This is a list of structural failures and collapses, including bridges, dams, and radio masts/towers.

Antiquity to the Middle Ages

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
226 BCColossus of Rhodes CollapseCity of Rhodes, Island of Rhodes (now Greece) Statue
27Fidenae amphitheatre collapseFidenae, Italia, Roman Empire Amphitheatre20,000+ dead
ca. 27–30Tower of SiloamJerusalem, Judea, Roman Empire Tower18 dead
140Upper tier collapse of the Circus MaximusRome, Italia, Roman Empire Amphitheatre~13,000 dead
312Milvian BridgeRome, Italy Bridge
558Dome of Hagia SophiaConstantinople, Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) Church
1091London BridgeLondon, England Bridge
1275 St. Servatius Bridge Maastricht, Netherlands Bridge ~400 dead
1284Choir of Beauvais CathedralBeauvais, France Church
1303Lighthouse of AlexandriaAlexandria, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt) Tower
1322Ely Cathedral Tower collapseEly, Cambridgeshire, England Church
1342Judith BridgePrague, Kingdom of Bohemia Bridge
1382Bell tower of St. Mary's ChurchStralsund, Duchy of Pomerania, Hanseatic League (now Germany) Church
1444Rialto BridgeVenice, Republic of Venice (now Italy) Bridge
1500Malmesbury AbbeyMalmesbury, Wiltshire, England Church
1529St Elizabeth's ChurchBreslau, Silesia, Hapsburg lands, Holy Roman Empire (now Poland) Church
1549Lincoln CathedralLincoln, Lincolnshire, England Church
1573Tower of Beauvais CathedralBeauvais, France Church
1577MartinikerkGroningen, free city (now the Netherlands) Church

17th–19th centuries

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1625Tower of St. Olaf's ChurchTallinn, Sweden (now Estonia) Church
1647Tower of St. Mary's ChurchStralsund, Duchy of Pomerania (now Germany) Church
1661Tower of St. Reinold's ChurchDortmund, Hanseatic League (now Germany) Church
1666St. Peter's ChurchRiga, Sweden (now Latvia) Church8 buried in rubble
17th centuryAbbaye-aux-HommesCaen, France Church
1674Nave of the Dom ChurchUtrecht, Netherlands Church
1697Tower of St. Michael's ChurchKlausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) Church
1713St. Mary's ChurchTwickenham, England, Great Britain (now UK)Church
ca. 1715Marsalforn TowerXagħra, Gozo, Malta Tower
1721St. Peter's ChurchRiga, Sweden/Russia (now Latvia) Church
1763Tower of St. Michael's ChurchKlausenburg, Habsburg monarchy (now Romania) Church
1807Eitai BridgeTokyo, Japan Bridge500-2,000 dead
1809Ponte das BarcasPorto, Portugal Bridge4,000 dead
1821Saalebrücke bei Mönchen-NienburgNienburg, Germany Bridge55 dead
1831Broughton Suspension BridgeBroughton, Greater Manchester, England, UK Bridge0 dead, 20 injured
1845Yarmouth suspension bridgeGreat Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK Bridge79 dead
1847Dee bridge disasterChester, England, UK Bridge5 dead, 9 injured
1850Angers BridgeAngers, Maine-et-Loire, France Bridge226 dead
1854Wheeling Suspension BridgeWheeling, West Virginia, United States Bridge0 Dead
1860Pemberton MillLawrence, Massachusetts, US ~145 dead, ~166 injured
1860Wootton bridge collapseWootton, Warwickshire, England, UK Bridge2 dead
1860Bull bridge accidentAmbergate, Derbyshire, England, UKBridge
1861Chichester Cathedral spire collapseChichester, West Sussex, UK Church
1863Chunky Creek Bridgebetween Meridian and Vicksburg, Mississippi, United StatesBridge
1864Dale Dike ReservoirSouth Yorkshire, England, UK Dam240+ dead[1]
1868Saint Peter's Church spire collapseFritzlar, Hesse, Prussia, North German Confederation Church21 dead, 31 injured
1873Dixon Bridge DisasterDixon, Illinois, United States Bridge46 dead, 56 injured
1876Ashtabula River railroad disasterAshtabula, Ohio, US92 dead, 64 injured
1879Tay Bridge disasterDundee, Scotland Bridge~75 dead, With 60 known
1887Bussey bridge disasterBoston, Massachusetts, US Bridge38 dead, 40 injured
1888Big Four BridgeKentucky, United States Bridge37 dead
1889South Fork DamJohnstown, Pennsylvania, US Dam2,209 dead
1890Walnut Grove Dam[2]Wickenburg, Arizona Territory, US Dam100–150 dead
1891Münchenstein rail disasterMünchenstein, Basel-Landschaft, SwitzerlandBridge73 dead, 171 injured
1895Ireland BuildingNew York City, New York, USOffice building16 dead, 12 injured
1896Point Ellice Bridge disasterVictoria, British Columbia, CanadaBridge55 dead
1897Maddur Railway BridgeMaddur, India Bridge150 dead

1900–1949

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
19001900 Big Game disasterSan Francisco, California, United States Factory23 dead, 100+ injured
1902St. Mark's CampanileVenice, Italy
1902Ibrox disasterGlasgow, Scotland, UKStadium25 dead, 500+ injured
1904Eden railroad bridge collapseEden, Colorado, US Bridge111 dead
1905Egyptian BridgeSaint Petersburg, Russia Bridge
1905Portage Canal Swing BridgeHoughton, Michigan, United States Bridge
1905Grover Shoe FactoryBrockton, Massachusetts, US Factory58 dead, 150 injured
1906National Electric Signaling Company mastMachrihanish, Scotland Guyed mast
1907Quebec BridgeQuebec City, Quebec, Canada Bridge75 dead, 11 injured
1911Romanov BridgeZelendosk, Russian Empire Bridge13 dead
1912Mast of Nauen Transmitter StationNauen, GermanyRadio tower
1915Division Street BridgeSpokane, Washington, US Bridge5 dead, 12 injured
1916Quebec BridgeQuebec City, Canada Bridge13 dead
1919Molasses TankBoston, Massachusetts, USTank21 dead, 150 injured
1922Knickerbocker TheatreWashington, D.C., USCinema building98 dead, 133 injured
1925Three masts of Norddeich Transmitting StationNorddeich, GermanyRadio tower
1925Pickwick ClubBoston, Massachusetts, USBuilding44 dead, 24 injured
1927Western mast of Deutschlandsender ZeesenZeesen, GermanyGuyed mast
1928St. Francis DamSanta Clarita, California, US Dam~600 dead[3]
1930Towers of Sender StadelheimMunich, GermanyRadio tower
1935Wooden tower of Rundfunksender LangenbergLangenberg (Rheinland), GermanyRadio tower
1937New London SchoolNew London, Texas, USSchool~300 dead
1938Kugaiza Cinema collapseTokamachi, Niigata, Japan Cinema building69 dead, 92 injured
1939Sandö BridgeKramfors, Ångermanland, Sweden Bridge18 dead
1939Collapse of Utbremen Radio TowerBremen, GermanyRadio tower
1940First Tacoma Narrows BridgeTacoma, Washington, US Bridge
1940Theodor Heuss BridgeLudwigshafen, Germany Bridge
1945Hindenburg BridgeCologne, Germany BridgeUnknown
1945Ludendorff BridgeRemagen, Germany Bridge~18–33 dead, ~63–93 injured
1949Two masts of the Langenberg transmission towerLangenberg (Rheinland), GermanyRadio tower
1949Inotani wire bridgeToyama, Toyama, Japan Bridge29 dead
1949Mast of the Transmitter Hamburg-BillstedtHamburg, West GermanyRadio tower

1950–1979

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1951Duplessis bridge collapseQuebec, CanadaBridge4 dead
1953Tangiwai BridgeTangiwai, New ZealandBridge151 dead
1957WSM-TV TowerNashville, Tennessee, USGuyed mast (under construction)4 dead
1957Rail bridge near St Johns railway stationLewisham, London, UKBridge90 dead, 173 injured
1958Second Narrows BridgeVancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBridge19 dead
1958LORAN-C transmitter Carolina BeachCarolina Beach, North Carolina, USRadio tower
1958Collapse of the Ochsenkopf TransmitterOchsenkopf, GermanyGuyed mast
1959Vega de TeraRibadelago, SpainDam144 dead
1959MalpassetCôte d'Azur, FranceDam423 dead
1959 October cinema collapse Bryansk, USSR Cinema 46 dead, at least 123 injured
1960KOBR-TV TowerCaprock, New Mexico, USGuyed mast
1962LORAN-C transmitter EjdeEjde, Faroe Islands, DenmarkRadio tower
1962King Street BridgeMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaBridge
1963Beaver Dam BridgeMurdochville, Quebec, CanadaBridge6 dead
1963Vajont DamFriuli-Venezia Giulia, ItalyDam~1,900–2,500 dead
1963Baldwin Hills ReservoirLos Angeles, California, USDam5 dead
1964General Rafael Urdaneta BridgeMaracaibo, VenezuelaBridge
1965Mast of Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitterIwo Jima, Ogasawara Subprefecture, JapanRadio tower6 dead
1966Heron Road BridgeOttawa, Ontario, CanadaBridge9 dead, 60+ injured
1967Queen Juliana BridgeWillemstad, CuraçaoBridge15 dead
1967Waltham transmitting stationWaltham, UKGuyed mast
1967Silver BridgePoint Pleasant, West Virginia, USBridge46 dead
1968Ronan Point collapseLondon, UKHigh rise4 dead, 17 injured
1968KELO TV TowerRowena, South Dakota, USGuyed mast
1969FM-/TV-Mast of Marnach transmitterMarnach, LuxembourgGuyed mast
1969Emley Moor TV mast collapseEmley, West Yorkshire, UKGuyed mast
1970Orlunda radio transmitter central mast collapseOrlunda, SwedenGuyed mast
1970West Gate BridgeMelbourne, AustraliaBridge35 dead, 18 injured
1970Britannia BridgeMenai Strait, Wales, UKBridge
1970Cleddau BridgePembroke Dock and Neyland, Wales, UKBridge4 dead, 5 injured
1970Wau Apartment collapseSeoul, South KoreaResidential building34 dead, 40 injured
19712000 Commonwealth Avenue collapseBoston, Massachusetts, USCondominium building under construction4 dead, 30 injured
1971South BridgeKoblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West GermanyBridge under construction13 dead, 13 injured
19711971 Certej dam failureCerteju de Sus, Hunedoara County, RomaniaDam89 dead, 76 injured
1972Buffalo Creek FloodWest Virginia, USDam125 dead, 1,121 injured
1972Königs Wusterhausen Central TowerKönigs Wusterhausen, GermanyLattice tower
1973 Skyline Towers collapse Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia, US Building under construction 14 dead, 35 injured
1973Broadway Central Hotel, Mercer Arts CenterNew York, NY, USHotel and theaters4 dead, at least 12 injured
1973Zeulenroda Artificial Lake bridgeZeulenroda, Germany (GDR)Bridge (under construction)4 dead
1974Makahali River bridgeBaitadi, NepalBridge140 dead
1974Miami DEA building collapseMiami, US4-story office building7 dead[4]
1975Tasman Bridge disasterHobart, Tasmania, AustraliaBridge12 dead
1975Banqiao and Shimantan DamsZhumadian, Henan, ChinaDam~85,600 to 240,000 dead
1976Teton DamIdaho, USEarthen dam11 dead
1976Sendeanlage Burg SL-3Burg bei Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, West GermanyGuyed mast
1976ReichsbrückeVienna, AustriaBridge1 dead
1976Pic de Nore transmitterPic de Nore, FranceGuyed mast
1977KSLA-TV TowerMooringsport, Louisiana, USGuyed mast
1977Kelly Barnes DamGeorgia, USDam39 dead
1977 Granville rail disaster Granville, NSW, Australia Bridge 83 dead, 213 injured
1977 Pushkino bridge collapse Pushkino, Moscow Oblast, USSR Bridge 23 dead, 125 injured
1978Hartford Civic CenterHartford, Connecticut, USArena
1978Sender ZehlendorfZehlendorf bei Oranienburg, GermanyGuyed mast
1978Willow Island Cooling TowerWillow Island, West Virginia, USCooling tower under construction51 dead
1978Connor HotelJoplin, Missouri, USHotel slated for demolition2 dead, 1 injured
1979Kemper ArenaKansas City, Missouri, USStadium
1979Sender KraschBernklau, Czechoslovakia (now part of Czech Republic)Guyed mast
1979Blåbärskullen transmitterSunne, SwedenPinnacle of guyed mast

1980–1999

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
1980Almö BridgeStenungsund, SwedenBridge8 dead
1980Corralejas stadium collapseSincelejo, Sucre, ColombiaStadium200+ dead
1980Hayakawa wire bridgeSaito, Kyūshū, JapanBridge (suspension)7 dead
1980Sunshine Skyway BridgeTampa Bay, Florida, USBridge35 dead
1981Harbor Cay Condominium collapseCocoa Beach, Florida, USBuilding11 dead, 23 injured
1981Hyatt Regency walkway collapseKansas City, Missouri, USWalkway114 dead, 216 injured
1981Chimney of Matla Power StationMpumalanga, South AfricaChimney4 dead
1982Aviamotornaya escalator collapseMoscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet UnionEscalatorAt least 8 dead, at least 30 injured
1982Lawn Lake DamRocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USDam3 dead
1982Tous DamValencia, SpainDam30+ dead or injured
1982Senior Road Tower collapseMissouri City, Texas, USGuyed mast5 dead
1982Sophia Gardens PavilionCardiff, Wales, UKConcert hall
1983Mianus River BridgeGreenwich, Connecticut, USBridge3 dead, 3 injured
1983CKX-TV Craig Television TowerSouris, Manitoba, CanadaGuyed mast
1983Wavre TV MastWavre, BelgiumGuyed mast
1983 Kurgan dormitory collapse Kurgan, USSR Dormitory 15 dead
1985Val di Stava Dam collapseItalyDam268 dead
1985Apartment Building CollapseCastellaneta, ItalyApartment Building21 dead, 9 injured[5]
1986Hotel New World DisasterLittle India near Serangoon Road, SingaporeHotel33 dead, 17 injured
1987L'Ambiance Plaza collapseBridgeport, Connecticut, USResidential tower28 dead
1987Schoharie Creek Bridge collapseFort Hunter, New York, USBridge10 dead
1988Dzhrashen SchoolSpitak, ArmeniaElementary school400 dead[6]
1988Multrå transmitterSollefteå, SwedenPinnacle of guyed mast
1988Mainbrücke Stockstadt (Aschaffenburg Main River Freeway Bridge)Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, West GermanyBridge under construction1 dead
1988Station Square collapse (Save-On-Foods collapse)Burnaby, British Columbia, CanadaRooftop parking structure21 injured
1988Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal bridgeButterworth, Penang, Malaysia Bridge
1988Green Bank TelescopeGreen Bank, West Virginia, US Parabolic dish (diameter: 90.44 m (297 ft))
1989Tennessee Hatchie River BridgeTennessee, USBridge8 dead
1989Civic TowerItalyTower4 dead, 15 injured
1989Cypress Street ViaductOakland, California, USBridge42 dead
1991Astram Line steel bridgeHiroshima, JapanBridge15 dead
1991Festival PierLondon, England, UKPier
1991Warsaw Radio Mast collapseGąbin, PolandGuyed mast (646 m (2,119 ft))
1992Armand Césari Stadium disasterBastia, Haute-Corse, FranceStadium18 dead, 2,300+ injured
1993Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter mast collapseCape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador, CanadaMast
1993Collapse of the Royal Plaza HotelNakhon Ratchasima, ThailandHotel137 dead, 227 injured
1993Highland Towers collapse (Block 1)Selangor, MalaysiaResidential towerAt least 48 dead, unknown injured
1994Casino supermarket collapseNice, FranceRoof of the commercial building2 dead, 94 injured
1994Retirement Home collapseMotta Visconti, ItalyRetirement Home27 dead
1994Marja store collapseTallinn, EstoniaCommercial building5 dead
1994Seongsu Bridge disasterSeoul, South KoreaBridge32 dead, 17 injured
1995Cave Creek disasterPaparoa National Park, New ZealandViewing platform14 dead, 4 injured
1995Sampoong Department Store collapseSeoul, South KoreaCommercial building502 dead, 1,445 injured
1995Alfred P. Murrah Federal BuildingOklahoma City, USGovernment building168 dead, 680 injured
1995 Taganrog Iron & Steel Factory collapse Taganrog, Russia Factory 14 dead, 17 injured
1996Baikong Railway bridgeRuyuan County, Guangdong, ChinaBridge29 dead
1996Koror-Babeldaob BridgeKoror and Babeldaob, PalauBridge2 dead
1996Walnut Street Bridge collapseHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, USBridge
1997Opuha DamNew ZealandDam
1997Maccabiah bridge collapseTel Aviv, IsraelBridge4 dead, 62 injured
1997KXJB-TV mast collapseTraill County, North Dakota, USGuyed mast
1997WLBT Tower collapseRaymond, Mississippi, USTower
1997Knick-EiHalstenbek, GermanySports hall
1998Palace II collapseRio de Janeiro, BrazilResidential tower8 dead
1998Knick-EiHalstenbek, GermanySports hall
1998 Nalchik sport center balcony collapse Nalchik, Russia Balcony in sport center 23 dead, 47 injured
1999Gdynia Shipyard crane crashGdynia, PolandCrane
1999Russian apartment buildingsMoscow, Volgodonsk and Buynaksk, RussiaResidential buildings307 dead, 1,000+ injured
1999Via Giotto in Foggia building collapseFoggia, ItalyResidential building67 dead, 3 injured
1999 Aggie Bonfire collapse College Station, Texas, US Bonfire 12 dead, 27 injured
1999Big Blue Crane collapseMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USCrane3 dead, 5 Injured

2000–2009

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
20002000 Baia Mare cyanide spillBaia Mare, RomaniaEmbankment dam
2000Pier Number 34 (Club Heat)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USPier3 dead, dozens injured
2000Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse over Highway 15Laval, Quebec, CanadaOverpass1 dead, 2 injured
20001601 Park Avenue apartment building collapseLos Angeles, CaliforniaResidential apartment building1 dead, 36 injured
2000Hoan BridgeMilwaukee, Wisconsin, USBridge
2000Lowe's Motor SpeedwayConcord, North Carolina, US Bridge107 Injured
2001Hintze Ribeiro BridgeEntre-os-Rios, Castelo de Paiva, PortugalBridge59 dead
2001Versailles wedding hall collapseJerusalemWedding hall23 dead, 380 injured
2001World Trade CenterNew York City, New York, USSkyscraper2,763 dead
2001Queen Isabella CausewayPort Isabel and South Padre Island, Texas, USBridge8 dead
2001Kadalundi River rail bridgeIndiaBridge57 dead
2002Buran hangar collapseBaikonur, Kazakhstan/RussiaHangar8 dead
2002I-40 bridge disasterWebbers Falls, Oklahoma, USBridge14 dead, 11 injured
2002 VertiGo (ride) Sandusky Ohio, US Amusement ride [7]
2003 Hengzhou Towers Hengyang, China mixed-use apartment [8] 20 dead
2003Silver Lake Dam failureMarquette County, Michigan, USEmbankment dam
2003Kinzua BridgeKinzua Bridge State Park, Pennsylvania, USBridge
20032003 Chicago balcony collapseChicago, Illinois, USBalcony13 dead, 57 injured
2004Big Bay DamMississippi, US Dam[9]
2004Camará DamBrazil DamAt least 3 dead
2004Collapse of the Terminal 2E roof, Charles de Gaulle AirportRoissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, FranceAirport terminal4 dead, 3 injured
2004Transvaal ParkMoscow, RussiaWater park28 dead, 193 injured
2004Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Bridge crane collapseConnecticut, USBridge-deconstruction crane1 dead
2004Peterborough radio mastPeterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UKGuyed mast
2004Nicoll Highway collapseKallang, SingaporeTunnel under construction4 dead, 3 injured
2005Shakidor DamPakistan Dam~70 dead
2005Margalla TowersIslamabad, Pakistan Residential building78 dead, 100+ injured
2005Taum Sauk ReservoirLesterville, Missouri, USDam5 injured
2005School No. 4Zverevo, Rostov Oblast, RussiaSchool3 dead, 1 injured[10]
2005Gerrards Cross TunnelGerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UKTunnel
2005Sadaf ManzilNagpada, Mumbai, IndiaResidential building11 dead, 24 injured
2005 Chusovoy swimming pool collapse Chusovoy, Russia Swimming pool 14 dead, 11 injured
2006Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapseBad Reichenhall, GermanyStadium roof15 dead, 32 injured
2006Katowice Trade Hall roof collapseKatowice, PolandMarket roof65 dead, 170 injured
2006Basmanny market roof collapseMoscow, RussiaMarket roof66 dead, unknown injured
20062006 Lagos building collapsesLagos, NigeriaThree buildings – one residential, commercial and under construction, respectivelyAt least 28 dead, at least 86 injured
2006Interstate 88 bridge collapseUnadilla, New York, USBridge2 dead[11]
2006Big Dig ceiling collapseSouth Boston, Massachusetts, USCeiling tile1 dead, 1 injured
2006De la Concorde overpass collapseLaval, Quebec, CanadaOverpass5 dead, 6 injured
2007Crab House – Floor collapsed into the waterWildwood Crest, New Jersey, USBuilding9 injured
2007Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapseGrevenbroich-Neurath, GermanyPower station under construction3 dead, 6 injured
2007WNEP-TV TowerPenobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, USGuyed mast
2007I-35W Mississippi River bridge collapseMinneapolis, Minnesota, USBridge13 dead, 145 injured
2007Collapse of bridge over the Jiantuo River during constructionHunan, ChinaBridge50+ dead, ~90+ injured
2007Collapse of Cần Thơ BridgeCần Thơ, VietnamBridge52–59+ dead, 140–189+ injured
2007Estádio Fonte NovaSalvador, BrazilStadium7 dead, 40 injured
2007Charleston Sofa Super StoreCharleston, South Carolina, U.S.Furniture store9 firefighters killed, 18 injured
2008Hornslet wind-turbine collapseHornslet, DenmarkWind turbine
2008303 East 51st Street crane collapseManhattan, New York City, USCrane7 dead, 24 injured
2008Belyayevka SchoolBelyayevka, Orenburg Oblast, RussiaSchool5 dead, 4 injured[12]
2008Christian rock concert stage collapseAbbotsford, British Columbia, CanadaStage40+ injured
2009Historical Archive of the City of Cologne collapseCologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyBuilding2 dead
2009Collapse of Lotus Riverside Block 7Shanghai, ChinaResidential building1 dead
2009Broadmeadow viaductMalahide, IrelandBridge
2009Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin StadiumTerengganu, MalaysiaStadium
20092009 Korba chimney collapseKorba, Chhattisgarh, IndiaAt least 45 dead, 7+ injured
2009Big Valley Jamboree stage collapseCamrose, Alberta, CanadaStage1 dead, ~75 injured
2009Jaya SupermarketPetaling Jaya, MalaysiaSupermarket7 dead, unknown injured
2009Kota Chambal Bridge collapseKota, IndiaBridge48 dead, unknown injured

2010–2019

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
2010Collapse of 45J Ma Tau Wai RoadHong KongBuilding4 dead
2010Bab Berdieyinne Mosque minaret collapseMeknes, Fès-Meknès, MoroccoReligious building
2010Myllysilta (Mill Bridge)Turku, Southwest Finland, FinlandBridge
2010Lalita Park building collapseNew Delhi, IndiaBuilding
2010Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapseMinneapolis, Minnesota, USStadium roof
2010Ikeja City MallLagos, NigeriaMall5 injured
2010 Stadium Southland Invercargill, South Island, New Zealand Stadium roof
2011Lift bridge WaddinxveenWaddinxveen, NetherlandsBridge
2011WEAU-TV, WAXX-FM TowerFairchild, Wisconsin, USGuyed mast
2011De Grolsch Veste stadium roof collapseEnschede, Overijssel, NetherlandsStadium roof2 dead, 14 injured
2011Ottawa Bluesfest stage collapseOttawa, Ontario, CanadaStage3 injured
2011Indiana State Fair stage collapseIndianapolis, Indiana, USStage7 dead, 58 injured
2011Pukkelpop stage collapseHasselt, Flemish Community, BelgiumStage
2011QAL scaffold collapseGladstone, Queensland, AustraliaScaffold
2011 PGC office building collapse[13] Christchurch, South Island New Zealand Commercial building 18 dead
2011Canterbury Television Building collapseChristchurch, South Island New ZealandCommercial building115 dead (collapsed during earthquake)
2011Kutai Kartanegara Bridge CollapseKutai Kartanegara Regency, IndonesiaBridge20 dead, 39 injured
2011 O'key hypermarket collapse Saint Petersburg, Russia Shopping mall 1 dead, 17 injured
2012Vieira Fazenda office block collapsePraça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOffice buildings17 dead
2012Radiohead stage collapseToronto, Ontario, CanadaStage1 dead, 3 injured
2012Algo Centre MallElliot Lake, Ontario, CanadaShopping mall2 dead, 22 injured
2012Miami Dade College parking garageMiami, Florida, USParking garage4 dead, 7 injured[14]
2012Longwave transmitter Europe 1, Mast 2Felsberg-Berus, Saarland, GermanyGuyed radio mast
2012Sasago TunnelBorder of Kōshū and Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture, JapanCeiling tile9 dead, 2 injured
2013Dar es Salaam building collapseDar es Salaam, TanzaniaResidential building36 dead, 17/18 injured
2013Thane building collapseThane, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaBuilding under construction[15][16]74 dead, 60–62 injured
2013Rana Plaza collapseSavar, Dhaka, BangladeshCommercial building[17]1,134 dead, 2,500+ injured
201322nd and Market building collapsePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Building6 dead, 13 injured[18]
2013Penang Second BridgePenang Island, MalaysiaBridge1 dead, 3 injured
2013Row houses collapse 400 block of Daly StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USRow houses8 injured[19]
2013I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapseSkagit County, Washington, U.S.Bridge3 injured[20]
2013Building under constructionSao Paulo, BrazilBuildingAt least 6 dead, at least 20 injured[21]
2013Residential buildingMumbai, IndiaBuildingAt least 61 dead, at least 32 injured[22]
2013Space building collapseMedellín, ColombiaResidential building12 dead[23]
2013Maxima superstoreRiga, LatviaCommercial building54 dead[24]
2013Apollo TheatreLondon, UKTheatre76 injured[25]
2014Gyeongju Mauna Resort Gymnasium collapseGyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, South KoreaGymnasium10 dead, 124 injured[26]
2014 Death of Keane Wallis-Bennett Edinburgh, Scotland Freestanding wall 1
2014Croce del Papa collapseCevo, ItalyGuyed mast (inclined)1 dead
2014P'yŏngch'ŏn apartment block collapsePyongyang, North KoreaBuilding100+ dead (unconfirmed)[27]
2014Vilémov Bridge collapseVilémov, CzechiaBridge4 dead (cs)
2014Synagogue Church building collapseLagos, NigeriaBuilding115 dead[28]
2015Military training center barracksOmsk, RussiaBuilding23 dead[29]
2015I-10 bridge collapseDesert Center, California, USBridge1 injured[30]
2015Mecca crane collapseMecca, Makkah Province, Saudi ArabiaCrane118 dead, 394 injured
2015Dharahara (earthquake, 25 May)Kathmandu, Nepal19th-century tower200 dead
2015Mariana dam disaster Mariana, Minas Gerais, BrazilTailings dam19 dead, ~16 injured
2016Weiguan Jinlong (earthquake, 6 Feb)Tainan, TaiwanResidential building114 dead
2016 Perkolo Bridge (sv) Nord-Fron near Sjoe, Sel, Norway Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber 0 dead, 1 injured[31]
20162016 Lagos building collapseLagos, NigeriaBuilding under construction
2016Vivekananda Flyover BridgeKolkata, West Bengal, IndiaFlyover bridge[32]
2016Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre, City University of Hong KongKowloon Tong, Hong KongRoof collapse3 injured[33]
2016Fengcheng power station collapseFengcheng, Jiangxi, ChinaCooling tower under construction74 dead, 2 injured[34]
2016 Uyo Church collapse Uyo, Nigeria Church 60 dead[35]
2017Juice TankLebedyan, RussiaTankresulted in a flooding of Lebedyan with 28 million liters juice
2017Plasco BuildingTehran, IranShopping mall21 dead, 70 injured, 1 missing
2017Troja Pedestrian Bridge collapsePrague, CzechiaBridge4 injured
2017Eindhoven Airport parking garage collapse[36]Eindhoven, NetherlandsBuilding under construction
2017I-85 Overpass collapseAtlanta, Georgia, USAOverpassNo fatalities or injuries reported
2017 Highway overpass collapse during maintenance works[37] Camerano, Italy Highway overpass 2 dead, 3 injured[38]
2018Merriweather Post Pavilion collapseColumbia, Maryland, USPavilion[39]
2018 Indonesia Stock Exchange floor collapse Jakarta, Indonesia Suspended walkway 72 injured[40]
2018 Chirajara bridge collapse Chirajara, Colombia Partially constructed motorway bridge 9 dead, 5 injured[41]
2018 Cirebon dance hall collapse Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia Building 7 dead[42]
2018 Yun Tsui residential building collapse Hualien City, Taiwan Residential building 14 dead[43]
2018 Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse Miami, Florida, United States Walkway At least 6 dead, 9 injured[44]
2018 Edifício Wilton Paes de Almeida collapse São Paulo, Brazil Building At least 7 dead[45]
2018 Kundal Shahi bridge collapse Kundal Shahi, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Walkway At least 12 dead, 11 injured, unknown missing[46]
2018 Zhejiang bridge collapse Zhejiang, China Bridge 8 dead, 3 injured[47]
2018 Ponte Morandi collapse Genoa, Italy Highway bridge 43 dead, 16 injured
2018 San Giuseppe dei Falegnami collapse Rome, Italy Church 0 dead or injured
2018 2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia Apartment building 39 dead, 17 injured
2018 2018 Marseille building collapse Marseille, France Apartment building 8 dead, 2 injured
2019 2019 Lagos school collapse Lagos, Nigeria Residential building 20 dead, over 60 injured
2019 Zadra (roller coaster) Zator, Poland Roller Coaster
2019 Notre-Dame de Paris fire Paris, France Cathedral roof and spire collapse 3 injured
2019 Sihanoukville building collapse[48] Sihanoukville, Cambodia Partially constructed building collapse 28 dead, 26 injured
2019 Montana State University gym roofs collapse Bozeman, Montana, United States 2 gymnasiums 0
2019 Building collapse in Mumbai Mumbai, India Residential building 2
2019 Dharwad building collapse Dharwad, India commercial complex 19 dead, 82 injured
2019 AFAS Stadion roof collapse[49] Alkmaar, Netherlands Stadium roof 0
2019 Hard Rock Hotel collapse New Orleans, United States Partially constructed hotel collapse 3 dead, 18 injured
2019 Mirepoix-sur-Tarn bridge collapse Mirepoix-sur-Tarn, Occitanie, France Bridge 2 dead
2019Brumadinho dam disasterBrumadinho, BrazilTailings dam270 dead

2020–present

Year Structure Location Type Casualties
2020 Kep building collapse Kep, Cambodia Tourist guesthouse under construction 36 dead, 26 injured[50]
2020 Palmerah West Jakarta four-story building collapse Jakarta, Indonesia Building 11 injured[51]
2020 Collapse of Xinjia Express Hotel Quanzhou, Fujian, China Hotel 29 dead
2020 Caprigliola bridge collapse Caprigliola, Tuscany, Italy Bridge 2 injured
2020 Lecheng Bridge Sanxi, Jingde County, Anhui, China 1543-c. 1700 bridge as a tourist attraction 0 dead or injured
2020 Zhenhai Bridge Huangshan City, Anhui, China 1536-1699 bridge as a tourist attraction 0 dead or injured
2020 Collapse of Juxian Restaurant[52] Linfen City, Shanxi, China Building 29 dead, 28 injured
2020 Nest on Wonderland London, Ontario, Canada Apartment building under construction 2 dead, at least 4 injured[53]
2020 Arecibo Telescope[54] Arecibo, Puerto Rico Telescope 0 dead or injured
2021 Brindisi warehouse collapse San Michele Salentino, Apulia, Italy Warehouse 1 dead, 4 injured[55]
2021 Cairo apartment collapse Gesr El-Suez, Cairo, Egypt Apartment building 25 dead, 25 injured[56]
2021 2021 Bangkok residence collapse Kritsadanakhon 31 Village, Bangkok, Thailand Residence building At least 4 dead, 5 injured[57]
2021 Mexico City Metro overpass collapse Tláhuac, Mexico City, Mexico Overpass 26 dead, 79 injured
2021 Gwangju building collapse Gwangju, South Korea Collapsed onto a bus during demolition 9 dead, 8 injured[58]
2021 Antwerp building collapse Jos Smolderenstraat, Antwerp, Belgium Primary school under construction 5 dead, 20 injured[59]
2021 Destruction of al-Jalaa Building Gaza City Building 0 casualties, building destroyed
2021 Rucheng residential building collapse Rucheng County, Hunan, China Residential building 5 dead, 7 injured[60]
2021 Champlain Towers South Surfside, Florida, United States Condominium tower 98 dead, 11 injured[61]
2021 Sangam Bridge Arunachal Pradesh, India Bridge 3 missing
2021 Collapse of Siji Kaiyuan Hotel Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China Hotel annex 17 dead, 5 injured[62]
2021 Kelowna crane collapse Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Construction crane 5 dead[63]
2021 Font Nova residential development apartment collapse Peñíscola, Valencian Community, Spain Residential building 2 dead[64]
2021 AdventHealth Orlando parking garage crane collapse Orlando, Florida, United States Parking garage 1 injured[65]
2021 Lagos high-rise Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria Apartments (under construction) 42 dead[66]
2022 Nemiga pedestrian bridge Minsk, Belarus Bridge 0 dead or injured[67]
2022 Gwangju construction site collapse Gwangju, South Korea Wall (under construction) 3 injured, 0-3 missing[68]
2022 Fern Hollow Bridge collapse Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Bridge 10 injured
2022 Alfamart Gambut collapse Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, Indonesia Building 5 dead, 9 injured
2022 Changsha building collapse Changsha, Hunan, China Building 53 dead, 10 injured[69]
2022 Abadan Metropol building collapse Abadan, Iran Building 41 dead[70]
2022 Tretten Bridge collapse Øyer, Norway Bridge, with trusses and glued laminated timber 0 dead[71][72][73]
2022 2022 Morbi bridge collapse Morbi, Gujarat, India Bridge 141 dead[74]
2022 AquaDom collapse Berlin, Germany Aquarium 2 people injured, nearly 1,500 fish killed
2022 Jakarta Islamic Centre dome collapse Jakarta, Indonesia Mosque No fatalities reported
2023 Charlotte scaffolding collapse Charlotte, North Carolina, United States Construction site 3 dead, 2 injured
2023 2023 Marseille building collapse Marseille, France Building 8 dead, 5 injured, 200 displaced
2023 2023 New York City parking garage collapse New York City, United States Parking garage 1 dead, 5 injured
2023 Davenport apartment collapse Davenport, Iowa, United States Apartment building 3 dead[75]
2023 Surry Hills Building collapse Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia Abandoned heritage building (nearby entrance to Central station damaged) No fatalities[76]
2023 Bronx building collapse Bronx, New York Apartment No fatalities reported

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