List of suicide locations

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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.

The Luminous Veil on Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct to prevent people from jumping.

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]

Locations with highest suicide rate

Locations by continent

Africa

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Ponte Apartment Building Johannesburg Gauteng South Africa [10][dead link]
Van Stadens Bridge - Eastern Cape South Africa 88 suicides since construction in 1971.[11]
Cairo Tower Cairo Cairo Governorate Egypt
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Asia

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.
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Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Nanjing Jiangsu China Over 2,000 suicides since 1968, ~50/year[citation needed]
Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge Wuhan Hubei 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]
Kolkata Metro Kolkata West Bengal India [17][18]
Milad Tower Tehran Tehran Iran Until 2012, three suicides occurred by persons jumping from Milad Tower.
Tehran Metro Tehran Tehran Iran
Aokigahara forest - Yamanashi Japan Up to 105 suicides a year[7]
Kegon Falls - Tochigi 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.[19][20]
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 copycat suicides until 1936, when access was restricted.[21]
Shin-Koiwa Station Tokyo Tokyo Japan [citation needed]
Tojinbo, Japan Sakai Fukui Japan [citation needed]
Mapo Bridge Seoul Gyeonggi Province South Korea [22][23]
Han River - - South Korea [24][25]
Abdoun Bridge Amman Amman Jordan [26][27]
Penang Bridge Penang Penang Malaysia [28]
Suramadu Bridge Surabaya East Java Indonesia [29]
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Europe

A sign at a railroad crossing in the Netherlands promoting a suicide crisis line (113)
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Nusle Bridge Prague Czech Republic Czechia At least 365 deaths.[30]
Archway Bridge London London England [31]
Beachy Head - East Sussex England 20 suicides a year[32]
Clifton Suspension Bridge Bristol South West England England More than 500 suicides since opening in 1864. Suicide barriers were installed in 1998, which halved the suicide rate over the years following.[33]
Humber Bridge Kingston-upon-Hull East Riding of Yorkshire 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.[34]
London Underground London London England ~50 attempts annually[35]
The Monument London London 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.[36]
Türisalu cliff Türisalu Harju County Estonia [37]
Paris Métro Paris France 20 to 40 deaths per year.[38]
Göltzsch Viaduct Reichenbach im Vogtland Saxony Germany Exemplary attraction for attempting suicide in Germany,[39] under continued supervision by the Federal Police,[40] scene of a 2001 suicide pact that led to the 2002 documentary Teuflische Spiele (Diabolical Games).[41]
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.[42]
Cliffs of Moher - County Clare Ireland Four prevented suicides in 2008[43]
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.[44]
Foyle Bridge Derry County Londonderry Northern Ireland More than 90 suicides since 1984[45]
Karmsund Bridge Rogaland Norway Estimated 25 suicides.[citation needed]
25 de Abril Bridge Lisbon Lisbon Portugal [46]
Erskine Bridge Erskine East Renfrewshire Scotland [citation needed]
Forth Road Bridge - Edinburgh Scotland Estimated over 20 suicides a year – more than 800 since the bridge opened in 1964*[citation needed]
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.[47]
Älvsborg Bridge Gothenburg Västra Götaland Sweden [48]
Västerbron Stockholm Stockholm Sweden [49][50]
Bosphorus Bridge Istanbul Marmara Turkey [51]
Southerndown - Vale of Glamorgan Wales Well-known in the local area for suicides; at least 9 between 2000 and 2003.[52]
Severn Bridge - - Wales [53]
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North America

Suicide hotline on the George Washington Memorial Bridge, Seattle, Washington
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Jacques Cartier Bridge Montreal Quebec Canada More than 143 suicides. Suicide barriers were erected in 2004.[54]
Prince Edward Viaduct Toronto Ontario Canada A suicide barrier was installed in 2003.
Toronto Subway Toronto Ontario Canada 150 people have killed themselves, and there have been an additional 100 attempts between 1998 and 2007.[55][56][57]
Niagara Falls - Ontario/ New York Canada/ United States Between 1856 and 1995 there were 2,780 known suicides; and there are 20 to 25 per year.[58]
Arrigoni Bridge Middletown Connecticut United States [59][60]
Colorado Street Bridge Pasadena California 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]
Coronado Bridge (also known as San Diego–Coronado Bridge) San Diego California United States More than 200 suicides (1972–2000)[61]
Foresthill Bridge Auburn California United States Estimated 65 suicides since construction in 1973, actual number likely higher[62][63]
Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco California United States Official count halted at 997 to prevent "record breakers"[3][4]
Sunshine Skyway Bridge Tampa Bay Florida 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.[64][65] The song "Skyway Avenue" by We The Kings is about two lovers who decide to jump to their deaths together from this bridge.[66]
Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory Verona Island Maine United States 12 confirmed suicides since opening in 2006; more are suspected by authorities.[67][68] The state declined to install fencing around the bridge due to cost, and instead installed telephones connected to the suicide prevention hotline.[69]
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge Southern Maryland Maryland United States
George Washington Bridge New York City New York/ New Jersey United States It has been averaging around 10 suicides per year and a record 18 in 2012.[70][71] 18-year-old Tyler Clementi jumped from the bridge in 2010 after being cyberbullied.
Tappan Zee Bridge Tarrytown New York United States More than 30 suicides between 2002 and 2012; sometimes referred to as "the Golden Gate Bridge of the East"[72] 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 New York United States In the less than two years that the Vessel was open to the public, four people jumped to their deaths.[73] After the first three deaths, some limited changes were made to prevent suicide.[74] The Vessel was closed following the fourth death,[75] but reopened in October 2024 with mesh barriers installed as a safety feature.[76]
Vista Bridge Portland Oregon United States [77][78]
George Washington Memorial Bridge ("Aurora Bridge") Seattle Washington United States More than 230 suicides since 1932,[79] with more than 50 from 1997 to 2007[80]
New River Gorge Bridge Fayetteville West Virginia United States [81][82]
Mexico City Metro Mexico City Mexico City Mexico More than 178 from 2020 to 2025[83]
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Oceania

Free telephones linked to suicide prevention hotline installed at the Story Bridge footpath in Brisbane
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Echo Point Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia [84]
Grafton Bridge Auckland Auckland New Zealand Suicide barriers were removed in 1996 after being in place for 60 years but replaced in 2003.[85]
Kelburn Viaduct Wellington Wellington New Zealand [86][87]
Lawyer's Head Dunedin Otago New Zealand [88]
Mooney Mooney Bridge Central Coast New South Wales 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.[89]
Story Bridge Brisbane Queensland Australia Brisbane's Story Bridge is notorious for its suicides, having been compared to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.[90] Free telephones have been installed on the bridge, and the bridge also has a three-metre-high safety barrier.[91]
Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney New South Wales 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.[92]
The Gap Sydney New South Wales Australia A large sea cliff. Roughly 50 suicides a year [9]
West Gate Bridge Melbourne Victoria Australia Had "up to one" suicide every three weeks.[93] Suicide rates on the bridge have dropped by 85% since prevention barriers were installed by the state government in 2009.
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South America

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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.[94]
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.[95][96]
Puente de la Virgen

(Virgin's Bridge)

 Bogotá Bogotá Colombia [97]
Viaducto García Cadena Bucaramanga Santander Colombia [98]
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.[99]
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