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Aviation Data

Statistics & Insights

A comprehensive record of aviation accidents spanning over a century of flight history.

18,041
Total Accidents
Since 1919
127,220
Total Fatalities
Across all incidents
108
Years of Data
1919–2026

Top Countries by number of accidents

Most Common Aircraft involved in accidents

Aircraft variants are shown as stored in the CrashAtlas database.

Deadliest Years

By fatalities

1944
3,264
1945
3,016
1972
2,964
1943
2,913
1985
2,732
1973
2,653
1974
2,472
1996
2,313
1977
2,256
1969
2,247

By number of crashes

1944
1,289
1945
1,102
1943
671
1942
345
1946
343
1940
305
1969
280
1947
278
1948
277
1951
267

Deadliest Aircraft Types by total fatalities

AircraftFatalitiesCrashesAvg/crash
Douglas C-47-DL (DC-3)
1,8463955
Tupolev Tu-154M
1,5862176
Ilyushin Il-18V
1,3565027
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
1,3284033
Lockheed C-130H Hercules
1,2556420
Antonov An-26
1,21311311
Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
1,1251727
Junkers Ju-52/3m
1,0714532
Douglas DC-6B
1,0485818
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
1,0271577

Deadliest Crashes all time