List of graffiti and street art injuries and deaths

This is a list of graffiti and street art injuries and deaths.

Brussels 2018

Data

Six people had been killed creating graffiti on train carriages in New South Wales by 1988. [1] Nine people were seriously injured or killed creating graffiti on railway property in New South Wales in the 18 months prior to December 2001.[1]

Graffiti and street art injuries and deaths
Date Location Type Died/

Injured

 Ages Description
December 1986 Australia Collision with train Died 14 A person was leaning out of a moving train attempting to spray paint graffiti on the side of the train and their head hit a signal box and they later died.[2][3]
9 November 1987 United Kingdom Collision with train Died 11 An 11-year-old person was found dead after an accident, close to the tracks at Kilburn Park Station, preparing to create graffiti; a passing train may have caught his clothing and dragged him along the train track bed.[4][5]
Australia Unconfirmed Died ? A person was "hanging out" of a moving train and was also "...trying to paint the outside of a moving train" when they were killed.[6]
11 August 1989 Australia Collision with signal box Died 16 A person died when they were leaning from a train carriage door and their head collided with a signal box. A marker pen was found on the railway tracks nearby and there was fresh graffiti on the train and the person had previously graffitied the inside of the train carriage.[7][3]
29 November 1989 United States Collision with train Died 17, 17 Two 17 year-olds were found dead inside a subway train tunnel, with three spray paint cans.[8][9]
20 February 1992 Switzerland Collision with train Died 15, 16 Two people died when they were attempting to spray graffiti on a railway electricity shed and they were hit by a train.[10][11]
25 May 1993 Australia ? Died 21 A person died when they were hanging out of a moving train attempting to create graffiti and they were crushed to death.[12]
June 1993 United States Collision with train Died 23 A person died when he painted graffiti on the side of a freight carriage and he stepped back and a train travelling nearby collided with him.[13]
7 May 1995 United States Electric Shock Died 16 A person died when they were attempting to spray paint a wall and they touched an electrical transformer behind them receiving an electric shock. They were standing on a platform two to three stories above the ground and the amount of space between the edge of the platform and the three electrical transformers behind them was estimated at one foot.[14][15]
1997 United States Collision with train Injured ? A persons foot was severed while he was painting the side of a train.[16]
11 June 1997 United States Fall Injured 19 A 19-year-old was injured when they fell 100 ft from the top of a concrete pylon that supports an overpass above a freeway. They had been on the top of the pylon spraying graffiti on the side of the overpass when they became stranded and then fell onto an embankment along the freeway. They received injuries including spinal fractures, two broken ankles and a broken left arm.[17][18]
January 1999 France Electric Shock Died 19 A 19 year-old was reported as having been on the top of the roof of a train carriage that they were looking to tag and they received an electric shock from the overhead power lines and were killed.[19]
April 2001 United Kingdom Collided with train Died 18 An 18-year-old died when he was spray painting graffiti beside a railway line and a train collided with him.[20]
3 August 2001 Germany Collided with train Died 19, 20 Two people died when they had sprayed graffiti on the pillar of a bridge beside railway lines and a train travelling at 100 kmh collided with them several meters away from where the graffiti was on the pillar.[21][22]
March 2002 Australia Collided with train Died 18 An 18-year-old died when he was spray painting graffiti beside a railway line and he collided with a train.[23]
2003 Portugal Electric Shock Died ? A person was attempting to paint a tunnel wall when he received an electric shock and was killed.[24]
17 September 2003 United States Collision with train Died 24 A person died when they were underneath a bridge and a passing train collided with them and fresh graffiti was found underneath the bridge and a backpack with spray paint cans was close to the persons body.[25][26]
1 February 2005 Canada Collision with train Died 18 A person died when he sprayed his tag on the outside of a freight carriage and he was hit by a passing train.[27][28]
21 June 2005 France Electric Shock Died 20 A person began spray painting a wagon in the Paris Metro and had been able to walk on the live third rail without receiving an electric shock. Railway workers maintaining the track nearby had turned off the electric current and then reconnected it once they had finished work. He then began to leave the railway tracks and dropped an object that he then went to pick up and while doing so lost his balance and fell on the third rail and received an electric shock and was killed.[29]
December 2005 United Kingdom Collision with train Died 17 A person was killed when he was hit by a train after he had been on tracks writing graffiti.[30]
5 January 2007 United States Collision with train Died 13 A 13-year-old died when he was writing tags on signal boxes and he was hit by a train.[31][32][33]
16 May 2007 United States Electric Shock Died 18 A person died when they were sitting on top of an electrical transformer inside an electricity substation and they were spraying graffiti when an electric arc struck them giving them an electric shock.[34]
2008 United States Collision with car Died ? A person died when they were attempting to spray paint a median area and a car collided with them.[35]
20 January 2008 Australia Drowned Died 22, 25 A 22-year-old and a 25-year-old were painting graffiti on the side of a storm water drain. As the 22 year-old was doing this she was swept a kilometre down the drain along with the 25-year-old as it had begun raining heavily. Bars at the end of the drain prevented them from being able to leave and they drowned in the water at the end of the drain.[36][37][38]
13 April 2008 Australia Fall Injured 14 A person was walking over a fibreglass roof when it collapsed and he fell 6 metres to the ground receiving facial injuries, broken teeth, a broken jaw, fractures to his legs and a fractured wrist.[39][40]
May 2008 United Kingdom Fall Injured 24 In relation to graffiti a person fell from a multi-story building and they received head and internal injuries and a broken back.[35]
21 June 2008 United States Fall Injured ? It is thought a person was spraying graffiti on an overpass when they fell onto a freeway. They were clutching a can of spray paint as they lay on the freeway. It is thought that they may have broken their back in the fall and they were taken to hospital for treatment.[35]
20 January 2009 Netherlands Collision with train Died, Injured 17, 18 A 17-year-old and an 18-year-old collided with a train and it is thought the two were painting a wall with graffiti and spray paint cans were found lying next to the railway line. The 17 year-old was killed when the train collided with him and the 18 year-old received serious injuries.[41][42][43]
20 February 2009 United States Fall / Collision with car Died 28 A person was on a road bridge when he fell 24 feet to the expressway below. Later, a car travelling down the expressway reached the location where he was lying on the road and a collision occurred. There was recently painted graffiti on the sign near the person on the freeway and they had a can of silver spray paint with them.[44]
19 March 2010 Germany Collision with train Died 19 A person died when they were on railway lines looking to spray graffiti on a train that was stationary on the train tracks and a collision occurred when a train travelled past them.[45][46]
4 July 2010 United Kingdom Fall Died 22 A 22-year-old was killed when he fell through a skylight on the roof of a warehouse and he had graffiti objects with him that it is thought he was going to use.[47][48][49]
9 July 2010 Germany Collision with train Died 15, 15 Two 15 year-olds were spray painting graffiti on the side of a freight train carriage. Another set of train tracks were next to them and an ICE train traveled past them on these tracks at an estimated 120 km/h. It was reported that "According to the first statements by the ICE train driver, the 15-year-olds still tried to get off the tracks. "We assume that you (they) saw the train,"...The train driver had tried with an emergency signal and braking to prevent the accident... "If they had lay down flat, it might have turned out lightly..."[50] One 15 year-old died immediately from the injuries he received and the second died from his injuries the following day.[51][52][53]
4 October 2010 Germany Collision with train Died 31 A 31-year-old died when it is thought that he was spraying graffiti on a bridge and a collision with a train occurred.[54][55]
23 October 2010 Poland Collision with train Died 19 A 19-year-old had finished spray painting the wall of a viaduct and it is thought that he went to paint a freight train that was slowly travelling past. A second train traveled past him on the track and a rush of air pulled him underneath the wheels of the train.The person was killed instantly from the collision.[56][57][58]
31 October 2010 Canada Collision with train Died 17, 17, 17 Three 17 year-olds were killed after being hit by a train and they were intending to spray paint graffiti under the Turcot interchange.It is thought that the Viarail train was quiet as it travelled down the tracks and they did not hear it coming.[59][60][61][62]
26 May 2011 United States Collision with train Died 20 A 20-year-old died when they were walking on train tracks and a train collided with them and cans of spray paint were found close to their body.[63][64]
29 August 2011 Australia Fall Died 17 A 17-year-old was killed after he fell 15 metres from a bridge and it is understood he had had been attempting to spray paint the side of the bridge and a backpack near the body was found with spray cans inside of it.[65][66]
11 January 2012 Australia Collision with train Died 18 An 18 year-old died when he was walking through a train tunnel underneath a road bridge and a train collided with him. He was walking through the tunnel as he was looking to create graffiti nearby. Another person who was there that night with the 18 year-old described the approach of the train as something that he had been unable to hear until he saw it.[67][68][69]
March 2013 United States Fall Died 22 A 22-year-old was spray painting graffiti on a bridge overpass that had a 30 to 40 feet drop below it. He fell from the bridge and there body was later found near by. There was recently added red graffiti on the bridge near where his body was as well as similar paint on his hands.[70][71][72][73]
1 April 2013 United States Undetermined Died 30 A 30-year-old was killed from what was thought to be asphyxiation after the rope that he was using to move down the outside of a high rise building wound tightly around his chest and suffocated him. His knees were up around his chest inside of the rope in a technique called a "body belay". His body was found still on the rope at the 17th floor of the office building. He was not wearing any climbing equipment. Spray paint cans and etching tools were found on the roof of the building.[74][75][73]
7 July 2013 United Kingdom Fall Died 16 A 16-year-old died after he was applying graffiti to a three-storey building and he fell from the building.[76][77][78]
27 October 2013 Germany Collision with train Injured 25 A 25-year-old was writing graffiti on a wall and a passing train collided with them. The injuries they received included severe head injuries and several fractures to their spine and they were placed in an artificial coma and it was uncertain as to whether they would survive.[79][80][81][82]
31 October 2013 Germany Electric Shock from arc Injured 21 A person was spraying graffiti on freight carriages when he climbed on top of a carriage intending to tag a bridge. He was holding a spray can in his right hand and an electric arc jumped over to the spray can and went through his hand, arm, chest, then exited out of his right foot. He lost consciousness and was then lifted up and carried to a street by the people with them. He was in a coma in hospital for 36 hours and then later put into a medically induced coma for a week. Treatment for his injuries included 10 skin graft operations that occurred over a period of 3 months.[83][84]
26 December 2013 Germany Electric Shock Died 15 A person died when they were in a freight train yard looking for a location to create graffiti and they climbed a ladder attached to the side of a freight train carriage and received an electric shock from overhead power lines.[85]
17 March 2014 France Collision with tunnel Died 20 A person died when he leaned out of a train window to spray graffiti on the outside of a train and he collided with the entrance to a tunnel and next to where he was found was a bag containing spray paint cans.[86]
25 May 2014 Greece Electric Shock Died 17 A person died when he was at a train station intending to graffiti trains and he made his way past a barbed wire fence and then slipped and fell onto a live third rail and was electrocuted.[87][88]
2 July 2014 United States Electric Shock Died 42 A 42-year-old died when he was electrocuted by a live third rail. He was found dead and alone, lying on the train tracks. It is thought that he had possibly been heading back to where he lived in Queens, New York, and he may have been tagging or intending to tag the tunnel.[89][90][91]
25 September 2014 Germany Collision with train Died 64 Walter Josef Fischer was on train tracks when he was hit by a passing S-Bahn train. The cover of a power cable had newly sprayed graffiti on it and a spray can was located close to him.[92][93][94]
25 September 2014 Australia Fall Died 34 A 34-year-old was killed after falling from a train that he had been spraying graffiti on.[95][96][97]
1 November 2014 Australia Electric Shock Died 26 A 26-year-old died when he was spraying graffiti on train carriages at a train depot and he climbed onto one of the carriages, raised his hand and was electrocuted by overhead power lines.[98][99][97]
7 December 2015 Portugal Collision with train Died 18, 20, ? Five people were at a train station intending to spray graffiti on a train and one of them barred the doors to the train to stop the train moving away and a passing train going 120 km/h hit three of the five people, killing them.[100][101][102]
April 2016 Italy Collision with train Injured 21 A 21-year-old received a fractured tibia and fibula in their right leg when they collided with a train. The 21 year-old was spraying graffiti on a wall beside railway tracks. He said that “A train has passed. We have seen it. ...we just had to cross two tracks. We haven't heard the other coming. It was behind us. It was raining".[103]
20 May 2016 Germany Collision with train Died 29 A 29-year-old was spraying graffiti on technical equipment near train tracks when a freight train passed him and the force from the suction of the freight train threw him against the side of the train, killing him instantly.[104][105][106]
3 October 2016 Germany Collision with train Died 18,19 Two people were hit by a train and killed; a bag with spray utensils and spray paint cans were found nearby.[107][108]
29 May 2017 Australia Collision with train Died 25 A 25-year-old was thought to be spraying graffiti on a stationary train and he then ran across the tracks and was hit by a train. Items such as graffiti spray cans and coverings for the face were found nearby.[109][110][111]
30 August 2017 Greece Electric Shock Died 19 A person was at Thiseio metro station where he wrote his tag on a train carriage and whilst talking on the phone he tripped over onto a live rail that electrocuted him and ambulance medics took him to hospital where he was pronounced dead.[112][113][114][115]
17 November 2017 Germany Electric Shock Injured 26 A person was in a train marshalling yard and it was thought that they were there in relation to graffiti and they climbed on top of a stationary train carriage and received an electric shock. They were taken to hospital in a critical but stable condition.[116][117]
2018 Spain Fall Injured ? A person attempted to go down a 6 metre vent hole that would have given them access to railway property and they fell down the vent hole and went into a coma and continued to suffer from their injuries a year following the fall.[118]
2 January 2018 France Electric Shock Injured 21 A person went into a train marshalling yard and it is thought they probably went there to write a graffiti tag on a freight carriage. They climbed onto a carriage and received an electric shock from the overhead power lines. A person who was with him contacted emergency services and he was transported to a hospital that specializes in treating burns patients where he remained in a critical condition.[119]
January 2018 Portugal Fall Died 21 A person died when he was on the roof of a building intending to paint graffiti and a skylight gave way under his weight and he fell seven metres.[24]
18 June 2018 United Kingdom Collision with train Died 19, 23, 23 Three people were killed when it is thought they saw an oncoming train and then hid behind a wall so that they would be hidden from sight. In doing this they put themselves in the path of a train and were hit by one and spray paint cans were in close proximity to where their bodies were found.[120][121][122]
5 September 2018 Australia Collision with train Died ? A person died when it is believed that they were spraying a train with graffiti and then moved backwards into the path of an oncoming train and a collision occurred.[123][124]
4 December 2018 United Kingdom Electric Shock Died 29 A person died when they were on a train line and they were electrocuted. "...painting graffiti..."[125] was a description that was given in relation to the persons death on the train line.
11 May 2019 Spain Collision with car Died 14 A 14-year-old died when he had just painted graffiti next to a highway and he then traveled across two lanes of the highway and collided with a car.[126][127][128]
15 November 2019 United States Fall Died 28 A 28-year-old had been attempting to spray paint graffiti on a building when he fell through a metal awning and was killed.[129][130]
December 2019 Germany Collision with train Died 23 A person died after a passing train collided with them and it is thought that he may not have heard the approaching train while spraying graffiti on a junction box.[131]

See also

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