This is a list of
vehicle-ramming attacks. A vehicle-ramming attack is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately
rams a
vehicle into a building, multiple people, or another vehicle.[1][2][a]
According to
Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this method of attack represents a relatively new militant tactic that could prove more difficult to prevent than
suicide bombings.[3] Deliberate vehicle-ramming into a crowd of people is a tactic often used by
terrorists, becoming a major terrorist tactic in the 2010s because it requires relatively little skill to perpetrate and it has the potential to cause significant casualties.[4][5]
Terrorism
Attacks in which authorities confirmed that the attack was terrorism.
2017 Westminster attack, London, England, United Kingdom (ramming and stabbing; some victims were thrown off Westminster Bridge by the ramming; 5 killed)
2019 Tokyo car attack (ramming and stabbing and attempted kerosene arson attacks). 8 people were injured by vehicle ramming, with another person also injured after the attacker struck him while getting out of the car. The suspect claims that the attack was in retaliation for the execution of
Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult members.[9]
1 July 2020 Wan Chai attack, Hong Kong (a motorcyclist rammed his motorcycle into police officers, none killed)[10]
2021 London, Ontario truck attack: A 20-year-old man rammed with his truck against random Muslim pedestrians, killing a family of four and wounding a boy. The attacker was convicted of murder and the judge deemed the attack terrorism.[11]
1953 Elias Antonio case, Syrian merchant who killed one person and wounded up to 29 others in Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when ramming his car into a carnival block[15]
1983
Douglas Crabbe drove a 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded bar of a motel at the base of
Uluru on 18 August 1983. Five people were killed, and sixteen were seriously injured.
1994 - An off duty Federal Express pilot Auburn Calloway attacks the pilots of Federal Express Flight 705 and attempts to take over the plane so that he can crash into the airport. He is stopped by the pilots.[29]
1995 New York City attack (ramming and stabbing).[30]
1995
Shawn Nelson case, a plumber using a stolen tank to go on a rampage
1999 Emiko Taira (mother of
Japanese pop singer
Namie Amuro) and her husband Tatsunobu Taira were walking along a road near National Highway No. 58 in
Ōgimi,
Okinawa Prefecture,
Japan when Tatsunobu's brother Kenji Taira backed his car into a telephone pole and ran over the couple on 17 March 1999. Emiko Taira was killed. Kenji Taira later committed suicide.[32]
Matthew Tvrdon, under a psychotic episode, got angry with a woman and began ramming her and numerous pedestrians with his van over eight miles for 30 minutes, killing Karina Menzies and injuring 12 others. He admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and is detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.[50]
2014
Roppongi(Japan) Vehicle ramming attack(using a bicycle) and Violent Deeds.
[1](Counter-Racist Action Collective(c.r.a.c) members attacking against
Zaitokukai demonstration.)
2018 Mishui vehicle attack (ramming people at a square, killing 15 people and injuring 43 others; perpetrator sentenced to death)[96]
2018 Ningbo attack (ramming and stabbing). 3 dead, 15 injured.[97]
2018 Brăila attack,
Romania. Attacker was under effects of drugs.[98]
2018 Newport Wales Hit and Run 4 injured on 29 April when a teen driver smashed into a crowd outside a nightclub claiming to try to stop a brawl, then fled and set his car on fire. He was found guilty of two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, while two other teens pled guilty for their role in instigating the fight which preceded the attack.[99][100]
August 2020 attack: Iraqi chases motor cyclists on Berlin's
A100; trial for attempted murder to begin April 15.[103]
2020–present
2020 Volkmarsen ramming attack: On 24 February 2020, a 29-year-old man rammed his car against civilians at a carnival parade in
Volkmarsen,
Germany, wounding 122 people. The motive behind the attack is unknown.[104]
2020 July 6 Seattle: During a protest against police brutality and the
murder of George Floyd 1 dead and 1 injured[105]
2020 Trier attack,
Germany. Five people were killed and 30 were injured after a drunk man, who suffered from mental health problems, rammed civilians on a street.[107]
2020
Negohot. 1 Israeli soldier was wounded, and the assailant was shot dead.
2021
Portland, Oregon ramming attack, one pedestrian killed and five others wounded. Driver arrested.[108]
June 2021
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Pride Parade: A pickup truck driver killed one person and injured another on 19 June 2021. All three individuals were connected with the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus.[109]
June 2021
Show Low, Arizona Bicycle Race: A driver struck 7 cyclists. The driver fled the scene and was pursued and shot by police.[110]
2021
Novara,
Italy. A driver intentionally rammed his truck into workers protesting outside a market on the morning of 18 June 2021, during a protest outside a supermarket in Novara,
Piedmont, Italy. One worker, Adil Belakhdim, was killed, and two others were wounded.[111] The driver escaped from the scene but was arrested minutes later.[112]
2021
Waukesha Christmas parade attack: Darrell Brooks, of
Milwaukee, broke through barricades with a red SUV and drove through the annual
Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring 62 others.[114][115] Brooks was charged with 81 felony and two misdemeanor counts.[116]
February 2022 "A 42yr old male is facing charges after driving through a group of protesters that were part of the
Freedom Convoy at the Legislative grounds," the
Winnipeg Police tweeted Saturday. "4 adult males were struck."[117]
Weng Sor, a 62-year-old Maylasian man, drove a rented
U-Haul truck into pedestrians in
Brooklyn, killing 1. He was placed on
suicide watch after his arrest.[119]
October 2023: Man drives car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco[125]
November 2023: A man drove a car into the Israeli embassy in Tokyo[126]
2024 Rochester attack: On January 1, 2024 a man drove into a vehicle outside a theater, killing him and two occupants of the other vehicle. The driver's vehicle was found to be laden with gas canisters in it.
This is a list of
vehicle-ramming attacks. A vehicle-ramming attack is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately
rams a
vehicle into a building, multiple people, or another vehicle.[1][2][a]
According to
Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this method of attack represents a relatively new militant tactic that could prove more difficult to prevent than
suicide bombings.[3] Deliberate vehicle-ramming into a crowd of people is a tactic often used by
terrorists, becoming a major terrorist tactic in the 2010s because it requires relatively little skill to perpetrate and it has the potential to cause significant casualties.[4][5]
Terrorism
Attacks in which authorities confirmed that the attack was terrorism.
2017 Westminster attack, London, England, United Kingdom (ramming and stabbing; some victims were thrown off Westminster Bridge by the ramming; 5 killed)
2019 Tokyo car attack (ramming and stabbing and attempted kerosene arson attacks). 8 people were injured by vehicle ramming, with another person also injured after the attacker struck him while getting out of the car. The suspect claims that the attack was in retaliation for the execution of
Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult members.[9]
1 July 2020 Wan Chai attack, Hong Kong (a motorcyclist rammed his motorcycle into police officers, none killed)[10]
2021 London, Ontario truck attack: A 20-year-old man rammed with his truck against random Muslim pedestrians, killing a family of four and wounding a boy. The attacker was convicted of murder and the judge deemed the attack terrorism.[11]
1953 Elias Antonio case, Syrian merchant who killed one person and wounded up to 29 others in Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil when ramming his car into a carnival block[15]
1983
Douglas Crabbe drove a 25-tonne Mack truck into the crowded bar of a motel at the base of
Uluru on 18 August 1983. Five people were killed, and sixteen were seriously injured.
1994 - An off duty Federal Express pilot Auburn Calloway attacks the pilots of Federal Express Flight 705 and attempts to take over the plane so that he can crash into the airport. He is stopped by the pilots.[29]
1995 New York City attack (ramming and stabbing).[30]
1995
Shawn Nelson case, a plumber using a stolen tank to go on a rampage
1999 Emiko Taira (mother of
Japanese pop singer
Namie Amuro) and her husband Tatsunobu Taira were walking along a road near National Highway No. 58 in
Ōgimi,
Okinawa Prefecture,
Japan when Tatsunobu's brother Kenji Taira backed his car into a telephone pole and ran over the couple on 17 March 1999. Emiko Taira was killed. Kenji Taira later committed suicide.[32]
Matthew Tvrdon, under a psychotic episode, got angry with a woman and began ramming her and numerous pedestrians with his van over eight miles for 30 minutes, killing Karina Menzies and injuring 12 others. He admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and is detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act.[50]
2014
Roppongi(Japan) Vehicle ramming attack(using a bicycle) and Violent Deeds.
[1](Counter-Racist Action Collective(c.r.a.c) members attacking against
Zaitokukai demonstration.)
2018 Mishui vehicle attack (ramming people at a square, killing 15 people and injuring 43 others; perpetrator sentenced to death)[96]
2018 Ningbo attack (ramming and stabbing). 3 dead, 15 injured.[97]
2018 Brăila attack,
Romania. Attacker was under effects of drugs.[98]
2018 Newport Wales Hit and Run 4 injured on 29 April when a teen driver smashed into a crowd outside a nightclub claiming to try to stop a brawl, then fled and set his car on fire. He was found guilty of two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, while two other teens pled guilty for their role in instigating the fight which preceded the attack.[99][100]
August 2020 attack: Iraqi chases motor cyclists on Berlin's
A100; trial for attempted murder to begin April 15.[103]
2020–present
2020 Volkmarsen ramming attack: On 24 February 2020, a 29-year-old man rammed his car against civilians at a carnival parade in
Volkmarsen,
Germany, wounding 122 people. The motive behind the attack is unknown.[104]
2020 July 6 Seattle: During a protest against police brutality and the
murder of George Floyd 1 dead and 1 injured[105]
2020 Trier attack,
Germany. Five people were killed and 30 were injured after a drunk man, who suffered from mental health problems, rammed civilians on a street.[107]
2020
Negohot. 1 Israeli soldier was wounded, and the assailant was shot dead.
2021
Portland, Oregon ramming attack, one pedestrian killed and five others wounded. Driver arrested.[108]
June 2021
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Pride Parade: A pickup truck driver killed one person and injured another on 19 June 2021. All three individuals were connected with the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus.[109]
June 2021
Show Low, Arizona Bicycle Race: A driver struck 7 cyclists. The driver fled the scene and was pursued and shot by police.[110]
2021
Novara,
Italy. A driver intentionally rammed his truck into workers protesting outside a market on the morning of 18 June 2021, during a protest outside a supermarket in Novara,
Piedmont, Italy. One worker, Adil Belakhdim, was killed, and two others were wounded.[111] The driver escaped from the scene but was arrested minutes later.[112]
2021
Waukesha Christmas parade attack: Darrell Brooks, of
Milwaukee, broke through barricades with a red SUV and drove through the annual
Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring 62 others.[114][115] Brooks was charged with 81 felony and two misdemeanor counts.[116]
February 2022 "A 42yr old male is facing charges after driving through a group of protesters that were part of the
Freedom Convoy at the Legislative grounds," the
Winnipeg Police tweeted Saturday. "4 adult males were struck."[117]
Weng Sor, a 62-year-old Maylasian man, drove a rented
U-Haul truck into pedestrians in
Brooklyn, killing 1. He was placed on
suicide watch after his arrest.[119]
October 2023: Man drives car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco[125]
November 2023: A man drove a car into the Israeli embassy in Tokyo[126]
2024 Rochester attack: On January 1, 2024 a man drove into a vehicle outside a theater, killing him and two occupants of the other vehicle. The driver's vehicle was found to be laden with gas canisters in it.