Accidents and fatalities
Since 1991, the number of aircraft accidents has declined by 37.6%, from 322 in 1991 to 201 in 2001 (table 23.27). In 2001 there were 51 fatalities, a rise of 10.9% compared with 2000, although this was considerably lower than fatalities recorded during the early 1990s.
23.27 AIR TRANSPORT(a), Accidents and fatalities(b)
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| Accidents | Fatalities |
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1991 | 322 | 54 |
1992 | 310 | 66 |
1993 | 318 | 67 |
1994 | 266 | 64 |
1995 | 267 | 51 |
1996 | 243 | 51 |
1997 | 254 | 38 |
1998 | 227 | 56 |
1999 | 196 | 49 |
2000 | 222 | 46 |
2001 | 201 | 51 |
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(a) Includes airlines, general aviation and sport aviation. Excludes data for ballooning accidents.
(b) Includes accidents involving Australia-registered aircraft occurring overseas and accidents involving foreign-registered aircraft occurring in Australia. Therefore, data presented in this table are not comparable with those relating to road traffic accidents in table 23.23. |
Source: Australian Transport Safety Bureau. |