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BITRE | Australian transport statistics yearbook 2009
Table 10.15b Number of aviation accidents and casualties, by state/territory—
casualties
Calendar year NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT ACT Other a Total
1971 34 14 3 4 19 0 4 0 0 78
1972 28 12 10 16 10 8 17 0 0 101
1973 26 11 7 6 10 9 2 0 0 71
1974 33 27 24 11 30 6 5 1 3 140
1975 24 11 26 9 14 4 5 0 3 96
1976 40 7 14 13 9 1 7 0 4 95
1977 21 4 19 9 13 3 12 0 1 82
1978 26 37 33 10 26 0 9 1 1 143
1979 37 17 17 2 8 3 12 3 0 99
1980 45 20 16 4 18 1 5 1 5 115
1981 28 24 31 11 18 2 10 0 4 128
1982 40 16 35 2 17 3 7 0 0 120
1983 21 13 39 7 19 6 2 6 6 119
1984 35 20 22 14 13 3 4 0 0 111
1985 36 10 26 12 16 3 8 0 0 111
1986 24 21 27 8 24 0 10 0 3 117
1987 26 79 39 3 9 0 7 0 60 223
1988 44 10 41 7 19 2 14 0 0 137
1989 33 21 46 4 15 3 77 0 0 199
1990 50 7 54 12 11 1 6 0 1 142
1991 25 16 35 5 9 4 5 4 12 115
1992 31 23 19 8 18 9 1 0 3 112
1993 32 30 36 7 14 10 9 2 7 147
1994 44 16 24 6 8 2 12 0 0 112
1995 25 21 34 3 12 4 4 0 0 103
1996 18 5 62 0 21 8 0 0 31 145
1997 21 7 23 7 23 4 9 1 4 99
1998 30 7 25 4 17 7 8 1 0 99
1999 20 12 33 9 9 0 2 2 38 125
2000 23 19 35 9 16 6 7 0 2 117
2001 14 8 38 4 18 1 2 4 5 94
2002 12 9 18 0 2 11 10 0 0 62
2003 34 6 20 4 21 6 2 1 0 94
2004 15 23 23 3 5 4 5 0 5 83
2005 27 10 24 3 11 0 3 0 9 87
2006 22 9 20 0 22 3 5 0 0 81
2007 9 14 24 2 11 0 6 0 0 66
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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