Aircraft accidents: accidents by region

This statistic depicts the number aircraft accidents worldwide in 2020, broken down by the operator's region and the level of damage sustained to the aircraft. North America had the most aircraft accidents, with 11 resulting in substantial damage in that year.

Number of aircraft accidents worldwide in 2020, by operator region and level of damage

Characteristic	Hull losses	Substantial damage	Fatal
Africa	4	2	2
Asia Pacific	2	5	2
CIS*	1	4	0
Europe	1	4	1
Latin America / Caribbean	1	2	0
Middle East and North Africa	0	1	0
North America	0	11	0
North Asia	0	0	0

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

A hull loss is an accident in which the aircraft is destroyed or substantially damaged and is not subsequently repaired for whatever reason including a financial decision of the owner.

* CIS Commonwealth of Independent States: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

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