Coronation Street's residents had a particularly accident-prone year with several locals finding themselves in hospital, while EastEnders had the huge explosion caused by Lauren and Joey's car crash.
Emmerdale screened an arson plot as Adam took revenge against Cain, while Hollyoaks aired an explosion at the end of this year's Later series as well as the wedding day mini-bus disaster on the main 6.30pm show.
In the gallery below, Digital Spy takes a look back at some of the stunts, accidents and health scares on the soaps in 2012.
Coronation Street's Kirsty Soames showed her first signs of unstable behaviour in January as her feud with Tina McIntyre led to a car crash.
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