List of disasters in Croatia by death toll
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:
- c. 2000–5000 - 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake, 6 April 1667[1][2]
- 185[lower-alpha 1] - Raša coal mine explosion, 28 February 1940[3][4]
- 177[lower-alpha 2] - Sinking of SS Baron Gautsch, 13 August 1914[5]
- 176 - 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision, 10 September 1976[6]
- 153 - Zagreb train disaster, 30 August 1974[7]
- 86 - Raša coal mine explosion, 14 March 1948[8]
- 78 - Aviogenex Flight 130 crash, 23 May 1971[9]
- 52 - Medveščak flood, 26 July 1651[10][11]
- 35 - 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash, 3 April 1996[12]
- 25 - Bilaj bus accident, 29 September 1983[13]
- 21 - Plavno train accident, 14 August 1949[14]
- 19 - 1954 Zagreb tram accident, 31 October 1954[15]
- 17 - 1964 Zagreb flood, 26 October 1964[16]
- 15 - Sveti Petar u Šumi derailment, 5 August 1949[17][18]
- 15 - Risnjak Ju 52 crash, 29 June 1951[19]
- 14 - Popovac bus accident, 30 September 1967[13]
- 14 - Pojatno bus accident, 22 September 1989[13]
- 14 - Gospić bus accident, 7 September 2008[20]
- 12 - August Cesarec fire, 18 September 1971[18]
- 12 - 2007 Kornat fire, 30 August 2007[21]
- 10 - Medvednica DC-3 crash, 21 September 1950[19]
- 10 - Remetinec bus accident, 11 November 1967[13]
- 10 - Aurora–Ilirija ship collision, 6 May 1992[22]
See also
- 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
- 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.
- The sources quote various figures, including estimates of over 300 fatalities.
References
- 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.
- Embleton, C.; Embleton-Hamann, C., eds. (1997). Geomorphological Hazards of Europe. Elsevier. p. 488.
- 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.
- "70. obljetnica rudarske tragedije u Raši". labin.hr (in Croatian). 28 February 2010. 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.
- "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.
- "Spasitelji u šoku: Umirali su ukliješteni". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 7 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/215549/Default.aspx
- "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. 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.
- "Prometne nesreće". Istarska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- "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.
- "POTRESNA ISPOVIJEST: Zadnja je napustila 'Auroru', koja je potonula na današnji dan". dubrovackidnevnik.rtl.hr (in Croatian). 6 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
Further reading
- Ličina, Đorđe (2014). Hrvatska: 100 katastrofa u 100 godina (in Croatian). ISBN 978-953-57238-5-1.
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