Date Place Country Type Fatalities Injured

1902 Ibrox UK 25 537

1913 Glamorgan UK Pit/mining/explosion 439 ?

1915 Gretna Green UK Rail 200+ ?

1917 London UK Explosion 73

1929 Paisley UK Crowds 69+ 37+

1934 Wrexam UK Pit/mining/explosion 265 ?

1942 Boston, MA USA Fire/crowds 491 ?

1943 Cavan Eire Fire 36 N/K

1944 Hartford, CT USA Fire/crowds 168 4871947 Whitehaven UK Pit/mining/explosion 104 ?

1947 Texas City, TX USA Fire/explosion 516+ 3000+

1951 Gillingham UK Road 24 -

1951 Co Durham UK Pit/mining/explosion 83 ?1951 Copenhagen Denmark Explosion 16 50+

1952 UK Rail 122 -

1952 Lynmouth UK Floods 34 -

1952 London UK Severe weather 4000 -

1953 East Coast UK Floods 300+ ?

1954 Bavaria Germany Floods - -

1954 Kangasala Finland Fire 9 ?

1955 Sutton Coldfield UK Rail 17 23

1956 Konnevesi Finland Road 15 ?

1957 Lewisham UK Rail 90 109

1957 Kuurila Finland Rail 26 47

1957 London UK Rail 90 173

1958 Dagenham East UK Rail 10 89

1959 Frejus France Floods 421 ?

1959 Hadersley Denmark Fire/explosion 53 ?

1959 Koylio Finland Fire 16 ?1959 Pielinen Finland Sea 15 ?1960 Lapinlahti Finland Fire 31 ?

Structural collapse/crowds

Several hundred'

Harrow and Wealdstone

1960 Glasgow UK Fire 19 ?

1961 Koivulahti Finland Air 25 ?1962 Lincoln UK Rail 3 49

1962 UK Rail 18 33

1962 Hamburg Germany Floods 400 ?

1963 Lisboa Portugal Structural collapse 49 ?1963 Oulu Finland Explosion 10 161963 Mariehamm Finland Air 19 21964 Roenland Denmark Explosion 3 ?1964 Copenhagen Denmark Explosion 4 2001964 Rauma Finland Sea 22 ?1965 Uusikyla Finland Explosion 4 69

1966 Aberfan, S Wales UK Tip/mining 142 ?

1967 Stechford UK Rail 9 16

1967 Thirsk UK Rail 7 45

1967 Hither Green UK Rail 49 78

1967 Coast France/UK Pollution - -

1967 Brussels Belgium Fire 325 ?1967 Odense Denmark Rail 11 30

1968 Hixon UK Rail 11 45

1968 Glasgow UK Fire 22 ?

1969 Morpeth UK Rail 6 1211969 Bromarv Finland Explosion 4 151971 UK UK Road 7 45

1971 UK Rail 2 -

1971 Ibrox UK 66 150+

1971 Clarkston UK Explosion 22 100+

1971 Carmarthenshire UK Pit/mining/explosion 6 241972 Mile End UK Road - 241972 Eltham Well Hall UK Rail 6 126

1972 Staines UK Air 118 -

1972 Simmersted Denmark Road/pollution - -

1972 Pietarsaari Finland Sea 16 ?

Coppenhall Junction

Tattenhall Junction

Structural collapse/crowds

1973 Isle of Man UK Fire 48 70

1973 Ealing UK Rail 10 94

1973 UK Terrorism 1 175

1973 UK Terrorism - 38

1973 Derbyshire UK Pit/mining 14 161973 Kirkcaldy UK Pit/mining 5 41973 Kumamoto Japan Fire 101 ?1973 Copenhagen Denmark Fire 35 ?1973 London UK Rail 10 941973 Kokkola Finland Fire - -

1974 Guildford UK Terrorism 5 53

1974 Birmingham UK Terrorism 21 182

1974 Selfridges store UK Terrorism - 31974 Flixborough UK Fire/explosion 28 100+

1974 The Asiafreighter UK Hazardous materials - 8

1974 Laukaa Finland Road 12 18

1974 Sao Paulo Brazil Fire 227 ?

1975 Hebden Bridge UK Road 33 -

1975 Nuneaton UK Rail 6 38

1975 Moorgate UK Rail/underground 43 83

1975 UK Terrorism 1 20

1975 Kensington UK Terrorism - -

1975 Hantsholm Denmark Sea 11 -

1975 Warwickshire UK Rail 6 67

1976 London Bridge UK Terrorism - 4

1976 Lapua Finland Explosion 40 ?1976 Porvoo Finland Road 5 11

1976 UK Fire/explosion - N/K

1976 Glasgow UK Fire/explosion 0 22

1976 Cavalese Italy Cable car/alpine 42 1

1976 Seveso Italy Explosion - 200

Old Bailey, London

Great Scotland Yard, London

Green Park Underground

Westoning, Bedfordshire

1977 Tenerife Canary Islands Air 583 -

1977 Southgate, KY USA Fire/crowds 167 ?

1977 North Sea Norway Explosion - -

1978 Taunton UK Rail 12 -1978 Hanko Finland Sea 10 ?1978 Rissala Finland Air 18 ?1978 Heinola Finland Explosion 3 3

1978 Tarragona Spain Explosion 216 "100's"

1978 Manfredonia Italy - ?

1978 Genoa Italy Chemical release 4 74

1978 Boras Sweden Fire 20 35

1979 UK Rail 7 -

1979 Virrat Finland Fire 27 ?1979 Baltic Finland Sea 14 ?

1979 Bantry Eire Fire/explosion 50 ?

1979 Tjorn Sweden Structural collapse 8 ?

1979 Glossop UK Evacuation 0 0

1979 Golborne UK Pit/mining/explosion 10 ?

1979 Invergowrie UK Rail 5 52

1979 Three Mile Island USA Nuclear/accident ? ?

1979 Three Mile Island USA Nuclear/accident ? ?

1980 Bushey UK Rail - 481980 Buttevant Ireland UK Rail 18 751980 London UK Siege/hijack - -

1980 Barking UK Fire/explosion - 12

1980 Pacific Ocean Japan Sea 44 -

1980 North Sea Norway Structural collapse 139 13?

1981 Porvoo Finland Fire - -1981 Foggia Italy Chemical release 1 14

1981 Dublin Fire 48 N/K

1982 Hyde Park UK Terrorism 2 261982 Regents Park UK Terrorism 6 281982 Stansted UK Siege/hijack - -1982 Florence Italy Fire 6 30

Evacuation/chemical leak

Paisley Gilmour Street

Northern Ireland

1982 Salford UK Fire/explosion 0 70+

1982 Ipswich UK Fire/explosion 0 0

1982 Stalybridge UK Fire/explosion 0 0

1982 Caracas Venezuela Fire 128 ?1983 Harrods, London UK Terrorism 5 751983 Turku Finland Fire - 6

1984 Lancaster UK Fire/explosion 16 28

1984 English Channel UK Sea 16 -

1984 Wakefield UK Health 26 -

1984 Salford UK Rail 2 70+

1984 UK Rail 13 44

1984 Britain UK Severe weather 22 -

1984 Uttoxeter UK Air 11 3

1984 Ahvenisto Finland Air 5 26

1984 Sheffield UK Fire/explosion 0 0

1984 Littleborough UK Fire 0 0

1984 Coastlines Denmark Pollution - -

1984 Brighton UK Terrorism 5 34

1984 Bhopal India Gas emission 3000+ 200,000

1985 Bradford UK Fire 56 250

1985 UK Air 329 -

1985 Manchester UK Air 52 15+

1985 Heysel Stadium Belgium Crowds/sport 39 400+

1985 Algeciras Spain Explosion 32 ?

1985 Naples Italy Fire/evacuation 7 19

Polmont, Scotland

Off coast of Ireland

1985 Laesoe Denmark Pollution - -

1986 UK Sea 16 -

1986 Off Hebrides UK Sea 16 -

1986 UK Rail 9 43

1986 Colwich UK Rail - -

1986 UK UK Severe weather 11 -

1986 Shetland Islands UK Air 45 2

1986 Gotska Sando Finland Sea 6 9

1986 Basel Switzerland Fire/pollution - -

1986 Staffordshire UK Rail 1 60

1986 Chernobyl Russia Nuclear/accident 29 300

1986 Chernobyl Russia Nuclear/accident 29 300

1987 M4 - Heston UK Road - -

1987 Near Preston UK Road 12 -

1987 London UK Fire 31 ?

1987 Zeebrugge Belgium Sea 188 ?

1987 Hungerford UK Shooting/mass murder 16 17+

1987 Southern England UK Severe weather 19 -

1987 Southampton UK Hazardous materials - 22

1987 Grangemouth UK Fire/explosion 1 -

1987 Herborn Germany Explosion 5 381987 Enniskillen N Ireland Explosion/terrorism 11 551987 River Towy UK Rail 4 ?

1987 London UK Rail - 14

1988 Aegean Sea Greece Sea 4 ?

Off Outer Hebrides

Lockington, Yorkshire

1988 UK Fire/explosion 167 ?

1988 Ramstein Germany Air/crowds 70 400+

1988 Clapham Junction UK Rail 35 500

1988 UK Terrorism 1 9

1988 Lockerbie UK Air 270 5

1988 Ilmajoki Finland Air 6 6

1988 North Sea UK Fire/evacuation 1 ?

1988 Lisboa Portugal Fire 2 ?1988 Soroe Denmark Rail 8 72

1988 Cornwall UK Pollution/water 0 0

1988 Merseyside UK Rail 1 18

1989 Kegworth UK Air 39 88

1989 M6 - Cheshire UK Road 4 10

1989 Scotland UK Sea 17 ?

1989 UK Sea/river 51 72

1989 Sheffield UK Crowds/sport 95 400+

1989 Purley UK Rail 5 90+

1989 Deal Barracks UK Terrorism 10 151989 Helsinki Finland Air 7 1

1989 Porvoo Finland Fire - -

1989 Hamina Finland Fire - -

1989 Gotland Sweden Sea 15 ?

1989 Peterborough UK Fire/explosion 1 80+

1989 Edinburgh UK Explosion N/K ?

Off Coast Scotland

Inglis Barracks, Mill Hill

River Thames, London

1989 Pasadena, TX USA Fire/explosion 22 80+

1989 USA Air 2 60

1989 Sioux City USA Air/explosion 117 20

1989 Glasgow UK Rail 2 51

1989 UK Rail - 15

1990 Near Stornoway UK Air 10 -

1990 Reading UK Rail 0 29

1990 English Channel UK Sea 19 -

1990 Cornwall UK Pollution - -

1990 UK Severe weather 45 ?

1990 UK Fire/explosion 1 6

1990 Towyn, Clwyd UK Floods - -

1990 UK Crowds - 133

1990 UK Hazardous materials - -

1990 UK Pollution - -

1990 UK Fire - -

1990 Bowes, Durham UK Evacuation - -1990 UK UK Severe weather 10 ?

1990 Carlton Club UK Terrorism - 20

1990 Southern England UK Severe weather 45 -

1990 Piccadilly UK Siege/hijack - -

1990 Joigny France Road 11 18+

1990 Hanko Finland Sea 8 2

1990 London UK Terrorism - 18

1990 North Sea Sweden Fire 158 30

1990 New York City USA Fire 87 ?

1990 Long Island USA Air 73 86

1990 Stafford UK Rail 1 35

La Guardia Airport

Newcastle upon Tyne

Wales & West Country

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Trafalgar Square, London

Portishead, Bristol

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Scarborough, North Yorkshire

1990 London UK Rail 2 2401990 Glasgow UK Rail 4 22

1991 UK Floods - -

1991 UK Explosion - -

1991 UK Hazardous materials - -

1991 UK Hazardous materials - -

1991 UK Rail 1 37

1991 Norfolk UK Fire/pollution - -

1991 Severn Tunnel UK Rail - 102

1991 New York USA Rail 6 200+

1991 Melun France Rail 16 62

1991 Victoria Station UK Terrorism 1 38

1991 Cornwall UK Sea 6 0

1991 - France Fire/explosion/pollution 5 ?

1991 Saint Merblain France Explosion/pollution 0 6

1991 Melun France Rail 16 511991 Livorno Italy Sea/fire 147 ?1991 Culemborg Netherlands Explosion 2 ?1991 Rotterdam Netherlands Fire 13 ?

1991 Stockholm Sweden Air 0 21+

1991 Los Angeles USA Air 34 -

1991 Genoa Italy Fire 140 1?

1991 Cardiff UK Rail - 100+

1992 West Yorkshire UK Fire/explosion 5 17

1992 London UK Terrorism 3 ?1992 Cambridge UK Rail - 471992 Leicester UK Evacuation - -1992 Ayrshire UK Evacuation - -1992 Aberdeenshire UK Fire/explosion - -

Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire

Royston, Hertfordshire

Weybourne, Norfolk

Bradford-on-Tone, Somerset

London, Cannon Street

1992 UK Mining/tip - -

1992 London UK Fire - -

1992 London UK Rail 0 20

1992 Northeim Germany Rail 10+ 52

1992 Bastia Corsica 18 700

1992 Uithoorn Netherlands Fire/explosion 3 ?

1992 Amsterdam Netherlands Air 50+ ?

1992 Nairobi Kenya Air 45 ?

1992 New York USA Air 0 18

1992 Kathmandu Nepal Air 113 -

1992 Nanjing China Air 100+ ?

1992 North Sea UK Air 11 5

1992 Faro Portugal Air 50+ ?

1992 Souk al-Sabt Libya Air 158 -

1992 Le Mans France Road 10 51

1992 Sunderland UK Pit/mining 2 -

1992 North Sea UK Explosion 0 4

1992 Peterhead UK Explosion 0 0

1992 North Sea Norway Fire 0 0

1992 Marseilles France Fire/explosion 6 12

1993 Lyme Bay, Dorset UK Sea 4 -

1993 Warwickshire UK Road 12 2

1993 Norfolk UK Road - 6

1993 Faslane UK Nuclear/accident - -

Tredegar, S Wales

Structural collapse/crowds

1993 Gloucestershire UK Air - 2+

1993 UK Terrorism 1 37

1993 Perthshire UK Air 9 -

1993 Nottinghamshire UK Mining/tip 3 ?

1993 Glasgow UK Crowds 1 4

1993 Hereford UK Fire _ _

1993 West Yorkshire UK Road 6 6

1993 Kent UK Road 10 36

1993 Harbour Entrance Hong Kong Fire 0 2

1993 Glasgow UK Explosion 1 4

1993 UK Road 2 7

1993 Scarborough UK Structural collapse - -

1993 UK Floods - -

1993 Cornwall UK Floods - -

1993 London UK Evacuation - -1993 Shetland Islands UK Pollution - -1993 Tayside UK Floods - -

1993 Fife UK Sea - -

1993 UK Nuclear/accident - -

1993 Aberdeen UK Evacuation - -

1993 UK Terrorism 2 ?

1993 North Shields UK Terrorism ? ?

1993 Cheshire UK Rail/road 1 1

1993 UK Landslide - -

1993 Vicente Lopez Buenos Aires Crowds/fire 17 ?

1993 Southampton UK Air 0 5

1993 RAF Fairford UK Air 0 2

Bishopsgate, London

Bridge of Orchy, West Highlands

Aberconwy, North Wales

Sellafield, Cumbria

Warrington, Cheshire

Scarborough, N Yorks

1993 Kent UK Road 10 36

1993 Yorkshire UK Road 2 58

1993 North Sea UK Evacuation - -

1993 North Sea UK Evacuation - -

1993 River Forth UK Evacuation - -

1993 Nottinghamshire UK Pit/mining 3 31993 Bangkok Thailand Fire 187+ 500+

1993 Bridgend UK Explosion 1 1

1993 Bangkok Thailand Fire 213+ 5001993 Chesterfield UK Fire 2 34

1993 Dumfriesshire UK Explosion 0 0

1993 Sivas Turkey Crowds 40+ 60

1993 Lan Kwai Fong Hong Kong Crowds 20 71

1993 Alabama USA Rail 40+ ?

1993 York UK Crowds/pop concert 0 30

1994 Chichester UK Floods - -

1994 UK Fire/explosion - 1

1994 UK Structural collapse 1 -

1994 UK Fire 2 ?

1994 Mull of Kintyre UK Air 29 -

1994 Gatwick Airport UK Hazardous materials - 45

1994 Appleby, Cumbria UK Road/fire/explosion 1 2

1994 Milford Haven UK Fire/explosion - 3

1994 Avonmouth UK Explosion 1 1

1994 Edinburgh UK Rail - 571994 Isle of Wight UK Terrorism - -

1994 Ramsgate UK Fire/sea - -

1994 UK Fire/evacuation - -

1994 Clwyd UK Pollution - -

1994 UK Floods - -

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Porthcawl, North Wales

Scarborough, N Yorkshire

Blairgowrie, Perthshire

Talybont-on-Usk, Powys

1994 UK Floods - -

1994 Coventry UK Air ? ?

1994 Baltic Finland Sea 852 ?

1994 Fuxin China Crowds/fire 233 ?

1994 Taipei Taiwan Crowds/fire 13 ?

1994 Durunka Egypt Fire 475+ ?

1994 Amsterdam Holland Air 3 13+

1994 Nagoya Japan Air 261 10

1994 Xian China Air 160 -

1994 Tidjikja Mauritania Air 80 ?

1994 North Carolina USA Air 37 20

1994 Bada air base Siberia Air 47 -

1994 Pittsburgh USA Air 132 -

1994 Kent UK Structural collapse 6 7

1994 Van, near Iran Turkey Air 55 21

1994 Douala Cameroon Air 60 18

1994 London UK Fire 8 20

1994 Paris France Fire/explosion 1 61

1994 New Jersey USA Explosion 186+ ?

1994 North Sea UK Explosion/evacuation 0 ?

1994 London UK Fire 0 0

1994 Motta Visconti Italy Explosion 27 7+

1994 Taipei Taiwan Fire 13 ?

1994 Fuxin China Fire 233 16+

1994 Karamay China Fire 310 ?

1994 Mecca Saudi Arabia Crowds 250 ?

Strathclyde region

1994 Nagpur India Crowds 111+ 500

1994 Seoul S Korea Structural collapse 32 17

1994 Mecca Saudi Arabia Crowds 250 ?

1994 Kent UK Rail 5 12

1995 Nimes France Road 22 32

1995 London UK School related 1 -

1995 Norfolk UK Hazardous materials - -

1995 London UK Law - -

1995 UK Air 12 -

1995 West Yorkshire UK Law - -

1995 UK Fire - -

1995 Raglan, Gwent UK Road 8 32

1995 UK Fire/explosion 1 5

1995 London UK Law - -

1995 Blackpool UK Evacuation - -1995 English Channel France Sea - -

1995 Wilton, Teesside UK Fire - -

1995 Brixton, London UK Crowds - ?

1995 Scotland UK Severe weather - -

1995 Oklahoma City USA Terrorism 166 ?

1995 North Sea UK Air - ?

1995 Portland, Dorset UK Evacuation - -

1995 Channel Islands UK Sea - 50

1995 Manchester UK Air - 5+

1995 UK Road 10 20

1995 Southend UK Fire - -

1995 UK Fire - -

1995 UK Rail - ?

Dunkeswick, N Yorkshire

Highbridge, Somerset

Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Severn Bridge, M4

Malvern Hills, Worcs

Paddington Station, London

1995 Hailsham UK Hazardous materials - -

1995 Bucharest Romania Air 59 -

1995 Taegu South Korea Explosion 100 200

1995 Nieftigorsk Russia Earthquake 1841 ?

1995 Turkey Turkey Road 3 45

1995 Seoul S Korea 113 900+

1995 Paris France Terrorism 4 60

1995 Paparoa New Zealand Structural collapse 14 0

1995 Aisgill UK Rail 1 30

1995 Seoul S Korea Crowds/fire 8 31995 Taipei Taiwan Crowds/fire 12 ?1995 Taichung Taiwan Crowds/fire 64 ?

1995 Dabwali India Fire 425+ ?

1995 Blackpool UK Fire/explosion 0 2

1995 Bristol UK Road 10 20

1995 South Wales UK Road 8 32

1995 Avignon France Road 22 37?

1995 Troussey France Road 4 ?

1995 Antwerp Belgium Fire 15 ?1995 London UK Crowds 0 ?

1995 Tokyo Japan Terrorism 12 '1000s'

1996 Glasgow UK School related - -

1996 Cornwall UK School related - -

1996 Edinburgh UK School related - -

1996 Wolverhampton UK School related - 7

1996 UK Terrorism 2 100

1996 Cornwall & Devon UK Floods - -

1996 UK Pollution - -

1996 Middlesborough UK Road/pollution - -

Structural collapse/crowds

Canary Wharf, London

Milford Haven, Dyfed

1996 London UK Terrorism ? ?

1996 London UK Terrorism 1 3+

1996 Staffordshire UK Rail 1 20

1996 UK Shooting/mass murder 17 13

1996 Eastbourne UK Fire/evacuation - -

1996 Hove UK Structural collapse - -

1996 Deinze Belgium Road 9+ 61

1996 Channel Islands UK Sea/evacuation - 1

1996 Hokkaido Japan Road/rockslide ? ?

1996 New Orleans USA Sea/river 0 64

1996 North Sea UK Sea 0 0

1996 Eindhoven Netherlands Air 34 7

1996 Manila Philippines Crowds/fire 160 ?

1996 - Taiwan Crowds/fire 13 161996 Lusaka Zambia Crowds 15+ 52+1996 Guatemala City Guatemala Crowds 83 180

1996 Channel Tunnel UK/France Fire 0 30

1996 Bogor Indonesia Fire 77+ ?

1996 Manchester UK Fire/explosion 0 ?

1996 Dusseldorf Germany Fire 17 64

1996 Avonmouth UK Fire/explosion 0 5

1996 Kowloon Hong Kong Fire 39+ 80+

1996 Hertfordshire UK Rail 1 69

1996 Everglades FL USA Air 110 -

1996 Puerto Plata Air 189 -

1996 Somerset UK Air 2 -

1996 Florida USA Air 109 -

Dunblane, Scotland

Dominican Republic

1996 Eindhoven Netherlands Air 32 9

1996 Spitsbergen Norway Air 141 -

1996 Turin Italy Air 4+ 13

1996 New Delhi India Air 351 -

1996 Indian Ocean Air/Hijack 120+ ?

1996 Heathrow UK Air - 3

1996 Hardwar India Crowds 21 40

1996 Ujjain India Crowds 60+ "Scores"

1996 Port Arthur Tasmania Shooting/mass murder 35 22

1996 Guatemala City Guatemala Crowds/sport 82 100

1997 Piacenza Italy Rail 8 30

1997 Madrid Spain Rail 2 22

1997 Huarte Araquil Spain Rail 18 ?

1997 Elsterwerda Germany Rail 2 3

1997 Harihara Japan Landslide 19 13+

1997 Thredbo Australia Landslide 6+ ?

1997 A12 road, Essex UK Road - 50+

1997 UK Road 1 4

1997 UK Road 3 62

1997 Southall, London UK Rail 7 160+

1997 UK Sea/river - -

1997 Over Pacific Japan Air 1 110

Cormoros Islands

A19, North Yorkshire

M42, Hereford & Worcester

River Thames, London

1997 UK Air - 2

1997 UK Road 3 62

1997 Rouen Normandy Road 8 56

1997 France France Road 8+ 25

1997 Colchester UK Road 0 50

1997 London UK River 0 2

1997 Coastal waters Cyprus Sea/fire/evacuation 0 ?

1997 Tel Aviv Israel 2 40+

1997 Glasgow UK Structural collapse 0 0

1997 Amarante Portugal Crowds/fire 13 13

1997 London UK Fire 0 0

1997 Worksop UK Air 1 -

1997 Lancashire UK Air 2 -

1997 East Yorkshire UK Air/balloon 1 13

1997 Barry Docks UK Evacuation - -

1997 Hampshire UK Pollution/gas leak - 35+

1997 Stirlingshire UK Air 1 0

1997 Manchester UK Air/evacuation 0 0

1997 Guam Guam Air 223+ 31(?)

1997 North Yorkshire UK Air 0 3

1997 Puerto Vallarta Mexico Air/balloon 0 7

1997 Baltimore USA Air 0 5

1997 Heathrow UK Air/evacuation 0 9

1997 Irkutsk Siberia Air ? 23+

Long Marston, N Yorks

Hereford & Worcester

Structural collapse/crowds

1997 Palembang Indonesia Air 104 0

1997 Mount Olympus Greece Air 70 0

1997 Bangkok Thailand Fire 4 107

1997 Baripada India Fire 200+ 187

1997 Mecca Saudi Arabia Fire 300+ "Scores"

1997 London UK Explosion 0 8

1997 Pattaya-Jomtien Thailand Fire 80+ 64+

1997 Blaye France Fire/explosion 7? 5

1997 Heathrow UK Fire 0 0

1997 New Delhi India Crowds 60 100+

1997 Ostend Belgium Crowds 8 37

1997 Ciudad del Este Paraguay 36 100+

1997 London UK Crowds 0 0

1997 Cambridgeshire UK Crowds 0 0

1997 Ciudad del Este Paraguay Crowds/weather 36 100+

1997 Ostend Belgium Crowds/air 8 37

1997 - France Floods 4 ?

1998 Eschede Germany Rail 100+ 300+

1998 Les Orres France Avalanche 11 20+

1998 Eschede Germany Rail 100+ 300+

1998 Atlantic Ocean Canada Air None None

1998 Atlantic Ocean Canada Air 229 -

1998 Surat Thani Thailand Air 101 45

1998 Manchester UK Air - 1

1998 Stansted Airport UK Air/evacuation - -

1998 West Midlands UK Road 3 2

1998 Lancashire UK Road 1 4

Structural collapse/crowds

1998 Manila Philippines Sea 134+ ?

1998 Coastal waters Florida Sea/evacuation 0 60

1998 Rome Italy Structural collapse 30+ ?

1998 London UK Structural collapse - 1

1998 Gothenburg Sweden Crowds/fire 63 223

1998 - Taiwan Crowds/fire 8 11

1998 York UK Pollution/gas leak 0 31

1998 Cavalese Italy Air/cable car/alpine 20 ?

1998 Chiang Kai-shek Taipei Air 206 ?

1998 Dontsk Ukraine Explosion 63 43+

1998 Aberdeen UK Fire 0 0

1998 London UK Fire/explosion 0 8

1998 Omagh Terrorism 26 200+

1998 Mecca Saudi Arabia Crowds 150 ?1998 Cornwall UK Crowds 0 0

1998 Glastonbury UK Crowds/pop concert 1 -

1998 Kent UK Road ? ?

1998 Vierzon France Road 1 8

1998 Manila Philippines Sea 14+ ?

1998 Dundee UK Evacuation - -

1998 Devon UK Explosion 0 0

1999 Wupertal Germany Rail 4 52

1999 Kangiqsualujjuaq Canada Avalanche 6+ 25

1999 Galtur Austria Avalanche 8+ 24+

1999 Zaragoza Spain Road 27 25

1999 North Sea Norway Sea 20 ?

Northern Ireland

1999 Solent UK Sea 0 0

1999 Cornwall UK Fire/explosion 2 0

1999 Strait of Malacca Malaysia Sea/fire/evacuation 0 ?

1999 Pentland Firth UK Sea/fire/evacuation 0 0

1999 Foggia Italy Structural collapse 34+ ?

1999 Gothenburg Sweden Fire/evacuation 1 3

1999 Inchon South Korea Crowds/fire 55 75

1999 - Austria Crowds/fire - 90+

1999 Cheshire UK Rail 0 4+

1999 West Midlands UK Pollution/chemical leak 2 ?

1999 France Cable car/alpine 20 0

1999 Tauern Tunnel Austria Road/alpine 12 70

1999 Chamonix France Road/alpine/fire 42+ ?

1999 Berkshire UK Rail 0 0

1999 East Sussex UK Rail 0 0

1999 Cheshire UK Rail 0 27

1999 London UK Rail 0 4

1999 Wenzhou China Air 61 0

1999 Chek Lap Kok Hong Kong Air 2 212

1999 Buenos Aires Argentina Air 90 10+

1999 Glasgow Airport UK Air 8 0

1999 Girona Spain Air 0 40+

1999 Nantucket Island USA Air 217 0

St Etienne-en-Dzoluy

1999 Stansted UK Air 4 0

1999 Millpath UK Fire 0 1

1999 London UK Crowds - -

1999 Minsk Belarus Crowds/pop concert 54 150

1999 Kempton UK Evacuation 0 0

1999 London UK Terrorism 2 30+

1999 Cumbria UK Air 2 0

1999 Pembroke UK Sea 1 2+

1999 at sea Singapore Sea/evacuation 0 ?

1999 English Channel UK Sea 0 29

1999 Paddington UK Rail 31 ?

1999 Winsford UK Rail - 31

1999 Sweden Sweden Fire/evacuation 1 13

2000 Patna India Air 58 7+

2000 Bahrain Air 143 0

2000 Moscow Russia Fire 4 ?

2000 Calais France Sea 0 30

2000 North Carolina USA - 90+

2000 Hull UK Structural collapse 3 1

2000 Lisbon Portugal Crowds 7 65

2000 Durban South Africa 12 45

2000 Roskilde Denmark Crowds 9 ?

2000 Enschede Netherlands Fire/explosion 22 1000

2000 Croisilles France Rail 0 6

2000 Stansted UK Air/hijack ? ?

Bahrain Int Airport

Structural collapse/crowds

Structural collapse/crowds

2000 Liverpool UK Air 0 0

2000 Zugspitze Germany Rail/alpine 0 64

2000 Kaprun Austria Rail/alpine 155+ 12+2000 Yorkshire UK School related 2 0

2000 Gonesse France Air 113 ?

2000 Aegean Sea Greece Sea 77 ?

2000 Harare Zimbabwe Crowds/sport 12 ?

2000 Moscow Russia Terrorism 8 50+

2000 Madrid Spain Terrorism 0 11

2000 London UK Crowds 2 -

2000 Birmingham UK Crowds/sport 0 ?

2000 Luoyang China Fire/crowds 309+ "Dozens"

2000 Khartoum Sudan Air 0 ?

2000 Newmarket UK Air 1 2

2000 Liverpool UK Air 5 0

2000 TaiPai Taiwan Air 65+ ??

2000 Nevada USA Road 0 41

2000 Hatfield UK Rail 4 35

2001 Jakarta Indonesia Crowds 4 2

2001 London UK Rail 0 12

2001 Johannesburg S Africa Crowds 43 ?

2001 Immingham UK Fire/explosion 0 2

2001 Accra Ghana Crowds 130 ?

2001 Jerusalem Israel Building collapse 24+ 160+

2001 Zug Switzerland Shooting/mass murder 14 18+

2001 Ramsgate UK Fire 1 10

2001 Akashi Japan Crowds 10 113

2001 Strasbourg France Crowds 11 85+

2001 Staffordshire UK Crowds 0 0

2001 Switzerland Fire 10+ ?

2001 Port Talbot UK Fire/explosion 2 13

2001 New York USA Air 255+ ?

2001 Zurich Switzerland Air 24 9

2001 London UK Crowds 0 50+

2001 Akashi Japan Crowds 10 113

2001 Lima Peru Fire/explosion 240+ ?

2001 Isle of Wight UK Landslide/evacuation 0 6

2001 Nefyn, N Wales UK Landslide 1 1

2001 Volendam Netherlands Fire/crowds 10+ 180+

2001 Uttoxeter UK Evacuation 0 0

2001 USA Terrorism 3000 approx 1000s

2001 UK Rail 10 76+

2002 Edinburgh UK Fire/evacuation 0 1

2002 Cornwall UK Evacuation 0 0

2002 North Tyneside UK Fire/evacuation 0 0

2002 Potters Bar UK Rail 7 70+

2002 Erfurt Germany Shooting/mass murder 17 6+

2002 London UK Fire 0 0

St Gotthard Tunnel

New York, Washington, Pennsylvania

Great Heck, Selby

2002 Cambridgeshire UK Air 1 1

2002 Cumbria UK Road 0 43

2002 North Sea UK Sea 0 0

2002 Suffolk UK Fire/evacuation 0 0

2002 North Yorkshire UK Road 0 25+

2002 North Sea UK Air 11 0

2002 Lviv Ukraine Air/crowds 78+ 115+

2002 Uberlingen Germany Air 71 0

2002 Nancy France Fire/rail 12 9

2002 Berkshire UK Road 7 35

2002 Suffolk UK Air/crowds 0 0

2002 Oxford UK Road 2 20+

2002 Somerset UK Road 2 ?

2002 North Yorkshire UK Road - 24

2002 Teesside UK Road 0 2

2002 Heathrow UK Road 5 40

2002 Newcastle UK Structural collapse 0 0

2002 Brazil Brazil 0 "Dozens"

2003 York UK Fire/evacuation 0 1

2003 Chicago USA Crowds 21 50+

2003 Edinburgh UK Fire/evacuation 0 1

2003 Rhode Island USA Fire 85+ 160+

Structural collapse/crowds

2003 Daegu South Korea Fire 120+ 136

2003 London UK Rail 0 32

2003 Manchester UK Road 7 7

2003 Duxford UK Air/crowds 2 0

2003 Newcastle UK School related 0 0

2003 Spain Terrorism ? ?

2003 North Yorkshire UK Air 0 0

2003 St Nazaire France Structural Collapse 13 30

2003 Istanbul Turkey Terrorism 27+ 400+

2003 Moscow Russia Fire 36+ 100+

2004 Bjoroey Norway Sea 18? ?

2004 Glasgow UK Fire 10 6

2004 Cumbria UK Rail 4 3

2004 Moscow Russia 20 100+

2004 Tehran Iran Rail 300+ 200+

2004 Glasgow UK Explosion 9 40+

2004 Paris France Structural Collapse 6 ?

2004 London UK Fire 0 0

2004 Ascuncion Paraguay Fire 250+ Dozens

2004 UK Floods 0 ?

2004 Beslan Russia Terrorism/seige 350+ 600+

2004 Berkshire UK Rail 7 150

2004 Taba Egypt Terrorism 28? 200

Alicante/Benidorm

Structural collapse/crowds

Boscastle, Cornwall

2004 Asia See notes Earthquake/Tsunami 226,000+ 1000s

2005 UK Storms/floods ? ?

2005 Minnesota USA School related 8 14

2005 Texas City USA Fire/explosion 14+ 100+

2005 Paris France Fire 20 50

2005 North Yorkshire UK Floods 0 0

2005 London UK Terrorism 52 700+

2005 London UK Terrorism - -

2005 Coastal areas USA Weather "100s" N/K

2005 Birmingham UK Weather 0 19

2005 Bali Indonesia Terrorism 26 100?

2005 UK Fire/Explosion 0 43

2006 Red Sea Egypt Sea 1200+ N/K

2006 Bad Reichenall Germany Structural collapse 15 34

2006 Katowice Poland Structural collapse 66 150

England/Scotland/Wales

Hemel Hempstead

2006 Valencia Spain Rail crash 41 47+

2006 East Sussex UK Fire/explosion 2 Several'

2006 London England Weather - Several'

2007 London England Road 2 67

2007 United Kingdom UK Weather 14 N/K

2007 Cumbria UK Rail 1 Several'

2007 United Kingdom UK Weather N/K N/K

2007 Minneapolis USA Structural collapse 4 80

2007 Glasgow UK Terrorism - -

2007 Jokela Finland Shooting/mass murder 8 N/K

2008 London UK Air - -

2008 Madrid Spain Air 153 19

2008 United Kingdom UK Fire - 14

2008 Thailand Bangkok Fire 62 100+

2008 Mumbai India Terrorism 125 300+

2009 London UK Fire/evacuation - 3

2009 New York USA Air - 70+

Notes

October: Explosion at Senghenydd, Glamorgan

September: Explosion at Gresford colliery, near Wrexham

6 July: Fire in main tent of Ringling Brothers Circus.August: Explosion at William pit, Whitehaven

December: Bus ran into a marching column of marine cadets killing 24 of them.

May: Explosion at Easington Colliery, Co DurhamDate n/k: Explosion in mine depot at Naval Base Copenhagen.

15 August: Flash floods killed 34 and 93 homes demolished.

Date n/k: Flooding in Bavaria: damage estimated at more than 50 million ECU

Date n/k: Fire in a children's home in Kangasala

23 January: York-Bristol express derailed at speed on a curved piece of track.

Date n/k: Bus drove off a raft and into lake

Date n/k: Collision of two passenger trains

30 January: Two trains in collision in fog, one having missed danger signals.

Date n/k: Malpasset dam burst

Date n/k: Fire in a prisonDate n/k: Collision of motorboatsDate n/k: Fire in old people's home

5 April: Overcrowding caused section of terracing to collapse during Scotland-England match.

22 May: Wooden troop train and passenger train collided at Quintinshill near Gretna Green.

19 January: Explosion at Brunner Mond's chemical works at Crescent Wharf, West Silvertown. Became known as 'The Silvertown Explosion'. (Source: 'The Silvertown Explosion 1917' as reported in the Stratford Express 27th January - 10th February 1917)

1 January: Freshly shown film put back in spool box emitted smoke which billowed into Glen Cinema - those who died caught in stampede for doors which could not be opened.

28 November: Fire at Coconut Grove night-club. This incident led to new fire related laws & regulations.

23 February: Fire at St Joseph's Orphanage. 35 children and one lay worker died. (Source: http://www.ultimatedisposal.com/john_charles_mcquaid%20legacy.htm)

16-18 April: Fire/explosion on French freighter "Grandcamp" carrying ammonium nitrate destroyed most of the city.

8 October: Three trains involved. A local train, the Perth express and a Liverpool express. 112 died at the scene and a further 10 died later.

5-9 December: London Smog. The deaths occurred during the 4 days in the London area.

January: Storm surge combined with spring tide swept a wall of water over the sea walls of the east coast. From Humber to Thames, 1000s of sheep & cattle drowned. 25,000 homes damaged.

4 December: Cannon Street to Ramsgate express in collision with a local train in thick fog. A bridge collapsed on the wreckage.

December: Train ran through a red signal in the fog and collided with another train at Lewisham, south London.

Date n/k: Fire/explosion on tourist boat at a lake near Hadersley (Southern Jutland)

Date n/k: Air crash3 June: Edinburgh-King's Cross express derailed at speed on a bend.

Date n/k: Collapse of roofing of the Cais Sodre railway station in LisboaDate n/k: Ammonium nitrate explosionDate n/k: Air crashDate n/k: Explosion in chemical plant in Roenland (Western Jutland)Date n/k: Explosion at gasworks in Copenhagen - extensive damageDate n/k: Collision of a tug and a motorboatDate n/k: Explosion in an ammunition depot

28 February: Two trains in collision when one stopped in the path of the other.

5 November: Hastings-Charing Cross train derailed at speed by a broken rail.

22 May: Fire in department store, L'InnovationDate n/k: Railway accident at Odense (Funen)

7 May: Kings Cross-Aberdeen express derailed at speed.Date n/k: Explosion in a dynamite factory30 November: Motorway: multiple pile up in fog.

2 January: Collapse of stairway 13 at Ibrox Park.

April: Methane gas explosion at Cynheidre colliery, Carmarthenshire21 June: Coach in collision with a car. Casualties taken to hospital.11 June: High speed derailment in station.

19 June: BEA Trident bound for Brussels crashed soon after take off at Staines.

Date n/k: Dredger sank

28 March: Fire in a bonded warehouse in Cheapside Street in Anderston. (Source: http://www.theglasgowstory.co.uk/image.php?inum=TGSA01950&t=1&urltp=storyf.php&PHPSESSID=c06751f39df83153b1111f2878463f79)

26 December: Glasgow-Euston express in collision with stationary Liverpool-Birmingham train. In the confusion there was a delay of almost an hour before the first ambulance was on scene. Seriousness of accident not initially appreciated.

Date n/k: Tidal wave and flooding in Hamburg: more than 100,000 people affected, 50 dyke bursts

21 October: 116 children and 26 adults died under a torrent of slurry from a colliery waste tip.

31 July: King's Cross-Edinburgh express in collision with derailed cement wagons.

18 March: Oil slick from Torrey Canyon along the Breton and English coasts: pollution at numerous points on both coasts

6 January: Manchester-Euston express in collision with an enormous transformer being escorted across a level crossing.

18 November: Fire in upholstery factory in James Watt Street. (Source: http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA01964)

2 July: School party special train derailed. The two fatalities were school children.

21 October: Gas explosion in Busby Road - passing bus took full force of blast. More than half the shops disappeared.

Date n/k: Tank lorry accident in Simmersted (Southern Jutland): massive phenol pollution in the water supply system and environmental damage to the streams in the area

July: Lift cage crashed down 1400ft shaft at Markham collieryMay: Roof fall at Seafield Colliery, Kirkcaldy, Fife29 November: Fire in Taiyo department storeDate n/k: Hotel fire in CopenhagenDecember: Train derailed in Ealing, west LondonDate n/k: Large fire at oil tank farm

19 December: Car bomb.1 June: Nypro plant explodes. 100 homes destroyed. 3000 evacuated.

Date n/k: Collision of lorry and Dutch coach

6 June: Euston-Glasgow sleeper derailed at speed.

9 October: IRA terrorist bomb

23 October: IRA car bomb exploded in bid to murder an MP

Date n/k: Explosion in a cartridge factoryDate n/k: Lorry drove off a bridge and into river in district of Porvoo

10 July: Explosion at chemical factory released high levels of dioxin.

2 August: A fire in the Summerland leisure complex. 48 DoA, 70 patients treated for burns and other injuries. 32 admitted.

19 December: Derailment at speed of a Paddington-Oxford train. 650 passengers on board.

8 March: IRA terrorist car bomb exploded. Casualties included 10 police officers. The one fatality was a civilian who died later in hospital.

8 March: IRA terrorist car bomb exploded. Injured included a party of school children.

5 October: Two IRA bombs exploded - first in the Horse and Groom Public House and the second 30 minutes later at the Seven Stars. Three casualties conveyed to hospital. Forty two admitted and one subsequently died in hospital. Four dead at the scene.

21 November: Two IRA bombs exploded in public houses in centre of Birmingham.

November: Eight sailors exposed to arsine. All very ill, 4 developing renal failure.

1 February: Joelma Building - high rise office complex carrying 800 employees caught fire.

27 May: Coach plunged off a bridge into a ravine killing 33 elderly people on coach outing.

28 February: Underground train hit end of cul-de-sac tunnel at Moorgate Underground. Three carriages compressed into a space normally occupied by one. 41 died at the scene with 2 dying later in hospital. A further 83 casualties were injured, many seriously.

Date n/k: Fisher trawler loss in Hanstholm harbour (Northern Jutland) during a hurricane

June: Two trains including the Glasgow-Euston sleeper service collided at Nuneaton station, Warwickshire

4 March: IRA bomb exploded on a rush hour train minutes after 1200 commuters had left it. Four minor casualties.

11 September: Texaco heavy tanker carrying 22,000 litres of petrol overturned in the High Street of Westoning at about 07.10, caught fire then exploded. 8 houses also caught fire. 21people made homeless & 100 more evacuated for 10 hours. (Disaster repo

12 August: Explosion followed by fire at San-Mex Ltd chemical factory in East End of Glasgow

March: Cable on cable car snapped resulting in crash. Teenage girl survived, cushioned from the impact of the fall by the bodies of victims.

23 April: Blow out at Ekofisk oil rig in North Sea 175 miles south west of Norway

6 July: Fire in a sleeper on Penzance-Paddington train in the small hours.Date n/k: Viking-boat sank off HankoDate n/k: Air crashDate n/k: LPG explosion in a hotel

Date n/k: Hotel fire, Boras: estimated cost 35 million SEK

16 April: Head on collision

Date n/k: Fire in old people's homeDate n/k: Shipwreck of M/S Malmi

Date n/k: Bridge collapse

March: Golborne colliery explosion

16 February: Euston-Manchester train derailed by broken rail.1 August: Dublin-Cork express derailed.May: Iranian Embassy Siege

September: British bulk carrier, MV Derbyshire, went down in a typhoon.

Date n/k: Fire in cotton millDate n/k: Release of chlorine following upsetting of tank lorry in Foggia

22 July:22 July:27 February: Air Tanzania Boeing 737 - hijackDate n/k: Fireball from collision tank lorry in motorway Florence-sea

27 March: Collision between KLM Boeing and Pan Am 747 on runway at Tenerife Airport

28 May: Fire in Beverly Hills Supper Club. Event led to new fire related regulations.

11 July: Explosion of lorry carrying 45,000 litres of liquid gas at San Carlos de la Rapida.

Date n/k: Leak of ammonia from brake valve during unloading of a ship in Manfredonia - 1,000 evacuees.

Date n/k: Release of hydrogen sulphide and chromic sulphate during unloading of tank lorry in Genoa.

8 January: Fire/explosion aboard petrol tanker, Betelgeuse, at Bantry Bay. Post facilities damaged.

27 July: Population of Hayfield, near Glossop, evacuated after LPG leak from crashed lorry.

October: Two trains collided at Invergowrie after one passed through warning signal28 March: Release of radioactivity into the atmosphere. (Source: Various disaster reports held in EPC library)

28 March: Release of radioactivity into the atmosphere. (Source: Various disaster reports held in EPC library)

21 January: Fire and explosion at Womersley Boome Chemicals in River Road. Major evacuation of 10,000 people. The 12 injured were firemen caught in explosion.

28 March: Oil platform Alexander L Kielland collapsed in North Sea - 22 Britons among the dead.

14 February: Fire at the Stardust nightclub in which 48 young people died and many more injured. (Source: http://www.irishfireservices.com/pages/historicalfires.htm)

18-21 December: Fire at power plant17 December: IRA car bomb.Date n/k: Fire in supermarket

23 May: Gas explosion in an underground water treatment plant at Abbeystead.

30 July: Express train derailed after hitting a cow on the track.

12-16 January: Blizzards in country caused 22 deaths.

Date n/k: Helicopter crash

11 May: Bradford City Football Club. 56 people burnt to death in stand fire.

Date n/k: Tanker explosion

25 September: Explosions/fire at transport warehouse containing chemicals. Approx 60 people attended local hospitals within three days of incident. Several hundred people evacuated. (Source: HSE report by HM Factory Inspectorate: ISBN: 0118837028)

14 October: Fire in Cory's Warehouse stored with ammonium nitrate fertilisers, compound fertilisers and potassium nitrate. 750-1000 people evacuated. (Source: HSE report by HM Factory Inspectorate: ISBN: 0118837850)

11 December: Explosion followed a fire at Manro Products Ltd (manufacturers of chemicals and detergents) (Source: HSE report by HM Factory Inspectorate: ISBN: 011883715X)

24 January: The Radiant Med freighter capsized and sank in gale force winds. 16 seamen drowned.

August: Salmonella epidemic at a mental hospital killed 26 and 16 other were seriously affected.

4 December: Inter-City express ran into a fuel train and ignited 30,000 gallons of petrol.

19 August: Twin engine Varsity aircraft crashed into power lines after engine fault. 11 out of 14 passengers killed.

16 December: Fire at National Carriers warehouse in Sheffield resulted in charred asbestos blowing along 15-mile wide corridor to north-east of Rotherham. 30 schools closed.

20 December: Goods train carrying 100 tonnes of fuel oil caught fire after derailment in Summit Tunnel between Littleborough (Gtr Manchester) and Todmorden.

Date n/k: Oil slick from the Ibn Rochd: pollution at numerous points on the Jutland and Zeeland coasts

12 October: IRA terrorist bomb exploded at Grand Hotel - venue of Tory Party Conference.

3 December: Uncontrolled emission of chemical methyl isocyanate gas (MIC) from Union Carbide pesticide plant. (Source: 'Bhopal - anatomy of a crisis' Paul Shrivastava ISBN: 1853961922)

June: Air India Boeing 747 dived into the ocean after apparently a bomb had exploded.

22 August: Boeing 737 caught fire on take off. Of the 137 passengers and crew, 52 passengers were killed, 85 escaped. Most survivors escaped injury. 15 required admission, 2 with severe burns and the rest for smoke inhalation.

29 May: 39 people, mainly Italian, were killed in rioting involving Liverpool and Juventus supporters

Date n/k: Release of oil during loading in the Port of Naples. UVCE and fire - 2,300 evacuated

21 February: French trawler sank. 16 seamen killed including one rescuer.

1 October: Spanish trawler sinks 200 miles west of Hebrides.

26 July: Bridlington-Hull train hit a truck on level crossing.

25 August: Hurricane Charlie - at least 11 deaths attributed to the storm.

Date n/k: Shipwreck of M/S Karelia

September: Collision between two express trains at Colwich, Staffordshire

15 October: Storm force winds caused havoc, millions of trees blown down.

Date n/k: Explosion of tanker holding 36,000 litres of gasoline8 November: Terrorist bomb at Remembrance Day serviceOctober: Train fell into swollen River Towy after the rail bridge collapsed.

October: Two trains collided at Forest Gate, on the Liverpool Street-London line

Date n/k: Oil slick from the Jan of Bremen: 20 km of marsh polluted at the island of Laesoe (Kattegat)

19 September: Liverpool-Euston and London-Manchester express trains collided side on.

6 November: Chinook helicopter plunged into the North Sea. 47 on board, only 2 survived.

31 October: Fire at Sandoz chemical warehouse in Basel: heavy pollution of the river Rhine as water used to extinguish the fire became polluted. Many fish killed and drinking water supplies further downstream had to be shut off. (Source: UNEP IE/PAC Technical Report No 12 - Hazard identification and evaluation in a local community)

26 April: Release of radioactive material into the atmosphere with expelled hot materials causing fires. Figures quoted as a result of the immediate aftermath. (Source: Summary report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident: IAEA,

26 April: Release of radioactive material into the atmosphere with expelled hot materials causing fires. Figures quoted as a result of the immediate aftermath. (Source: Summary report on the Post-Accident Review Meeting on the Chernobyl Accident: IAEA,

September: Lorry turned through emergency crossover point and collided with two coaches.

28 October: Petrol tanker crashed into slow moving traffic and overturned. Fierce fire ensued causing 12 deaths.

18 November: King's Cross Station - Fire in the booking hall of the underground station.

6 March: The Herald of Free Enterprise capsized after an inrush of water through the open bow doors. 188 persons killed out of 543 passengers on board.

19 August: Michael Ryan ran amok in Hungerford killing 16 and injuring 17 others, many seriously.

15 January: Tanker spillage at Portswood. 22 taken to hospital and 500 evacuated. Tanker contained toxic pharmaceutical waste.

22 March: Explosion at BP refinery lead to single fatality only because it was a Sunday morning.

21 October: School party from Cator Park School, Kent on cruise ship Jupiter involved in collision with Adige. On board were 391 schoolchildren; 84 adults and 110 crew. Two crew members died and a teacher and a child were never found.

6 July: Piper Alpha explosion - Of a work force of 232, only 65 survived.

1 August: IRA bomb exploded in the barracks.

Date n/k: Air crash near Ilmajoki airport

Date n/k: Fire in Chiado historical centre of Lisboa. 18 buildings destroyed.Date n/k: Railway accident near Soroe (Zeeland)

9 March: 33 vehicles involved.

22 February: A freighter carrying salt capsized. 17 Korean crewmen drowned.

September: IRA bombDate n/k: Air crash near Helsinki-Vantaa airport

Date n/k: Fire in five chemical tank wagons at railway yard

Date n/k: Collision of M/T Tebostar and a Russian fishing boat south of Gotland

August: Two aircraft of the Italian display team collided at Ramstein air show (newspaper clip/report)

12 December: Three trains involved in collision following signal fault. Out of the 500 injured, 69 were serious injuries.

21 December: Flight PA103 London Heathrow to New York destroyed by detonation of improvised explosive device. 259 passengers and crew all killed together with 11 people on the ground. (Source: AAIB Report 2/90)

22 September: 66 evacuated off oil rig Ocean Odyssey after suspected blow out followed by fire.

6 July: 20 tonnes of concentrated aluminium sulphate were discharged into the treated water reservoir of the Lowermoor Water Treatment Works resulting in major contamination and up to 400 people from a population of 12,000 affected with health problems. (Source: Water Pollution at Lowermoor North Cornwall, Second report of the Lowermoor Incident Health Advisory Group) (Also known as "The Camelford Incident")

November: Commuter train ploughed into a bridge after leaving the tracks at St Helens, Merseyside.

8 January: Boeing 737-400 from Heathrow to Belfast crash landed on the M1 motorway just failing to reach the East Midlands Airport. Initial survivors treated at 4 different hospitals.

20 August: The Marchioness and the Bowbelle were in collision in the river Thames.

15 April: Hillsborough Football Stadium - FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Play stopped after six minutes when Liverpool spectators on the standing terrace were seriously crushed. A ninety-sixth victim died in 1993. (Source: "Scrutiny of evidence relating to the Hillsborough Football Stadium disaster" - The Rt Hon Lord Justice Stuart-Smith)

4 March: Collision between two trains with six carriages derailed and deflected down an embankment. Eighty eight people received hospital treatment of whom 32 were admitted.

Date n/k: Fire in a 30,000 cubic metre storage tank for isohexane - 600 firemen responded

22 March: Unmarked ICI wagon carrying detonators, explosive power-gel and gelignite caught fire then exploded killing one fireman and injuring others.

4 October: Gas explosion wrecked residential building - remainder of tenement block had to be demolished for safety of fire officers.

30 April: RAF surveillance plane crash

13 May: Tanker Rosebay spilt 1,100 tonnes of oil. Miles of coastline affected.

25 January: Hurricane force storms kill 45, mainly Wales and West Country.

20 March: Explosion and fire at Shell plant.

31 March: Anti-poll tax riot injures 58 police and 75 others.

21 August: Tanker overturned, 30,000 litres of fuel spilt into brook and drains.

7 December: Evacuation from 200 snowbound cars on the A6619 December: Abnormal blizzards cause 10 deaths

25 January: Hurricane force storm.

29 July: Tokyo Joe's Night Club siege

Date n/k: Barge combination capsized off Hanko

25 March: Arson fire at illegally run Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx.

23 October: Series of explosions & fire at Phillips Petroleum Co plastics manufacturing plant. Cause presumed to be leak of ethylene.

20 September: USAir jetliner skidded off runway at La Guardia Airport and into the East River

19 July: United DC-10 crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa

6 March: Two suburban electric trains in Glasgow collided head-on on a single track.

30 November: Two InterCity expresses collided outside Newcastle upon Tyne Central Station

1 August: Three-car diesel train from Tonbridge, Kent hit front of stationary Waterloo-bound commuter train at Reading station.

30 January: Greek cement freighter sank off the Isle of Wight in a storm. All 19 crew drowned.

26 February: Combination of high waves, high surge and high astronomical tide caused breach of sea defences along North Wales Coast. 6,500 evacuated.

4 August: Cloud of phosphorous pentoxide from fire at Albright & Wilson chemical plant smothers town.

14 November: Telephone exchange fire robs 23,000 of services and knocks out public boxes.

25 June: IRA bomb exploded inside the club. Out of 20 injured, 6 taken to hospital.

3 June: British double-deck tourist coach carrying 73 passengers, skidded of a French motorway near Joigny.

11 June: Terrorist explosion at the Honourable Artillery Company Headquarters in City Road, London. Bomb blast happened during 21st birthday party for son of member of the TA.

6 April: Fire on board passenger liner "Scandinavian Star" cruising between Oslo and Fredrikshavn. 99 crew/383 passengers on board. (Source: NOR 1991: 1E - "The Scandinavian Star Disaster of 7 april 1990" main report)

25 January: Avianca Boeing 707 crashed in Cove Neck, New York on Long Island after running out of fuel

August 1990: Train driver killed, 35 injured at Stafford station in a two train crash.

??: Train ran into buffers at Cannon Street Station??: Head-on crash at Newton station, Glasgow

24 February: Floods up to 5' deep hit high street. 35 families evacuated.

25 February: Trawler 'Pescado' sank off Cornwall resulting in loss of all six crew.

Date n/k: Train collision in Melun station.Date n/k: Collision of ferry with tanker at Livorno: ferry gutted by fire.Date n/k: Explosion in fireworks factory at Culemborg. Extensive damage.Date n/k: Fire at DSM chemical plant

10 April: St Mary Axe, IRA Bomb blasts city offices8 February: Dimmocks Cote - Train hits lorry on level crossing16 March: Hundreds evacuated after 18" gas main punctured on A4618 June: Hunterston - nuclear power station evacuated after fire in a reactor10 August: St Fergus - explosion rocks Mobil gas reception point

8 March: Surge of high-pressure gas entered domestic supply. Scores of fires and explosions in the town. No-one seriously injured. (Source: Addenda for the Royston Gas Incident Friday 8th March 1991 - Sylvia P Beamon)

2/8 May: Spring Bank Holiday - 2 tanks containing toxic chemicals washed ashore - 150 people evacuated

16 May: Freight train carrying diesel, petrol and kerosene explodes after derailment.

8 January: Slow speed impact with the buffers causing a shock wave along the train. Thirty seven out of a total of 268 admitted to three hospitals.

11/14 October: Thetford: 1000s warned to stay indoors as toxic fumes swept over town following fire at D&L Plastics. (Source: newspaper reports)

7 December: Portsmouth-Cardiff Sprinter ran into back of slow moving Paddington-Cardiff 125.

28 August: Ten-carriage tube train derailed as it switched from express tracks to local tracks. Driver fled the scene and was later arrested on suspicion of taking cocaine whilst in the cab.

17 October: Nice-Paris sleeper express collided with goods train head-on at Melun station.

18 February: IRA bomb exploded on the station concourse in the morning rush hour.

Date n/k: Explosion and fire on tanker Haven in the gulf of Genova; 110,000 tonnes of crued lost, half of which burnt, the remainder polluting Italian and French coasts.

Date n/k: Explosion during take-in of petrol by tankers; 10,000 m3 of super, 5,000 m3 of diesel spilled.

27 December: Twin engine McDonnell Douglas MD-80 airliner crashed after take-off from Stockholm. 122 passengers/7 crew escaped.

1 February: USAir jetliner collided with a commuter plane on Los Angeles Airport runway

11 April: Italian ferry, Moby Prince, caught fire after colliding with an oil tanker lying at anchor in thick fog during the night.

December 1991: Two trains bound for Cardiff collided deep inside the railway tunnel beneath the River Severn.

21 September: Castleford: Explosion at Hickson and Welch chemical plant. In days following incident, large number of people became ill with gastro-intestinal symptoms and toxic irritations affecting the skin and mucous membranes. (Source: HSE report: ISBN 071760702X)

Date n/k: Explosion/fire at CINDU chemical plant in Uithoorn

February: Train jack-knifed 1000ft below ground at Wearmouth colliery.

10 November: Fire on Elf Aquitaine's TCP2 in Norwegian sector's Frigg Field

8 November: Explosions followed by fire at French oil company, Total.

2 December: Coal tip collapses and covers grounds of a comprehensive school, six miles from Aberfan

20 November: Windsor Castle - fire destroys state apartments (Source: newspaper reports)

25 November: 12-coach Ramsgate-Charing Cross service struck glancing blow by the train from Charing Cross-Tunbridge Wells at London Bridge.

15 November: German passenger train smashed into derailed freight wagon in Northeim on the main north-south line between Frankfurt & Hamburg.

5 May: Terrace collapse in Furiani stadium during Bastia-Marseilles football match, a semi final for the French Cup.

4 October: El Al Boeing 747 cargo aircraft en route Schipol Airport to Tel Aviv crashed onto block of flats.

17 April: Kenyan military plane crashed on to a block of flats shortly after take-off. 40 air force personnel + 5 people on the ground killed.

July 31: San Francisco-bound Lockheed TriStar veered off runway at John F Kennedy airport, New York, and burst into flames. 280 passengers + 12 crew escaped with only 18 receiving minor injuries.

31 July: Thai Airways International jet from Bangkok crashed on approach to Kathmandu airport.

31 July: Chinese Yak-42 airline crashed on take off from Nanjing airport carrying 116 passengers + 10 crew.

13 March: Super Puma helicopter carrying Shell oil workers to accommodation vessel Safe Supporter crashed into sea.

21 December: DC-10 carrying 327 Dutch holiday-makers + 13 crew to Portugal crashed on landing at Faro.

22 December: Libyan Boeing 727 on internal flight to Tripoli crashed near Souk al-Sabt. Witnesses say it collided with Libyan military plane with their crew parachuting to the ground.

26 April: Ten motorcycle fans (one British) were killed in a series of road accidents after taking part in impromptu races.

20 June: Gas explosion on BP-operated Miller installation, 180 miles north-east of Aberdeen.

10 August: Explosion at St Fergus plant near Peterhead. 60 people at the terminal but no-one injured. One man treated for shock. Glast devastated new Mobil oil complex.

22 March: 4 teenagers from Southway School, Plymouth drown on outward bound course as sea swamps canoes

November: Minibus carrying 14 children from Hagley RC School to Stourbridge, Worcs crashed into maintenance lorry and burst into flames on M40 in Warwickshire. Ten pupils and their teacher died at the scene, one pupil died later in hospital.

November: Five boys aged six to 16 and a woman suffered minor injuries when a school minibus skidded off the road on black ice at Carleton Rode, Norfolk.

20 June: About a pint of radio-active coolant being piped from HMS Repulse to a tank spilt on the deck. Three sailors working on deck were sprayed by liquid and were subsequently decontaminated.

24 April: IRA bomb blast kills newspaper reporter and injures 37

27 May: RAF Hercules transporter crashes into mountain. All 9 crew killed.

18 August: Bilsthorpe - roof collapse kills 3 miners.

11 June: German tour bus collides with army truck.

4 June: Half a mile of cliff and the Holbeck Hall Hotel slide into the North Sea

10 June: Severe flooding along North Wales coast caused by abnormal rainfall.

24 November: 20,000 evacuated from the Underground after power failure5 January: Braer ran aground resulting in 9 mile oil slick15 January: North Muirton - River Tay floods homes to depths of 6'

23 January: Braefoot Bay - 35,000 tonne LPG tanker drifts helplessly in gale

20 March: IRA bomb blasts town centre killing two boys

23 April: Oil depot blasted by IRA bomb

25 July: Two MiG fighters collide mid-air in front of a 250,000 crowd at RAF Fairford International Air Tattoo. Pilots ejected safely but suffered spinal compression and cuts - 15 spectators treated for shock.

12 September: Publicity draws hundreds to watch demolition of tower blocks. Flying debris kills one woman and injures 4

6 September: Fire destroys a Sun Valley poultry process block the size of three football pitches.

6 September: Sowerby Bridge - lorry pushes van into newsagents and two homes.

10 November: Faversham - coach crash on M2 kills 9 American tourists and the British driver. 36 others injured

29 August: Fire on board casino ship, New Orient Express. More than 500 passengers/crew rescued by RN vessel, three fire-fighting ships and 18 police launches.

13 September: Controlled explosion to demolish 22-storey tower block caused death of one woman and injured 4 others.

10 June: Torrential rainfall resulted in flooding in many areas of Cornwall. Five inches of rain fell in 9 hours in the south-west.

10 February: News breaks 36 hours later of radioactive leak from chimney. Media storm.

21 February: North Sea accommodation barge breaks free in bad weather. 400 oilmen evacuated

19 March: Tanker driver died when his lorry, carrying kerosene, veered off M56 at Preston Brook, Cheshire landing on Liverpool-London line and exploded.

4(?) June 1993: Cliff outside Holbeck Hall Hotel collapsed into sea. 80 guests evacuated as structural damage occurred in hotel. (NB: Little info available in library - newspaper cutting in 'Avalanches and Landslides')

20 December: Fire at discotheque. Teenagers died trapped behind padlocked emergency exits.

26 May: Twin-engine Cessna Citation 550 crashed onto motorway & burst into flames while trying to land at Eastleigh airport during thunderstorm. Pilots + 3 men from cars injured. Plane was carrying no passengers.

25 July: MiG Jets collide at Fairford air show - pilots ejected/suffered minor injuries. 12 spectators treated for shock.

25 August: Roof collapse at Bilsthorpe colliery10 May: Fire in doll factory.

11 May: Fire in toy factory caused building to collapse7 May: Fire at Littlewoods store, Chesterfield.

1 January: River Lavant floods historic town

1 April: Steel gantry falls onto funfair water chute ride and kills nine year old boy.

5 May: Blaze at hostel in breach of fire regulations kills woman and baby girl.

June: Toxic chemical spill in warehouse injures 45.

7 July: LPG lorry crashes causing fire and explosions.

4 August: GATX, Avonmouth. 3 CIMAH sites hit by simultaneous explosions.

13 August: Runaway diesel engine collides with InterCity train.24 August: High streets hit by incendiary devices.

8 December: Canal bursts banks to flood 19 properties.

10 November: Coach carrying American & Canadian tourists to Canterbury plunged down embankment on M2 in Kent.

September: School bus driver and teenage pupil killed in collision between school bus and wagon near Wilberfoss. (newspaper clip of road accidents on A1079 York-Hull road)

21 February: 385 oil workers airlifted from flotel 150 miles off Aberdeen, after it jettisoned its anchors in bad weather.

13 January: 82 oil workers airlifted from North Sea platform after oil leak prompted fears of fire & pollution scare

23 January: Residents of The Shore, Aberdour advised by Coastguard to evacuate children as 34,800-tonne liquid petroleum gas tanker drifted helplessly into Aberdour Bay.

13 January: Chemical plant blast at Abril Industrial Waxes factory, Pyle, near Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan

22 December: Gas pipe explosion near A74 Glasgow-Carlisle road. Burst caused North Sea gas to gush out of an 80ft crater at Palaceknowe.

2 July: Muslim fundamentalists set fire to hotel in protests against Salman Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses"

1 January: New Year celebrations turned into stampede killing 20 young adults and teenagers.

22 September: Twelve Britons among 206 passengers on board train from Los Angeles to Miami when it crashed on bridge.

18 March: Ambulance crews treated 30 girls - aged 13-16 - for effects of hysteria & hyperventilation at East 17 concert at Barbican Centre

1 February: Explosion and fire followed leak of ethyl chloride from Associated Octel plant. One person overcome by fumes.

3 June: Chinook crashes into remote hillside. 29 killed including many security experts.

24 July: Lightning strikes Texaco oil refinery causing explosions and fire which lasts 36 hours

25 August: Sally Star ferry flounders in Channel after fire breaks out in an engine. 100 rescued.

27 November: 20 evacuated due to chemical fire at Davidson's Veterinary Supplies store which produced cyanide gas cloud

7 December: Hundreds of gallons of diesel polluted 16 miles of Dee tributary. Dee is source of drinking water for 2 million.

21 December: Boeing 737 crash lands at airport after hitting electricity pylon.

25 October: Fire at karaoke parlour

26 April: Taiwanese airliner crashed and exploded at Nagoya airport.

14 July: Gas blast killed 27 at an old people's home

28 November: Fire at crowded dance hall

10-11 December: Heavy rains cause extensive flooding. Between 2000-3000 people helped.

28 September: M/S Estonia en route from Tallin to Stockholm sank in high seas. Of nearly 1,000 on board, only 137 saved. (newspaper clip/video + disaster reports)

25 November: Fire in dance hall. Most of those killed succumbed to smoke inhalation/poisonous fumes

2 November: Lighting struck storage tanks containing aircraft/diesel causing fire. Burning fuel was then carried by flash flood water into village of Dronka killing victims.

4 April: KLM Royal Dutch Airline 33-seat plane from Amsterdam to Cardiff crashed into field beyond runway at Schipol airport.

7 June: Chinese domestic flight from Xian to Guangzhou crashed shortly after take-off killing all on board.

1 July: Mauritanian Fokker-28 flying from Nouakchott to Tidjikja crashed on landing

3 July: USAir DC-9 jet crashed near Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, North Carolina

4 August: Antonov-12 aircraft (Russian equivalent of the Hercules C-130) crashed on landing at Bada air base.

8 September: Boeing 737-300 en route from Chicago to West Palm Beach nose-dived into the ground near Pittsburgh.

14 September: Ferry walkway at Port of Ramsgate, Kent collapsed as passengers were boarding the Prins Filip ferry from Ramsgate to Ostend. (HSE report)

29 December: Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 crashed on third attempt at landing during snowstorm.

4 December: Cameroon Airlines Boeing 737 crashed into mangrove swamp on second attempt at landing at Douala

26 February: Arson attack on Dream City cinema in London. Fire started by Scotsman who had a fight inside the cinema earlier that evening.

30 March: Gas leak at La Defence business centre caused explosion/fire demolishing Climadef plant.

24 March: Gas explosion destroyed 8 blocks of flats - left crater 150' wide/50' deep.

2 May: Explosion on Piper Bravo platform, scene of the Piper Alpha tragedy of 1988. Second gas leak in six weeks. Oilmen evacuated to safety.

July: Fire caused by electrical fault led to fire by High Street Kensington underground station. 357 passengers evacuated & major disaster avoided because no train was in the tunnel.

25 October: Fire at Taiwan karaoke bar. Already fined 10 times since 1993 & ordered to close down for violating fire regulations.

8 December: Fire at Friendship Hall cinema packed with nearly 800 people including 500 children.

24 May: Stampede during "stoning the devil" ritual of Moslem pilgrimage at Mecca - victims crushed.

20 April: Little Massingham - Toxic chemicals dumped and set alight near village

24 May: Commuter plane crashes during thunderstorm shortly after take-off

Summer 1995: Drought orders put Yorkshire Water in dock

26 June: Burning wax from candle factory fire sets alight cars and blocks drains

5 July: Coach crash on the A40

9 July: Blocks of flats destroyed by gas explosion

16 September: 60 families evacuated after fire hits Golden Mile19 September: Stena Challenger runs aground off Calais

5 December: Riots set alight 3 buildings, 50 others damaged with 10 cars

1 April: 4000 evacuated to allow a half ton German bomb to be defused.

23 November: Stampede after police baton charge at Indian protest about priority quotas for government jobs and state-run educational institution places caused death/injury.

21 October: Sungsu Bridge collapsed during rush-hour. Vehicles plunged into Han River.

24 May: Stampede of Moslem pilgrims during "stoning the devil" ritual. 100s die each year. Moslems believe a person who dies during the haj goes straight to heaven.

15 October 1994: Head on rail crash after driver ran a red signal near Cowden, Kent

July: Spanish coach overturned on motorway in southern France killing 22 people, mainly students.

December: Headmaster Philip Lawrence stabbed to death while trying to defend a pupil from street gang.

28/29 March: Police officers traumatised by Hillsborough commence claim for compensation

21 August: OFWAT starts inquiry into failure of some water companies to supply water

9 October: Faulty light causes fire at BASF warehouse containing 10,000 tonnes plastic chips

24 December - 1 January: Severe weather damages Scottish homes to tune of £30m. 120,000 Scots affected.

19 April: 200lb car bomb blast blew up Federal Office block. Dead included 20 children.

19 January: Helicopter ditches after being hit by lightning. 16 oilmen and 2 crew rescued.

17 April: Port hull of Saint Malo Ferry holed while rounding Corbiere Point going to the Island of Sark from St Helier. All 300 passengers rescued.

28 April: An Airtours McDonnel Douglas MD83's undercarriage collapsed under the stress of a 100mph touchdown with 178 people on board. Five passengers taken to hospital.

23 May: British Legion coach plunged down an embankment and overturned in a ditch near the Severn Bridge.

7 June: Southend Pier, the world's longest pier, ravaged by fire. 100 fire-fighters tackled the blaze. No casualties.

19 August: Bush fires sweep through Malvern Hills. Blaze scorched 4 sq miles of countryside. Army called in to help 200 fire-fighters. 25 homes evacuated.

11 November: Two trains crashed. More than 200 passengers had to climb over tracks to safety.

1 April: Romanian Airbus crashes on outskirts of Bucharest.

28 May: 2,977 inhabitants. 2,200 victims buried. 406 found alive. 1841 dead.

17 June: Holiday coach crash

29 June: Shopping Mall collapsed. Two days later, 240 still missing.

26 July: 9lb bomb blast in underground.

4 December: Fire in karaoke bar17 April: Fire in unlicensed karaoke parlour15 February: Fire at karaoke parlour/restaurant

31 December: Fire in the Switel Hotel at New Year's eve13 December: Racially motivated riots in Brixton area of London.

October: Peter Starrs, mental patient, threatened to "do a Dunblane".

9 February: IRA bomb blasts South Quay. £100m plus damage.

17 July: Town hit by acid alert. Hundreds of people trapped in their homes after 20 tonnes of hydrochloric acid leaked from tank at chemical plant. 60 fire-fighters from East Sussex battled to clear up the pollution.

28 April: Gas explosion in S Korea's third largest city. Blast at a subway construction site in central Taegu took place in rush-hour.

28 April: Cliff-side viewing platform collapsed into gorge at Cave Creek. Designed to carry weight of 10 people - 18 on it when it gave way.

31 January: Guard killed/30 injured in accident at Aisgill on Settle/Carlisle railway.

23 December: Fire in public hall caused by electrical short circuit/explosion of gas cylinder killed at least 425 people, half of them children, at annual prize-giving.

17 September: Explosion/fire started in indoor market, spread through town centre properties. Hundreds of holiday-makers evacuated from hotels/guest houses.

23 May: Coach carrying Royal British Legion pensioners plunged of M4 and overturned.

5 July: Coach on trip to Stratford on Avon overturned on roundabout at Raglan, South Wales.

10 July: Double-decker, Alicante-based coach carrying 57 teenagers overturned near Avignon. 2 coach company directors arrested after discovery that drivers had broken work rules & speed limits.

10 July: Lorry ploughed into coach trying to turn onto motorway access road at Troussey

20 March: Nerve gas sarin released on Tokyo underground - 5000-6000 people exposed

September: Man entered school by back door whilst deliveries being made, claimed he had a gun. By the time help arrived he had gone.

October: Gunman fired an air rifle into Craigmuir Primary School classroom with three- and four-year-old children.

8 July: Horrett Campbell carried out machete attack on nursery school children at St Luke's Infant School in Blakenhall. Teacher, Lisa Potts along with three young children and three mothers received horrific injuries.

February 1996: Loss by South West Water of water to the sea during the previous summer creates headlines.

15 February: Sea Empress ran aground off St Anne's Head. 150,000 tonnes of crude oil spilt over next 10 days.

19 February: Tankers crash on A19 and spill highly toxic chemicals into nearby brook. A19 closed for 4 days.

18 February: Bus blown apart in Wellington Street by IRA bomb.

8 March: Two freight trains collide.

15 July: Belgian Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed at Eindhoven Air Base.

27 February: Fire in karaoke club16 June: Crowd surge at Zambia-Sudan football match16 October: Crowd surge at stadium before a World Cup qualifying match.

29 March: Fire in department store killed 77 - thought figure might rise to 200.

11 April: Fire at Dusseldorf international airport. (Disaster report/newspaper clip)

3 October: Blaze at chemical compound at Albright & Wilson.

18 February: IRA bomb accidentally explodes on board London bus. Police found explosives in the home & garden of IRA bomber in Lewisham. Homes in immediate area evacuated. Fatality = IRA terrorist.

13 March: Thomas Hamilton entered Dunblane Primary School and shot/injured pupils/staff before committing suicide. (Source: The Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996: The Hon Lord Cullen)

26 June: Grand Hotel - fire. 90 fire-fighters using 17 fire appliances fought the blaze. All guest safely evacuated. No casualties.

18 February: Flats in Carlisle Road unsafe due to partial collapse of scaffolding. 10 occupants evacuated to Sackville Hotel.

27 February: 120-vehicle in two separate crashes which took place in sudden fog at the same spot on the E17 motorway between Antwerp & Lille. Vehicles caught fire

26 August: 117 passengers rescued off French owned catamaran Trident Seven en route from Guernsey to Jersey.

10 February: Toyohama tunnel on northern Japanese island of Hokkaido collapsed under a rockslide, trapping a busload of people in rubble & icy mud. Estimated 22 people in the bus and one car.

15 December: 68,000-ton grain freighter 'Bright Field' collided into crowded riverside shopping centre/hotel.

28 June: Russian cruise ship 'Alla Tarasova' carrying 71 passengers/68 crew broke down off-shore en-route from Leith-Kirkwall in Orkney. Rescue services assisted and ship finally limped into Peterhead.

19 March: Fire in crowded night spot killed 160, mostly teenagers celebrating the start of the school holidays.

18 November: Fire broke out in train. 30 evacuated from freight shuttle which was halted 8 miles from France.

4 February: Ninety people escaped when an explosion and fire rocked 13-storey tower block in Manchester.

21 November: Fire in 16-storey commercial building - started in lift shaft and engulfed almost every floor. Fire burnt for nearly 22 hours.

8 August: North London Railways (now Silverlink) passenger train passed signal at danger and collided with empty coaching stock train at Watford South Junction, Hertfordshire. (HSE Rpt from Internet)

11 May: VluJet flight crashed into swamp. Cargo fire caused by oxygen generators missing safety caps.

7 February: Boeing 757 carrying German tourists home from Caribbean crashed into sea shortly after take off from Puerto Plata

23 February: 2 RN aircrew died when their Sea-Harrier T-4 jump-jet crashed on training flight in thick fog near Churchstanton, Somerset

11 May: ValuJet Airlines DC-9 aircraft on internal flight crashed in Everglades National Park, Florida - in inaccessible swampland

24 November: Hijacked Boeing 767 crashed into sea off Cormoros Islands

15 July: Hindu worshippers killed/injured in rush to bathe in River Ganges.

1 April: Express from Barcelona to Malaga derailed near Guadalajara.

15 July: Belgian C-130 Hercules carrying members of a Dutch military band crashed on landing at Eindhoven airport

29 August: Russian Tupolev 154 aircraft crashed into a mountain on approach to airport at Spitzbergen. Most of victims were coalminers and their families returning from holiday.

9 October: Russian Antonov cargo plane crashed into a village near Turin airport. 20 people on board survived.

12 November: Mid-air collision near New Delhi between Saudi Arabian Airlines jet and an incoming KazAir Ilyushin IL-76 freighter seven minutes after the Saudi jumbo had taken off from New Delhi.

8 December: KLM Fokker 50 from Rotterdam crash landed at Heathrow and veered 50 yards off runway. Injured include 2 passengers suffering from heart conditions and taken to hospital for check-up.

15 July: At least 60 people trampled or suffocated & scores injured in stampedes when Hindu worshippers gathered to celebrate a new moon festival

28 April: Gunman (Martin Bryant), using military-style weapon, shot and killed 35 people on shooting rampage at Port Arthur. (Source: Port Arthur Seminar Papers - 11-12 March 1997)

16 October: Crushing incident at a World Cup qualifying fixture between Guatemala and Costa Rica at the Mateo Flores Stadium. (Source: Football Licensing Authority Inspectorate report: Chalmers JA & Froggatt JW Dip Arch Dip Arch Cons RIBA: December 1996)

12 January: Italy's high-speed train 'Pendelino' derailed at Piacenza, 30 miles south of Milan

31 March: Train from Barcelona to the Basque town of Irun, on the French frontier, derailed about 20 miles from Pamplona. Reports stated the train was travelling at 85mph on track with 18mph speed limit

20 November: Freight train pulling tankers full of petrol & heating oil derailed & exploded as it travelled through Elsterwerda station. 2 fire-fighters killed & 3 rescue workers seriously injured.

10 July 1997: Landslide caused by recent earthquakes, collapsed during torrential rain. Tons of mud & rocks swept over the village as people slept.

30 July 1997: Landslide about 50ft wide and swept at least 650ft down side of hill at Thredbo, 250 miles south-west of Sydney.

2 November: 100-vehicle pile up in fog on A12 between Chelmsford and Marks Tey, near Colchester. 1000 vehicles gridlocked as rescuers cleared 15 mile stretch of road.

11 March: 26 vehicles involved in two pile-ups on either side of dual carriageway at Crathorne, N Yorks.

10 March: 110 vehicles involved in three multiple collisions in fog - Alvechurch, H&W.

19 September: Crowded Swansea-Paddington train crashed into empty freight train which was being shunted across the main line. (newspaper/video clips)

27 October: 3,000 tonne dredger Sand Kite crashed into the Thames Barrier and partially sank in dense fog.

28 December: United Airlines jumbo jet bound for Honolulu with 393 people aboard his massive turbulence.

16 April: Armed men burst into discotheque and set it on fire with petrol.

6 August: Boeing 747 crashed on hillside close to Guam airport.

12 August: Twin Squirrel helicopter & Katana DV 20 motor glider crashed after mid-air collision.

10 March: Three multiple collisions in dense fog involving 110 vehicles on M42 left 3 dead and 62 injured.

29 September: Tourist coach & several trucks among more than 100 vehicles involved in 4 separate crashes near Rouen on the A-13 motorway which runs between Paris and Caen.

13 August: Bus hit rear of truck carrying corn that was turning onto the RN10 highway between Bayonne & Bordeaux.

2 November: 60+ vehicles in pile-up in dense fog on A12 between Chelmsford & Marks Tey

27 October: 3,000-tonne dredger 'Sand Kite' collided into the Thames Barrier in dense fog. Crew of ten evacuated safely but two required treatment for minor injuries.

4 October: Cruise ship 'Romantica' carrying 500 passengers including 120 Britons caught fire.

14 July: Footbridge collapsed as 370-strong Australian squad was making its entrance for ceremonial opening of Maccabiah Games.

7 May: Scaffolding collapsed onto Glasgow's Byres Road trapping a number of people in shops & offices.

24 January: Fire broke out in engine room of Thames ferry, The Wilkins Micawber, off Cuckold's Point at Deptford.

12 August: Pilot of microlight aircraft killed when his machine crashed after take-off.

11 August: Pilot & passenger of S Yorks based helicopter killed when it crashed in a field near M6 near Carnforth in Lancs. They were carrying out routine aerial gas pipeline checks for Transco.

20 July: Hot air balloon crash landed onto electricity cables, disintegrated in ball of fire near Humber Bridge, East Yorkshire

28 December: 1000 people evacuated from their homes as 60 tons of vinyl chloride monomer was moved from an overturned freight wagon near Cadaxton station.

8 November: Deadly chlorine gas from swimming baths accidentally pumped through underground ventilation system of shopping centre in Basingstoke.

6 May: Twin-seater Cessna 152 crashed in field at Fankerton, Denny after taking off from Cumbernauld Airport on aerial photographic mission.

4 August: Pilot successfully crash landed BA Advanced Turbo Prop aircraft after warning light sowed fault with the undercarriage. 70 passengers and crew evacuated safely.

12 August: Crews of a helicopter & a motor glider escaped death after crashing following mid-air collision at Long Marston, N Yorks.

17 September: Hot air balloon ripped and caught fire - fell 2,500 ft. 3 honeymoon couples on board (one couple British)

15 September: Baltimore airshow: F117A Nighthawk disintegrated while performing manoeuvres. Pilot ejected safely with no serious injuries. Four people on the ground suffered minor injuries..

5 November: Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340 made successful emergency landing at Heathrow.

6 December: Russian Antonov-124 cargo jet crashed on takeoff demolishing block of flats and a children's home. 23 on board killed along with dozens on the ground.

20 December: Ukrainian airline crashed into slopes of Mt Olympus.

23 February: Fire swept through Hindu convention of 10,000 pilgrims.

13 June: Fire at cinema

5 September: Storm levelled sports stadium collapsed during political rally

7 January: Eight car pile-up near Garstang in Lancashire.

19 December: Singapore SilkAir Boeing 737-300 on route from Jakarta to Singapore crashed into swamp near Palembank in south Sumatra.

23 February: Two explosions from seventh floor of 36-storey President Tower followed by fire.

15 April: Fire killed at least 300 Moslems from a crowd of 2 million, mostly from India, Pakistan & Bangladesh, who had gathered for the hajj, one of Islam's most sacred rituals.

26 June: Gas blast in tower block on Kerrin Point estate in Kennington, south London, left 100 people homeless.

11 July: Fire in 16-storey Royal Jomtien Resort hotel. Fire in a wok set off a series of gas explosions from gas canisters stored nearby.

20 August: 12 people buried under tonnes of grain/concrete after blast in 13,000 cubic metre silo owned by grains storage firm Semabla.

12 December: Simple fire above hamburger restaurant at Heathrow's Terminal 1 became more serious after grease in extractor duct caught alight.

26 July: One of the Royal Jordanian Falcons aerobatics team failed to pull out of loop due to engine failure - crashed on crowd at air show

5 September: Storm levelled rickety stadium at electoral rally of the Colorado Party.

September: Buckingham Palace agreed to extend the length of funeral procession of Princess Diana to give more people access

12 October: Last flying Messerschmitt 109 fighter crashed close to M11 near Duxford Imperial War Museum during air show

26 July: Single-seat plane, part of Royal Jordanian Falcons aerobatics team crashed at international air show.

17 June: Violent storms/flash flooding in north-western region of Normandy killed 4 people.

3June: InterCity Express from Munich to Hamburg crashed into a bridge near Eschede.

23 January 1998: 1000ft long wall of snow swept away a group of school children and their guides trekking in the French Alps. 9 students, 2 teachers died. Nine other students/2 adults injured

3 June: InterCity Express from Munich to Hamburg crashed into bridge near Eschede, Lower Saxony. Germany's worst post-war rail accidents.

4 September: Boeing 757, owned by Canadian charter company Royal Air en route from Toronto to Glasgow - smoke in cockpit - forced to turn and make emergency landing at Goose Bay, Newfoundland.

2 September: Swissair - Flight 111 en route from New York to Geneva crashed five miles from Nova Scotia coastline.

11 December: Thai Airways airbus from Bangkok crashed into swamp. Two Britons confirmed dead.

18 March: Nosewheel undercarriage of BA turboprop aircraft collapsed on landing. Airport closed for three and a half hours.

31 March: Emerald Airways HS-748 carrying 40 Leeds United players, officials and supporters back to Yorkshire forced to make crash landing after one of the aircraft's engines exploded in flames during take-off.

7 January: Three lorries/two cars involved in collision on M6. Two truck drivers/one car driver died.

16 December: Five-storey block of flats built in 1950s collapsed at dawn.

27 July: Suspected arson attack on unlicensed karaoke club in northern Taiwan.

9 April: Muslim pilgrims killed during symbolic ritual of "stoning the devil"Preparations for total eclipse of the sun in 1999.

18 September: Ferry 'Princess of the Orient' sank during heavy storm. 323 survivors rescued.

20 July: 70,000-ton liner 'Ecstasy' carrying 2,500 passengers caught fire. Everyone evacuated with 60 suffering minor injuries.

3 March: Part of the ceiling in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace collapsed during an Investiture hitting and injuring a man.

30 October: Fire broke out in crowded discotheque at around midnight as 400 teenagers attended Halloween party. (Source: newspaper reports)

8 October: Sulphur Dioxide leaked at British Sugar factory, York causing eye/throat irritation resulting in the night workers being taken to hospital for treatment.

3 February: US Airforce Grumman EA-6B Prowler jet's wing sliced through 4inch thick cables of the Cavalese-Cermis ski-lift in northern Italian Alps sending a cabin plunging 650ft.

17 February: Taiwanese passenger jet crashed into row of houses near Chiang Kai-shek airport.

5 April: Blast at Skochinsky coal mine one of the country's worst mining disasters.

14 August: Scores evacuated from Thistle Hotel next to Aberdeen Airport after fire started in plant machinery room on the roof.

26 October: Fire/explosion in Blackburn's Fish Bar on New Cross Road, south east London reduced building to rubble.

15 August: Car bomb detonated in market town of Omagh minutes before carnival parade was due to pass by.

29 June: Body of 25 year old man found in tent on Glastonbury Festival site. Post mortem to be carried out

15 December: RTA in thick fog on M20 at J9 Ashford turn-off in Kent. Many vehicles involved - some on fire.

6 August: Coach crash in Vierzon, Central France - Edinburgh Boys' Brigade going on activity holiday. 40 children + 6 adults on board.

22 October: Ferry sank in Philippines - 14+ dead, many missing, over 300 rescued.

7 April: 7000 shoppers evacuated from Wellgate Shopping Centre, Dundee following reports of a fire in a ground-floor shop of the precinct. q

17 November: Explosion in fireworks factory at Uffculme, Mid Devon. (Unpublished report)

12 April: German monorail filled with morning commuters derailed and plunged 30ft into the Wupper river.

1 January 1999: Snow swept down hillside taking out a wall and part of the roof of a school where up to 500 people had gathered in the gymnasium. (Kangiqsualujjuaq = 900 miles north of Montreal)

February 1999: 20,000 British tourists stranded in ski resorts of Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany. (see newspaper cuttings: avalanches/landslides)

19 September: Coach carrying 52 Spanish pensioners from Madrid to Catalonia skidded in heavy raid & overturned in ditch near Zaragoza.

26 November: High-speed catamaran "Sleipner" carrying 89 passengers & crew split apart and sank after hitting a rock at the entrance to Boemla fjord about 190 miles west of Oslo.

11 November: 30-year old, five-storey, block of flats collapsed.

30 October: Fire at karaoke bar

1 September: Boeing 737 crashed in flames on take-off.

7 November: Monrovian-registered cargo vessel "Dole America" (10,000 tonne fruit-cargo ship) stranded after hitting Nab Tower lighthouse off Isle of Wight.

19 May: Build-up of LPG on board barge in a Penryn boat yard resulted in explosion killing two adults. The owner's daughter survived relatively uninjured.

21 May: Cruise ship 'Sun Vista' suffered engine fire and sank. Over 1,000 passengers/crew escaped.

19 March: 200 people evacuated from homes in Dunnet Head after the multitank 'Ascania' carrying 1700+ tonnes of vinyl acetate caught fire. All 15 crew members airlifted to safety.

8 July: Fire on the ferry "Princess Ragnhild" carrying 1,167 passengers/172 crew. 70-year old lady died later of heart failure.

22 October: Fires swept through two Austrian discos where patrons were dancing ankle-deep in polystyrene chips.

23 June: Virgin express carrying 132 passengers travelling on West Coast line ran into back of local train. Driver prevented disaster by applying brakes & spraying sand onto tracks. Only 4 injured detained in hospital.

19 August: Two men died in suspected chemicals leak at ENG Ltd, West Bromwich.

1 July: 20 staff travelling to an international Alpine observatory died in St Etienne-en-Dzoluy in the Hautes Alps when a cable car plunged 250 ft to the ground after a cable broke near the top of the lift

29 May: Fire in the Tauern Tunnel in the Austrian Alps caused by lorry carrying paint chemicals being hit be another vehicle.

24 March: Belgian truck carrying margarine and flour broke out into flames in the MontBlanc tunnel, trapping dozens of cars. Victims asphyxiated by carbon monoxide and then incinerated as vehicles exploded (newspaper clip/Disaster Management & Preparedne

18 June: Incident involving two vehicles at automatic barrier level crossing at Cookham Station (HSE Rpt from Internet)

18 October: Passenger train from Victoria to Hastings collided with train of empty coaches at Lewes. (HSE Rpt from Internet)

23 June: Virgin Trains Euston to Glasgow express collided with rear end of First North Western Crewe to Manchester empty coaching stock train at Winsford South Junction. (HSE Rpt from Internet)

8 January: Thameslink Brighton to Bedford train collided with Connex South Eastern train from Dover Priory to London Charing Cross at Spa Road near London Bridge. (HSE Rpt from Internet)

24 February: Russian-made Tupolev 154 crashed near Wenzhou after report of mid-air explosion

23 August: McDonnell Douglas MD-11 - on landing, engine fired, plane flipped and skidded to a halt upside down. 300 people escaped with 101 of those walking away unhurt.

3 September: 11-seater Cessna bound for Palma crashed and exploded after take-off

15 September: Boeing 757 crashed while landing - passengers jumped to safety but Spanish air traffic controllers unaware of crash. Emergency services took an hour to arrive.

31 October: Boeing 767-300 vanished from radar 50 minutes after leaving John F Kennedy airport.

22 December: Korean Air Boeing 747 crashed soon after take-off from Stansted

1999: London riots

23 August: Airbus A320 crashed while trying to land with apparent engine fire.

3 April: Workers killed when the building in which they were working collapsed.

7 February: Hi-jacked Afghan airliner arrived Stansted with 160 hostages.

3 October: Fire destroyed derelict 112-year old Hogg of Hawick knitwear factory. Injured man had been watching the fire and was assaulted by 4 youths.

28 May: 54 Pop fans - mainly 14-18 year olds - crushed when high-heeled girls fleeing a downpour slipped on wet steps. (

27 December: Race meeting abandoned after car bomb threat, 20,000 evacuated (newspaper clip of 7/1/01 reporting evacuation of Uttoxeter)

30 April: Nail bomb explosion in Soho area of London. Indications that the device was similar to bombs used in previous two weeks in Brixton and Brick Lane which injured 44 people.

22 October: Hawk aircraft from RAF Leeming crashed near A6 at Shap, Cumbria killing its 2 crew.

3 February: 15 children + 5 adults on Prince's Trust sailing day. One dinghy overturned trapping one person underneath.

21 May: Fire on board luxury liner ‘Sun Vista’ travelling from Phuket in Thailand to Singapore. 1092 passengers/crew on board - spent 6 hours in the water before help arrived.

24 August: Collision between luxury liner Norwegian Dream carrying 2500 passengers/crew and container ship Ever Decent carrying toxic substances, followed by fire on Ever Decent.

5 October: Two trains collided at Ladbroke Grove, just outside Paddington station.

23 June: London-Glasgow Virgin rail train collided with a stationary local train near Winsford, Cheshire.

8 July: 1300 passengers rescued from Norwegian ferry, Prinsesse Ragnhild en route Kiel-Oslo. Fatality was woman who died later from suspected heart attack.

17 July: Boeing 737-200 crashed into houses short of the runway at Patna whilst pilot tried to make emergency landing.

27 August: Europe's highest tower, the 1771 ft Ostankino TV building in Moscow caught fire. The dead were trapped in a lift.

27 April: P&O vessel 'Aquitaine' carrying 1,241 passengers/123 crew struck its berth in Calais. 30 suffered 'minor injuries'.

20 May: Concrete footbridge collapsed on to Highway 29 at Concord, NC as fans were leaving a stock car race.

16 April: Bombs with toxic gas were thrown into a crowded night-club provoking panic.

24 March: Wall collapsed at a packed disco after a teargas canister went off, sparking a stampede.

7 July: Fans surged towards stage during Roskilde Festival. 26 required medical attention.

13 May: 100 tonnes fireworks & other explosives detonated after a fire in factory of SE Fireworks situated in the middle of housing estate of Mekkelholt in northern Dutch city of Enschede.

5 June: Eurostar travelling at 155 mph & carrying 501 passengers from Paris to London partially derailed in northern France.

11 November: Fire on board a funicular train in the Kitzteinhorn tunnel.October: Two teenage girls died on school field trip in Yorkshire Dales.

28 August: Notting Hill Carnival - 2 men murdered

25 December: Partygoers trapped in disco fire.

16 May: BA flight from Manchester to Belfast developed problems with undercarriage. Pilot circled for three hours to burn off excess fuel before making successful emergency landing.

June: Two electric trains, both equipped with radios, collided on a single-track line in a 100-yard tunnel near the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain.

25 July: Air France Concorde bound for New York crashed into a hotel just outside Paris just after take-off

26 September: Ferry, "Express Samina" carrying 500 passengers hit rocks in force eight gale and sank.

9 July: Police caused stampede by firing tear-gas near end of football match between Zimbabwe & S Africa.

8 August: Terrorist bomb exploded in pedestrian subway under Pushkin Square at height of rush hour.

8 August: Car bomb explosion in Madrid - 12 hours after four members of separatist group ETA were killed transporting another bomb in Balbo and a Basque businessman was killed by a second bomb.

2 April: 100 people involved in violence after football match between Birmingham City/Wolverhampton Wanderers. 2 men suffered head injuries - one left in critical condition.

29 December: Man broke into cockpit of Nairobi bound Boeing 747-4000 and tried to crash the plane. He was overpowered and crew regained control.

1 June: Light aircraft carrying jockeys Frankie Detorri and Ray Cochrane crashed at Newmarket. Pilot killed.

13 June: Air ambulance crashed into River Mersey killing the patient, his wife, two nurses and the pilot.

October: Boeing 747 burst into flames shortly after take-off during storm and crashed at Tai Pai - 179 on board, 65+ dead

8 September: Coach carrying British elderly holidaymakers crashed in Tonopah, Nevada.

17 October: GNER London-Leeds train, travelling at over 100 mph, derailed at Hatfield, Herts. Broken rail found to be the "substantial" cause of the accident.

18 March: Four teenage girls crushed to death when panic erupted in a 1500-strong crowd waiting to see British boy band a1.

12 March: Two London-bound trains collided at Hither Green station in Lewisham during morning rush hour.

11 April: Crowd surge into Ellis Park stadium during football match between Kaizer Chiefs/Orlando Pirates

16 April: Explosion involving LPG at Conoco, third biggest British oil refinery at South Killingholme, near Immingham. 200 ft plume visible ten miles away.

10 May: Police fired teargas grenades into football crowd causing panic leading to death of 130 people.

24 May: Third floor of the Versailles banqueting hall collapsed as 650 guests celebrated wedding. Nine people taken into custody including building's 4 owners, engineers and inventor of cheap method of construction.

8 November: Explosion and fire at furnace number 5 at Port Talbot steelworks

2 May: May Day riots in London

1 January: Fire engulfed bar where up to 700 were celebrating the New Year.

6 January: 5,000 racegoers evacuated from Uttoxeter following bomb hoax.

27 September: Friedrich Leibacher entered Swiss assembly firing randomly with an assault rifle then shot himself.

3 July: Fire in 15-storey block of seaside flats. RAF Sea King involved in rescue of residents

22 July: 8 children/2 elderly women crushed returning from firework festival. Poor safety precautions/fight between local youths among causes for incident which occurred when spectators panicked on footbridge.

7 July: Storms across France uprooted tree which fell onto spectators at outdoor concert

24 June: 28 rescued from Corkscrew ride at Alton Towers after being stranded 12ft off the ground.

24 October: Fire caused by crash about a mile from southern exit of Gotthard Tunnel.

12 November: Two months after terrorist attack on WTC, Airbus A300 crashed into New York suburb of Queens killing all on board plus more on the ground.

25 November: Crossair jet (4-engined RJ-100 Avro Jumbolino) en route Berlin to Zurich cashed into woodland a few miles short of airport.

22 July: 8 children/2 elderly women crushed on way home from seaside firework festival.

30 December: Fireworks explosion caused fire in shopping centre after shop owner lit firecracker to advertise his wares

21 March: 6,000-ton landslide crashed into Shanklin Beach Hotel - 170 evacuated from hotel and neighbouring flats.

2 January: Couple trapped in car after first of two landslides. Second landslide resulted in one death and one injury.

11 September: Terrorist attacks on WTC and the Pentagon with a third plane crashing in Pennsylvania.

28 February: Vehicle leaves M62, lands on main east coast railway line. 0559 GNER York-Kings X collides and in turn crashes into oncoming freight train. Six passengers & four railway staff died: 76 people taken to hospital

8 December: 150 people were evacuated from clubs, bars and flats as fire spread through Old Town, Edinburgh.

2 January: 150 residents evacuated from two seaside villages in Cornwall after oil tanker ran aground and was in danger of exploding

12 April: Fire at Distillex Chemical Plant - second incident in nine weeks (previous one a chemical leak) - no-one injured but hundreds of families evacuated.

10 May: 1245 WAGN service from King's Cross to King's Lynn derailed at Potters Bar.

26 April: Robert Steinhauser shot and killed 13 teachers, 2 students and a policeman before shooting himself in Erfurt school.

2 June: Fire at Buckingham Palace during preparation for Golden Jubilee concert.

29 March: 30-vehicle pile-up in fog on A1 near Boroughbridge.

30 August: Grade 2 listed TSB building in Grainger Street, Newcastle collapsed.

2 June: Pilot of a two-seater jet trainer was killed when his Czech-built L-39 trainer aircraft ran off the end of a runway at Duxford and crashed on to M11. Passenger scrambled from wreckage with minor injuries.

8 June: Twelve Women's Institute members treated for serious injuries & 31 hurt when their bus hurtled out of control down a steep hill known as The Struggle in the Lake District.

17 May: Fire on board North Sea Ferry "Princess of Scandinavia" - en route from Newcastle to Sweden - 150 miles south east of Aberdeen and carrying almost 900 passengers

4 April: 3,500 guests from Center Parcs in Elveden Forest, Suffolk evacuated when fire swept through main complex.

16 July: 11 oil men killed when helicopter crashed into North Sea close to Shell-Esso rig on the Leman Field off Norfolk Coast (newspaper reports)

27 July: Su-27 fighter jet crashed into crowds at an air show in Ukraine. Death toll included at least five children, predicted to be the world's worst air-display disaster.

1 July: Collision between a Russian charter Tupolev 154 airliner carrying 69 people, including 52 teenagers and other children, and a Boeing 757 operated by the parcel company DHL. (newspaper reports)

6 November: Fire broke out on German-owned train heading from Paris to Vienna near eastern French city Nancy

16 November: Coach, with 43 passengers and two drivers was returning to Worcestershire after a day trip to Boulogne when it left the M25 between junctions 15 and 16.

2 August: Farnbrough air show - Harrier GR7 jump jet crashed into sea during display - pilot ejected safely

28 March: 100-vehicle pile-up in fog on M40 at Tame. One of the dead was the motorcyclist involved in original 2-vehicle collision.

28 March: M5 near Weston super Mare. Lorry smashed through central reservation into oncoming traffic taking a car with it.

29 March: Jack-knifed caravan involved in 30 vehicle pile-up followed by other crashes involving 50-60 vehicles in total on A1 near Boroughbridge, N Yorks. Road closed for 12 hours while vehicles were removed.

25 April: Tanker carrying sulphuric acid collided with lorry on A19 on Teesside. Both drivers trapped but not seriously injured.

16 November: M25 near Heathrow. Coach travelling from day trip in France back to Evesham, Worcestershire crashed. Two of the dead were the drivers of the coach.

29 October: Dozens injured when section of railing broke in football stadium causing spectators to fall into the concrete "moat".

18 February: Fire in a storeroom at the Monks Cross Shopping Park clothing store. Complex closed for three hours while fire-fighters from 4 stations dealt with the blaze.

17 February: Stampede to escape a Chicago night-club after security guards tried to break up a fight by firing pepper spray.

8 December: 150 people evacuated from clubs, bars and flats as fire spread quickly through Old Town (designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1995)

20 February: Fire swept through a night-club after rock band's pyrotechnic display. (Source: newspaper reports)

22 July: Terrorist bomb explosions

15 February: Roof collapsed into swimming pool complex.

18 February: Kim Dae Han, a man with a history of mental illness set fire to a crowded underground train.

25 January: At 1.55pm as the westbound train, carrying 800 people pulled into Chancery Lane, four carriages left the rails at high speed, smashing their sides and plunging into darkness.

10 July: Minibus carrying holidaymakers along M56 from hotel in Didsbury to Manchester airport crashed into central reservation.

12 July: Vintage Fairy Firefly aircraft crashed into field while performing acrobatic display at Duxford Air Show in Cambridgeshire.

17 July: Students and teachers from a Newcastle school got into difficulty during end of term beach party. Newbiggin lifeboat + 2 other boats/helicopter involved in rescue. One x 13-year old kept in hospital for observation.

23 July: RAF Hawk from Anglesey crashed near A170 between Sinnington and Pickering on North York Moors. Pilot ejected to safety.

15 November: Gangway collapsed leading to the newly built Queen Mary II, still in dry dock at St Nazaire, sending people 50m to the ground.

20 November: Two Al-Qaeda suicide bomb attacks: one at HSBC HQ and second at British Consulate. British Consulate among the dead.

24 November: Fire swept through a crowded hostel at Moscow's university for students from the developing world.

19 January: Norwegian owned vessel, MS Rocknes, capsized off coast of Bjoroey on route to Emden, Germany.

31 January: Fire at Rose Bank Care Home, Uddington, Lanarkshire. Cause thought to be electrical fault in store cupboard.

14 February: Trolley carrying rails broke away from maintenance yard at Tebay and careered silently down west coast line crashing into maintenance workers killing 4 and injuring 3.

18 February: Freight wagons carrying petrol, sulphur, fertiliser and cotton wool rolled unmanned away from station and derailed at Neyshabur. Fire-fighters almost had fire under control when explosion occurred causing multi deaths/injuries.

11 May: Explosion at Stockline Plastics factory in Glasgow. (Source: newspaper reports)

23 May: Charles De Gaulle airport - 160ft section of Terminal 2E airport roof collapsed. Building only 11 months old, built at cost of £500 million. (Source: newspaper reports)

24-26 May: Fire at Momart warehouse in east London destroyed millions of pounds worth of art spanning 50 years work (Source: newspaper reports)

1 August: Fire spread through supermarket in Ascunsion. (Source: newspaper reports)

16 August: Residents airlifted to safety and motorists stranded when flash floods triggered by torrential rain hit Boscastle. (Source: newspaper reports)

1 September: Chechen rebels hold schoolchildren and their families hostage for three days. (Source: newspaper reports)

6 November: London-Plymouth express crashed into car which had stopped on level crossing at Upton Nervet. (Source: newspaper reports)8 October: Two suicide bombers drove truck into front of the Taba Hilton, on Egypt's border with Israel. (Source: newspaper reports)

26 December: Undersea earthquake in Indian Ocean sent tsunami to seven countries in Asia: Sri Lanka; Indonesia; India; Thailand; Malaysia; Somalia; Maldives killing around 226,000 people and leaving millions destitute. (Source: newspaper reports & New Scientist magazine)

January: Severe storms caused widespread flooding, especially in Carlisle and with hurricane force winds causing much damage including sweeping away a family of five into the sea in Scotland as they tried to get away from their home. (Source: newspaper reports)

21 March: 16-year old schoolboy Jeff Weise shot and murdered his grandparents then went to his school, Red Lake School, Minnesota, and killed three pupils, a teacher and a security guard before shooting himself. (Source: newspaper reports)

23 March: Explosion sounding like a sonic boom wrecked a British-owned BP oil refinery at Texas City, Galveston, and produced a fireball with flames shooting 70ft high. (Source: newspaper reports)

15 April: Fire gutted the six-storey Paris-Opera hotel used by budget tourists and as short-term accommodation for homelss families. Later reported that it may have been accidentally started by a woman who had thrown clothes over lit candles. (Source: newspaper reports)

19 June: Two hours of torrential rain during freak thunder storm resulted in flash floods over several villages on the North York Moors. (Source: newspaper reports)

7 July: Three bombs detonated by suicide bombers on underground trains just outside Liverpool Street and Edgware Road stations, and on another travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square. A fourth explosion happened on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. (Source: newspaper/media reports)

21 July: Four more attempted bombings, similar to those of 7 July. All attempts failed giving police much forensic material. (Source: (BBC News website)

29 August: Hurricane Katrina hit coastal areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi causing massive damage to infrastructure and extensive flooding. Louisiana and Mississippi were most affected with thousands of people evacuated from their homes. (Source: newspaper reports)

28 July: A tornado lasting just four minutes hit Birmingham. Wind speeds of between 115 and 136 miles per hour were recorded. (Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2005/07/28/tornado_feature.shtml)

1 October: Three suicide bombers detonated their bombs in crowded bars/restaurants on the island of Bali. (Source: newspaper reports)

11 December: Three explosions caused a massive fire that destroyed the northern half of the 100 acre Buncefield oil depot. Tanks contained a variety of fuels - unleaded, super unleaded motor spirit, gas oil and ultra low sulphur diesel (excluding aviation fuel) (Source: newspaper reports)

3 February: Crowded car ferry sank during across the Red Sea. Rescuers found around 230 survivors from more than 1,400 passengers and crew on board the Egyptian-owned vessel AlSalam Boccaccio 98. (Source: The Express: February 4, 2006 Saturday - U.K. 1)

2 January: Weight of snow caused roof to collapse on ice rink (Source: newspaper reports)

28 January: Weight of snow caused roof to collapse on crowded exhibition hall. (Source: newspaper reports)

20 August: Jet crashed on take-off. (Source: newspaper reports)

3 July: Speeding underground train ran off the tracks and overturned. (Source: newspaper reports)

3 December: Explosion at Festival Fireworks, Ringmer. (Source: Crisis Response Vol 3 Issue 2 p14-15)

7 December: Tornado hit Kensal Rise, London. 200 homes wrecked. (Source: newspaper reports)

3 January: Aberdeenbound coach overturned near Heathrow on the M4 sliproad to the M25 (Source: newspaper reports)

January: Worst storms since 1990 battered the UK resulting in death, severe disruption and damage. (Source: newspaper reports)

23 February: Glasgow bound Virgin train derailed and slid down embankment. (Source: newspaper reports)

June/July: Flooding affected numerous counties causing widespread disruption. (Source: newspaper reports. Update when/if official report published)

1 August: Bridge over Mississippi collapsed during evening rush hour traffic. At time of report, 30 people still missing. (Source: newspaper reports)

30 June: Blazing jeep driven into Glasgow airport main terminal in failed terror attack. Driver of jeep died later in hospital. (Source: newspaper reports)

7 November: 18-year old Pekka-Eric Auvinen shot 8 people before shooting himself at Jokela High School, 30 miles north of Helsinki. (Source: newspaper reports)

17 January: Boeing 777 made emergency landing at Heathrow. 136 passengers safely evacuated, some with minor injuries. (Source: newspaper reports)

11 September: Fire in freight train carrying lorries from Britain to France. 26 rail trucks incinerated in temperatures reaching 1,800 degree Fahrenheit (Source: newspaper reports)

31 December: Fire started by fireworks in Bangkok Santika nightclub. (Source: newspaper reports)

27 November: Britons among hundreds of people attacked and massacred in hotel siege. (Source: newspaper reports)

2 January: Fire at Royal Marsden cancer hospital in Chelsea, West London. Around 80 patients evacuated. (Source: newspaper reports)

15 January: US Airways flight 1549 bound for N Carolina crashed into Hudson River. 150 passengers and 5 crew safely evacuated. (Source: newspaper reports)