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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 a vehicle 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 casualty counts excludes the attackers.
2000s
2001 Azor attack, Israel (ramming people, mostly soldiers; 8 killed 26 injured; by Hamas)
2017 Westminster attack, London, England, United Kingdom (ramming and stabbing; some victims were thrown off Westminster Bridge by the ramming; 5 killed)
2022 Berlin car attack: On 8 June 2022, a man drove his Renault Clio into a crowd of pedestrians on a sidewalk, killing one person and injuring thirty-two others.
2024 Ra'anana attack On 15 January 2024 VAW and marauding terrorist attack killing 1 person and injuring 18.
HaMatovichim Junction rampage: On 29 May 2024, a man drove his truck into two soldiers near Nablus, killing them both, before being arrested.
Nir Tzvi intersection attack: On 14 July 2024, a man drove a car into a bus station in Nir Tzvi, killing an IDF officer and injuring three others before being killed.
2025 Munich car attack, a car drove into trade union demonstration in Munich, Germany killing two people and injuring 37 others, including 10 severely.
2025 Karkur junction ramming attack: On Feb 27, 2025 a car drove into pedestrians waiting at a bus stop, killing one teenager and injuring 13.
2025 Island of Oléron car ramming, a car was driven into multiple pedestrians and cyclists in Oléron, injuring at least 5 people, 2 critically. The perpetrator attempted to set the car on fire, but was arrested while shouting "Allahu Akbar".
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.
1993 Santiago, Chile: On 20 September, a Navy captain deliberately rammed his car into random citizens along the Huérfanos street in Central Santiago, killing 2 and injuring 5 before crashing into a phone pole. The following year, he was declared not guilty by reason of insanity due to suffering from maniac depressive psychosis (now known as bipolar disorder).
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 in San Diego
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.
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
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.
2018 Liuzhou attack (ramming and stabbing). 6 dead, 12 injured.
2018 Moscow, Russia: 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, Zhejiang, China (ramming and stabbing): 3 dead, 15 injured.
2018 Brăila, Romania (ramming and stabbing): Ten injured. Attacker was under effects of drugs.
2018 Newport, Wales: 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.
2019 San Pedro de la Paz, Chile: On 18 October, during the 2019 Chilean protests, 34-year-old Mario Alejandro Navarrete Concha deliberately drove into protesters while drunk, killing 2 and injuring 19. He was later sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment.
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 89 people. The driver had no known mental illness and was not intoxicated at the time, with prosecutors alleging that he acted out of frustration with life.
March 2020, Ohio: On 21 March, Springdale Police Department officer Kaia Grant was intentionally struck and killed while laying spike strips. Terry Blankenship pleaded guilty to the attack in April 2011 and was sentenced to 30 years to life.
2020 Wan Chai attack, Hong Kong (a motorcyclist rammed his motorcycle into police officers)
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 15 April.
2020 Henstedt-Ulzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany: On 17 October 2020, four people were injured when a 22-year-old man drove into a group protesting a political rally of the Alternative for Germany. The driver was charged with attempted manslaughter.
2020 Trier attack: 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, Israel 1 Israeli soldier was wounded, and the assailant was shot dead.
2021 Portland, Oregon, United States: On 24 January 2021, one pedestrian is killed and five others wounded. Driver arrested.
2021 Damascus, Syria: On 24 January 2021, 44-year-old Aline Skaf, wife of Hannibal Gaddafi and daughter-in-law of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi hits five people - two policemen and three pedestrians, in an act of road rage from a parking ticket after illegally parking at the side of the road.
2021 Dalian car attack[zh] 5 people killed and 8 injured in Dalian, China (22 May 2021). The driver was going 108km/h (67mph) during a pedestrian crossing. The perpetrator was caught and tried after.
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 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."[needs update]
2022 Queens, New York, United States. On 10 August, a person drove their SUV into a beer delivery worker and a mother and her child before driving away. No arrests were made.
Brooklyn, New York, United States: 62-year-old Malaysian national Weng Sor drove a rented U-Haul truck into pedestrians in Brooklyn, killing 1 and injuring nine. He was placed on suicide watch after his arrest.
2023 London On 26 May 2023, a man drove into the closed gates of 10 Downing Street. The driver had posted a video online stating that politicians "had to pay". He was arrested and charged with dangerous driving and possession of child sexual abuse material.
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 1 January 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: 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 Zhuhai car attack: On 11 November 2024, a man drove a small SUV onto a running track out of Zhuhai Stadium in Zhuhai, killing 38 people and injuring 48 others exercising on the track. The driver was motivated by an acrimonious divorce settlement.
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 Magdeburg car attack. On 20 December 2024, an attack on a Christmas Market, killed 6 people and 309 others were injured. The Preparator was identified as 50-year-old Saudi-born anti-Islam activist Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen at the scene.
2024 London, England: At 00:45 a.m. on 25 December 2024, Christmas Day, a car was driven into five pedestrians along the wrong side of the road of Shaftesbury Avenue in Westminster, with one pedestrian dying of his injuries. The 30-year-old suspect was intoxicated and targeted the victims "for racist and homophobic reasons".
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, United States. On 26 January 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 3 March 2025, 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 arrested and believed to have acted out of frustration with his personal life, exacerbated by borderline personality disorder.
2025 Inglewood, California, United States. On 8 March 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 14 March, a man rammed his car into pedestrians, killing a woman and injuring eight others, before being arrested.
2025 Yang, Beijing, China. On 18 March, 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 6 April, a 23-year-old man drove his Fiat 500 into pedestrians, injuring two people, before being arrested.
2025 East Naples, Florida, United States. On 10 April 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 Jinhua car attack. On 22 April, 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 26 April, Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, drove his Audi Q7 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 1 May, 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 1 May, a man armed with a knife drove his car into two children and an adult, before being arrested later.
May 2025, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States: On 2 May, Hamilton County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Henderson was struck and killed while directing traffic. Rodney Hinton Jr. was charged with killing Henderson in retaliation for his son Ryan Hinton's shooting death by police a day earlier. Henderson was not involved in the shooting that killed Ryan.
2025 Champs-Élysées, Paris, France. On 7 May, 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 11 May, 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 11 May, 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 12 May, 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 Liverpool parade attack, on 26th May a 53-year-old man drove a Ford Galaxy into a crowd in Liverpool, England celebrating Liverpool FC's 2024-25 Premier League victory, injuring 130 people. The attack was initially feared to be terrorist, but was later determined to be due to the driver experiencing a fit of road rage at being obstructed by the crowd.
2025 Fengxiang District, Shaanxi, China. On 2 June, 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 5 June, 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 7 June, 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 14 June, a 21-year-old man intentionally drove his car into a "No Kings" protest, hitting at least one person.
June 2025, Louisiana: On 16 June, Baton Rouge Police Department officer Caleb Eisworth was struck on his motorcycle while on the way home. Eisworth died two months later. Gad Black was charged with the attack but deemed incompetent to stand trial. Black referenced Rodney Hinton Jr. in a Facebook post following the attack.
2025 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. On 19 July, a car attack left 30 injured after the driver rammed into a crowd waiting to enter a concert.
2025 Wuhan, Hubei, China. On 6 September, a 24-year-old man drove his car into pedestrians at the intersection of Hualou Street and Jiaotong Road, injuring seven people, before being arrested.
2025 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. On 17 September, a 34-year-old man from Penn Hills, Pennsylvania rammed his white Toyota Corolla into a fence leading to Federal Bureau of Investigation building in Pittsburgh, before hanging an American flag and being placed in custody afterward. Police reported that the man has a history of mental health issues.
2026 Modena car-ramming attack. On May 16, 2026, a driver deliberately rammed pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring seven people and later attacking and wounding a pedestrian with a knife during his escape.
June 2026, New Jersey. On 22 June, a protestor outside Delaney Hall was struck by a vehicle. Thomas K. Brown was charged with assault and reckless driving two days later.
July 2026, Germany. At the Berlin CSD parade, a 21 year old Islamist drove a rented car into the crowd, killing one woman.
26 August 2026, Caen, France. A 26 year old man of Russian-Chechen descent known as Ibrahim I. rammed his car into a crowd after an argument with people in a bar, killing 2 and injuring 9 (some severely).
19 October 2026, Wangaratta, Australia. A 43 year old man rammed his SUV twice into Independent Federal Australian MP Helen Haines in an alleged targeted attack.
↑"北京男菜市场开车乱撞 曾预告要报复政府(视频)"[Beijing man rams his car into vegetable market, threatens to take revenge on government (Video)] (in Chinese). Newtalk News. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
↑"(影) 獻忠事件死灰復燃!河南、北京驚見報復社會 沿路衝撞3公里 多人死亡"[(Video) The Xianzhong incident has resurfaced! Henan and Beijing were shocked to see revenge on society, with many people killed along the 3-kilometer road] (in Chinese). Newtalk News. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
↑"中國全面封鎖浙江小學撞人案 網傳家長不滿小孩校內過世憤而報復"[China fully blocks Zhejiang primary school hit-and-run case; parents retaliate after child dies in school] (in Chinese). Liberty Times. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
↑"社区女书记开车故意冲撞女子,撞倒路过电动车致2人受伤!警方:刑拘"[The female secretary of the community drove her car to deliberately hit a woman, knocked down a passing electric bike and injured two people! Police: Criminal detention]. Sina Corporation. 5 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.