List of disasters in the Czech Republic by death toll information
The list of disasters in the Czech Republic by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place in the territory of the Czech Republic and resulted in 10 or more fatalities:
Disaster
Type
Location
Deaths
Date
References
Great Famine of 1315–1317
Famine
Czech Lands
Tens thousands or more
1315–1317
[1]
Czech Famine
Famine
Czech Lands
250,000-500,000
1770-1772
[2]
Spanish flu
Pandemic
Czechoslovakia
44,000-82,648
1918-1920
[3]
COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
Pandemic
Czech Republic
42,806
2020-2023
Marie mine disaster
Mine disaster
Příbram
319
31 May 1892
[4]
Karviná mine disaster
Mine disaster
Karviná
235
14 June 1894
[5]
Bolevec Factory Explosion
Explosion
Třemošná
Over 200
25 May 1917
[6]
Nelson III Mine Disaster
Mine disaster
Teplice
144
3 January 1934
[7]
Stéblová train disaster
Trainwreck
Stéblová
118
14 November 1960
Dukla mine disaster
Mine disaster
Dolní Suchá
108
7 July 1961
Šakvice train collision
Trainwreck
Šakvice
103
24 December 1953
Swine flu pandemic
Pandemic
Czech Republic
102
2009
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450
Aircrash
Suchdol, Prague
79
30 October 1975
Including four people who died in Hospital.[8][9]
Aeroflot Flight 141
Aircrash
0.46 km from Prague Ruzyně Airport
66
19 February 1973
Desná Dam
Dam failure
Jizera Mountains
65
18 September 1916
[4]
1997 Central European flood
Flood
Oder and Morava river basins
50
July 1997
[10]
2012 Czech Republic methanol poisonings
Poisonings
Czech Republic
48
September 2012
Tachov Explosion
Explosion
Tachov
47
13 December 1973
[11]
Michálka mine disaster
Mine disaster
Slezská Ostrava
36
4 October 1950
[12]
JAT Flight 367
Aircrash
Srbská Kamenice
27
26 January 1972
Doubrava mine disaster
Mine disaster
Doubrava
25
7 May 1985
[13]
MESIT Factory Collapse
Building collapse
Uherské Hradiště
18
23 November 1984
[14]
2002 European floods
Flood
Czech Republic
17
August 2002
[10]
2013 European floods
Flood
Czech Republic
16
May–June 2013
[10]
2023 Prague shooting
Mass murder
Prague
15
21 December 2023
Including the perpetrator and his father. Perepetrator also killed 2 people in Klánovice Forest on 15 December 2023, six days before the 21 December shootings.
2009 European floods
Flood
Czech Republic
15
May–June 2013
[10]
ČSM Mine Explosion
Mine disaster
Karviná District
13
20 December 2018
[15]
Bohumín arson attack
Mass murder
Bohumín
11
8 August 2020
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