Aviation Accidents of the 1980s

35158 total · 4200 fatal · 10 years with data

Total occurrences
35,158
Fatal accidents
4,200
Hull losses
0
Total fatalities
38,506
Active span
1980–1989
1980s — accidents per year434819801982198419861988

Year-by-year breakdown

YearTotalFatalFatalities
19804,3488864,934
19814,2078823,888
19823,8762763,530
19833,8083233,722
19843,7172732,130
19853,3723115,403
19863,1483062,949
19873,1453093,475
19882,8233224,126
19892,7143124,349

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents occurred in the 1980s?

Our multi-source corpus documents 35,158 aviation accidents across the 1980s.

How many fatal accidents were there in the 1980s?

Of the 35,158 recorded accidents in the 1980s, 4,200 were fatal.

Which year in the 1980s 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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