Aviation accident database
CrashAtlas holds 18,264 recorded aviation accidents and incidents spanning 108 years of flight history, from 1919 to 2026. Each record is placed at its accident location and carries the aircraft, operator, route, and outcome as they appear in the public accident record.
The five indexes below are different ways into the same archive. Browsing by country shows where accidents cluster geographically; by year, how safety has changed over decades; by airline and aircraft type, which operators and airframes appear most often; and by cause, the recurring failure patterns behind them. Every listing links through to the individual incident record and to its position on the interactive map.
Crashes by country
212 countriesEvery accident placed in the country where it happened, from the major aviation nations to territories with a single recorded crash. Countries with at least two recorded accidents are listed.
View all countriesCrashes by year
108 yearsThe accident record year by year, from the earliest documented crashes to the present. The clearest way to see how the frequency and character of accidents changed as aviation matured.
View all yearsCrashes by airline Premium
1,513 airlinesAccidents grouped by the operator flying at the time, including airlines that have since merged or ceased trading. Operators with at least two recorded accidents are listed.
Airline crash records are a Premium feature
Browse every airline ranked by accidents and fatalities, then open its complete crash record.
Open airline statisticsCrashes by aircraft
1,526 aircraft typesAccidents grouped by aircraft type, using the variant recorded on each entry. Types with at least two recorded accidents are listed, so widely flown airframes naturally appear near the top.
View all aircraft typesCrashes by cause
7 causesAccidents grouped by the broad cause established in the public record: mechanical failure, weather, human factors, and the rest.
View all causesWhere the data comes from
Records are compiled from publicly available accident documentation, including official investigation reports, the Aviation Safety Network, Wikimedia, and archival aviation sources. Figures reflect the public record as published and are corrected as better information becomes available. Read more about the project, or send a correction to our team.