I just did a quick check of 2019 statistics and the US managed close to its long term fatal accident rate of 1.05 accidents per 100,000 flights. Australia was in the region of 2 accidents per 100,000 flights. That's double the accident rate for a massive country with next to no GA compared and benign weather and terrain....
Based on NTSB stats of 205 GA fatal accidents over around 20,000,000 flight hours, and, ATSB 22 fatal accidents over around 1,000,000 flight hours. (Sport and recreational aviation is not included in either numbers)
Here's something sobering, from 1990 to 2000 the accident rate for Australia averaged about 1.2 fatal accidents per 100,000 flights. However the data suggests that in 1990 the rate was around 1.6 reducing to 0.9 per 100,000 by 2000. From 2000 onwards the rate has steadily climbed back up towards 2 accidents per 100,000. So what does that tell you?
The ATSB won't even quote the actual rate of accidents in the latest data as they probably don't want direct comparisons made to show up how badly we have done here.
Last edited by 43Inches; 26th Aug 2023 at 08:06.