List of disasters in Croatia by death toll

The list of disasters in Croatia by death toll includes major disasters and accidents that took place on Croatian soil - excluding warfare and other intentional acts - that 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 the 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 - Tram No. 13 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]

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.

Notes and 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.
2. Embleton, C.; Embleton-Hamann, C., eds. (1997). Geomorphological Hazards of Europe. Elsevier. p. 488.
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. "70. obljetnica rudarske tragedije u Raši". labin.hr (in Croatian). 28 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
5. "Sto godina od potonuća putničkog parobroda "BARON GAUTSCH"". vojnapovijest.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Večernji list. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
6. "Special Report: British Airways Flight 476". Airdisaster.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
7. "Train crashes into station in Yugoslavia". History.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
8. "Istarski ugljenokopi Raša". Istrapedia (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 April 2015.
9. "ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev 134A YU-AHZ Rijeka Airport (RJK)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
10. 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.
11. "Poplave". grawe.hr (in Croatian). Grawe Hrvatska d.d. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
12. 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.
13. "Spasitelji u šoku: Umirali su ukliješteni". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 7 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
14. http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Spektar/tabid/94/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/215549/Default.aspx
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. 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. http://istra.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=2237
19. "Ovo je jedanaest najgorih avionskih nesreća u povijesti bivše Jugoslavije". vecernji.ba (in Croatian). 20 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
20. http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/14-mrtvih-u-stravicnoj-nesreci-kod-gospica-putnici-su-visjeli-jedni-preko-drugih/401192.aspx
21. "Croatia Kornat Wildfire Victims Remembered". Balkan Insight. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2015.

Further reading

• Ličina, Đorđe (2014). Hrvatska: 100 katastrofa u 100 godina (in Croatian). ISBN 978-953-57238-5-1.