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.
109 years · 18,387 incidents · 128,103 fatalities
1944
1294 incidents · 3277 fatalities
1945
1105 incidents · 3027 fatalities
1943
671 incidents · 2913 fatalities
1942
345 incidents · 1306 fatalities
1946
343 incidents · 1463 fatalities
1940
305 incidents · 448 fatalities
1969
286 incidents · 2250 fatalities
1947
278 incidents · 1594 fatalities
1948
277 incidents · 1442 fatalities
1951
269 incidents · 1494 fatalities
1968
264 incidents · 2193 fatalities
1967
261 incidents · 1892 fatalities
1973
259 incidents · 2660 fatalities
1970
255 incidents · 1975 fatalities
1972
253 incidents · 2969 fatalities
1977
247 incidents · 2256 fatalities
1950
242 incidents · 1614 fatalities
1953
237 incidents · 1469 fatalities
1962
232 incidents · 2308 fatalities
1965
228 incidents · 1948 fatalities
1949
226 incidents · 1446 fatalities
1975
226 incidents · 1592 fatalities
1958
224 incidents · 1636 fatalities
1964
223 incidents · 1594 fatalities
1974
223 incidents · 2472 fatalities
1941
222 incidents · 610 fatalities
1989
221 incidents · 2151 fatalities
1978
220 incidents · 1622 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
210 incidents · 1891 fatalities
1961
209 incidents · 1718 fatalities
1971
208 incidents · 1934 fatalities
1980
202 incidents · 1905 fatalities
1993
202 incidents · 1507 fatalities
1987
198 incidents · 1768 fatalities
1991
196 incidents · 1787 fatalities
1976
195 incidents · 2087 fatalities
1960
193 incidents · 1846 fatalities
1959
191 incidents · 1303 fatalities
1990
190 incidents · 1140 fatalities
1995
186 incidents · 1609 fatalities
1955
183 incidents · 1134 fatalities
1956
183 incidents · 1302 fatalities
1988
181 incidents · 2123 fatalities
1994
181 incidents · 1731 fatalities
1963
176 incidents · 1522 fatalities
1996
175 incidents · 2315 fatalities
1997
170 incidents · 1555 fatalities
1983
169 incidents · 1698 fatalities
1981
168 incidents · 1258 fatalities
1982
167 incidents · 1664 fatalities
1999
167 incidents · 941 fatalities
1985
161 incidents · 2735 fatalities
2002
160 incidents · 1392 fatalities
1998
159 incidents · 1548 fatalities
1984
158 incidents · 940 fatalities
1986
152 incidents · 1407 fatalities
2001
150 incidents · 1368 fatalities
2000
146 incidents · 1438 fatalities
2005
140 incidents · 1295 fatalities
2003
137 incidents · 1107 fatalities
2004
128 incidents · 680 fatalities
2006
127 incidents · 1191 fatalities
2007
118 incidents · 846 fatalities
2008
110 incidents · 732 fatalities
2009
103 incidents · 1033 fatalities
2010
99 incidents · 1036 fatalities
2011
94 incidents · 690 fatalities
2014
93 incidents · 1211 fatalities
2019
93 incidents · 446 fatalities
2020
88 incidents · 440 fatalities
2012
81 incidents · 641 fatalities
2015
80 incidents · 812 fatalities
2013
71 incidents · 340 fatalities
2018
70 incidents · 967 fatalities
1938
68 incidents · 343 fatalities
2021
68 incidents · 332 fatalities
2023
67 incidents · 184 fatalities
1939
61 incidents · 232 fatalities
2016
60 incidents · 576 fatalities
2017
60 incidents · 284 fatalities
2025
53 incidents · 549 fatalities
1937
51 incidents · 220 fatalities
1936
47 incidents · 154 fatalities
2022
47 incidents · 266 fatalities
2024
46 incidents · 409 fatalities
1935
37 incidents · 150 fatalities
1930
29 incidents · 92 fatalities
1934
25 incidents · 76 fatalities
1929
24 incidents · 61 fatalities
2026
24 incidents · 160 fatalities
1933
20 incidents · 130 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
1908
1 incidents · 1 fatalities
1925
1 incidents · 3 fatalities