Editing Clifton Suspension Bridge (section)

==Incidents==
Two men were killed during the construction of the bridge.<ref name="Bridge-FAQ">{{cite web|title=Suspension Bridge Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.cliftonbridge.org.uk/faqs/ |publisher=Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust |access-date=3 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809091859/http://www.cliftonbridge.org.uk/faqs |archive-date= 9 August 2011 }}</ref> In 1885, a 22-year-old woman named [[Sarah Ann Henley]] survived a suicide attempt off the bridge when her billowing [[skirt]]s acted as a [[parachute]] and she landed in the thick mud banks of the [[Tide|tidal]] River Avon at low tide; she subsequently lived into her eighties.<ref name="Bridge-Stories">{{cite web|title=Stories from the archives |url=http://www.cliftonbridge.org.uk/visit/history/bridge-as-an-icon |publisher=Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust |access-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022160125/http://www.cliftonbridge.org.uk/visit/history/bridge-as-an-icon |archive-date=22 October 2016 }}</ref>

The Clifton Suspension Bridge is well known as a [[suicide bridge]] and is fitted with plaques that advertise the telephone number of [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]]. Between 1974 and 1993, 127 people fell to their deaths from the bridge.<ref>{{cite journal
 |doi=10.1136/jech.50.1.30
 |last1=Nowers
 |first1=M
 |last2=Gunnell
 |first2=D
 |title=Suicide from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in England
 |journal=Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
 |url=http://jech.bmj.com/content/50/1/30.abstract|volume=50
 |issue=1
 |pages=30–2
 |year=1996
 |pmid=8762350
 |pmc=1060200
 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722040634/http://jech.bmj.com/content/50/1/30.abstract
 |archive-date=22 July 2012
}}</ref>
In 1998 [[suicide barrier]]s were installed on the bridge to prevent people jumping. In the four years after installation this reduced the suicide rate from eight deaths per year to four.<ref>{{cite journal
 |doi=10.1192/bjp.bp.106.027136
 |last1=Bennewith
 |first1=O
 |last2=Nowers
 |first2=M
 |last3=Gunnell
 |first3=D
 |title=Effect of barriers on the Clifton suspension bridge
 |journal=The British Journal of Psychiatry
 |url=http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/190/3/266.abstract
 |access-date=20 January 2013
 |volume=190
 |pages=266–7
 |year=2007
 |pmid=17329749
 |issue=3
 |url-status=live
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628174904/http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/190/3/266.abstract
 |archive-date=28 June 2012
|doi-access=free
 }}</ref>
[[Nicolette Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry|Nicolette Powell]], the wife of UK rhythm and blues singer [[Georgie Fame]], formerly the [[Marquess of Londonderry|Marchioness of Londonderry]], jumped to her death from the bridge on 13 August 1993.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pop-stars-wife-died-in-fall-from-bridge-1463007.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |title=Pop star's wife died in fall from bridge |date=24 August 1993 |access-date=30 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407105611/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pop-stars-wife-died-in-fall-from-bridge-1463007.html |archive-date= 7 April 2014 }}</ref>

In 1957 a [[RAF Filton]]-based RAF [[de Havilland Vampire|Vampire]] jet from [[No. 501 Squadron RAF|501 Squadron]] piloted by [[Flying officer]] John Greenwood Crossley flew under the deck while performing a [[Aileron roll|victory roll]]{{sfn|Griffiths|2012|p=61}} before crashing in [[Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve|Leigh Woods]], killing the pilot.{{sfn|Whittell|2007|p=151}} The accident caused a landslip that led to the temporary closure of the nearby [[Portishead Railway]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=[[The Railway Gazette]]|volume=106|year=1957|page=74}}</ref> A helicopter from [[National Police Air Service|National Police Air Service Filton]] flew under the bridge during a search in 1997.<ref name="Bridge-FAQ" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/coastguard-helicopter-lifeboat-assisting-police-287904|title=Coastguard helicopter and police at Suspension Bridge incident|first1=Joseph|last1=Wilkes-som|first2=Alex|last2=Ballinger|date=7 August 2017|website=bristolpost.co.uk}}</ref>

On 12 February 2014 the bridge was closed to traffic due to wind for the first time in living memory.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge swings in high wind |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26155392 |work=[[BBC News]] BBC News |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304074122/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26155392 |archive-date= 4 March 2014 }}</ref>

On 11 July 2024, there was a [[Clifton Suspension Bridge human remains discovery|discovery of human remains on the Clifton Suspension Bridge]]. The bridge was closed to all traffic and all pedestrians during a manhunt that led to the arrest of a murder suspect.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Image of suspect released by police after human remains found in suitcases by Clifton Suspension Bridge |url=https://news.sky.com/story/image-of-suspect-released-by-police-after-human-remains-found-in-suitcases-by-clifton-suspension-bridge-13176650 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>