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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 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
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.
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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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.
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