Interactive map on anti-vehicle mine accidents
Screenshot(s) of the interactive content as of 25 Aug 2015
For the first 6 months of 2015, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) recorded 86 accidents related or suspected to be related to anti-vehicle mines (AVM) in 18 countries and territories, resulting in 306 casualties (109 fatalities, 197 injuries) – a sharp increase compared to 2013 data when 212 casualties from 13 countries/territories were reported over 12 months. The most severe accident involved a civilian bus and caused 32 casualties in Mali in April 2015.
Click on the live map to access all recorded accidents with their location and description. The map is updated quarterly.
While parts of the increase in casualty figures is due to more comprehensive data collection rather than an actual increase in casualties, collected data also suggest that ongoing or protracted conflicts such as in Ukraine or Mali led to a higher level of accidents and new casualties. In recent years, some countries/territories have seen an increase in AVM casualties such as Mali or Pakistan. In Cambodia in 2010, total casualties from AVMs exceeded those from anti-personnel mines for the first time.
Even though anti-personnel mines were outlawed by the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, the use of AVMs has been regulated, but thus far not prohibited despite their significant humanitarian and developmental impact to which testify casualty figures. AVM contamination is a global threat with 59 countries and territories having recorded casualties from 1999-2013.
About the project
In October 2014, the GICHD and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a study on the humanitarian and developmental impact of anti-vehicle mines (AVM). The study has been recognised as a source of evidence on the humanitarian and developmental impact of these weapons and a number of States have asked that follow-up work be carried out. Over the next four years, the GICHD/SIPRI will pursue this research by contributing to improved evidence of the humanitarian and developmental impact of AVM, including by monitoring and mapping of AVM incidents.
The aims for this project are to:
- Gather data on new incidents during the period 2015-2018 and display them on an interactive and quarterly-updated map
- Compile and analyse historical AVM incident data
The live map below will be updated with new data from the previous quarter. In-depth analysis will become available at the end of 2015/beginning of 2016. If you would like to request the data for this research or report an AVM incident, please contact info(at)gichd.org.