# List of disasters in Poland by death toll

Listed below are the worst disasters in Poland's history, listed by death toll. This list excludes warfare, the Holocaust and intentional acts of destruction, but may include accidents in which the military, Polish or foreign, was involved (e.g. Osiecznica bus disaster - a collision between a Polish bus and a Soviet Army's truck).
Some of the disasters listed here occurred outside of current Polish borders (e.g. the Smolensk Tu-154 crash) or in times when Poland was not internationally recognized (e.g. during the partitions of Poland), but the predominant number of victims were either Poles or Polish citizens.

## Over 100 confirmed deaths

| Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date |
| LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 | Aviation accident | Warsaw | 183 | 9 May 1987 |
| Kleofas coal mine disaster [pl] | Mining accident | Katowice | 104 | 3–4 March 1896 |
| Barbara-Wyzwolenie coal mine disaster [pl] | Mining accident | Chorzów | 103 | 21 March 1954 |

## 40 to 99 confirmed deaths

| Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date |
| Smolensk Tu-154 crash | Aviation accident | Smolensk | 96 | 10 April 2010 |
| LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 | Aviation accident | Warsaw | 87 | 14 March 1980 |
| Makoszowy coal mine disaster [pl] | Mining accident | Zabrze | 72 | 28 August 1958 |
| Otłoczyn railway accident | Train wreck | Otłoczyn | 67 | 19 August 1980 |
| Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse | Building collapse | Chorzów | 65 | 28 January 2006 |
| 1928 Poland Derecho | Derecho | | 62 | 4 July 1928 |
| Wielopole Skrzyńskie cinema fire [pl] | Structure fire | Wielopole Skrzyńskie | 58 | 11 May 1955 |
| 1997 Central European flood | Flood | Western Poland | 56 | July 1997 |
| 1934 flood in Poland | Flood | South of Poland | 55 | 14-20 July 1934 |
| 1980 Górna Grupa psychiatric hospital fire | Structure fire | Górna Grupa | 55 | 31 October 1980 |
| Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz | Shipwrecking | Baltic Sea (near Rügen) | 55 | 14 January 1993 |
| LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 | Aviation accident | Polica (near Zawoja) | 53 | 2 April 1969 |
| Rotunda PKO Bank explosion | Gas explosion | Warsaw | 49 | 15 February 1979 |

## 20 to 39 confirmed deaths

| Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date |
| 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash | Aviation accident | Gabare (near Byala Slatina, Bulgaria) | 39 Poles (out of 73 total fatalities) | 16 March 1978 |
| Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire | Structure fire | Czechowice-Dziedzice | 37 | 26 June 1971 |
| 1962 LOT Vickers Viscount Warsaw crash | Aviation accident | Warsaw | 33 | 19 December 1962 |
| PKS Gdańsk bus crash | Traffic collision | Gdańsk | 32 | 2 May 1994 |
| Wilczy Jar buses tragedy [pl] | Traffic collision | Żywiec | 30 | 15 November 1978 |
| Warsaw Holy Cross Church Stampede | Stampede | Warsaw | 30 | 25 December 1881 |
| Grenoble coach crash | Traffic collision | Vizille, France | 26 | 22 July 2007 |
| Julianka rail crash | Train wreck | Julianka | 25 | 3 November 1976 |
| Osieck rail crash | Train wreck | Osieck | 25 | 4 June 1981 |
| Sinking of the MS Busko Zdrój | Sinking | North Sea | 24 | 8 February 1985 |
| Kamień Pomorski homeless hostel fire | Structure fire | Kamień Pomorski | 23 | 13 April 2009 |
| 2006 Halemba coal mine disaster | Mining accident | Ruda Śląska | 23 | 22 November 2006 |
| MS Maria Konopnicka fire | Boat fire | Stocznia Gdańska | 23 | 13 December 1961 |
| Wojska Polskiego 39 Street gas explosion | Gas explosion | Gdańsk | 23 | 17 April 1995 |
| Mirosławiec air accident | Aviation accident | Mirosławiec | 20 | 23 January 2008 |
| MS Kudowa Zdrój | | Mediterranean Sea | 20 | 20 January 1983 |
| Wujek-Śląsk coal mine disaster | Mining accident | Ruda Śląska | 20 | 18 September 2009 |

## 15 to 19 confirmed deaths

| Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date |
| Balaton coach crash | Traffic collision | Near Lake Balaton in Hungary | 19 | 1 July 2002 |
| Halemba coal mine disaster | Mining accident | Ruda Śląska | 19 | 10 January 1990 |
| 1968 Biały Jar avalanche | Avalanche | Sněžka (near Karpacz) | 19 | 20 March 1968 |
| Nowe Miasto nad Pilica bus crash | Traffic collision | Nowe Miasto nad Pilica | 18 | 12 October 2010 |
| Mysłowice coal mine disaster | Mining accident | Mysłowice | 18 | 4 February 1987 |
| B406/6 trawler explosion | | Stocznia Gdańska | 18 | 18 June 1980 |
| Motława ferry disaster | Shipwrecking | Gdańsk | 18 | 1 August 1975 |
| M/v Nysa | | North Sea | 18 | 10 January 1965 |
| Polish Air Force An-24 crash | Aviation accidents | Szczecin | 18 | 28 February 1973 |
| 12 Struga street gas explosion | Gas explosion | Gdańsk | 17 | 1 February 1976 |
| Szczekociny rail crash | Train wreck | Szczekociny | 16 | 3 March 2012 |
| Ursus rail crash | Train wreck | Ursus | 16 | 20 August 1990 |
| Radkowice rail crash | Train wreck | Radkowice | 14 | 27 August 1973 |
| Osiecznica bus crash | | Osiecznica | 15 | 22 January 1978 |
| Wyszaka streetcar crash | | Szczecin | 15 | 7 December 1967 |

## 10 to 14 confirmed deaths

| Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date |
| Brandenburg coach crash | | Schönefeld | 14 | 26 September 2010 |
| Kaskada catering plant fire [pl] | Structure fire | Szczecin | 14 | 27 April 1987 |
| MS Czubatka | | North Sea | 14 | 10 May 1955 |
| Krosno Odrzańskie tornado | Tornado | Krosno Odrzańskie | 13 | 13 May 1886 |
| Izbicko level crossing accident | | Izbicko | 13 | 6 January 1960 |
| 2022 Croatian bus crash | Traffic collision | A4 highway near Breznički Hum, Croatia | 12 | 6 August 2022 |
| Storm in Mazury | | Masuria | 12 | 21 August 2007 |
| Jeżewo coach crash | | Sikory-Wojciechowięta | 12 | 30 September 2005 |
| Reptowo rail crash | | Reptowo | 12 | 5 May 1997 |
| Bydgoszcz rail crash | | Śliesin (near Bydgoszcz) | 12 | 3 June 1972 |
| MS Cyranka | | North Sea | 12 | 4 October 1956 |
| ČSM-north coal mine disaster, | | Stonava (near Karviná), Czechia | 12 | 20 December 2018 |
| Psie Pole rail crash | | Mirków | 11 (unofficial death toll is 32) | 9 July 1977 |
| Jas-Mos coal mine disaster | Mining accident | | 10 | 10 February 2002 |
| Ministry of Interior and Administration helicopter crash | | Near Cisna | 10 | 10 January 1991 |
| Drogomil level crossing accident | | Drogomil | 10 | 4 June 1988 |
| Piła rail crash | | Piła | 10 | 19 May 1988 |
| MS Brda | | Hanstholm, Denmark | 10 | 10 January 1975 |
| Rokitnica coal mine disaster | | Zabrze | 10 | 23 March 1971 |
| Agricultural University building collapse | | Wrocław | 10 | 22 March 1966 |

## Fewer than 10 confirmed deaths

| Disaster | Type | Location | Deaths | Date |
| Bratoszewice level crossing collision | | Bratoszewice | 9 | 30 July 2012 |
| 1983 Łódź gas explosion | Gas explosion | Łódź | 8 | 7 December 1983 |
| 1963 smallpox epidemic in Wrocław | Epidemic | Wrocław | 7 | 17 July – 19 September 1963 |
| 2017 Świebodzice tenement collapse [pl] | Building collapse | Świebodzice | 6 | 8 April 2017 |
| ToNiePokój escape room fire | Structure fire | Koszalin | 5 | 4 January 2019 |
| 2008 Poland tornado outbreak | Tornado | Opole Voivodeship, Silesian Voivodeship and Łódź Voivodeship. | 4 | 15–16 August 2008 |
| 2022 missile explosion in Poland | Explosion | Przewodów | 2 | 15 November 2022 |