Crashes by year
The 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.
108 years · 18,261 incidents · 127,382 fatalities
1944
1292 incidents · 3273 fatalities
1945
1102 incidents · 3016 fatalities
1943
671 incidents · 2913 fatalities
1942
345 incidents · 1306 fatalities
1946
343 incidents · 1463 fatalities
1940
305 incidents · 448 fatalities
1969
285 incidents · 2247 fatalities
1947
278 incidents · 1594 fatalities
1948
277 incidents · 1442 fatalities
1951
268 incidents · 1492 fatalities
1968
261 incidents · 2189 fatalities
1967
260 incidents · 1885 fatalities
1973
257 incidents · 2653 fatalities
1970
255 incidents · 1975 fatalities
1972
252 incidents · 2964 fatalities
1977
246 incidents · 2256 fatalities
1950
242 incidents · 1614 fatalities
1953
236 incidents · 1467 fatalities
1962
231 incidents · 2201 fatalities
1965
228 incidents · 1948 fatalities
1949
226 incidents · 1446 fatalities
1975
226 incidents · 1592 fatalities
1958
224 incidents · 1636 fatalities
1974
223 incidents · 2472 fatalities
1941
222 incidents · 610 fatalities
1964
222 incidents · 1592 fatalities
1989
220 incidents · 2142 fatalities
1978
217 incidents · 1616 fatalities
1952
215 incidents · 1451 fatalities
1954
215 incidents · 1176 fatalities
1957
213 incidents · 1404 fatalities
1992
213 incidents · 2004 fatalities
1979
212 incidents · 2057 fatalities
1966
209 incidents · 1888 fatalities
1961
208 incidents · 1715 fatalities
1971
206 incidents · 1928 fatalities
1980
201 incidents · 1903 fatalities
1987
199 incidents · 1776 fatalities
1993
199 incidents · 1502 fatalities
1991
196 incidents · 1787 fatalities
1976
195 incidents · 2087 fatalities
1960
193 incidents · 1846 fatalities
1959
190 incidents · 1299 fatalities
1990
188 incidents · 1135 fatalities
1995
186 incidents · 1609 fatalities
1955
183 incidents · 1134 fatalities
1956
183 incidents · 1302 fatalities
1994
178 incidents · 1698 fatalities
1988
176 incidents · 2118 fatalities
1963
175 incidents · 1518 fatalities
1996
174 incidents · 2313 fatalities
1997
169 incidents · 1554 fatalities
1981
168 incidents · 1258 fatalities
1982
165 incidents · 1661 fatalities
1983
165 incidents · 1675 fatalities
1999
162 incidents · 936 fatalities
1985
160 incidents · 2735 fatalities
1998
159 incidents · 1548 fatalities
1984
158 incidents · 940 fatalities
2002
156 incidents · 1265 fatalities
1986
150 incidents · 1400 fatalities
2001
148 incidents · 1359 fatalities
2000
144 incidents · 1429 fatalities
2005
139 incidents · 1295 fatalities
2003
135 incidents · 1103 fatalities
2004
127 incidents · 678 fatalities
2006
127 incidents · 1191 fatalities
2007
116 incidents · 841 fatalities
2008
109 incidents · 732 fatalities
2009
101 incidents · 1008 fatalities
2010
96 incidents · 1033 fatalities
2014
92 incidents · 1209 fatalities
2019
90 incidents · 438 fatalities
2011
88 incidents · 683 fatalities
2020
86 incidents · 431 fatalities
2012
76 incidents · 633 fatalities
2015
75 incidents · 801 fatalities
2013
69 incidents · 337 fatalities
1938
68 incidents · 343 fatalities
2021
66 incidents · 327 fatalities
2023
66 incidents · 182 fatalities
2018
65 incidents · 956 fatalities
1939
61 incidents · 232 fatalities
2016
59 incidents · 563 fatalities
2017
58 incidents · 281 fatalities
2025
52 incidents · 546 fatalities
1937
49 incidents · 183 fatalities
1936
47 incidents · 154 fatalities
2022
47 incidents · 266 fatalities
2024
43 incidents · 400 fatalities
1935
35 incidents · 146 fatalities
1930
28 incidents · 44 fatalities
1934
25 incidents · 76 fatalities
1929
24 incidents · 61 fatalities
2026
22 incidents · 159 fatalities
1933
18 incidents · 50 fatalities
1931
16 incidents · 17 fatalities
1928
14 incidents · 25 fatalities
1932
14 incidents · 28 fatalities
1923
8 incidents · 11 fatalities
1921
6 incidents · 0 fatalities
1926
5 incidents · 12 fatalities
1920
4 incidents · 4 fatalities
1922
3 incidents · 19 fatalities
1919
2 incidents · 15 fatalities
1924
2 incidents · 0 fatalities
1927
2 incidents · 4 fatalities
1925
1 incidents · 3 fatalities