CrashAtlas Map

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