Africa

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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

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Asia

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Site	City	Region	Country	Notes and references
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]
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]
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	[citation needed]
Tojinbo, Japan	Sakai	Fukui	Japan	[citation needed]
Mapo Bridge	Seoul	Gyeonggi Province	South Korea	[18][19]
Han River	-	-	South Korea	[20][21]

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Europe

• 25 de Abril Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal^[22]
• Älvsborg Bridge, Gothenburg, Sweden^[23]
• Archway Bridge, Highgate, London, United Kingdom.^[24]
• Beachy Head, Sussex, England, United Kingdom – 20 suicides a year^[25]
• Bosphorus Bridge, Istanbul^[26]
• Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland – four prevented suicides in 2008^[27]
• Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England, United Kingdom – more than 500 suicides since opening in 1864. Suicide barriers were installed in 1998, which halved the suicide rate over the years following.^[28]
• Erskine Bridge, Erskine, Scotland, United Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}
• Forth Road Bridge, Scotland, United Kingdom – estimated over 20 suicides a year – more than 800 since the bridge opened in 1964*^{[citation needed]}
• Foyle Bridge, Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom – more than 90 suicides since 1984^[29]
• Göltzsch Viaduct, Reichenbach im Vogtland, Germany – exemplary attraction for attempting suicide in Germany,^[30] under continued supervision by the Federal Police,^[31] scene of a 2001 suicide pact that led to the 2002 documentary Teuflische Spiele (Diabolical Games).^[32]
• 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.^[33]
• Humber Bridge, Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom – 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]
• Karmsund Bridge, Rogaland, Norway - estimated 25 suicides or attempt pro anno.^{[citation needed]}
• Kocher Viaduct, Germany - highest bridge in the country. A suicide barrier was installed on the bridge after an unusually high 48 suicides between 1979 and 1990.^[35]
• London Underground, London, United Kingdom – ~50 attempts annually^[36]
• The Monument, London, United Kingdom – 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.^[37]
• Nusle Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic – At least 365 deaths.^[38]
• Paris Métro, Paris metropolitan area, France – 20 to 40 deaths per year.^[39]
• Segovia Viaduct, 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.^[40]
• Southerndown, South Wales, United Kingdom - well-known in the local area for suicides; at least 9 between 2000 and 2003.^[41]
• Türisalu cliff, Estonia^[42]
• Västerbron, Stockholm, Sweden^[43][44]

North America

• Arrigoni Bridge, Middletown, Connecticut^[45][46]
• Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, California, 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 – more than 200 suicides (1972–2000)^[47]
• Foresthill Bridge in Auburn, California – estimated 65 suicides since construction in 1973, actual number likely higher^[48][49]
• George Washington Bridge between New Jersey and New York City – It has been averaging around 10 suicides per year and a record 18 in 2012.^[50][51] 18-year-old Tyler Clementi jumped from the bridge in 2010 after being cyberbullied.
• George Washington Memorial Bridge ("Aurora Bridge"), Seattle, Washington – more than 230 suicides since 1932,^[52] with more than 50 from 1997 to 2007^[53]
• Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California – official count halted at 997 to prevent "record breakers"^[3][4]
• Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge, Southern Maryland^{[citation needed]}
• Jacques Cartier Bridge, Montreal, Quebec – more than 143 suicides. Suicide barriers were erected in 2004.^[54]
• New River Gorge Bridge in Fayetteville, West Virginia^[55][56]
• Niagara Falls – between 1856 and 1995 there were 2,780 known suicides; and there are 20 to 25 per year.^[57]
• Prince Edward Viaduct, Toronto, Ontario – A suicide barrier was installed in 2003.
• Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Tampa Bay, Florida – 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.^[58][59] The song "Skyway Avenue" by We The Kings is about two lovers who decide to jump to their deaths together from this bridge.^[60]
• Tappan Zee Bridge, Tarrytown, New York – more than 30 suicides between 2002 and 2012; sometimes referred to as "the Golden Gate Bridge of the East"^[61] This bridge was replaced in 2017 by a new twin span with fencing on its pedestrian/bicycle path to deter jumpers.
• Toronto Transit Commission subway and rapid transit network – 150 people have killed themselves, and there have been an additional 100 attempts between 1998 and 2007.^[62][63][64]
• Vessel, New York City, New York – In the less than two years that the Vessel was open to the public, four people jumped to their deaths.^[65] After the first three deaths, some limited changes were made to prevent suicide.^[66] Following the fourth death, however, the Vessel has been closed indefinitely.^[67]
• Vista Bridge, Portland, Oregon^[68][69]

Oceania

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Site	City	Region	Country	Notes and references
Echo Point	Blue Mountains	New South Wales	Australia	[70]
Grafton Bridge	Auckland	Auckland 78	New Zealand	Suicide barriers were removed in 1996 after being in place for 60 years but replaced in 2003.[71]
Lawyer's Head	Dunedin	Otago	New Zealand	[72]
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 costed around $1,000,000.[73]
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.[74] Free telephones have been installed on the bridge, and the bridge also has a three-metre-high safety barrier.[75]
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.[76]
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.[77] 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

• 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 believed to be haunted.^[78]
• São Paulo Metro, 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, Brazil. The construction of a suicide prevention net is currently being discussed by public authorities and the concessionary of the bridge.^[79]
• Viaducto García Cadena, Bucaramanga, Colombia^[80]
• Costanera Center, Santiago, Chile.^[81] Dubbed as the "suicide mall", the fifth floor and the surrounding stairs had to be covered with large fences due to suicide rates.^[82]