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.
| Site | City | Region | Country | Notes and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponte Apartment Building | Johannesburg | Gauteng |  South Africa | [10] | |
| Van Stadens Bridge | - | Eastern Cape | South Africa | 88 suicides since construction in 1971.[11] | |
| Cairo Tower | Cairo | Cairo Governorate |  Egypt |
| Site | City | Region | Country | Notes and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge | Nanjing | Jiangsu |  China | Over 2,000 suicides since 1968, ~50/year. | |
| Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge | Wuhan | China | 24.7 suicides per year[12] | ||
| Hussain Sagar | Hyderabad | Telangana |  India | [13] [14] | |
| Delhi Metro | Delhi | Delhi | India | at least 83 suicides[15] | |
| Rabindra Sarobar metro station | Kolkata | West Bengal | India | [16] | |
| Milad Tower | Tehran | Until 2012, three suicides occurred by persons jumping from Milad Tower. | |||
| Tehran Metro | Tehran | ||||
| Aokigahara forest | - |  Japan | up to 105 suicides a year | ||
| Mount Mihara | Ōshima | Tokyo | Japan | An active volcano on the island of Izu Ōshima. After a suicide in 1933, media reports led to hundreds of copycats until 1936, when access was restricted.[17] | |
| Shin-Koiwa Station | Tokyo | Tokyo | Japan | ||
| Tojinbo, Japan | Sakai | Fukui | Japan | ||
| Mapo Bridge | Seoul | Gyeonggi Province | [18] [19] | ||
| Han River | - | - | [20] [21] |
| Site | City | Region | Country | Notes and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nusle Bridge | Prague | Czech Republic | At least 365 deaths.[22] | ||
| Archway Bridge | London | London | [23] | ||
| Beachy Head | - | East Sussex | 20 suicides a year[24] | ||
| Clifton Suspension Bridge | Bristol | South West England | More than 500 suicides since opening in 1864. Suicide barriers were installed in 1998, which halved the suicide rate over the years following.[25] | ||
| Humber Bridge | Kingston-upon-Hull | East Riding of Yorkshire | More than 200 incidents of people jumping or falling from the bridge took place in the first 26 years after it opened in 1981.[26] | ||
| London Underground | London | London | ~50 attempts annually[27] | ||
| The Monument | London | London | 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.[28] | ||
| Türisalu cliff | Türisalu | Harju County |  Estonia | [29] | |
| Paris Métro | Paris |  France | 20 to 40 deaths per year.[30] | ||
| Göltzsch Viaduct | Reichenbach im Vogtland | Saxony |  Germany | Exemplary attraction for attempting suicide in Germany,[31] under continued supervision by the Federal Police,[32] scene of a 2001 suicide pact that led to the 2002 documentary Teuflische Spiele (Diabolical Games).[33] | |
| Kocher Viaduct | Schwäbisch Hall | Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Highest bridge in the country. A suicide barrier was installed on the bridge after an unusually high 48 suicides between 1979 and 1990.[34] | |
| Cliffs of Moher | - | County Clare |  Ireland | Four prevented suicides in 2008[35] | |
| Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge | Luxembourg City | - |  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.[36] | |
| Foyle Bridge | Derry | County Londonderry | More than 90 suicides since 1984[37] | ||
| Karmsund Bridge | Rogaland |  Norway | Estimated 25 suicides. | ||
| 25 de Abril Bridge | Lisbon |  Portugal | [38] | ||
| Erskine Bridge | Erskine | East Renfrewshire | |||
| Forth Road Bridge | - | Edinburgh | Estimated over 20 suicides a year – more than 800 since the bridge opened in 1964* | ||
| Segovia Viaduct | Madrid | Madrid |  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.[39] | |
| Älvsborg Bridge | Gothenburg |  Sweden | [40] | ||
| Västerbron | Stockholm | Stockholm | Sweden | [41] [42] | |
| Bosphorus Bridge | Istanbul | Marmara |  Turkey | [43] | |
| Southerndown | - | Vale of Glamorgan | Well-known in the local area for suicides; at least 9 between 2000 and 2003.[44] |
| Site | City | Region | Country | Notes and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Cartier Bridge | Montreal |  Canada | More than 143 suicides. Suicide barriers were erected in 2004.[45] | ||
| Prince Edward Viaduct | Toronto | Canada | A suicide barrier was installed in 2003. | ||
| Toronto Subway | Toronto | Canada | 150 people have killed themselves, and there have been an additional 100 attempts between 1998 and 2007.[46] [47] [48] | ||
| Niagara Falls | - | / | Canada/ United States | Between 1856 and 1995 there were 2,780 known suicides; and there are 20 to 25 per year.[49] | |
| Arrigoni Bridge | Middletown | United States | [50] [51] | ||
| Colorado Street Bridge | Pasadena | 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. | ||
| Coronado Bridge (also known as San Diego–Coronado Bridge) | San Diego | United States | More than 200 suicides (1972–2000)[52] | ||
| Foresthill Bridge | Auburn | United States | Estimated 65 suicides since construction in 1973, actual number likely higher[53] [54] | ||
| Golden Gate Bridge | San Francisco | United States | Official count halted at 997 to prevent "record breakers" | ||
| Sunshine Skyway Bridge | Tampa Bay | 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.[55] [56] The song "Skyway Avenue" by We The Kings is about two lovers who decide to jump to their deaths together from this bridge.[57] | ||
| Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory | Verona Island | 12 confirmed suicides since opening in 2006; more are suspected by authorities.[58] [59] The state declined to install fencing around the bridge due to cost, and instead installed telephones connected to the suicide prevention hotline.[60] | |||
| Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge | Southern Maryland | United States | |||
| George Washington Bridge | New York City | / | United States | It has been averaging around 10 suicides per year and a record 18 in 2012.[61] [62] Tyler Clementi jumped from the bridge in 2010 after being cyberbullied. | |
| Tappan Zee Bridge | Tarrytown | United States | More than 30 suicides between 2002 and 2012; sometimes referred to as "the Golden Gate Bridge of the East"[63] 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 | United States | In the less than two years that the Vessel was open to the public, four people jumped to their deaths.[64] After the first three deaths, some limited changes were made to prevent suicide.[65] Following the fourth death, however, the Vessel has been closed indefinitely.[66] | ||
| Vista Bridge | Portland | United States | [67] [68] | ||
| George Washington Memorial Bridge ("Aurora Bridge") | Seattle | United States | More than 230 suicides since 1932,[69] with more than 50 from 1997 to 2007[70] | ||
| New River Gorge Bridge | Fayetteville | United States | [71] [72] |
| Site | City | Region | Country | Notes and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Point | Blue Mountains |  Australia | [73] | ||
| Grafton Bridge | Auckland | Auckland 78 |  New Zealand | Suicide barriers were removed in 1996 after being in place for 60 years but replaced in 2003.[74] | |
| Lawyer's Head | Dunedin | Otago | New Zealand | [75] | |
| Mooney Mooney Bridge | Central Coast | 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 costed around $1,000,000.[76] | ||
| Story Bridge | Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane's Story Bridge is notorious for its suicides, having been compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.[77] Free telephones have been installed on the bridge, and the bridge also has a three-metre-high safety barrier.[78] | ||
| Sydney Harbour Bridge | Sydney | 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.[79] | ||
| The Gap | Sydney | Australia | A large sea cliff. Roughly 50 suicides a year | ||
| West Gate Bridge | Melbourne | Australia | Had "up to one" suicide every three weeks.[80] Suicide rates on the bridge have dropped by 85% since prevention barriers were installed by the state government in 2009. |
| Site | City | Region | Country | Notes and references | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo Metro | São Paulo | São Paulo |  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 | Brazil | The construction of a suicide prevention net is currently being discussed by public authorities and the concessionary of the bridge.[81] | |
| Costanera Center | Santiago | Santiago |  Chile | Dubbed as the "suicide mall", the fifth floor and the surrounding stairs had to be covered with large fences due to suicide rates.[82] [83] | |
| Viaducto García Cadena | Bucaramanga | Santander |  Colombia | [84] | |
| Eduardo Villena Rey Bridge | Lima | Lima |  Peru | The bridge had to be covered with large windows due to suicide rates. The street under the bridge is believed to be haunted.[85] |