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List of incidents at Disneyland Resort

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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A number of major accidents, injuries, deaths, and similar significant occurrences have taken place at the Disneyland Resort complex and its predecessors in Anaheim, California, United States. While most of these incidents are required to be reported to regulatory authorities for investigation, attraction-related incidents usually fall into one of the following categories:Wrongdoing on the guest's part. This can be refusal to follow specific safety instructions, or deliberate intent to violate park rules.

The result of a guest's known or unknown health issues.

Negligence on the park's part, either by the ride operator or maintenance.

A generic accident that is not a direct result of an action by any party.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of incidents at Disneyland Resort” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.