Aviation Accidents of the 1970s

48898 total · 9039 fatal · 10 years with data

Total occurrences
48,898
Fatal accidents
9,039
Hull losses
0
Total fatalities
52,815
Active span
1970–1979
1970s — accidents per year531519701972197419761978

Year-by-year breakdown

YearTotalFatalFatalities
19705,3158364,426
19715,2018604,878
19724,8919306,544
19734,8359476,441
19744,9289165,514
19754,7518524,038
19764,6609055,260
19774,7959135,814
19785,0161,0134,773
19794,5068675,127

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents occurred in the 1970s?

Our multi-source corpus documents 48,898 aviation accidents across the 1970s.

How many fatal accidents were there in the 1970s?

Of the 48,898 recorded accidents in the 1970s, 9,039 were fatal.

Which year in the 1970s 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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