Bit of confusion creeping in here, or maybe it's me!
I am sure Bob Prest was refering to an 892 F-4K crash at Leuchars sometime in the summer of 78, one in which the pilot would prefer not to to recall even if he could. Terrible and totally avoidable. I don't recall any RAF or FAA F-4 accident at Abingdon before the one mentioned earlier.
Hairy - no figures to hand but I still suspect the accident rate for the late 70s and 80s was worse than the 90s. Recall going to an awful lot of funerals over that period, sadly.
No doubt someone will now post a consolidated list proving me wrong!