Aviation accidents, mapped

Every deduplicated occurrence since 1902, from the Aviation Safety Network, B3A and Wikidata alongside official investigation authorities worldwide. Filter it, then read the analysis the filter produces.

FlightFinder maintains a searchable global aviation accident database spanning more than a century of commercial, cargo, and general-aviation occurrences. Records are deduplicated across NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, B3A, and Wikidata into one occurrence-level dataset with aircraft type, operator, location, fatalities, and source attribution.

Use the charts and directories below to explore trends by year, airline, and country — or jump to aircraft-by-type safety pages for family-level hull-loss context before you book.

Aircraft families by fatal-hull-loss recency

Ranked by time since the last recorded fatal hull loss in public datasets — not fleet-size normalised. How we compile safety data →

AircraftRecency bandFatal accidentsDetail
Airbus A220 (C Series) No fatal hull losses on record 1 Full record →
Airbus A319 No fatal hull losses on record 1 Full record →
Embraer E170/E175 No fatal hull losses on record 1 Full record →
Airbus A340 (all variants) No fatal hull losses on record 0 Full record →
Airbus A380 No fatal hull losses on record 0 Full record →
Boeing 707 Last fatal hull loss: 2019 111 Full record →
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Last fatal hull loss: 2014 74 Full record →
Boeing 757 Last fatal hull loss: 2018 16 Full record →
Bombardier Dash 8 / Q400 Last fatal hull loss: 2018 12 Full record →
Boeing 767 Last fatal hull loss: 2019 8 Full record →
Boeing 777 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2016 8 Full record →
Airbus A330 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2010 6 Full record →
Airbus A321 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2016 4 Full record →
Embraer E190/E195 Last fatal hull loss: 2013 4 Full record →
Boeing 737 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2025 133 Full record →
Airbus A320 family (A319/A320/A321) Last fatal hull loss: 2024 28 Full record →
Airbus A320 (all variants) Last fatal hull loss: 2024 23 Full record →
Airbus A350 Last fatal hull loss: 2024 3 Full record →
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Last fatal hull loss: 2025 2 Full record →
Boeing 727 Recent fatal hull loss: 2025-10-23 84 Full record →
Boeing 747 Recent fatal hull loss: 2025-10-20 48 Full record →
ATR 42/72 Recent fatal hull loss: 2026-01-17 27 Full record →
Bombardier CRJ (all variants) Recent fatal hull loss: 2026-03-22 13 Full record →
Total occurrences
275,190
Fatal accidents
55,995
Total fatalities
330,096
Data span
1902–2026
Global aviation accidents per year694819021928194319581973198820032018 Fatal accidents per year208719021929194519611977199320092025

Airlines by safety record

+197 more airlines in the database

Accidents by year & decade

Accidents by country

Data stories & methodology

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.

Frequently asked questions

How many aviation accidents happen per year worldwide?
The annual count varies by decade and reporting coverage. FlightFinder aggregates more than 280,000 occurrence records since 1902 from NTSB, Aviation Safety Network, B3A, and Wikidata. Use the year and decade breakdowns on this page to see how totals trend over time.
Which aircraft type is the safest to fly?
There is no single universal safety score. FlightFinder shows time since the last recorded fatal hull loss for each aircraft family — a factual recency signal, not a utilisation-adjusted rating. Compare families in the safety ranking table and open each type page for the full event history.
Where does FlightFinder aviation accident data come from?
Records are compiled from official and open sources: US NTSB CAROL, Aviation Safety Network, Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A), and Wikidata. Each accident page links to its originating authority. Licensing details are on /legal/attributions.
How often is the global accident database updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly from upstream feeds and investigation scrapers. Recent US NTSB events also appear on /safety/feed within days of publication.
Can I compare safety records by airline or country?
Yes. This hub links to airline, year, decade, and country analytics pages. You can also filter the interactive map and browse per-aircraft safety at /by-aircraft.
Is this database free to use?
Aggregate statistics and search on himaxym.com are free for personal and research use. Redistribution of narrative text follows each source licence; see /legal/attributions and /developers for API access.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I check the safety record of an aircraft or airline?

Type an aircraft model, airline, airport or tail number into the search box — FlightFinder opens its safety profile with accident history, incident reports and hazard data from public sources.

Where does the safety data come from?

Accident records come from 130 sources — investigation boards such as the NTSB, AAIB, BEA and MAK, plus compilers such as the Aviation Safety Network and Wikidata — normalized into one database with a citable DOI. NASA ASRS incident reports, FAA wildlife-strike, laser-strike and runway-incursion data, and FAA and EASA airworthiness directives are separate datasets on the site. The methodology and full source list are published.