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Notes:

Aircraft-miles, Aircraft departures, and Flight hours are compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. Rates are computed by dividing the number of Fatalities, Seriously injured persons, Total accidents, and Fatal accidents by the number of Aircraft-miles, Aircraft departures, or Flight hours. These figures are based on information provided by airlines to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Airline Information. The illegal acts, such as suicide, sabotage and terrorism, are included in the totals for accidents,  fatalities, and rate computation. 1991 data do not include the 12 persons killed aboard a SkyWest commuter aircraft when it and a U.S. Air aircraft collided. For 2001, fatalities resulting from the September 11 terrorist acts are excluded, other than the persons aboard the aircraft who were killed. 

Description:

KEY:  N = data do not exist; P = preliminary; R = revised.

^a Air carriers operating under 14 CFR 121, scheduled and nonscheduled service. Includes all scheduled and nonscheduled service accidents involving all-cargo carriers and commercial operators of large aircraft when those accidents occurred during 14 CFR 121 operations. Since Mar. 20, 1997, 14 CFR 121 includes aircraft with 10 or more seats formerly operated under 14 CFR 135. This change makes it difficult to compare pre-1997 data for 14 CFR 121 and 14 CFR 135  with more recent data. 

Source:

Fatalities, accidents, miles, departures, and flight hours:

1960: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations, Calendar Year 1967 (Washington, DC: December 1968).

1965-70: National Transportation Safety Board, Calendar Year 1975, NTSB/ARC-77/1 (Washington, DC: January 1977).

1975 (all categories except miles): National Transportation Safety Board, Calendar Year 1983, NTSB/ARC-87/01 (Washington, DC: February 1987), table 18.

1975 (miles): National Transportation Safety Board, Calendar Year 1975, NTSB/ARC-77/1 (Washington, DC: January 1977 ).

1980: National Transportation Safety Board, Calendar Year 1981, NTSB/ARC-85/01 (Washington, DC: February 1985), tables 2 and 16.

1985-2022: National Transportation Safety Board, National Transportation Safety Board, Aviation Accident Statistics, table 5, available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/data/pages/aviation_stats.aspx as of May 8, 2024.

Serious injuries:

1970-85: National Transportation Safety Board, Annual Review of Aircraft Accident Data: U.S. Air Carrier Operations (Washington, DC: Annual Issues).

1990-2022: National Transportation Safety Board, Analysis and Data Division, personal communication, Apr. 2011, Jul. 2012,  Aug. 2013, Sept. 25, 2014, April 2, 2015, Mar. 22, 2016, Sept. 26, 2016, Apr. 20, 2018, Aug. 8, 2019, Nov. 25, 2019, Oct. 28, 2020, Oct. 22, 2021 Nov. 28, 2022, May 20, 2024.