV Tower | Mooringsport, Louisiana, US | Guyed mast | |
1977 | Kelly Barnes Dam | Georgia, US | Dam | 39 dead |
1977 | Granville rail disaster | Granville, NSW, Australia | Bridge | 83 dead (including an unborn child), 213 injured |
1977 | Pushkino bridge collapse | Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, USSR | Bridge | 23 dead, 125 injured |
1978 | Hartford Civic Center | Hartford, Connecticut, US | Arena | |
1978 | Sender Zehlendorf | Zehlendorf bei Oranienburg, Germany | Guyed mast | |
1978 | Willow Island Cooling Tower | Willow Island, West Virginia, US | Cooling tower under construction | 51 dead |
1978 | Connor Hotel | Joplin, Missouri, US | Hotel slated for demolition | 2 dead, 1 injured |
1979 | Penmanshiel Tunnel | Grantshouse, Scottish Borders, UK | Tunnel | 2 dead |
1979 | Kemper Arena | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Stadium | |
1979 | Sender Krasch | Bernklau, Czechoslovakia (now part of Czech Republic) | Guyed mast | |
1979 | Blåbärskullen transmitter | Sunne, Sweden | Pinnacle of guyed mast |
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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1980 | Almö Bridge | Stenungsund, Sweden | Bridge | 8 dead |
1980 | Corralejas stadium collapse | Sincelejo, Sucre, Colombia | Stadium | 200+ dead |
1980 | Hayakawa wire bridge | Saito, Kyūshū, Japan | Bridge (suspension) | 7 dead |
1980 | House of World Cultures | West Berlin, West Germany | Building | 1 dead |
1980 | Sunshine Skyway Bridge | Tampa Bay, Florida, US | Bridge | 35 dead |
1981 | Harbor Cay Condominium collapse | Cocoa Beach, Florida, US | Building | 11 dead, 23 injured |
1981 | Hyatt Regency walkway collapse | Kansas City, Missouri, US | Walkway | 114 dead, 216 injured |
1981 | Chimney of Matla Power Station | Mpumalanga, South Africa | Chimney | 4 dead |
1982 | Aviamotornaya escalator collapse | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | Escalator | At least 8 dead, at least 30 injured |
1982 | Lawn Lake Dam | Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, US | Dam | 3 dead |
1982 | Tous Dam | Valencia, Spain | Dam | 30+ dead or injured |
1982 | Senior Road Tower collapse | Missouri City, Texas, US | Guyed mast | 5 dead |
1982 | Sophia Gardens Pavilion | Cardiff, Wales, UK | Concert hall | |
1983 | Mianus River Bridge | Greenwich, Connecticut, US | Bridge | 3 dead, 3 injured |
1983 | CKX-TV Craig Television Tower | Souris, Manitoba, Canada | Guyed mast | |
1983 | Wavre TV Mast | Wavre, Belgium | Guyed mast | |
1983 | Kurgan dormitory collapse | Kurgan, USSR | Dormitory | 15 dead |
1985 | Val di Stava Dam collapse | Italy | Dam | 268 dead |
1985 | Apartment building collapse | Castellaneta, Italy | Apartment building | 21 dead, 9 injured [5] |
1986 | Hotel New World Disaster | Little India near Serangoon Road, Singapore | Hotel | 33 dead, 17 injured |
1987 | L'Ambiance Plaza collapse | Bridgeport, Connecticut, US | Residential tower | 28 dead |
1987 | Schoharie Creek Bridge collapse | Fort Hunter, New York, US | Bridge | 10 dead |
1988 | Dzhrashen School | Spitak, Armenia | Elementary school | 400 dead [6] |
1988 | Multrå transmitter | Sollefteå, Sweden | Pinnacle of guyed mast | |
1988 | Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge) | Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, West Germany | Bridge under construction | 1 dead |
1988 | Station Square collapse (Save-On-Foods collapse) | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | Rooftop parking structure | 21 injured |
1988 | Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridge | Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia | Bridge | |
1988 | Green Bank Telescope | Green Bank, West Virginia, US | Parabolic dish (diameter: 90.44 m (297 ft)) | |
1989 | Tennessee Hatchie River Bridge | Tennessee, US | Bridge | 8 dead |
1989 | Civic Tower | Italy | Tower | 4 dead, 15 injured |
1989 | Cypress Street Viaduct | Oakland, California, US | Bridge | 42 dead |
1991 | Astram Line steel bridge | Hiroshima, Japan | Bridge | 15 dead |
1991 | Festival Pier | London, England, UK | Pier | |
1991 | Warsaw Radio Mast collapse | Gąbin, Poland | Guyed mast (646 m (2,119 ft)) | |
1992 | Armand Césari Stadium disaster | Bastia, Haute-Corse, France | Stadium | 18 dead, 2,300+ injured |
1993 | Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter mast collapse | Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | Mast | |
1993 | Collapse of the Royal Plaza Hotel | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand | Hotel | 137 dead, 227 injured |
1993 | Highland Towers collapse (Block 1) | Selangor, Malaysia | Residential tower | At least 48 dead, unknown injured |
1994 | Casino supermarket collapse | Nice, France | Roof of the commercial building | 2 dead, 94 injured |
1994 | Retirement home collapse | Motta Visconti, Italy | Retirement home | 27 dead |
1994 | Marja store collapse | Tallinn, Estonia | Commercial building | 5 dead |
1994 | Seongsu Bridge disaster | Seoul, South Korea | Bridge | 32 dead, 17 injured |
1995 | Cave Creek disaster | Paparoa National Park, New Zealand | Viewing platform | 14 dead, 4 injured |
1995 | Sampoong Department Store collapse | Seoul, South Korea | Commercial building | 502 dead, 1,445 injured |
1995 | Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building | Oklahoma City, US | Government building | 168 dead, 680 injured |
1995 | Taganrog Iron & Steel Factory collapse | Taganrog, Russia | Factory | 14 dead, 17 injured |
1996 | Baikong Railway bridge | Ruyuan County, Guangdong, China | Bridge | 29 dead |
1996 | Koror-Babeldaob Bridge | Koror and Babeldaob, Palau | Bridge | 2 dead |
1996 | Walnut Street Bridge collapse | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US | Bridge | |
1997 | Opuha Dam | New Zealand | Dam | |
1997 | Maccabiah bridge collapse | Tel Aviv, Israel | Bridge | 4 dead, 62 injured |
1997 | University of Virginia Lawn pavilion | Charlottesville, Virginia | Balcony collapse | 1 dead, 24 injured |
1997 | KXJB-TV mast collapse | Traill County, North Dakota, US | Guyed mast | |
1997 | WLBT Tower collapse | Raymond, Mississippi, US | Tower | 3 dead |
1997 | Knick-Ei | Halstenbek, Germany | Sports hall | |
1998 | Palace II collapse | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Residential tower | 8 dead |
1998 | Knick-Ei | Halstenbek, Germany | Sports hall | |
1998 | Chimney of Rutenberg Power Station | Ashkelon, Israel | Chimney (under construction) | 9 dead |
1998 | Eschede train disaster | Eschede, Germany | Bridge | 101 dead, 88 injured |
1998 | Nalchik sport center balcony collapse | Nalchik, Russia | Balcony in sport center | 23 dead, 47 injured |
1999 | Gdynia Shipyard crane crash | Gdynia, Poland | Crane | |
1999 | Russian apartment buildings | Moscow, Volgodonsk and Buynaksk, Russia | Residential buildings | 307 dead, 1,000+ injured |
1999 | Via Giotto in Foggia building collapse | Foggia, Italy | Residential building | 67 dead, 3 injured |
1999 | Aggie Bonfire collapse | College Station, Texas, US | Bonfire | 12 dead, 27 injured |
1999 | Big Blue Crane collapse | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US | Crane | 3 dead, 5 Injured |
1999 | Ricomex Factory collapse | Mount Parnitha, Athens, Greece | Factory | 39 dead |
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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2000 | 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill | Baia Mare, Romania | Embankment dam | |
2000 | Pier Number 34 (Club Heat) | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Pier converted to nightclub | 3 dead, dozens injured |
2000 | Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse over Highway 15 | Laval, Quebec, Canada | Overpass | 1 dead, 2 injured |
2000 | 1601 Park Avenue apartment building collapse | Los Angeles, California | Residential apartment building | 1 dead, 36 injured |
2000 | Hoan Bridge | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US | Bridge | |
2000 | Lowe's Motor Speedway | Concord, North Carolina, US | Bridge | 107 Injured |
2001 | Hintze Ribeiro Bridge | Entre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal | Bridge | 59 dead |
2001 | Versailles wedding hall collapse | Jerusalem, Israel | Wedding hall | 23 dead, 380 injured |
2001 | World Trade Center 1,2,7 | New York City, New York, US | Skyscraper | 2,753 dead |
2001 | Queen Isabella Causeway | Port Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas, US | Bridge | 8 dead |
2001 | Kadalundi River rail bridge | India | Bridge | 57 dead |
2002 | Buran hangar collapse | Baikonur, Kazakhstan/Russia | Hangar | 8 dead |
2002 | I-40 bridge disaster | Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, US | Bridge | 14 dead, 11 injured |
2002 | VertiGo | Sandusky, Ohio, US | Amusement ride [7] | |
2003 | Hengzhou Towers | Hengyang, China | Mixed-use apartment [8] | 20 dead |
2003 | Silver Lake Dam failure | Marquette County, Michigan, US | Embankment dam | |
2003 | Kinzua Bridge | Kinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania, US | Bridge | |
2003 | 2003 Chicago balcony collapse | Chicago, Illinois, US | Balcony | 13 dead, 57 injured |
2004 | Big Bay Dam | Mississippi, US | Dam | [9] |
2004 | Camará Dam | Brazil | Dam | At least 3 dead |
2004 | Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle Airport | Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France | Airport terminal | 4 dead, 3 injured |
2004 | Transvaal Park | Moscow, Russia | Water park | 28 dead, 193 injured |
2004 | Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge crane collapse | Connecticut, US | Bridge-deconstruction crane | 1 dead |
2004 | Peterborough radio mast | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK | Guyed mast | |
2004 | Nicoll Highway collapse | Kallang, Singapore | Tunnel under construction | 4 dead, 3 injured |
2005 | Shakidor Dam | Pakistan | Dam | ~70 dead |
2005 | Margalla Towers | Islamabad, Pakistan | Residential building | 78 dead, 100+ injured |
2005 | Taum Sauk Reservoir | Lesterville, Missouri, US | Dam | 5 injured |
2005 | School No. 4 | Zverevo, Rostov Oblast, Russia | School | 3 dead, 1 injured [10] |
2005 | Gerrards Cross Tunnel | Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK | Tunnel | |
2005 | Sadaf Manzil | Nagpada, Mumbai, India | Residential building | 11 dead, 24 injured |
2005 | Chusovoy swimming pool collapse | Chusovoy, Russia | Swimming pool | 14 dead, 11 injured |
2006 | Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse | Bad Reichenhall, Germany | Stadium roof | 15 dead, 32 injured |
2006 | Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse | Katowice, Poland | Market roof | 65 dead, 170 injured |
2006 | Basmanny market roof collapse | Moscow, Russia | Market roof | 66 dead, unknown injured |
2006 | 2006 Lagos building collapses | Lagos, Nigeria | Three buildings – one residential, commercial and under construction, respectively | At least 28 dead, at least 86 injured |
2006 | Interstate 88 bridge collapse | Unadilla, New York, US | Bridge | 2 dead [11] |
2006 | Big Dig ceiling collapse | South Boston, Massachusetts, US | Ceiling tile | 1 dead, 1 injured |
2006 | De la Concorde overpass collapse | Laval, Quebec, Canada | Overpass | 5 dead, 6 injured |
2007 | Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water | Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US | Building | 9 injured |
2007 | Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapse | Grevenbroich-Neurath, Germany | Power station under construction | 3 dead, 6 injured |
2007 | WNEP-TV Tower | Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US | Guyed mast | |
2007 | I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapse | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Bridge | 13 dead, 145 injured |
2007 | Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during construction | Hunan, China | Bridge | 50+ dead, ~90+ injured |
2007 | Collapse of Cần Thơ Bridge | Cần Thơ, Vietnam | Bridge | 52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured |
2007 | Estádio Fonte Nova | Salvador, Brazil | Stadium | 7 dead, 40 injured |
2007 | Charleston Sofa Super Store | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | Furniture store | 9 firefighters killed, 18 injured |
2008 | Hornslet wind-turbine collapse | Hornslet, Denmark | Wind turbine | |
2008 | 303 East 51st Street crane collapse | Manhattan, New York City, US | Crane | 7 dead, 24 injured |
2008 | Belyayevka School | Belyayevka, Orenburg Oblast, Russia | School | 5 dead, 4 injured [12] |
2008 | Christian rock concert stage collapse | Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada | Stage | 40+ injured |
2009 | Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapse | Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | Building | 2 dead |
2009 | Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7 | Shanghai, China | Residential building | 1 dead |
2009 | Broadmeadow viaduct | Malahide, Ireland | Bridge | |
2009 | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | Terengganu, Malaysia | Stadium | |
2009 | 2009 Korba chimney collapse | Korba, Chhattisgarh, India | At least 45 dead, 7+ injured | |
2009 | Big Valley Jamboree stage collapse | Camrose, Alberta, Canada | Stage | 1 dead, ~75 injured |
2009 | Jaya Supermarket | Petaling Jaya, Malaysia | Supermarket | 7 dead, unknown injured |
2009 | Kota Chambal Bridge collapse | Kota, India | Bridge | 48 dead, unknown injured |
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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2010 | Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai Road | Hong Kong | Building | 4 dead |
2010 | Bab Berdieyinne Mosque minaret collapse | Meknes, Fès-Meknès, Morocco | Religious building | |
2010 | Myllysilta (Mill Bridge) | Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland | Bridge | |
2010 | Lalita Park building collapse | New Delhi, India | Building | |
2010 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US | Stadium roof | |
2010 | Ikeja City Mall | Lagos, Nigeria | Mall | 5 injured |
2010 | Stadium Southland | Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand | Stadium roof | |
2011 | Lift bridge Waddinxveen | Waddinxveen, Netherlands | Bridge | |
2011 | WEAU-TV, WAXX-FM Tower | Fairchild, Wisconsin, US | Guyed mast | |
2011 | De Grolsch Veste stadium roof collapse | Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands | Stadium roof | 2 dead, 14 injured |
2011 | Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapse | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Stage | 3 injured |
2011 | Indiana State Fair stage collapse | Indianapolis, Indiana, US | Stage | 7 dead, 58 injured |
2011 | Pukkelpop stage collapse | Hasselt, Flemish Community, Belgium | Stage | |
2011 | QAL scaffold collapse | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia | Scaffold | |
2011 | PGC Building collapse [13] | Christchurch, South Island New Zealand | Commercial building | 18 dead |
2011 | Canterbury Television Building collapse | Christchurch, South Island New Zealand | Commercial building | 115 dead (collapsed during earthquake) |
2011 | Kutai Kartanegara Bridge Collapse | Kutai Kartanegara Regency, Indonesia | Bridge | 20 dead, 39 injured |
2011 | O'key hypermarket collapse | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Shopping mall | 1 dead, 17 injured |
2012 | Vieira Fazenda office block collapse | Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Office buildings | 17 dead |
2012 | Radiohead stage collapse | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Stage | 1 dead, 3 injured |
2012 | Algo Centre Mall | Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada | Shopping mall | 2 dead, 22 injured |
2012 | Miami Dade College parking garage | Miami, Florida, US | Parking garage | 4 dead, 7 injured [14] |
2012 | Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 2 | Felsberg-Berus, Saarland, Germany | Guyed radio mast | |
2012 | Sasago Tunnel | Border of Kōshū and Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan | Ceiling tile | 9 dead, 2 injured |
2013 | Dar es Salaam building collapse | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Residential building | 36 dead, 17/18 injured |
2013 | Thane building collapse | Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | Building under construction [15] [16] | 74 dead, 60–62 injured |
2013 | Rana Plaza collapse | Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh | Commercial building [17] | 1,134 dead, 2,500+ injured |
2013 | 22nd and Market building collapse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Building | 6 dead, 13 injured [18] |
2013 | Penang Second Bridge | Penang Island, Malaysia | Bridge | 1 dead, 3 injured |
2013 | Row houses collapse 400 block of Daly Street | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | Row houses | 8 injured [19] |
2013 | I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse | Skagit County, Washington, U.S. | Bridge | 3 injured [20] |
2013 | Building under construction | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Building | At least 6 dead, at least 20 injured [21] |
2013 | Residential building | Mumbai, India | Building | At least 61 dead, at least 32 injured [22] |
2013 | Collapse of the Space Building | Medellín, Colombia | Residential building | 12 dead [23] |
2013 | Maxima superstore | Riga, Latvia | Commercial building | 54 dead [24] |
2013 | Apollo Theatre | London, UK | Theatre | 76 injured [25] |
2014 | Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium collapse | Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea | Gymnasium | 10 dead, 124 injured [26] |
2014 | Death of Keane Wallis-Bennett | Edinburgh, Scotland | Freestanding wall | 1 |
2014 | Croce del Papa collapse | Cevo, Italy | Guyed mast (inclined) | 1 dead |
2014 | P'yŏngch'ŏn apartment block collapse | Pyongyang, North Korea | Building | 100+ dead (unconfirmed) [27] |
2014 | Vilémov Bridge collapse | Vilémov, Czechia | Bridge | 4 dead (cs) |
2014 | Synagogue Church building collapse | Lagos, Nigeria | Building | 115 dead [28] |
2015 | Military training center barracks | Omsk, Russia | Building | 23 dead [29] |
2015 | I-10 bridge collapse | Desert Center, California, US | Bridge | 1 injured [30] |
2015 | Mecca crane collapse | Mecca, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia | Crane | 118 dead, 394 injured |
2015 | Dharahara (earthquake, 25 May) | Kathmandu, Nepal | 19th-century tower | 200 dead |
2015 | Mariana dam disaster | Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil | Tailings dam | 19 dead, ~16 injured |
2016 | Weiguan Jinlong (earthquake, 6 Feb) | Tainan, Taiwan | Residential building | 114 dead |
2016 | Perkolo Bridge (sv) | Nord-Fron near Sjoe, Sel, Norway | Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber | 0 dead, 1 injured [31] |
2016 | 2016 Lagos building collapse | Lagos, Nigeria | Building under construction | |
2016 | Vivekananda Flyover Bridge | Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Flyover bridge | [32] |
2016 | Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre, City University of Hong Kong | Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | Roof collapse | 3 injured [33] |
2016 | Fengcheng power station collapse | Fengcheng, Jiangxi, China | Cooling tower under construction | 74 dead, 2 injured [34] |
2016 | Uyo Church collapse | Uyo, Nigeria | Church | 60 dead [35] |
2017 | Juice Tank | Lebedyan, Russia | Tank | resulted in a flooding of Lebedyan with 28 million liters juice |
2017 | Plasco Building | Tehran, Iran | Shopping mall | 21 dead, 70 injured, 1 missing |
2017 | Troja Pedestrian Bridge collapse | Prague, Czechia | Bridge | 4 injured |
2017 | Eindhoven Airport parking garage collapse [36] | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Building under construction | |
2017 | I-85 Overpass collapse | Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Overpass | No fatalities or injuries reported |
2017 | Highway overpass collapse during maintenance works [37] | Camerano, Italy | Highway overpass | 2 dead, 3 injured [38] |
2018 | Merriweather Post Pavilion collapse | Columbia, Maryland, US | Pavilion | [39] |
2018 | Indonesia Stock Exchange floor collapse | Jakarta, Indonesia | Suspended walkway | 72 injured [40] |
2018 | Chirajara bridge collapse | Chirajara, Colombia | Partially constructed motorway bridge | 9 dead, 5 injured [41] |
2018 | Cirebon dance hall collapse | Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia | Building | 7 dead [42] |
2018 | Yun Tsui residential building collapse | Hualien City, Taiwan | Residential building | 14 dead [43] |
2018 | Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse | Miami, Florida, United States | Walkway | 6 dead, 9 injured [44] |
2018 | Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida collapse | São Paulo, Brazil | Building | At least 7 dead [45] |
2018 | Kundal Shahi bridge collapse | Kundal Shahi, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan | Walkway | At least 12 dead, 11 injured, unknown missing [46] |
2018 | Zhejiang bridge collapse | Zhejiang, China | Bridge | 8 dead, 3 injured [47] |
2018 | Ponte Morandi collapse | Genoa, Italy | Highway bridge | 43 dead, 16 injured |
2018 | San Giuseppe dei Falegnami collapse | Rome, Italy | Church | 0 dead or injured |
2018 | 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse | Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | Apartment building | 39 dead, 17 injured |
2018 | 2018 Marseille building collapse | Marseille, France | Apartment building | 8 dead, 2 injured |
2019 | 2019 Lagos school collapse | Lagos, Nigeria | Residential building | 20 dead, over 60 injured |
2019 | Zadra | Zator, Poland | Roller coaster | |
2019 | Notre-Dame de Paris fire | Paris, France | Cathedral roof and spire collapse | 3 injured |
2019 | Sihanoukville building collapse [48] | Sihanoukville, Cambodia | Partially constructed building collapse | 28 dead, 26 injured |
2019 | Montana State University gym roofs collapse | Bozeman, Montana, United States | 2 gymnasiums | 0 |
2019 | Building collapse in Mumbai | Mumbai, India | Residential building | 2 |
2019 | Dharwad building collapse | Dharwad, India | commercial complex | 19 dead, 82 injured |
2019 | AFAS Stadion roof collapse [49] | Alkmaar, Netherlands | Stadium roof | 0 |
2019 | Hard Rock Hotel collapse | New Orleans, United States | Partially constructed hotel collapse | 3 dead, 18 injured |
2019 | Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge collapse | Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, Occitanie, France | Bridge | 2 dead |
2019 | Brumadinho dam disaster | Brumadinho, Brazil | Tailings dam | 270 dead |
Year | Structure | Location | Type | Casualties |
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2020 | Kep building collapse | Kep, Cambodia | Tourist guesthouse under construction | 36 dead, 26 injured [50] |
2020 | Palmerah West Jakarta four-story building collapse | Jakarta, Indonesia | Building | 11 injured [51] |
2020 | Collapse of Xinjia Express Hotel | Quanzhou, Fujian, China | Hotel | 29 dead, 42 injured |
2020 | Caprigliola bridge collapse | Caprigliola, Tuscany, Italy | Bridge | 2 injured |
2020 | Lecheng Bridge | Sanxi, Jingde County, Anhui, China | 1543-c. 1700 bridge as a tourist attraction | 0 dead or injured |
2020 | Zhenhai Bridge | Huangshan City, Anhui, China | 1536-1699 bridge as a tourist attraction | 0 dead or injured |
2020 | Collapse of Juxian Restaurant [52] | Linfen City, Shanxi, China | Building | 29 dead, 28 injured |
2020 | Nest on Wonderland | London, Ontario, Canada | Apartment building under construction | 2 dead, at least 4 injured [53] |
2020 | Arecibo Telescope [54] | Arecibo, Puerto Rico | Telescope | 0 dead or injured |
2021 | Brindisi warehouse collapse | San Michele Salentino, Apulia, Italy | Warehouse | 1 dead, 4 injured [55] |
2021 | Cairo apartment collapse | Gesr El-Suez, Cairo, Egypt | Apartment building | 25 dead, 25 injured [56] |
2021 | 2021 Bangkok residence collapse | Kritsadanakhon 31 Village, Bangkok, Thailand | Residence building | At least 4 dead, 5 injured [57] |
2021 | Mexico City Metro overpass collapse | Tláhuac, Mexico City, Mexico | Overpass | 26 dead, 79 injured |
2021 | Gwangju building collapse | Gwangju, South Korea | Collapsed onto a bus during demolition | 9 dead, 8 injured [58] |
2021 | Antwerp building collapse | Jos Smolderenstraat, Antwerp, Belgium | Primary school under construction | 5 dead, 20 injured [59] |
2021 | Destruction of the al-Jalaa Building | Gaza City | Building | 0 casualties, building destroyed |
2021 | Rucheng residential building collapse | Rucheng County, Hunan, China | Residential building | 5 dead, 7 injured [60] |
2021 | Champlain Towers South | Surfside, Florida, United States | Condominium tower | 98 dead, 11 injured [61] |
2021 | Sangam Bridge | Arunachal Pradesh, India | Bridge | 3 missing |
2021 | Collapse of Siji Kaiyuan Hotel | Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China | Hotel annex | 17 dead, 5 injured [62] |
2021 | Kelowna crane collapse | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | Construction crane | 5 dead [63] |
2021 | Font Nova residential development apartment collapse | Peñíscola, Valencian Community, Spain | Residential building | 2 dead [64] |
2021 | AdventHealth Orlando parking garage crane collapse | Orlando, Florida, United States | Parking garage | 1 injured [65] |
2021 | Lagos high-rise | Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria | Apartments (under construction) | 42 dead [66] |
2022 | Nemiga pedestrian bridge | Minsk, Belarus | Bridge | 0 dead or injured [67] |
2022 | Gwangju construction site collapse | Gwangju, South Korea | Wall (under construction) | 3 injured, 0-3 missing [68] |
2022 | Fern Hollow Bridge collapse | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | Bridge | 10 injured |
2022 | Alfamart Gambut collapse | Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia | Building | 5 dead, 9 injured |
2022 | Changsha building collapse | Changsha, Hunan, China | Building | 54 dead, 10 injured [69] |
2022 | Abadan Metropol building collapse | Abadan, Iran | Building | 41 dead [70] |
2022 | Tretten Bridge collapse | Øyer, Norway | Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber | 0 dead [71] [72] [73] |
2022 | 2022 Morbi bridge collapse | Morbi, Gujarat, India | Bridge | 141 dead [74] |
2022 | AquaDom collapse | Berlin, Germany | Aquarium | 2 people injured, nearly 1,500 fish killed |
2022 | Jakarta Islamic Centre dome collapse | Jakarta, Indonesia | Mosque | No fatalities reported |
2023 | Charlotte scaffolding collapse | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Construction site | 3 dead, 2 injured |
2023 | Apollo Theatre roof collapse | Belvidere, Illinois, United States | Theatre building | 1 dead, 28 injured [75] |
2023 | 2023 Marseille building collapse | Marseille, France | Building | 8 dead, 5 injured, 200 displaced |
2023 | Building collapses in Teruel | Teruel, España | Building | Without victims |
2023 | Collapse of crane on pier of Rutenberg Power Station | Ashkelon, Israel | Crane | 2 dead, 1 injured |
2023 | 2023 New York City parking garage collapse | New York City, United States | Parking garage | 1 dead, 5 injured |
2023 | Interstate 95 bridge collapse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Highway overpass | 1 dead |
2023 | Davenport apartment collapse | Davenport, Iowa, United States | Apartment building | 3 dead, 1 injured [76] |
2023 | Surry Hills Building collapse | Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia | Abandoned heritage building (nearby entrance to Central station damaged) | No fatalities [77] |
2023 | Bronx building collapse | Bronx, New York, United States | Apartment | No fatalities reported |
2024 | First Church of Christ spire collapse | New London, Connecticut, United States | Church | No fatalities reported |
2024 | Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Bridge | 6 dead, 2 injured |
2024 | Apartment building collapse in George | George, Western Cape, South Africa | Apartment building under construction | 34 dead [78] |
2024 | Medusa Beach Club collapse | Palma, Spain | Bar with restaurant | 4 dead |
2024 | San Pedro Garza García stage collapse | San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, Mexico | Stage | 10 dead, 213 injured |
2024 | Jos school collapse | Jos, Nigeria | Two story school | 22 dead [79] |
2024 | Graffiti Pier collapse | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Abandoned coal pier | No fatalities nor injuries [80] |
2024 | Kröv Hotel collapse | Kröv, Germany | Low-rise building | 2 [81] |
2024 | Dresden Carola Bridge collapse | Dresden, Germany | Pillar bridge | No fatalities or injuries [82] |
2024 | Dubrovnik Hotel collapse [83] | Villa Gesell, Argentina | 10-story apartment building | 3 dead, 1 injured, at least 5 missing [84] |
2024 | Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse | Novi Sad, Serbia | Canopy | 15 dead, 2 injured [85] [86] |
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