The list of disasters in Romania by death toll includes major disasters and accidents – excluding warfare and other intentional acts – that took place on Romanian soil and resulted in at least five fatalities:
+Disasters represented below:Disaster below:PlagueEarthquakesTrain wrecksStormsFloodsStructural fireExplosionsPlane crashes
Disasters +DateDisasterTypeDeath tollRef1813Caragea's plagueEpidemic90,0002020–2023COVID-19 pandemicPandemic68,7284 March 1977Vrancea earthquakeNatural disaster1,57814 January 1917Ciurea rail disasterTrain wreck60010 September 1940Vrancea earthquakeNatural disaster59321 April 1689Brașov fireFire30010 September 1989Sinking of the MogoșoaiaShip wreck239May–June 1970Romanian floodsNatural disaster20918 April 1930Costești wooden church fireStructural fire11830 October 1971Certej dam failureFlood89January–February 2012European cold waveCold wave8630 April 19221922 Lupeni mine disasterMine explosion8211 January 1838Vrancea earthquakeNatural disaster7330 October 2015Colectiv nightclub fireStructure fire6431 March 1995TAROM Flight 371Plane crash6029 June 1980Huțani bus accidentBus crash481 September 1979Brașov explosionFoundry failure473 May 19441944 Lupeni mine disasterMine explosion33September 1974Broșteni bridge truck accidentMobile accident31August 2005Romanian floodsFlood3110 November 1979Bucharest drugs factory explosionExplosion2721 August 1988Fărăoani truck accidentTruck accident27June–July 2010Romanian floodsNatural disaster2324 May 2004Mihăilești explosionVehicle explosion1823 March 1847Great Fire of BucharestFire1514 August 2009Scânteia train accidentTrain collision 1415 November 2008Petrila mine disasterMine explosion138 September 2013Valea Lupului train accidentTrain collision1130-31 May 1990Vrancea earthquakesNatural disaster817 September 2017Timișoara stormNatural disaster826 December 2023Ferma Dacilor fireStructural fire826 July 2010IAF Sikorsky CH-53 crashPlane crash716 August 2010Giulești maternity fireStructure fire626 August 2023Crevedia explosionsGas explosion6
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