{{Short description|none}} {{Redirect-distinguish|Suicide site|suicide and the Internet}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Suicide sidebar}} [[Image:PrinceEdwardViaductLuminousVeil 2005-10-01.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Luminous Veil on Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct to prevent people from jumping.]]
The following is a list of current and historic sites frequently chosen to attempt suicide, usually by jumping. Some of the sites listed have installed suicide barriers, signs advising potential suicides to take other actions, and other precautions, such as crisis hotline phones.
Exact numbers of victims are sometimes difficult to determine, as many jurisdictions and media agencies have ceased collecting statistics and reporting suicides at common sites, in the belief that the reporting may encourage others.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
==Locations with highest suicide rate== * Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing, Jiangsu <ref>[http://news.dayoo.com/society/gb/content/2006-09/11/content_2628571.htm 长江大桥成自杀圣地 专家建议装尼龙防护网] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006234834/http://news.dayoo.com/society/gb/content/2006-09/11/content_2628571.htm |date=6 October 2011 }}</ref> * Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, United States – more than 1,600 known suicides;<ref>{{cite web | last =Bateson| first = John| url = https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-may-25-la-oe-adv-bateson-golden-gate-20120525-story.html | title =The Golden Gate Bridge's fatal flaw| work=Los Angeles Times | date = May 25, 2012 | access-date =October 18, 2013 |quote=Since it opened on May 27, 1937, there have been an estimated 1,600 deaths in which the body was recovered}}</ref><ref name="GoldenGate">{{cite news |first=James |last=Bone | title=The Times |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4931880.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601010859/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article4931880.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2010 |format=ECE |location=New York |access-date=23 October 2008 | date=13 October 2008}}</ref><ref name="Popular">{{cite web |date=27 August 2008 |title=World's 10 most popular suicide destinations |url=http://retardzone.com/2008/08/27/worlds-10-most-popular-suicide-destinations/ |access-date=23 October 2008 |publisher=retard zone}}</ref> the number is believed to be higher because of people whose bodies were never found.<ref name=Melina>{{cite news|last=Melina|first=Remy|title=How Did Teen Survive Fall from Golden Gate Bridge?|url=http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1338-teen-survives-fall-from-golden-gate-bridge.html|access-date=November 23, 2013|date=April 19, 2011|archive-date=3 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103065728/http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1338-teen-survives-fall-from-golden-gate-bridge.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Prince Edward Viaduct, Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 492 suicides before the Luminous Veil, a barrier of 9,000 steel rods, was constructed in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |title=A barrier to hopeless souls |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2003/01/13/a-barrier-to-hopeless-souls/ |website=Baltimore Sun |date=17 March 2014|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317021848/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2003-01-13/news/0301130268_1_viaduct-birney-bridge |archive-date=17 March 2014 }}</ref> * Aokigahara forest, Mount Fuji, Japan – as many as 105 suicides a year,<ref name="auto">{{cite web| url= http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/suicide.forrest.japan/ | title= Desperate Japanese head to 'suicide forest' | first= Kyung| last= Lah | date= 19 March 2009| work= CNN.com/Asia| access-date= 10 April 2012| quote= 'Especially in March, the end of the fiscal year, more suicidal people will come here because of the bad economy,' he said. 'It's my dream to stop suicides in this forest, but to be honest, it would be difficult to prevent all the cases here.'}}</ref> though the number may be higher.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adelstein |first=Jake |date=2 Jan 2018 |title=The YouTuber who filmed Japan's 'suicide forest' may have done something good |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/01/02/the-youtuber-who-filmed-japans-suicide-forest-may-have-done-something-good/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> * The Gap, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – A large sea cliff. Roughly 50 suicides a year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Turnball |first=Malcolm |date=24 March 2010 |title=Tragedy amid the beauty at The Gap |url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/tragedy-amid-the-beauty-at-the-gap-20100323-qtxa.html |access-date=5 January 2011 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
==Locations by continent==
===Africa=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Site ! City ! Region ! Country ! Notes and references |- | Ponte Apartment Building | Johannesburg | Gauteng | {{flag|South Africa}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Ponte City text / MIKHAEL SUBOTZKY ARCHIVE |url=http://www.subotzkystudio.com/ponte-city-text/ |website=www.subotzkystudio.com}}</ref><sup>[dead link]</sup> |- | Van Stadens Bridge | - | Eastern Cape | {{flag|South Africa}} | 88 suicides since construction in 1971.<ref>{{cite news |last=Basson |first=Monique |date=11 October 2012 |title=DA calling for safety measures |url=http://issuu.com/kougaexpress/docs/kougaexpress_11-10-12/1?mode=a_p |access-date=15 October 2012 |newspaper=Kouga Express}}</ref> |- | Cairo Tower | Cairo | Cairo Governorate | {{flag|Egypt}} | |}
===Asia=== [[File:Seoul-Han.River-01.jpg|thumb|The Mapo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea has been nicknamed "Suicide Bridge" and "The Bridge of Death" due to its frequent usage as a suicide hotspot, part of South Korea's ongoing suicide epidemic.]] {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Site ! City ! Region ! Country ! Notes and references |- |Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge |Nanjing |Jiangsu |{{flag|China}} |Over 2,000 suicides since 1968, ~50/year{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} |- |Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge |Wuhan |Hubei |{{flag|China}} |24.7 suicides per year<ref>[http://www.lw23.com/pdf_1b235c5c-e5be-49a1-880d-8a685bf34e05/lunwen.pdf 自杀的相关问题] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323144503/http://www.lw23.com/pdf_1b235c5c-e5be-49a1-880d-8a685bf34e05/lunwen.pdf|date=23 March 2012}} - 河北精神卫生，2001年</ref> |- |Hussain Sagar |Hyderabad |Telangana |{{flag|India}} |<ref>{{Cite news |last=AuthorTelanganaToday |title=Hussain Sagar turning into Suicide Sagar |url=https://telanganatoday.com/hussain-sagar-turning-into-suicide-sagar |access-date=2020-06-13 |website=Telangana Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Naveen |date=2018-02-27 |title=Hyderabad: Sagar's low fence to blame for suicides |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/270218/hyderabad-sagars-low-fence-to-blame-for-suicides.html |access-date=2020-06-13 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> |- |Delhi Metro |Delhi |Delhi |{{flag|India}} |At least 83 suicides<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-18 |title=New Delhi: 83 suicides at Metro stations in last 4 years, reveals RTI query |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-metro-station-suicide-blue-line-4-years-rti-5451802/ |access-date=2020-06-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> |- |Rabindra Sarobar metro station |Kolkata |West Bengal |{{flag|India}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 2018 |title=haunted rabindra sarobar station |url=https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/2018/03/haunted-rabindra-sarobar-station.html}}</ref> |- |Kolkata Metro |Kolkata |West Bengal |{{flag|India}} |<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 March 2025 |title=কলকাতা মেট্রোয় আত্মহত্যা শীর্ষে পৌঁছেছে গত বছর! লোকসভায় মালার প্রশ্নে জানালেন রেলমন্ত্রী |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/7-suicide-cases-in-2024-in-kolkata-metro-railway-minister-ashwini-vaishnaw-said-in-response-to-a-question-from-tmc-mp-mala-roy-in-lok-sabha-dgtl/cid/1589412 |website=Anandabazzar Patrika}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2025 |title=Death on tracks: Kolkata Metro suicide cases and prevention measures discussed in Parliament |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/kolkata/death-on-tracks-kolkata-metro-suicide-cases-and-prevention-measures-discussed-in-parliament-prnt/cid/2089753 |website=The Telegraph online}}</ref> |- |Milad Tower |Tehran |Tehran |{{flag|Iran}} |Until 2012, three suicides occurred by persons jumping from Milad Tower. |- |Tehran Metro |Tehran |Tehran |{{flag|Iran}} | |- | Aokigahara forest | - | Yamanashi | {{flag|Japan}} | Up to 105 suicides a year<ref name="auto" /> |- | Kegon Falls | - | Tochigi | {{flag|Japan}} | The suicide of the student and poet Misao Fujimura in 1903, who wrote a farewell poem on the trunk of a tree before jumping to his death from the Kegon Falls, was reported widely and sensationalized in the newspapers, and led to many copycat suicides from the falls.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Lake Chūzenji|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|year=2011|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/117454/Lake-Chuzenji|accessdate=October 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| last = Iga| first = Mamoru | title = Suicide in Japan| journal = Social Science & Medicine. Part A: Medical Psychology & Medical Sociology | volume = 12 | issue = 4 | pages = 507–16 | year = 1978 | doi = 10.1016/0271-7123(78)90118-9| pmid = 734468 }} p. 519</ref> |- | Mount Mihara | Ōshima | Tokyo | {{flag|Japan}} | An active volcano on the island of Izu Ōshima. After a suicide in 1933, media reports led to hundreds of copycat suicides until 1936, when access was restricted.<ref name="EllisAllen1961">{{cite book |last1=Ellis |first1=Edward Robb |title=Traitor within: our suicide problem |last2=Allen |first2=George N. |publisher=Doubleday |year=1961 |pages=94–98 |oclc=445487}}</ref> |- |Shin-Koiwa Station |Tokyo |Tokyo |{{flag|Japan}} |{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} |- |Tojinbo, Japan |Sakai |Fukui |{{flag|Japan}} |{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} |- | Mapo Bridge | Seoul | Gyeonggi Province | {{flag|South Korea}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Bridge Signs Used in South Korea Anti-Suicide Efforts |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2013/08/15/bridge-signs-used-south-korea-anti-suicide-efforts |website=Public Radio International|date=15 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 February 2014 |title=Seoul anti-suicide initiative backfires, deaths increase by more than six times |url=https://soranews24.com/2014/02/26/seoul-anti-suicide-initiative-backfires-deaths-increase-over-than-six-times/}}</ref> |- |Han River | - | - |{{flag|South Korea}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Im |first=Jeong-yo |date=2016-09-20 |title=Suicide attempts at Han River on the rise: data |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160920000275 |access-date=2021-11-27 |website=Korea Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-16 |title=Seoul Stops Suicides from Han River Bridges With AI |url=http://world.seoul.go.kr/seoul-stops-suicides-from-han-river-bridges-with-ai/ |access-date=2021-11-27 |website=Seoul Metropolitan Government |language=en}}</ref> |- |Abdoun Bridge |Amman |Amman |{{flag|Jordan}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arabi21.com/story/1532528/%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%85-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B1|title= ما قصة "جسر عبدون" في الأردن.. ولماذا يتم اختياره للانتحار؟|language=ar |trans-title= What is the story of the Abdoun Bridge in Jordan? And why was it chosen for suicide?|publisher=Arabi21|date=21 Aug 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/arabic/trending-65590683|title= الانتحار: ازدياد عدد حالاته من على جسر عبدون يثير جدلاً واسعاً في الأردن|language=ar |trans-title= Suicide: The increasing number of suicides on the Abdoun Bridge sparks widespread controversy in Jordan|publisher=BBC Arabic|date= 14 May 2023}}</ref> |- |Penang Bridge |Penang |Penang |{{flag|Malaysia}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/06/02/penang-records-233-suicide-cases-since-2020-seven-from-penang-bridge-alone-this-year/10266|title=Penang records 233 suicide cases since 2020, seven from Penang Bridge alone this year|language=en|publisher=malaymail|date=2 Jun 2022}}</ref>
|- |Suramadu Bridge |Surabaya |East Java |{{flag|Indonesia}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesindonesia.co.id/peristiwa-daerah/369452/jembatan-suramadu-kembali-jadi-tempat-seseorang-mengakhiri-hidup|language=id|title=Jembatan Suramadu Kembali Jadi Tempat Seseorang Mengakhiri Hidup|trans-title=Suramadu Bridge is back to a place to suicide|publisher=timesindonesia|date=10 Sep 2021}}</ref> |}
===Europe=== thumb|right|A sign at a railroad crossing in the Netherlands promoting a suicide crisis line (113) {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Site ! City ! Region ! Country ! Notes and references |- |Nusle Bridge |Prague |Czech Republic |{{flag|Czechia}} |At least 365 deaths.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mladík (†25) skočil z "Nuseláku" |url=http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/musite-vedet/1339/mladik-25-skocil-z-nuselaku.html |work=AHA.cz}}</ref> |- |Archway Bridge |London |London |{{flag|England}} |<ref>{{cite web |date=September 2011 |title=Hornsey Lane Bridge Anti-Suicide Campaign. |url=http://www.hornseylanebridge.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020213100/http://www.hornseylanebridge.net/ |archive-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=usurped |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> |- |Beachy Head | - |East Sussex |{{flag|England}} |20 suicides a year<ref>{{cite news |date=2 June 2009 |title=Suicide jump child 'already dead' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8078490.stm |access-date=2 June 2009 |work=BBC News Online |publisher=BBC}}</ref> |- |Clifton Suspension Bridge |Bristol |South West England |{{flag|England}} |More than 500 suicides since opening in 1864. Suicide barriers were installed in 1998, which halved the suicide rate over the years following.<ref>{{cite news |date=6 June 2006 |title=Effect of barriers on the Clifton suspension bridge |url=http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/190/3/266.full}}</ref> |- |Humber Bridge |Kingston-upon-Hull |East Riding of Yorkshire |{{flag|England}} |More than 200 incidents of people jumping or falling from the bridge took place in the first 26 years after it opened in 1981.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 June 2007 |title=Bridge jump attempts prevented |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/6747383.stm |access-date=26 June 2010 |work=BBC News}}</ref> |- |London Underground |London |London |{{flag|England}} |~50 attempts annually<ref>{{cite news |date=27 August 2017 |title=TfL Freedom of Information request detail: Underground Suicide Data |url=https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-2451-1617}}</ref> |- |The Monument |London |London |{{flag|England}} |Was the site of six suicides between 1788 and 1842, when the gallery was enclosed by an iron cage to prevent such misfortunes occurring again.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Weinreb, Ben |title=The London Encyclopaedia |author2=Hibbert, Christopher |publisher=Macmillan |year=1992 |edition=reprint |page=542}}</ref> |- |Türisalu cliff |Türisalu |Harju County |{{flag|Estonia}} |<ref>{{cite news |last=Jõgeda |first=Tiina |date=17 January 2008 |title=Türisalu pank – enesetaputuristide Meka |url=http://www.ekspress.ee/2008/01/17/eesti-uudised/631-tyrisalu-pank--enesetaputuristide-meka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206033701/http://www.ekspress.ee/2008/01/17/eesti-uudised/631-tyrisalu-pank--enesetaputuristide-meka |archive-date=6 December 2008 |access-date=12 December 2011 |work=Eesti Ekspress |language=et}}</ref> |- |Paris Métro |Paris | |{{flag|France}} |20 to 40 deaths per year.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 2014 |title=INFOGRAPHIE – RATP : une trentaine de personnes meurent chaque année dans le métro ou le RER parisien |url=http://www.rtl.fr/actu/societe-faits-divers/ratp-une-trentaine-de-personnes-meurent-chaque-annee-dans-le-metro-ou-le-rer-parisien-7771613657}}</ref> |- |Göltzsch Viaduct |Reichenbach im Vogtland |Saxony |{{flag|Germany}} |Exemplary attraction for attempting suicide in Germany,<ref>Proske, Dirk (2004). Katalog der Risiken: Risiken und ihre Darstellung (Risk catalogue: Risks and their representations). Dresden: Eigenverlag. P. 146. Chap. 1.5: Soziale Risiken (Social risks), paragraph 1.5.1: [https://www.scribd.com/doc/9246535/44/Suizide Suizide] (Suicide).</ref> under continued supervision by the Federal Police,<ref>Spiegel Online (2002). [http://www.spiegel.de/sptv/0,1518,187462,00.html Wie eine Brücke zur Attraktion für Selbstmörder wurde] (How a bridge becomes an attraction for suicide). Retrieved 3 April 2011.</ref> scene of a 2001 suicide pact that led to the 2002 documentary ''Teuflische Spiele'' (''Diabolical Games'').<ref>zero one film (2011). [http://www.zeroone.de/zero/index.php?id=259 2002: Teuflische Spiele] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322055212/http://www.zeroone.de/zero/index.php?id=259|date=22 March 2012}}. Retrieved 3 April 2011.</ref> |- |Kocher Viaduct |Schwäbisch Hall |Baden-Württemberg |{{flag|Germany}} |Highest bridge in the country. A suicide barrier was installed on the bridge after an unusually high 48 suicides between 1979 and 1990.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.landtag-bw.de/files/live/sites/LTBW/files/dokumente/WP14/Drucksachen/1000/14_1789_D.pdf |title=Kleine Anfrage des Abg. Michael Theurer FDP/DVP und Antwort des Innenministeriums Vollvergitterung der Neckartalbrücke Weitingen (Autobahnbrücke Eyach) |year=2007 |language=German}}</ref> |- |Cliffs of Moher | - |County Clare |{{flag|Ireland}} |Four ''prevented'' suicides in 2008<ref>{{cite news |last=Deegan |first=Gordon |date=21 January 2009 |title=Rangers stop four cliff suicides |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/rangers-stop-four-cliff-suicides-1608281.html |work=Irish Independent}}</ref> |- |Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge |Luxembourg City | - |{{flag|Luxembourg}} |More than 100 suicides since opening in 1966. Since 1993, a Plexiglas barrier has prevented people from jumping off the bridge and falling on top of the houses below.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp904/MickaelTherer-163.html|title=Le pont rouge, a suicide bridge | World Wide Panorama|website=The World Wide Panorama}}</ref> |- |Foyle Bridge |Derry |County Londonderry |{{flag|Northern Ireland}} |More than 90 suicides since 1984<ref>{{cite news |title=Tragedy of 90 deaths at suicide blackspot bridge |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/tragedy-of-90-deaths-at-suicide-blackspot-bridge/29137193.html |work=Herald.ie}}</ref> |- |Karmsund Bridge | |Rogaland |{{flag|Norway}} |Estimated 25 suicides.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}} |- |25 de Abril Bridge |Lisbon |Lisbon |{{flag|Portugal}} |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peticaopublica.com/pview.aspx?pi=PT73827|title=Petição Ponte Segura - pelo fim dos suicídios na ponte 25 de Abril|website=peticaopublica.com}}</ref> |- |Erskine Bridge |Erskine |East Renfrewshire |{{flag|Scotland}} |{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} |- |Forth Road Bridge | - |Edinburgh |{{flag|Scotland}} |Estimated over 20 suicides a year – more than 800 since the bridge opened in 1964*{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} |- |Segovia Viaduct |Madrid |Madrid |{{flag|Spain}} |Colloquially called the suicide bridge, starting from the 17th century until the 1990s, when it saw fatal falls at an average of one a week. A barrier was erected in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 June 2014 |title=El Viaducto de Segovia y los suicidios en Madrid, historia |url=http://www.madridandyou.com/el-viaducto-de-segovia-madrid-y-los-suicidios/}}</ref> |- |Älvsborg Bridge |Gothenburg |Västra Götaland |{{flag|Sweden}} |<ref>{{cite web |date=17 August 2007 |title=Hoppskydd ska hindra självmord |url=https://www.gp.se/nyheter/g%C3%B6teborg/hoppskydd-ska-hindra-sj%C3%A4lvmord-1.1176738 |work=Göteborgs-Posten}}</ref> |- |Västerbron |Stockholm |Stockholm |{{flag|Sweden}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fördjupad olycksutredning av suicidhopp från Västerbron |url=https://rib.msb.se/Filer/pdf/27633.pdf |website=rib.msb.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=5 July 2012 |title=Skyddande räcke ska stoppa hopp från Västerbron |url=https://www.dn.se/sthlm/skyddande-racke-ska-stoppa-hopp-fran-vasterbron/}}</ref> |- |Bosphorus Bridge |Istanbul |Marmara |{{flag|Turkey}} |<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Çetin |first1=Gürsel |last2=Günay |first2=Yasemin |last3=Fincanci |first3=Sebnem K. |last4=Özdemir Kolusayin |first4=R. |year=2001 |title=Suicides by jumping from Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073800003704 |journal=Forensic Science International |volume=116 |issue=2–3 |pages=157–162 |doi=10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00370-4 |pmid=11182267|url-access=subscription }}</ref> |- |Southerndown | - |Vale of Glamorgan |{{flag|Wales}} |Well-known in the local area for suicides; at least 9 between 2000 and 2003.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 June 2003 |title=Help signs plan at suicide cliffs |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_east/2975932.stm}}</ref> |- |Severn Bridge | - | - |{{flag|Wales}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/29/richey-edwards-manic-street-preachers|title=Richey Edwards case closed: how 14 years of hope ended|work=The Guardian|author=Helen Pidd|date=29 November 2008}}</ref> |} ===North America=== [[Image:Suicide hotline sign on GW Memorial Bridge 4.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Suicide hotline on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, Seattle, Washington]] {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Site ! City ! Region ! Country ! Notes and references |- |Jacques Cartier Bridge |Montreal |{{flag|Quebec}} |{{flag|Canada}} |More than 143 suicides. Suicide barriers were erected in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 September 2007 |title=La barrière anti-suicide a prouvé son utilité |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/2007/09/10/156270.html |access-date=25 August 2008 |publisher=Le Devoir |language=fr |archive-date=3 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203001417/http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/09/10/156270.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |Prince Edward Viaduct |Toronto |{{flag|Ontario}} |{{flag|Canada}} |A suicide barrier was installed in 2003. |- |Toronto Subway |Toronto |{{flag|Ontario}} |{{flag|Canada}} |150 people have killed themselves, and there have been an additional 100 attempts between 1998 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web |last=Torontoist |date=26 November 2009 |title=Subway Suicide Statistics Released |url=http://torontoist.com/2009/11/subway_suicide_statistics_released/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Priority One: Suicides on the subway tracks—how many, how often and how to stop them | Toronto Life |url=http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2010/08/10/priority-one-suicides-on-the-subway-tracks%E2%80%94how-many-how-often-and-how-to-stop-them/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810201553/http://www.torontolife.com/informer/features/2010/08/10/priority-one-suicides-on-the-subway-tracks%E2%80%94how-many-how-often-and-how-to-stop-them/ |archive-date=10 August 2014 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Zittrer |first=Janna |date=15 April 2004 |title=Stopping the suicide train |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=141192}}</ref> |- |Niagara Falls | - |{{flag|Ontario}}/ {{flag|New York}} |{{flag|Canada}}/ {{flag|United States}} |Between 1856 and 1995 there were 2,780 known suicides; and there are 20 to 25 per year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hudson |first=Mike |date=27 May 2008 |title=Suicide season |url=http://www.niagarafallsreporter.com/column366.html |access-date=5 January 2011 |publisher=Niagara Falls Reporter}}</ref> |- |Arrigoni Bridge |Middletown |{{flag|Connecticut}} |{{flag|United States}} |<ref>{{cite news |date=18 August 2015 |title=Middletown mayor looks to curb suicides on Arrigoni Bridge |url=http://www.nhregister.com/article/NH/20150818/NEWS/150819498 |newspaper=New Haven Register}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=29 July 2015 |title=Connecticut pursuing safety measures to prevent jumpers on Arrigoni Bridge |url=http://www.middletownpress.com/article/MI/20150729/NEWS/150729556 |newspaper=The Middletown Press}}</ref> |- |Colorado Street Bridge |Pasadena |{{flag|California}} |{{flag|United States}} |Has been the host of numerous falls/jumps starting as early as its construction, when a worker who had been drinking fell off the bridge into wet cement. It has hosted many suicides since, and a large barrier/fence has been installed to keep people from jumping.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} |- |Coronado Bridge (also known as San Diego–Coronado Bridge) |San Diego |{{flag|California}} |{{flag|United States}} |More than 200 suicides (1972–2000)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hagstrom |first=Suzy |date=12 October 2000 |title=Through the Air into Darkness |url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2000/oct/12/through-air-darkness/ |work=San Diego Reader}}</ref> |- |Foresthill Bridge |Auburn |{{flag|California}} |{{flag|United States}} |Estimated 65 suicides since construction in 1973, actual number likely higher<ref>{{cite news |date=20 October 2009 |title=Foresthill Bridge scene of suicide plunge |url=http://auburnjournal.com/detail/132809.html |access-date=5 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2007 |title=Foresthill Bridge |url=http://www.sacwiki.org/Foresthill_Bridge |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505055714/http://www.sacwiki.org/Foresthill_Bridge |archive-date=5 May 2009 |access-date=5 November 2010}}</ref> |- |Golden Gate Bridge |San Francisco |{{flag|California}} |{{flag|United States}} |Official count halted at 997 to prevent "record breakers"<ref name="GoldenGate" /><ref name="Popular" /> |- |Sunshine Skyway Bridge |Tampa Bay |{{flag|Florida}} |{{flag|United States}} |At least 264 suicides by jumping from the center span into the waters of Tampa Bay since the opening of the new bridge in 1987. In response, the State of Florida installed crisis hotline phones and began 24-hour patrols.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skywaybridge.com/home.htm|title=the skyway bridge suicide jump report|website=www.skywaybridge.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Jamie |date=6 October 2003 |title=Skyway safeguards don't deter jumpers |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/06/Tampabay/Skyway_safeguards_don.shtml |access-date=1 February 2007 |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times}}</ref> The song "Skyway Avenue" by We The Kings is about two lovers who decide to jump to their deaths together from this bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Song Meanings: Skyway Avenue |url=http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858680672 |website=songmeanings.com|date=30 August 2007 }}</ref> |- |Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory |Verona Island |{{Flag|Maine}} |{{Flag|United States}} |12 confirmed suicides since opening in 2006; more are suspected by authorities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2022-05-26 |title=A Journal reader asks, why no safety fences on Penobscot bridge? |url=https://waldo.villagesoup.com/news/a-journal-reader-asks-why-no-safety-fences-on-penobscot-bridge/article_d9b15573-03a3-568a-a4e1-2e3d6e54e924.html |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Republican Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Genter |first=Ethan |date=2022-12-02 |title=Body of missing Presque Isle student found on Sears Island |url=http://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/12/02/news/midcoast/body-missing-presque-isle-student-sears-island/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Bangor Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> The state declined to install fencing around the bridge due to cost, and instead installed telephones connected to the suicide prevention hotline.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Genter |first=Ethan |date=2021-12-06 |title=Crisis phones on Penobscot Narrows bridge were out of order the day a woman jumped |url=http://www.bangordailynews.com/2021/12/06/news/hancock/crisis-phones-on-penobscot-narrows-bridge-were-out-of-order-the-day-a-woman-jumped/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=Bangor Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge |Southern Maryland |{{flag|Maryland}} |{{flag|United States}} | |- |George Washington Bridge |New York City |{{flag|New York}}/{{flag|New Jersey}} |{{flag|United States}} |It has been averaging around 10 suicides per year and a record 18 in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Zabriskie |first=Phil |title=The Mysteries of the Suicide Tourist |url=http://nymag.com/news/features/46811/index2.html |access-date=13 April 2012 |work=New York |publisher=New York Media LLC}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Messing |first=Philip |date=14 January 2013 |title=Sad GWB suicide record |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/sad_gwb_suicide_record_9ELUgLy1EyYM2heFPNSMQM |access-date=14 January 2013 |newspaper=New York Post}}</ref> {{nowrap|18-year-old}} Tyler Clementi jumped from the bridge in 2010 after being cyberbullied. |- |Tappan Zee Bridge |Tarrytown |{{flag|New York}} |{{flag|United States}} |More than 30 suicides between 2002 and 2012; sometimes referred to as "the Golden Gate Bridge of the East"<ref>{{cite news |author=O'Connor, Timothy |date=14 October 2012 |title=High anxiety: Trooper fights fear to save would-be Tappan Zee jumpers |url=http://www.newsday.com/search/high-anxiety-trooper-fights-fear-to-save-would-be-tappan-zee-jumpers-1.4111767 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111042056/http://www.newsday.com/search/high-anxiety-trooper-fights-fear-to-save-would-be-tappan-zee-jumpers-1.4111767 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |access-date=16 October 2012 |journal=Newsday}}</ref> This bridge was replaced in 2017 by a new twin span with fencing on its pedestrian/bicycle path to deter jumpers. |- |Vessel |New York City |{{flag|New York}} |{{flag|United States}} |In the less than two years that the Vessel was open to the public, four people jumped to their deaths.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Ashley |last2=Gold |first2=Michael |date=2021-07-29 |title=Fourth Suicide at the Vessel Leads to Calls for Higher Barriers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/nyregion/vessel-suicide-hudson-yards.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After the first three deaths, some limited changes were made to prevent suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=Manhattan's Vessel reopens with focus on suicide prevention |url=https://abc7ny.com/the-vessel-hudson-yards-suicides-reopens/10695409/ |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=ABC7 New York |language=en}}</ref> The Vessel was closed following the fourth death,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kirsch |first=Noah |date=2021-07-29 |title=Billionaire Developer Mulls Closing NYC Tourist Hot Spot After 14-Year-Old Leaps to His Death |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-developer-stephen-ross-mulls-closing-nyc-hot-spot-the-vessel-after-14-year-old-leaps-to-his-death |access-date=2022-03-12 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref> but reopened in October 2024 with mesh barriers installed as a safety feature.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-20 |title=The Vessel, a Manhattan tourist site closed after suicides, reopens with new safety features |url=https://apnews.com/article/vessel-hudson-yards-new-york-ab9b02282754db2d3d308fd87df54ecd |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> |- |Vista Bridge |Portland |{{flag|Oregon}} |{{flag|United States}} |<ref name="Stabler1">{{cite news |last=Stabler |first=David |date=February 2, 2013 |title=Vista Bridge: Is it time to stop the dying at Portland's iconic bridge? |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/02/post_37.html |access-date=September 22, 2013 |newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref><ref name="Stabler2">{{cite news |last=Stabler |first=David |date=July 9, 2013 |title=Temporary suicide barriers to go up on Vista Bridge |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/07/temporary_suicide_barriers_to.html |access-date=July 10, 2013 |newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref> |- |George Washington Memorial Bridge ("Aurora Bridge") |Seattle |{{flag|Washington}} |{{flag|United States}} |More than 230 suicides since 1932,<ref name="historylink">{{cite web |author=Priscilla Long |date=14 March 2003 |title=Seattle's George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge) is dedicated on February 22, 1932. |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5418 |access-date=15 January 2008 |work=HistoryLink}}</ref> with more than 50 from 1997 to 2007<ref>{{cite news |last=Lewis |first=Mike |date=2 October 2006 |title=City hopes to dissuade suicidal jumpers |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/287230_jumpers02.html |access-date=15 January 2008 |newspaper=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> |- |New River Gorge Bridge |Fayetteville |{{flag|West Virginia}} |{{flag|United States}} |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Janiskee |first1=Bob |date=16 September 2008 |title=At New River Gorge National River, an Iconic Bridge Attracts Suicide Jumpers |url=http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2008/09/new-river-gorge-national-river-iconic-bridge-attracts-suicide-jumpers |access-date=17 October 2015 |work=National Parks Traveler}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tyson |first1=Daniel |date=25 August 2015 |title=Man dies after jumping from New River Gorge Bridge |url=http://www.register-herald.com/news/man-dies-after-jumping-from-new-river-gorge-bridge/article_f072d2f0-86a6-53c2-8603-0923376518a1.html |access-date=17 October 2015 |newspaper=Fayette Tribune |publisher=Register-Herald.com, The Register-Herald}}</ref> |- |Mexico City Metro |Mexico City |Mexico City |{{flag|Mexico}} |More than 178 from 2020 to 2025<ref>[https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/178-personas-fallecieron-arrolladas-en-las-vias-del-metro-entre-2020-y-2025/ El Universal - 178 personas fallecieron arrolladas en las vías del Metro entre 2020 y 2025]</ref> |}
===Oceania=== thumb|Free telephones linked to suicide prevention hotline installed at the Story Bridge footpath in Brisbane {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Site ! City ! Region ! Country ! Notes and references |- | Echo Point | Blue Mountains | {{flag|New South Wales}} | {{flag|Australia}} | <ref>{{cite web | url=https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/echo_point | title=Echo Point |website= The Dictionary of Sydney |first1= Delia |last1=Falconer |date=2016 |quote=Yet Echo Point's ambiguity and resistance to neatly scripted experience persist, most poignantly in its history as a popular suicide destination, and in the uncertainty that shrouds its Indigenous past. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303182034/https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/echo_point |archive-date= Mar 3, 2024 }}</ref> |- | Grafton Bridge | Auckland | Auckland | {{flag|New Zealand}} | Suicide barriers were removed in 1996 after being in place for 60 years but replaced in 2003.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Beautrais| first=Annette L.| author2=Sheree J. Gibb|author3=David M. Fergusson|author4=L. John Horwood| author5=Gregory Luke Larkin|date=June 2009|title=Removing bridge barriers stimulates suicides: an unfortunate natural experiment|journal=Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry| volume=43| issue=6|pages=495–497| doi=10.1080/00048670902873714| url=http://www.chmeds.ac.nz/research/chds/publications/2009/336.pdf|access-date=18 August 2010| url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523170101/http://www.chmeds.ac.nz/research/chds/publications/2009/336.pdf|archive-date=23 May 2010|pmid=19440879| s2cid=205398694}}</ref> |- |Kelburn Viaduct |Wellington |Wellington |{{flag|New Zealand}} | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Chin |first=Frances |date=2023-07-18 |title=Major Wellington street reopened following bridge incident |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wellington/300930532/major-wellington-street-reopened-following-bridge-incident |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/motorists-asked-to-avoid-wellingtons-kelburn-after-incident/6CUYW5WP6VDU3B6AZG7VHYZCYQ/|title=Cordons lifted in Wellington's Kelburn after 'incident' causes traffic congestion|date=24 April 2025|website=NZ Herald}}</ref> |- | Lawyer's Head | Dunedin | {{Flag|Otago}} | {{flag|New Zealand}} | <ref>{{cite journal|date=March 2010|title=Moral Dilemma|journal=City Talk|publisher=Dunedin City Council|pages=16–18|url=http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/103888/CityTalkMarch10.pdf|access-date=2021-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514121909/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/103888/CityTalkMarch10.pdf|archive-date=2010-05-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | Mooney Mooney Bridge | Central Coast | {{flag|New South Wales}} | {{flag|Australia}} | Because of its height (making it a known suicide bridge), a fence was erected in 2003 to deter people from jumping off. The fence cost around $1,000,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dadsindistress.asn.au/helpus.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222044236/http://www.dadsindistress.asn.au/helpus.html | archive-date=22 February 2011 | title=Dads in Distress - What's it cost to save a man's life? }}</ref> |- | Story Bridge | Brisbane | {{flag|Queensland}} | {{flag|Australia}} | Brisbane's Story Bridge is notorious for its suicides, having been compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Remeikis |first1=Amy |first2=Marissa |last2=Calligeros |date=2012-02-21 |title=School resumes for heartbroken Churchie students |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/school-resumes-for-heartbroken-churchie-students-20120221-1tkyw.html |website=Brisbane Times |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240111124825/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/school-resumes-for-heartbroken-churchie-students-20120221-1tkyw.html |archive-date= Jan 11, 2024 }}</ref> Free telephones have been installed on the bridge, and the bridge also has a three-metre-high safety barrier.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/safety-barriers-for-story-bridge-20130206-2dxvl.html | title=Safety barriers for Story Bridge | date=6 February 2013 |first1=Tony |last1=Moore |website=Brisbane Times |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170701031721/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/safety-barriers-for-story-bridge-20130206-2dxvl.html |archive-date= Jul 1, 2017 }}</ref> |- | Sydney Harbour Bridge | Sydney | {{flag|New South Wales}} | {{flag|Australia}} | Although the bridge is not as well-known for suicides as many others in Australia, the bridge has had numerous suicides and incidents (intentional or not) that occur on the bridge usually lead in death.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/dan-price/ | title=Four years ago, Dan Price was seconds from jumping off the Sydney Harbour Bridge. |first1=Jessie |last1=Stephens |website=Mamamia | date=26 February 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111131508/https://www.mamamia.com.au/dan-price/amp/ |archive-date= Jan 11, 2024 }}</ref> |- | The Gap | Sydney | {{flag|New South Wales}} | {{flag|Australia}} | A large sea cliff. Roughly 50 suicides a year <ref name=":0" /> |- | West Gate Bridge | Melbourne | {{flag|Victoria}} | {{flag|Australia}} | Had "up to one" suicide every three weeks.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/anti-suicide-barrier-urged/story-e6frf7kx-1111116630376|title=Anti-suicide barrier urged for West Gate Bridge|date=14 June 2008|access-date=5 January 2011|author=Mark Dunn|author2=Anthony Dowsley|newspaper=Herald Sun |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230151406/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/anti-suicide-barrier-urged/story-e6frf7kx-1111116630376 |archive-date= 30 December 2012 }}</ref> Suicide rates on the bridge have dropped by 85% since prevention barriers were installed by the state government in 2009. |}
===South America=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Site ! City ! Region ! Country ! Notes and references |- |São Paulo Metro |São Paulo |São Paulo |{{flag|Brazil}} |The Metro, as other subway networks in Brazil, have a policy not to publicly disclose the number of suicides taking place in any given period to prevent further attempts. |- |Third Bridge |Vitória |Espírito Santo |{{flag|Brazil}} |The construction of a suicide prevention net is currently being discussed by public authorities and the concessionary of the bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magesky |first=Lais |date=2019-01-21 |title=Capixabas escolhem projeto de barreira rebaixada para Terceira Ponte |url=https://www.gazetaonline.com.br/noticias/cidades/2019/01/capixabas-escolhem-projeto-de-barreira-rebaixada-para-terceira-ponte-1014164455.html |access-date=2019-01-22 |website=Gazeta Online |language=pt-br}}</ref> |- |Costanera Center |Santiago |Santiago |{{flag|Chile}} |Dubbed as the "suicide mall", the fifth floor and the surrounding stairs had to be covered with large fences due to suicide rates.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hermosilla |first=Ignacio |date=8 April 2023 |title="El mall de los suicidios": Fenómeno del Costanera Center y sus polémicas rejas llegan a medio español |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2023/04/08/costanera-center-el-mall-de-los-suicidios-medio-espanol-recoje-problematica-del-centro-comercial.shtml |publisher=Radio Bio-Bio |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Siredey |first=Francisco |date=10 August 2019 |title=El precio de trabajar en el Costanera |url=https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-domingo/noticia/precio-trabajar-costanera/777953/ |publisher=La Tercera |language=es}}</ref> |- |Puente de la Virgen (Virgin's Bridge) |Bogotá |Bogotá |{{Flag|Colombia}} |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alzate |first=Jorge |date=September 4, 2023 |title=La historia detrás del "puente maldito" en Bogotá |url=https://www.infobae.com/colombia/2023/09/04/la-historia-detras-del-supuesto-puente-maldito-en-bogota/ |access-date=August 26, 2024 |website=Infobae}}</ref> |- |Viaducto García Cadena |Bucaramanga |Santander |{{flag|Colombia}} |<ref>{{cite news |last=Amorocho |first=Carlos |date=12 April 2012 |title=El viaducto de los suicidas |url=http://www.vanguardia.com/santander/bucaramanga/video-153858-el-viaducto-se-vistio-con-cintas-negras-para-evitar-el-suicidio |publisher=Vanguardia Liberal |language=es}}</ref> |- | Eduardo Villena Rey Bridge | Lima | Lima | {{flag|Peru}} | The bridge had to be covered with large windows due to suicide rates. The street under the bridge is believed to be haunted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Panamericana Televisión |date=Jul 24, 2011 |title=Zona de Miedo: Los Fantasmas de Barranco y el Puente Villena |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8z18EVPCFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103224135/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8z18EVPCFA |archive-date=Jan 3, 2020 |website=YouTube}}</ref> |}
==See also== * Lover's Leap * Suicide bridge * Suicide tourism
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