Aviation Accidents of the 1950s

3518 total · 2191 fatal · 10 years with data

Total occurrences: 3,518
Fatal accidents: 2,191
Hull losses: 0
Total fatalities: 23,175
Active span: 1950–1959

Year-by-year breakdown

Year	Total	Fatal	Fatalities
1950	446	257	2,704
1951	511	337	2,739
1952	431	281	2,943
1953	371	235	2,641
1954	311	190	1,806
1955	297	183	1,815
1956	267	159	1,943
1957	294	194	2,118
1958	304	183	2,445
1959	286	172	2,021

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents occurred in the 1950s?

Our multi-source corpus documents 3,518 aviation accidents across the 1950s.

How many fatal accidents were there in the 1950s?

Of the 3,518 recorded accidents in the 1950s, 2,191 were fatal.

Which year in the 1950s had the most accidents?

See the year-by-year breakdown above for the full distribution across the decade.

Counts reflect occurrences documented in our multi-source corpus (NTSB, ASN, B3A and 80+ national investigation authorities); coverage varies by source and era and these are not official totals.

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