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Chapter 10 | Safety
Table 10.15a Number of aviation accidents and casualties, by state/territory—
accidents
Calendar year NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT Other a Total
1971 73 23 34 21 46 6 14 2 2 221
1972 40 41 35 15 24 9 15 1 0 180
1973 70 49 32 19 25 10 13 3 0 221
1974 56 47 44 27 33 10 14 1 3 235
1975 55 45 43 14 24 5 6 0 3 195
1976 67 52 41 32 30 6 12 0 3 243
1977 60 42 37 21 34 7 15 2 3 221
1978 58 50 62 18 38 2 18 2 1 249
1979 78 41 55 17 29 4 17 2 0 243
1980 69 38 59 20 41 4 17 2 3 253
1981 57 29 73 16 41 4 13 0 1 234
1982 62 27 63 18 33 3 10 2 1 219
1983 83 32 76 19 27 10 11 4 2 264
1984 69 28 53 14 31 7 13 0 0 215
1985 69 20 57 13 32 8 10 1 1 211
1986 58 41 46 16 27 4 15 1 2 210
1987 68 30 70 13 21 5 19 0 1 227
1988 71 19 83 16 32 6 21 4 2 254
1989 74 30 80 15 24 6 22 2 0 253
1990 96 30 70 12 40 6 22 0 2 278
1991 67 38 73 15 45 5 19 1 2 265
1992 62 35 57 17 45 8 14 0 2 240
1993 71 35 71 18 36 10 18 1 2 262
1994 54 31 55 10 31 3 24 1 3 212
1995 52 23 77 15 37 4 9 2 3 222
1996 50 21 66 12 39 9 8 0 3 208
1997 64 25 64 16 31 3 23 2 2 230
1998 57 23 66 12 32 6 12 3 1 212
1999 43 28 46 16 23 4 11 3 2 176
2000 55 26 56 6 29 2 15 1 5 195
2001 39 20 51 12 35 3 17 1 3 181
2002 42 15 36 9 22 6 9 1 0 140
2003 38 20 34 7 17 5 10 3 0 134
2004 31 23 46 9 15 4 12 0 4 144
2005 40 13 31 9 15 0 6 0 2 116
2006 22 12 22 3 15 6 9 1 1 91
2007 24 20 27 9 21 2 13 0 2 118
a. Other refers to accidents that occur in Australian waters beyond 200 nm off the Australian coastline up
to mid 2006. From 2006, ‘other’ refers to accidents that occur in Australian waters beyond 12 nm off the
coastline.
Source: ATSB (2008a), National aviation occurrence database.
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