List of disasters in Switzerland by death toll

This list of Swiss disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Swiss soil or involved Swiss citizens, in a definable incident, in which at least 10 fatalities occurred. Within Switzerland

FatalitiesYearArticleDescriptionLocationRef.24,4491918-1919Spanish fluPandemicSwitzerland11,0392020-2022COVID-19 pandemic in SwitzerlandPandemicSwitzerland2,00013561356 Basel earthquakeEarthquakeBasel-Stadt1,00020032003 European heatwaveHeatwaveSwitzerland54220232023 Summer Heat WaveHeatwaveSwitzerland5001515Biasca flash floodFlash floodBiasca, Ticino4571806Goldau Landslide ()LandslideArth-Goldau, Schwyz4001798Days of terror in NidwaldenFrench invasion of SwitzerlandNidwalden, Switzerland32015841584 Aigle earthquakeEarthquake, rockfall () and tsunamiAigle, Vaud1401595Bagnes flash floodFlash floodBagnes, Valais1151881Rockslide of ElmRockslideElm, Glarus1081973Invicta International Airlines Flight 435Plane crashHochwald, Solothurn981951Winter of TerrorAvalanchesSwitzerland Vals : 19 Andermatt : 13 Vallascia : 10881965Mattmark disaster during Mattmarksee constructionGlacier collapse of the Allalin GlacierSaas Valley.841940-1945Bombardments of neutral Switzerland during World War IIAerial bombardments and accidents over Switzerland by Axis powers and the AlliesDifferent Areas in Switzerland. Mainly Schaffhausen, Zürich and Basel.801963Swissair Flight 306Plane crashDürrenäsch, Aargau7617481748 Aargau floodsFloodsAargau731891Münchenstein rail disasterRail disasterMünchenstein, Basel-Landschaft6618081808 Avalanche winterAvalanche seasonCanton of Bern, Grisons631778Küsnacht flood ()FloodKüsnacht, Zürich5118681868 floodFloodSwitzerland50-9017201720 Obergesteln avalancheAvalancheObergesteln, Valais4918881888 Avalanche winterAvalanche seasonSwitzerland4819941994 Solar Temple massacresMass suicides in two villagesCheiry, Fribourg and Granges-sur-Salvan, Valais471970Swissair Flight 330Plane crashWürenlingen, Aargau461990Alitalia Flight 404Plane crashWeiach, Zürich451971Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 130Plane crashZurich Airport, Zürich412026Crans-Montana bar fireFire in ski resort barCrans-Montana, Valais391982Pfäffikon level crossing accident ()Level crossing accidentPfäffikon, Zürich3019701970 Reckingen avalancheAvalancheReckingen-Gluringen, Valais291999Storm Lothar14 direct fatalities and 15 indirectDifferent locations mainly in the Swiss Plateau282012Sierre coach crashBus crashSierre Tunnel, Valais281971Burghölzli Psychiatric Hospitale fireStructure fireZürich, Switzerland242001Crossair Flight 3597Plane crashBassersdorf, Zürich231871Train collision at Colombier StationTrain collisionColombier, Neuchâtel231956ČSA Flight 548Plane crashEglisau, Zürich2119481948 Wädenswil train crash ()Train derailmentWädenswil, Zürich211999Wilderswil Canyoning Disaster21 People die in a flash flood while canyoning in the Saxetbach Wilderswil, Canton of Bern2020182018 Ju-Air Junkers Ju 52 crashPlane crashPiz Segnas, Glarus1820242024 Switzerland floodsFloodsSwitzerland171770Praettigau rockfallRockfallPrättigau, Grisons1620002000 Valais stormFloods and landslidesValais (especially the landslide in Gondo)161961Hergiswil Bus AccidentBus accidentHergiswil, Nidwalden1519241924 Bellinzona train collision ()Train collisionBellinzona, Ticino152001Zug Parliament Mass ShootingMass shootingZug, Switzerland141891Zollikofen station train collision ()Train collisionZollikofen, Bern131932November 1932 Geneva shootingThe Swiss Army opened fire at protestersGeneva, Switzerland1319351935 San Giacomo Douglas DC-2 crashPlane crashMesocco, Graubünden1319681968 Saint-Léonard train collision ()Train collisionSaint-Léonard, Valais131972Bettmeralp cable car crashCable car crashBettmeralp, Valais131938Piz Cengalo Lufthansa crashPlane crashPiz Cengalo, Graubünden121941Hamberger Firework Factory explosionWork related accident kills 12 factory workersOberried am Brienzersee, Canton of Bern121999Evolène avalancheAvalancheEvolène, Valais121985Uster indoor swimming pool roof collapseThe roof collapsed trapping 12 visitors in the pool which caused them to drown Uster, Zurich122005Orsières Bus AccidentTraffic accidentOrsières, Valais112001Gotthard Road Tunnel disasterTunnel fireUri/Ticino1118871887 Zug slideSlideZug, Zug1119851985 Täsch-Zermatt avalancheAvalancheTäsch, Valais1119411941 Wichtrach train collisionTrain collisionWichtrach, Bern1119421942 Tüscherz train collision ()Train collisionTüscherz-Alfermée, Bern1119451945 Andermatt avalancheAvalancheAndermatt, Uri111970Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Jetstream crashPlane crashBever, Graubünden1019611961 Vaz/Obervaz avalancheAvalancheVaz/Obervaz, Graubünden1019471947 Einsiedeln train collisionTrain collisionEinsiedeln, Schwyz101959Hamberger Firework Factory explosionThe second fatal accident in this factory Oberried am Brienzersee, Canton of Bern101917Rhaetian Railway avalanche accidentAvalancheDavos, Graubünden1020182018 accident in the Valais AlpsA storm kills seven ski tourers and mountaineers in several locationsValais, Canton of Bern102000Crossair Flight 498Plane crashNiederhasli, Zürichseveral hundred563Tauredunum eventLandslide and tsunamiLake Geneva

Abroad Below is a list of disasters involving Swiss nationals that occurred abroad. The number of fatalities includes only Swiss nationals. FatalitiesYearArticleDescriptionLocationRef.11320042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami113 Swiss citizens died in the disaster Southeast Asia481998Swissair Flight 111Plane crashOffshore of Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada361997Luxor massacre62 People killed in total, 36 of them were Swiss tourists Luxor, Egypt

See also List of earthquakes in Switzerland

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