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
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 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]
Remetinec bus accident Crash Remetinec 10 11 November, 1967 [citation needed]
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]


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Notes

  1. ^ The sources quote various figures, from 185 to 491. The higher figures are now ascribed to confusion in initial reporting, when injured and hospitalized miners were erroneously counted as dead.
  2. ^ The sources quote various figures, including estimates of over 300 fatalities.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Embleton, C.; Embleton-Hamann, C., eds. (1997). Geomorphological Hazards of Europe. Elsevier. p. 488. ISBN 9780080532486.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Sto godina od potonuća putničkog parobroda "BARON GAUTSCH"". vojnapovijest.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Večernji list. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Special Report: British Airways Flight 476". Airdisaster.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "Train crashes into station in Yugoslavia". History.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Istarski ugljenokopi Raša". Istrapedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A YU-AHZ Rijeka Airport (RJK)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Poplave". grawe.hr (in Croatian). Grawe Hrvatska d.d. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Zagreb bio zavijen u crno: 19 ljudi u smrt odvezao tramvaj". Večernji list (in Croatian). 31 October 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "Misterij željezničke nesreće u Svetom Petru u Šumi". Glas Istre (in Croatian). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Prometne nesreće". Istarska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  19. ^ a b "Ovo je jedanaest najgorih avionskih nesreća u povijesti bivše Jugoslavije". vecernji.ba (in Croatian). 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  20. ^ "14 mrtvih u stravičnoj nesreći kod Gospića: Putnici su visjeli jedni preko drugih". Index.hr (in Croatian). 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Croatia Kornat Wildfire Victims Remembered". Balkan Insight. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "POTRESNA ISPOVIJEST: Zadnja je napustila 'Auroru', koja je potonula na današnji dan". dubrovackidnevnik.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 6 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  24. ^ "At least 10 dead and 44 injured in bus crash in Croatia after driver lost control". TheGuardian.com. 25 July 2021.

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