Dataset of Bridge Collapses in Italy Spanning more than 25 Years (2000–2025)

It is structured in Excel format and supports spatiotemporal analysis, risk assessment, and resilience planning. It is intended for reuse in civil engineering, infrastructure asset management, disaster risk reduction, and policy development contexts where empirical evidence of bridge collapse is required. The file "Database Italian bridge collapses.xslx" is the original version, as described in doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.112375 and used for the analyses reported in doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2025.2483500.

This version is intentionally frozen at the publication date of these two works. The following updates will be periodically added, including both newer collapses and corrections on previous entries, but will not overwrite this original file. 2026 May 17 update: "Database Italian bridge collapses - 2026_04 Update.xlsx" released, with new documented events and a few corrections on previous entries (all changes highlighted in yellow).