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Worst Automobile Incidents by Death Toll
This list features the worst automobile incidents in history by death toll.
RANK | INCIDENT | DEATH TOLL | LOCATION | YEAR | CAUSE |
1 | Sange road tanker explosion | 230 | Sange, South Kivu, DRC | 2 July 2010 | Road tanker explosion |
2 | Bahawalpur explosion | 219 | Bahawalpur, Pakistan | 25 June 2017 | Gas cylinder explosion |
3 | Los Alfaques disaster | 217 | Tarragona, Spain | 11 July 1978 | Fuel tanker accident |
4 | Thung Maphrao truck explosion | 207 | Thung Maphrao, Phang Nga, Thailand | 15 February 1991 | Truck explosion |
5 | 2015 Juba tanker explosion | 206 | Juba, South Sudan | 17 September 2015 | Fuel tanker explosion |
6 | Salang Tunnel fire | 168–3,000 | Salang Pass, Hindu Kush, Afghanistan | 3 November 1982 | Fire in the tunnel |
7 | Freetown fuel tanker explosion | 154 | Freetown, Sierra Leone | 5 November 2021 | Fuel tanker explosion |
8 | Sotouba truck collision | 125 | Sotouba, Togo | 6 December 1965 | Truck collision |
9 | Okobie road tanker explosion | 121 | Okobie, Nigeria | 12 July 2012 | Road tanker explosion |
10 | Caphiridzange tanker explosion | 115 | Caphiridzange, Mozambique | 17 November 2016 | Fuel tanker explosion |
11 | Molo road tanker fire | 113 | Molo, Kenya | 31 January 2009 | Road tanker fire |
12 | Tamil Nadu truck collision | 110 | Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India | 12 March 1995 | Truck collision |
13 | Gero bus crash | 104 | Gero, Gifu, Japan | 18 August 1968 | Bus crash |
14 | Ibadan road tanker explosion | 100–200 | Ibadan, Lagos, Nigeria | 5 November 2000 | Road tanker explosion |
15 | Morogoro fuel tanker explosion | 100 | Morogoro, Tanzania | 10 August 2019 | Fuel tanker explosion |
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