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Aviation Statistics

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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.

New 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 on a quarterly basis with the latest results available within 30 days of the end of each quarter.

Non-VH registered sports aviation aircraft data are not included in these statistics.

The report contains the following data:
a. Aviation occurrence data, 1998 to 2007
b. Number of aviation accidents for air transport, general aviation and recreational aviation, 1998 to 2007
c. Number of aviation fatalities for air transport, general aviation and recreational aviation, 1998 to 2007
d. Accident rates per 100,000 hours flown for air transport, general aviation and recreational aviation, 1998 to 2006
e. Number of accidents by State/Territory, 1998 to 2008
f. Number of fatalities by State/Territory, 1998 to 2008
g. Number of birdstrikes for major aerodromes GAAP aerodromes and towered regional aerodromes, 2000 to 2008.
Where 2008 data has been referred to, this includes data up to 30 June 2008.

Feedback: If you have any comments relating to the new format of aviation statistics or the AOD, 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.


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Last Updated: May 31, 2010