All news on the topic: Accident

A huge UK festival has reportedly been forced to lock down and stop shows after at least six people have been injured when a sign fell over.

A woman tragically died after falling 87ft from an iconic 300 year old tower in a seaside town on the Essex coast, an inquest has heard.

An elderly man has been trampled to death by cattle while visiting a National Trust site.

A tourist has been crushed to death by Malta’s world-famous ’Kissing Elephants’ arch rock formation, which collapsed after an American holidaymaker jumped off it and into the sea.

A three-year-old British girl has died after she was found “floating face-down” in a swimming pool and rushed to hospital.

A Royal Navy sea drone crashed into a racing yacht and caused thousands of pounds in damage after it “went rogue” in a harbour.

Two thirds of Scots seeking urgent mental health help are turned away, with waits in some areas stretching beyond three years.

A “major incident” has been declared after a bus crash left dozens of people injured.

An elderly man has been taken to hospital after being struck by an unoccupied car near a Fife primary school.

A bungee jumper was still alive when she was found after being thrown 130ft off a bridge by staff who allegedly forgot to attach a rope to her.

Around 11 skydivers and their pilot have ‘perished’ in a plane crash close to a rural airport.

This is the horrific moment a woman tragically plunged to her death after being thrown from a bridge swing without a safety rope.

A Lorry driver caused a massive pile-up in the south of France after falling asleep at the wheel.

A chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid has imploded at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co in Washington state, killing one person with a further nine missing.

Three people have been arrested after a suspected hit-and-run crash which left two teenagers dead.

This is the jaw-dropping moment a woman in a three-ton pickup truck accidentally runs over a £250,000 Lamborghini – with the driver still inside.

This is the horrifying moment a fire rips through a speedboat out on the water – sparking a desperate rescue mission for a missing tour guide.

A Michelin-starred chef has been spared jail after running over his British intern twice after a staff party.

A “busket list” trip ended in tragedy after a tourist was taken by the current while participating in new health craze “ice floating”.

The vehicle, full of passengers said to be travelling home for Christmas, plunged more than 600ft down an embankment before eight people were confirmed dead - and 19 people were left injured

Chilling webcam images have shown an experienced climber allegedly abandoning his girlfriend, leaving her to die on Austria’s biggest mountain.

A search is underway for a British tourist who reportedly fell from a TUI-operated cruise ship north of the Canary Islands. Today, Spanish authorities confirmed the man who went overboard was a 76-year-old from the ‘British Isles’.