Editing Great Belt Bridge (section)

==Accidents==
During construction 479 work-related accidents were reported, of which 53 resulted in serious injuries or death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.casa-analyse.dk/files/pdf/Ulykker_sygelighed_Camp_7.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128032604/http://www.casa-analyse.dk/files/pdf/Ulykker_sygelighed_Camp_7.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Wayback Machine|archivedate=28 November 2007|website=www.casa-analyse.dk}}</ref> Seven workers died as a result of work-related accidents.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/1997/04/feature/dk9704107f.htm| title = European Foundation for Improvement of Living and Working condition}}</ref>

The West Bridge has been struck by sea traffic twice. While the link was still under construction on 14 September 1993, the ferry [[M/F Romsø]] drifted off course in bad weather and hit the West Bridge. At 19:17 on 3 March 2005, the 3,500-ton freighter [[MV Karen Danielsen]] crashed into the West Bridge 800 metres from Funen. The bridge reopened around 01;30, after the freighter was pulled free and inspectors had found no structural damage to the bridge.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1672740,00.html |title=Rammed ship: Skipper was drunk |access-date=2008-06-04 |publisher=[[News24 (website)|News24]] |date=2005-03-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621120416/http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1672740,00.html |archive-date=21 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bahamasmaritime.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BMA-Investigation-Report-Allision-between-the-Karen-Danielsen-and-the-Great-Belt-West-Bridge-.pdf?swcfpc=1|title=KAREN DANIELSEN - Collision with the Great Belt West Bridge - 3 March 2005|website=Bahamas Maritime Authority|access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref>

The East Bridge has so far been in the clear, although on 16 May 2001, the bridge was closed for 10 minutes as the [[Cambodia]]n 27,000-ton [[bulk carrier]] ''Bella'' was heading straight for one of the anchorage structures. The ship was deflected by a swift response from the navy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ing.dk/artikel/78326-storebaeltsbro-naer-paasejlet-af-fragtskib |title=Storebæltsbro nær påsejlet af fragtskib |access-date=2008-06-04 |newspaper=[[Ingeniøren]] |date=2001-05-16 |language=da |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116051425/http://ing.dk/artikel/78326-storebaeltsbro-naer-paasejlet-af-fragtskib |archive-date=16 January 2009}}</ref>

On 5 June 2006, a maintenance vehicle burst into flames in the east-bound railway tunnel at about 21:30. Nobody was hurt; its crew of three fled to the other tunnel and escaped. The fire was put out shortly before midnight, and the vehicle was removed from the tunnel the next day. Train service resumed on 6 June at reduced speed, and normal service was restored on 12 June.

On 2 January 2019, eight people were killed in [[Great Belt Bridge rail accident|a train accident]] on the West Bridge. A passenger train was hit by a [[semi-trailer]] that fell off a freight train travelling in the opposite direction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/six-dead-in-train-accident-on-bridge-linking-denmark-islands-11596724|title = Eight killed in train accident on bridge linking Denmark islands}}</ref>

In 2023, a 57-year-old truck driver was arrested by police after traffic on the bridge was disrupted due to spilled potatoes. Police stated that they were working on the hypothesis that the potatoes were either planted intentionally or as an accident.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/denmark-potatoes-storebaelt-bridge-truck-protest-a0426fd5eaf51841ffbb7e5f6cd4199c |title=In Denmark, potatoes on key bridge cause havoc |date=June 1, 2023 |publisher=[[AP News]] |access-date=June 5, 2023}}</ref>