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.

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