Aviation Accidents of the 1960s

36804 total · 5618 fatal · 10 years with data

Total occurrences
36,804
Fatal accidents
5,618
Hull losses
0
Total fatalities
39,430
Active span
1960–1969
1960s — accidents per year673419601962196419661968

Year-by-year breakdown

YearTotalFatalFatalities
19602861742,828
19613281922,813
19623922034,075
19633581662,664
19645,6017113,466
19655,7697464,205
19666,2687694,411
19676,7348374,579
19685,6099425,016
19695,4598785,373

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents occurred in the 1960s?

Our multi-source corpus documents 36,804 aviation accidents across the 1960s.

How many fatal accidents were there in the 1960s?

Of the 36,804 recorded accidents in the 1960s, 5,618 were fatal.

Which year in the 1960s 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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