List of suicide locations
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The following is a list of current and historic sites frequently chosen to commit suicide, usually by jumping. Some of the sites listed have installed suicide barriers, and other precautions.
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.
Most popular locations
- Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, U.S. – over 1,500 suicides[1][2]
- Aokigahara forest, Mount Fuji, Japan – Up to 78 suicides a year;[3] thought of as the second most popular suicide location in the world[4]
Africa
- Van Stadens Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa – 85 suicides since construction in 1971.[5]
Asia
- Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing, China – over 2000 suicides from 1997-2007[6]
- Mount Mihara, Japan — An active volcano on Izu Ōshima in Tokyo Bay. After Kiyoko Matsumoto jumped into the crater in 1933, media reports fanned hundreds of copycats by 1936, when access was restricted.[7]
- Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, Wuhan, China – 24.7 suicides per year[8]
- Pigeons' Rock, Beirut, Lebanon[citation needed]
- Bedok Reservoir, Singapore – over 10 suicides[citation needed]
Europe
- Beachy Head, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom – 20 suicides a year[9]
- Humber Bridge, Kingston-upon-Hull, England – more than 200 incidents of people jumping or falling from the bridge have taken place since it was opened in 1981 with only five surviving.[10]
- Grand Duchess Charlotte Bridge, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg – more than 100 suicides since opening in 1966. Since 1993, a plexiglass barrier has prevented people from jumping off the bridge and falling on top of the houses below.[11]
- Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland – 4 suicides in 2008[12]
- Türisalu cliff, Estonia[13]
- Göltzsch Viaduct, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Germany – exemplary attraction for attempting suicide in Germany,[14] under continued supervision by the Federal Police,[15] scene of a 2001 suicide pact that led to the 2002 documentary Teuflische Spiele (Diabolical Games).[16]
North America
- Coronado Bridge, San Diego, California, U.S - more than 200 suicides (1972–2000) and many more after[17]
- George Washington Memorial Bridge ("Aurora Bridge"), Seattle, Washington, U.S – over 230 suicides since 1932,[18] with over 50 from 1997-2007[19]
- Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Tampa Bay, Florida, U.S - At least 130 people have committed suicide by jumping from the center span into the waters of Tampa Bay since the opening of the new bridge in 1987 and an estimated 10 others have tried, but survived. In response, the State of Florida installed six crisis hotline phones along the center span in 1999, and began 24-hour patrols. As of 2003, the call center received 18 calls from potential jumpers, all of whom survived.[20] However, the total number of jumpers has not significantly declined since the introduction of these safeguards.[citation needed]
- Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Quebec, Canada – over 143 suicides. Suicide barriers were erected in 2003.[21]
- Foresthill Bridge in Auburn, California – estimated 55 suicides since construction in 1973, actual number likely higher[22][23]
- Niagara Falls – between 1856 and 1995 there were 2,780 known suicides and there are 20–25 per year[24]
- Vista Bridge, Portland, Oregon, U.S – averages 4 suicides a year[25]
- Tappan Zee Bridge, Tarrytown, New York - over 30 suicides between 2002 and 2012; sometimes referred to as "the Golden Gate Bridge of the East"[26]
Oceania
- The Gap, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia – estimated to have roughly 50 suicides a year[27]
- West Gate Bridge, Melbourne, Australia – Has approximately one suicide every three weeks[28]
- Grafton Bridge, Auckland, New Zealand – suicide barriers were removed in 1996 after being in place for sixty years but replaced in 2003.[29]
South America
- Viaducto García Cadena, Bucaramanga, Colombia.[30]
- Eduardo Villena Rey Bridge in Lima, Peru. The bridge had to be covered with large windows due to suicide rates. The street under the bridge is said to be haunted.[31]
See also
References
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- ^ "World's 10 most popular suicide destinations". retard zone. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ Zack Davisson. "The Suicide Woods of Mt. Fuji". Seek Japan. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Thomas Meaney (2006-04-15). "Exiting Early". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Basson, Monique (11 October 2012). "DA calling for safety measures". Kouga Express. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ 长江大桥成自杀圣地 专家建议装尼龙防护网
- ^ Ellis, Edward Robb; Allen, George N. (1961). Traitor within: our suicide problem. Doubleday. pp. 94–98. OCLC 445487.
- ^ 自杀的相关问题 - 河北精神卫生，2001年
- ^ "Suicide jump child 'already dead'". BBC News Online. BBC. June 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ "Bridge jump attempts prevented". BBC News. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ "Le pont rouge, a suicide bridge - The World Wide Panorama".
- ^ Deegan, Gordon (2009-01-21). "Rangers stop four cliff suicides". Irish Independent.
- ^ Jõgeda, Tiina (2008-01-17). "Türisalu pank – enesetaputuristide Meka" (in Estonian). Eesti Ekspress.
- ^ 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: Suizide (Suicide).
- ^ Spiegel Online (2002). Wie eine Brücke zur Attraktion für Selbstmörder wurde (How a bridge becomes an attraction for suicide). Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ^ zero one film (2011). 2002: Teuflische Spiele. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
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- ^ Priscilla Long (2003-03-14). "Seattle's George Washington Memorial Bridge (Aurora Bridge) is dedicated on February 22, 1932". HistoryLink. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ Lewis, Mike (2006-10-02). "City hopes to dissuade suicidal jumpers". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
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- ^ "La barrière anti-suicide a prouvé son utilité" (in French). Le Devoir. 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
- ^ "Foresthill Bridge scene of suicide plunge". 2009-10-20. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ "Foresthill Bridge". 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ Hudson, Mike (27 May 2008). "Suicide season". Niagara Falls Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ Ho, Sally (16 June 2012). "TriMet's Blue, Red lines delayed after fatal fall from Vista Bridge". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
- ^ TIMOTHY O'CONNOR (14 October 2012). "High anxiety: Trooper fights fear to save would-be Tappan Zee jumpers". Newsday. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
- ^ Turnball, Malcom (24 March 2010). "Tragedy amid the beauty at The Gap". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ Mark Dunn; Anthony Dowsley (14 June 2008). "Anti-suicide barrier urged for West Gate Bridge". Herald Sun. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ^ Beautrais, Annette L. (June 2009). "Removing bridge barriers stimulates suicides: an unfortunate natural experiment" (PDF). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 43 (6): 495–497. doi:10.1080/00048670902873714. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
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