List Of Vehicle-ramming Attacks

This is a list of vehicle-ramming attacks. A vehicle-ramming attack also known as a vehicle as a weapon or VAW attack, is an assault in which a perpetrator deliberately rams into a building, multiple people, or another vehicle.

According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts in 2008, this method of attack represented a relatively new militant tactic that could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombings. 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.

Terrorism

Attacks in which authorities confirmed that the attack was terrorism. The kill counts excludes the attackers.

2000s

* 2001 Azor attack, Israel (ramming people, mostly soldiers; 8 killed 26 injured; by Hamas)
* 2002 Lyon car attack, France (building ramming and fire; no injury; antisemitism)
* 2004 Granby Colorado rampage (modified bulldozer; no injury)
* 2006 UNC SUV attack, University of North Carolina, United States (ramming people; 9 injured)
* 2007 Glasgow Airport attack, Scotland (building ramming and detonating gas cylinders; 5 injured)
* 2008 Akihabara massacre, Japan (ramming, stabbing; 7 killed 11 injured)
* 2008 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Israel (ramming people; 3 killed 40 injured)
* 2008 Kashgar attack, China (ramming people, stabbing, exploding; 16 killed 16 injured)
* 2008 Jerusalem vehicular attack, Israel (ramming vehicles and people; 19 injured)
* 2009 Jerusalem bulldozer attack, Israel (ramming people; 2 police injured)

2010s

* 2011 Tel Aviv truck attack, Israel (ramming vehicles and people; 1 killed 17 injured)
* 2011 Tel Aviv nightclub attack, Israel (ramming and stabbing; 8 injured)
* 2011 Kashgar attacks, China (ramming people, stabbing, exploding; 15 killed 42 injured)
* 2013 Murder of Lee Rigby, London, England, (ramming and stabbing; 1 killed 2 injured)
* 2013 Tiananmen Square attack, China (ramming people and bursting into flames; 2 killed 38 injured)
* 2014 Ürümqi attack, China (ramming and throwing bombs off the vehicle; 39 killed 90+ injured)
* 2014 Jerusalem tractor attack, Israel (ramming people and bus; 1 killed 7 injured)
* 2014 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ramming attack, Canada (ramming; 1 killed 1 injured)
* October 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack, Israel (ramming people; 2 killed)
* November 2014 Jerusalem vehicular attack, Israel (ramming and hitting with a metal crowbar)
* 2014 Alon Shvut stabbing attack, West Bank (failed ramming and stabbing)
* 2015 Saint-Quentin-Fallavier attack, France (ramming people, stabbing and bombings; 1 killed, 2 injured)
* 2016 Nice truck attack, France (86 killed, ramming people and gunfire)
* 2016 Ohio State University attack, United States (ramming and stabbing)
* 2016 Berlin truck attack, Germany (shooting truck driver and ramming people; 13 killed)
* 2017 Jerusalem truck attack, Israel (ramming people; 4 killed)
* 2017 Westminster attack, London, England, United Kingdom (ramming and stabbing; some victims were thrown off Westminster Bridge by the ramming; 5 killed)
* 2017 Stockholm truck attack, Sweden (ramming people; 5 killed)
* 2017 London Bridge attack, England, United Kingdom (ramming and stabbing; 8 killed)
* 2017 Finsbury Park attack, London, England, United Kingdom (ramming people; 1 killed)
* June 2017 Champs-Élysées car ramming attack, Paris, France (ramming a police car; 1 attacker killed)
* 2017 Levallois-Perret attack, Levallois-Perret, France (ramming soldiers; none killed)
* 2017 Barcelona attacks, Barcelona, Spain (ramming, stabbing and bombings; 16 killed 152 injured)
* 2017 Charlottesville attack, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States (ramming people; 1 killed)
* 2017 New York City truck attack, United States (ramming cyclists and runners; 8 killed)
* 2018 Tajikistan tourist attack, Tajikistan (ramming and stabbing; 4 killed 2 injured)
* 2018 Toronto van attack (ramming; 11 killed, 15 injured)
* 2018 Westminster car attack (ramming pedestrians and cyclists before crashing into security barriers; none killed)
* 2019 Pulwama attack (vehicle ramming and suicide bombing; 40 killed)
* 2019 Tokyo car attack (ramming, stabbing and attempted arson attacks 8 injured by vehicle, 1 by attacker)
* 2019 Woodfield Mall car attack, United States (ramming)

2020s

* 2020 Colombes car attack
* 2021 London, Ontario truck attack: 4 killed, 1 injured
* 2021 Yangon military vehicle attack, Yangon, Myanmar
* 2022 Beersheba attack (ramming and stabbing)
* 2022 Berlin car attack: On June 8, 2022, a man drove his Renault Clio into a crowd of pedestrians on a sidewalk, killing one person and injuring thirty-two others.
* 2022 Ariel attack
* 2023 Guangzhou car attack
* 2023 Ramot Junction attack in Jerusalem
* 2023 Tel Aviv car-ramming
* July 2023 Tel Aviv attack
* 2024 Ra'anana attack On January 15, 2024 VAW and marauding terrorist attack killing 1 person and injuring 18.
* HaMatovichim Junction rampage: On May 29, 2024, a man drove his truck into two soldiers near Nablus, killing them both, before being arrested.
* Nir Tzvi intersection attack: On July 14, 2024, a man drove a car into a bus station in Nir Tzvi, killing an IDF officer and injuring three others before being killed.
* 2024 Magdeburg car attack. Attack on Christmas Market, Killing 6, 299 people were injured.
* 2025 New Orleans truck attack, a pickup truck drove into a crowd in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States killing 14 people and injuring 57 others.
* 2025 Munich car attack, a car drove into trade union demonstration in Munich, Germany killing two people and injuring 37 others, including 10 severely.

Other

Incidents where a motive could not be determined, or a known motive was not of a terrorist nature.

Before 1980

* 1935 Revolution Day Zócalo Battle, Horses ridden by the Revolutionary Mexicanist Action were quickly rammed by a small fleet of cars driven by Communist party drivers who had banded together secretly. A number of horses and their riders were injured and collapsed on the pavement.
* 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
* 1964 Taipei ramming attack
* 1973 Olga Hepnarová case, Czechoslovakian woman using a truck to go on a rampage; 8 dead, 12 injured.
* 1973 Plains vehicle-ramming attack (people)
* 1974 Eugen Grigore case, Romanian man drives cargo truck into Gypsy nomad encampment; 24 dead, around 50 injured

1980s

* 1980 Priscilla Ford drove her Lincoln Continental into pedestrians on a sidewalk in Reno, Nevada on November 27. Six people were killed and twenty-three others were injured.
* 1980 Wantagh attack (ramming people)
* 1982 Beijing attack (ramming people). 5 dead, 19 injured.
* 1982 Langfang attack (ramming and stabbing). 13 dead, 17 injured.
* 1983 Changde massacre (ramming people). 21 dead, 29 injured.
* 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.
* 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, Lebanon (building ramming and exploding)
* 1984 Los Angeles attack (ramming people)

1990s

* 1993 Jacarepaguá attack (ramming people)
* 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.
* 1995 New York City attack (ramming and stabbing).
* 1995 Shawn Nelson case, a plumber using a stolen tank to go on a rampage
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* 1998 Putian 26-day spree ramming.
* 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.
* 1999 Shimonoseki Station massacre (ramming and stabbing)

2000s

* 2001 The Hamptons rampage, socialite Lizzie Grubman rams into a crowd outside a club with SUV (16 injured).
* 2001 Kampala attack (ramming people)
* 2001 Dalian attack (ramming people). 1 dead, and 18 were injured.
* 2001 Shenzhen attack (ramming and stabbing). 8 dead and 4−7 injured.
* 2001 Isla Vista killings David Attias drove into five people killing four and injuring one other. The one survivor unfortunately died from their injuries in 2016. The attack took place 13 years before the 2014 Isla Vista killings
* 2002 New York City attack (ramming people).
* 2002 San Cristóbal Ecatepec attack (ramming people).
* 2003 Düsseldorf attack (ramming people)
* 2003 A psychologically unstable person kills one and hurts eighteen in Stockholm's old town. A second death later occurs in a hospital.
* 2005 Las Vegas attack (ramming people)
* 2006 Dublin attack (ramming people)
* 2006 Berlin attack (ramming people during soccer championship, found insane)
* 2006 Shenzhen attack (ramming and stabbing)
* 2006 San Francisco SUV rampage, 2006 case of a paranoid schizophrenic man from Afghanistan using an SUV to go on a rampage
* 2007 Berrwiller attack (ramming people)
* 2008 Akihabara massacre, mass murder using a truck and a dagger
* 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family (ramming people, attempt to attack the Dutch royals including the reigning monarch; 8 killed)
* 2010 Zhengzhou attack (ramming people). 6 dead, 20 injured.

2010s

* 2010 Hebei tractor rampage, 2010 mass murder using a bucket loader
* 2011 Porto Alegre, Brazil attack, cyclists rammed.
* 2011 Changsha attack (ramming people). 5 dead, 5 injured.
* 2012 Pune attack (ramming people)
* 2012 Zhangjiajie attack (ramming people). 6 dead, 9 injured.
* 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.
* 2012 Fengning attack (ramming people)
* 2013 Tumon
* 2013 Venice, Los Angeles (one dead)
* 2014 Venezuelan protests, several cases of vehicle ramming during opposition protests by government supporters.
* 2014 Isla Vista killings; Vehicle ramming attack, Stabbings, Shootings. 7 Dead.
* 2014 Sopot attack, Poland (ramming people)
* 2014 Taipei attack against Presidential Office Building, Taiwan
* 2014 Huaiwangtan attack (ramming and stabbing)
* 2014 Balipo attack (ramming and stabbing)
* 2014 Dijon attack, France (ramming people)
* 2014 Nantes attack, France (ramming people)
* 2015 Graz attack, mass murder using an SUV and a knife
* 2015 Weifang attack (ramming people). 5 dead, 21 injured.
* 2015 Shuozhou attack (ramming people)
* 2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade attack
* 2016 Yichun attack (ramming people). 4 dead, 18 injured.
* 2016 Kalamazoo bicycle crash, 5 dead
* 2016 Scunthorpe road rage
* 2017 Venezuelan protests, several cases of vehicle rammings during opposition protests by security forces or government supporters, including the killing of Paúl Moreno.
* January 2017 Melbourne car attack in Melbourne, Australia in which six people were killed and 27 injured.
* 2017 Balneário Camboriú road rage
* 2017 Murder of Yadira Arroyo, EMT ran over and killed by mentally ill man in New York City
* 2017 Times Square car attack
* 2017 Heidelberg attack by mentally disturbed German student
* 2017 Müllrose, Germany, drug addict kills two cops while fleeing in stolen car after stabbing his grandmother to death
* 2017 Antwerp attack, failed car-ramming in Belgium
* 2017 Guatemala City, a car rammed into a student protest: 13 injured, one dead.
* 2017 Sandy, Utah attack, car-ramming and shooting in Sandy, Utah
* 2017 Jingjiang car attack (ramming people). 4 dead, 9 injured.
* 2017 Columbia attack (ramming people)
* July 2017 Helsinki attack, Finland, ramming people
* August 2017 Helsinki attack, Finland, failed ramming
* 2017 Chomutov incident, the Czech Republic, in which a driver was shot dead by an armed citizen after driving into a group of people
* 2017 Sept-Sorts car attack, France, ramming a pizzeria, killing a schoolgirl
* 2017 Marseille van attack, France. A van rammed into two bus stops killing one woman and injuring another.
* 2017 Edmonton attack, Canada (ramming + stabbing; none killed)
* December 2017 California attack, United States, (ramming immigrant rights demonstrators, 6 injured)
* December 2017 Melbourne car attack (ramming and stabbing, 1 killed, 18 injured)
* December 2017 car attack in Perth, Australia, with one dead, four injured, three seriously.
* February 2018 car attack in Perth, Australia, with two injured, in suburban Mullaloo.
* 2018 Münster vehicle ramming (ramming crowd at an outdoor café, killing four and injuring 20; perpetrator then took his own life)
* 2018 Toronto van attack (ramming people; 11 killed and 15 injured)
* 2018 Gravesend attack (ramming people)
* 2018 Bessemer City, NC vehicle ramming
* 2018 Yantai attack (ramming people).
* 2018 Liuzhou attack (ramming and stabbing). 6 dead, 12 injured.
* September 2018 Moscow attack, 1 man died, 9 were injured.
* 2018 Mishui vehicle attack (ramming people at a square, killing 15 people and injuring 43 others; perpetrator sentenced to death)
* 2018 Ningbo attack (ramming and stabbing). 3 dead, 15 injured.
* 2018 Brăila attack, Romania. Attacker was under effects of drugs.
* 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.
* 2018 Huludao vehicle ramming (ramming people). 6 dead, 17 injured.
* 2019 Zaoyang car attack (ramming and stabbing). 6 dead, 8 injured.
* 2019 Sunnyvale, California, United States (ramming group of pedestrians). 8 injured.
* 2019 Taneytown, Maryland (ramming building)
* 2019 Oberhausen, Bottrop and Essen car attack (ramming people). 10 injured.

2020s

* 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 88 people. The motive behind the attack is unknown.
* 2020 Wan Chai attack, Hong Kong (a motorcyclist rammed his motorcycle into police officers, none killed)
* 2020 July 6 Seattle: During a protest against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd 1 dead and 1 injured
*August 2020 attack: Iraqi chases motor cyclists on Berlin's A100; trial for attempted murder to begin April 15.
* 2020 Henstedt-Ulzburg ramming attack
* 2020 Trier attack, Germany. Six people were killed and 23 were injured after a drunk man, who suffered from mental health problems, rammed civilians on a street.
* 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.
* 2021 United States Capitol car attack: On 2 April 2021, a car ramming occurred outside the United States Capitol, killing a police officer and injuring another. Police shot and killed the perpetrator shortly after.
* Killing of Deona M. Knajdek: A driver killed one person and injured three on June 13, 2021, in the U.S. city of Minneapolis.
* 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.
* June 2021 Show Low, Arizona Bicycle Race: A driver struck 7 cyclists. The driver fled the scene and was pursued and shot by police.
* 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. The driver escaped from the scene but was arrested minutes later.
* 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri massacre: Eight killed in farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district; Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra, was allegedly driving one of the three cars.
* 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. Brooks was charged with 81 felony and two misdemeanor counts.
* 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. "4 adult males were struck."
* 2022 Queens, New York, United States. On August 10, a person drove their SUV into a beer delivery worker and a mother and her child before driving away. No arrests were made.
* 2023 Laval daycare bus crash: Pierre Ny St-Amand, a 51-year-old Société de transport de Laval (STL) bus driver, crashed his bus into a daycare in Laval, Quebec, killing two children and injuring six.
* Weng Sor, a 62-year-old Malaysian man, drove a rented U-Haul truck into pedestrians in Brooklyn, killing 1. He was placed on suicide watch after his arrest.
* 2023 Amqui truck attack: Steeve Gagnon, 38 year-old, rammed his pickup truck against pedestrians in Amqui, Quebec, killing three people and injuring eight.
* 2023 Nottingham attacks
* Man driving into Downing Street Gates, near 10 Downing Street in 2023
* 2023 vehicle ramming attack on Bourke Street, Melbourne (White Toyota sedan goes into crowd killing one and injuring many).
* October 2023: Man drives car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco
* November 2023: A man drove a car into the Israeli embassy in Tokyo
* 2024 Rochester attack: On January 1, 2024 a man drove into a vehicle outside a theater, killing him and three occupants of the other vehicle. The driver's vehicle was found to be laden with gas canisters in it.
* 2024 Szczecin, Poland attack: On 1 March 2024 a man intentionally hit in a group of pedestrians at a road crossing at the Rodło Square. The driver of the car did not stop and a kilometer later he collided with three cars. 20 people were injured and one died. The perpetrator of the collision was referred for psychiatric examination.
* 2024 West Portal, San Francisco car accident: On March 16, 78-year-old woman crashed into a bus stop, killing a family of four consisting of two parents and their two infant sons. While considered an accident and thus leading to manslaughter charges filed against the driver, the crash had overtones of serious recklessness that has been speculated to be violent or erratic in nature.
* 2024 Texas Department of Public Safety building truck attack: On April 12, 2024 a man intentionally drove a semi-truck into a Texas Department of Public Safety office, killing two people and injuring 12 others. The day prior, the man had failed to get his commercial driver's license renewed at the same office.
* 2024 Zhuhai car attack: On November 11, 2024, a man drove a small SUV onto a running track out of Zhuhai Stadium in Zhuhai, China, killing 38 people and injuring 48 others exercising on the track. Early reports show that he was angry of the allocation of property after his divorce.
* 2024 Changde car attack: a 39-year-old man drove into crowd outside a primary school when students were going to school in the morning. 30 people were injured including 18 pupils.
* 2024 Soho car attack: At 00:45 a.m. on December 25, 2024, Christmas Day, a car was driven into four pedestrians along the wrong side of the road of Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho in Westminster, London, England, with one pedestrian left in critical condition.
* 2025 Nelson, New Zealand. On New Year's Day, a 32-year-old man drove his car into two New Zealand police officers and a police car, killing one officer and injuring four others, including one seriously.
* 2025 Tampa, Florida. On January 26, 2025, a 48-year-old man struck groups of pedestrians in two locations, killing one person and injuring six others, before being fatally shot by police officers after a highspeed chase.
* 2025 Mannheim car attack: On March 3, 2025, at least two people were killed and eleven others including the driver were injured when a man drove into a group of people in Paradeplatz, a pedestrianized street in Mannheim. The driver was taken into custody after he shot himself in the mouth.
* 2025 Inglewood, California, United States. On March 8, 2025, a disgruntled customer drove his car into a CarMax car dealership building, injuring eight people, including two critically, before being arrested.
* 2025 Vadodara, Gujarat, India. On March 14, a man rammed his car into pedestrians, killing a woman and injuring eight others, before being arrested.
* 2025 Yangzhen, Beijing, China. On March 18, a man angry with the government drove his car into a vegetable market, killing five people and injuring eleven others.
* 2025 Luton, Bedfordshire, England. On April 6, a 23-year-old man drove his Fiat 500 into pedestrians, injuring two people, before being arrested.
* 2025 East Naples, Florida, United States. On April 10, 2025, a 42-year-old man drove his car into a thrift store, injuring six people, before being arrested after attempting to flee the scene.
* 2025 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. On April 15, a person drove their Sedan onto a pedestrian walkway on the Toronto Metropolitan University campus near Yonge Street and Gerrard Street injuring four people. No arrests were made.
* 2025 Jinhua car attack. On April 22, a car drove into pedestrians, mostly students walking home from school, outside of an elementary school in Jinhua, Zhejiang, China. 14 people, including nine students, police officers and parents, were killed while multiple others were seriously injured.
* 2025 Vancouver car attack. On April 26, a person drove their SUV through the Filipino Lapu Lapu festival before being taken into police custody. At least eleven people were killed, including a child, while more than 20 others were injured.
* 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. On May 1, a 28-year-old man drove his car into a crowd of students going home from school, injuring seven people, before being arrested.
* 2025 Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, United States. On May 1, a man armed with a knife drove his car into two children and an adult, before being arrested later.
* 2025 Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. On May 7, a car drove into a crowd of French association football team Paris Saint-Germain FC supporters, injuring three people, including two critically, before the driver was attacked and his car was set on fire and later exploded.
* 2025 Paris, France. On May 11, a car carrying three people rammed into and robbed a Louis Vuitton store, stealing luxury items and causing damage, before fleeing the scene.
* 2025 Bishopville, South Carolina, United States. On May 11, a teenager drove his car into a girl before crashing into a Dollar Tree store and a car during a dispute with five people, injuring the girl, before being arrested.
* 2025 New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. On May 12, a woman drove her car into the entrance of a federal building, striking a security guard and causing minor damage to the building, before being arrested after getting out and trying to light an American flag on fire with gasoline.
* 2025 Fengxiang District, Shaanxi, China. On June 2, the secretary of the Dongguan Community Party Branch, 54-year-old Zhang Moufeng, drove her car into two pedestrians on an electric bicycle after a personal dispute at the intersection of Yongxing Road, seriously injuring them, before being arrested.
* 2025 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. On June 5, a 30-year-old man drove his car into the main entrance of the Pacific Coliseum at high speed during a Cirque du Soleil performance before being arrested.
* 2025 Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany. On June 7, a 48-year-old Iraqi national drove his Mercedes-Benz into a crowd after a possible custody dispute, injuring five people including his 40-year-old wife and 5-year-old child, before being detained.
* 2025 Culpeper, Virginia, United States. On June 14, a 21-year-old man intentionally drove his car into a "No Kings" protest, hitting at least one person.
* 2025 Miyun, Beijing, China. On June 26, a 35-year-old man drove his car into a group of elementary school students and two teachers crossing a road to go back to the school near the intersection of Yucai Road and Dongmen Street, killing at least six people and injuring five others, before being arrested. Witnesses said the perpetrator had a quarrel with his wife before driving into them impulsively.

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