48898 total · 9039 fatal · 10 years with data
| Year | Total | Fatal | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5,315 | 836 | 4,426 |
| 1971 | 5,201 | 860 | 4,878 |
| 1972 | 4,891 | 930 | 6,544 |
| 1973 | 4,835 | 947 | 6,441 |
| 1974 | 4,928 | 916 | 5,514 |
| 1975 | 4,751 | 852 | 4,038 |
| 1976 | 4,660 | 905 | 5,260 |
| 1977 | 4,795 | 913 | 5,814 |
| 1978 | 5,016 | 1,013 | 4,773 |
| 1979 | 4,506 | 867 | 5,127 |
Our multi-source corpus documents 48,898 aviation accidents across the 1970s.
Of the 48,898 recorded accidents in the 1970s, 9,039 were fatal.
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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