Please select the following link to proceed to the Aviation Statistics
Report
The ATSB maintains its own database, the Safety Investigation
Information Management System (SIIMS), in which all reported
occurrences are logged, assessed, classified and recorded. The
information contained within SIIMS is dynamic and subject to change
based on additional and/or updated data.
Occurrences are those notifications received by the ATSB that
are assessed to meet accident and incident definitions for the
purpose of entry into SIIMS. The legal basis for this assessment
changed from 1 July 2003 with the introduction of the Transport
Safety Investigators Act/Regulations 2003.
Transport safety occurrence data
Each year, the ATSB receives thousands of reports on accidents
and incidents, collectively called occurrences, across the rail,
marine and aviation transport modes.
We use this occurrence data
to prioritise independent investigations and to identify trends in
transport safety.
Statistical report
format
The ATSB has changed the way in which
aviation statistics are presented. All statistics will be
incorporated in a report and can be opened for viewing or
downloaded. The report encompasses a rolling 10-year reporting
cycle and replaces all individual spreadsheets previously available
on the ATSB website. The data will be updated annually.
Non-VH registered recreational aircraft
data are not included in these statistics.
The report contains the following data
for 2002 to 2011:
a. Aviation activity (hours flown and
departures) by aircraft operation types (within commercial air
transport and general aviation)
b. Number of aviation accidents, serious incidents, incidents,
fatal accidents, and serious injury accidents by aircraft operation
types
c. Accident rates and fatal accident rates per million departures
and/or hours flown by aircraft operation types
d. Accident rates, fatal accident rates, and fatalities by
aircraft type (aeroplanes and helicopters)
e. Accidents and serious incidents, and incidents by occurrence
type events (what happened) by operation
type
Feedback: If you have any comments relating to
the format of aviation statistics, the ATSB would be interested in
hearing from you. Please direct your comments to atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au with the subject header of
'Aviation statistics - feedback'.
Avstats
The Bureau of Infrastructure,
Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE), Aviation Statistics
section (Avstats) routinely collects activity data for general
aviation and commercial operations that include:
- hours flown
- aircraft type
- statistical grouping
Hours flown data for rate calculations provided by the BITRE are
only available up to 2006.
