Twister, Lightwater Valley, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UK

A six-year-boy was airlifted to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after falling 30 feet (9m) from the Twister roller coaster. Source (w/video)

Log Flume, Castle Park, Riverside, California, USA

A family of three was thrown from the log flume ride when a pump malfunctioned, preventing the flow of water onto the track. The log descended from one of the drops and there wasn’t enough water to slow it down causing the log to overturn, ejecting the family. The mother was hospitalized in critical condition, […]

Water Slide, Children’s Garden, Taiping, Sichuan, China

Two adults died and 14 people, including six children, were injured after falling from the ‘world’s longest water slide’. Source

Ferris Wheel, Grote Market, Bergen, Belgium

Denis Delforge, the 38-year-old ride owner, died in a fall while dismantling his 115 foot (35m) tall Ferris Wheel at the Grote Market in Bergen, Belgium. Source

Star Flyer, Parko Paliatso, Ayia Napa, Cyprus

A 44-year-old mother and her 7-year-old son were ejected from the 180 foot (55m) tall aerial chair-swing when parts of their seat tore off, due to their chair hitting a nearby ride after reportedly going too fast on too wide an angle. The boy suffered an exposed fracture on his right leg, while his mother […]

Air Race, Brighton Pier, England, UK

A teenage boy was taken to hospital after the foot-rest platform on the spinning ride broke off and hit his legs. Source

El Loco, Adventuredome, Nevada, USA

A woman, who is a double-amputee, was injured after she fell from the roller coaster in the Adventuredome at Circus Circus in Las Vegas. Source

Octopus, New Saniro Dream Paradise, Veyangoda, Sri Lanka

A 13-year-old girl and her 47-year-old mother died when the car they sat in detached from its rotating arm. Source

Alpen Coaster, Dom, Hamburg, Germany

A 44-year-old employee working near a curve died after he was hit by the coaster train during testing two days before the opening of the annual Winterdom. Source (in German)

Hyperion, Energylandia, Zator, Malopolskie, Poland

A 37-year-old employee working at the Hyperion coaster died when he reached for a phone that a guest dropped and one of the trains struck him. Source (in Polish)