List of disasters in Poland by death toll

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Listed below are the worst disasters in Poland's history, listed by death toll. This list excludes warfare, the Holocaust and intentional acts of destruction, but may include accidents in which the military, Polish or foreign, was involved (e.g. Osiecznica bus disaster - a collision between a Polish bus and a Soviet Army's truck).

Some of the disasters listed here occurred outside of current Polish borders (e.g. the Smolensk Tu-154 crash) or in times when Poland was not internationally recognized (e.g. during the partitions of Poland), but the predominant number of victims were either Poles or Polish citizens.

Over 100 confirmed deaths[]

• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055, 1987 (9 May), Warsaw, 183 killed
• , 1896, Katowice (then German Empire), 104 killed
• , 1954 (21 March), Chorzów, 103 killed

40 to 99 confirmed deaths[]

• Smolensk Tu-154 crash, 2010 (10 April), Smolensk, (Russia), 96 killed, including Polish president Lech Kaczyński, his wife and other political and military officials.
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007, 1980 (14 March), Warsaw, 87 killed
• , 1958 (28 August), Zabrze, 72 killed
• Otłoczyn railway accident, 1980 (19 August), near , 67 killed
• Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse, 2006 (28 January), Chorzów, 65 killed
• , 1928, (4 July), 62 killed
• , 1955 (11 May), Wielopole Skrzyńskie, 58 killed
• 1997 Central European flood, 1997 (July), western Poland, 56 killed
• , 1980 (31 October - 1 November), Górna Grupa, 55 killed
• MS Jan Heweliusz, 1993 (14 January), Baltic Sea (near Rügen Island), 55 killed
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, 1969 (2 April), Polica (near Zawoja), 53 killed
• Rotunda PKO Bank explosion, 1979 (15 February), Warsaw, 49 killed

20 to 39 confirmed deaths[]

• 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash, 1978 (16 March), Gabare (Bulgaria), 39 Poles killed (out of 73 total fatalities)
• , 1971 (26–27 June), Czechowice-Dziedzice, 37 killed
• 1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash, 1962 (19 December), Warsaw, 33 killed
• PKS Gdańsk bus crash, 1994 (2 May), Gdańsk-Kokoszki, 32 killed
• , 1978 (15 November), Wilczy Jar (n. Żywiec-Oczków), 30 killed
• , 1881 (25 December), Warsaw, 30 killed
• Grenoble coach crash, 2007 (22 July), Vizille (France), 27 killed
• , 1976 (3 November), Julianka (n. Częstochowa), 25 killed
• Osieck rail crash, 1981 (4 June), Osieck, 25 killed
• , 1985 (8 February), North Sea, 24 killed
• Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire, 2009 (13 April), Kamień Pomorski, 23 killed
• , 2006 (22 November), Ruda Śląska, 23 killed
• fire in Stocznia Gdańska, 1961 (13 December), 23 killed
• , 1995 (17 April), Gdańsk, 22 killed
• Mirosławiec air accident crash, 2008 (23 January), Mirosławiec, 20 killed
• , 1983 (20 January), Mediterranean, 20 killed
• , 18 September 2009, Ruda Śląska – a methane explosion killed 12 in the coal mine and a further 8 would die in hospital^[1]

15 to 19 confirmed deaths[]

• , 2002 (1 July), n. Balaton (Hungary), 19 killed
• , 1990 (10 January), Ruda Śląska, 19 killed
• , 1968 (20 March), valley on Sněžka mountain (n. Karpacz), 19 killed
• , 2010 (12 October), Nowe Miasto nad Pilica, 18 killed
• "Mysłowice" coal mine disaster, 1987 (4 February), Mysłowice, 18 killed
• trawler explosion in Stocznia Gdańska, 1980 (18 June), Gdańsk, 18 killed
• , 1975 (1 August), Gdańsk, 18 killed
• , 1965 (10 January), North Sea, 18 killed
• Polish Air Force An-24 crash, 1973 (28 February), Szczecin airport 18 killed
• , 1976 (1 February), Gdańsk, 17 killed
• Szczekociny rail crash, 2012 (3 March), Szczekociny, killed 16
• Ursus rail crash, 1990 (20 August), Ursus (n. Warsaw), 16 killed
• , 1973 (27 August), Radkowice, 16 killed
• , 1978 (22 January), n. Osiecznica, 15 killed
• , 1967 (7 December), Szczecin, 15 killed

10 to 14 confirmed deaths[]

• , 2010, (26 September), Schönefeld (Germany), 14 killed
• , 1981 (27 April), Szczecin, 14 killed
• , 1955 (10 May), North Sea, 14 killed
• , 1886 (13 May), Krosno Odrzańskie, 13 killed
• , 1960, (6 January), Izbicko, 13 killed
• , 2007 (21 August), Mazury (north-eastern Poland), 12 killed
• , 2005 (30 September), Sikory-Wojciechowięta (n. Stare Jeżewo), 12 killed
• , 1997 (5 May), Reptowo (n. Szczecin), 12 killed
• , 1972 (3 June), (n. Bydgoszcz), 12 killed
• , 1956 (4 October), North Sea, 12 killed
• , 1977 (9 July), Mirków (n. Wrocław), 11 killed (unofficial - 32 killed)
• , 2002 (10 February), 10 killed
• , 1991 (10 January), n. Cisna, 10 killed
• , 1988 (4 June), Drogomil (n. Bytom Odrzański), 10 killed
• , 1988 (19 May), Piła, 10 killed
• , 1975 (10 January), Hanstholm (Denmark), 10 killed
• , 1971 (23 March), Zabrze, 10 killed
• , 1966 (22 March), Wrocław, 10 killed

Fewer than 10 confirmed deaths[]

• Bratoszewice level crossing collision, 30 July 2012, 9 killed^[2]
• , 7 December 1983, 8 killed
• , 8 April 2017, 6 killed^[3]
• 2008 Poland tornado outbreak, 15-16 August 2008, 4 killed
• 25 June 2020, 1 killed

See also[]

• List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
• List of disasters in Australia by death toll
• List of disasters in Canada by death toll
• List of disasters in Croatia by death toll
• List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
• List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
• List of disasters in the United States by death toll

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