Breakdown by continent of the number of fatal civil airliner accidents from 1945 until now.
Military accidents, corporate jets, hijackings (and other criminal occurrences) are not included.
| # |
continent |
accidents |
fatalities |
ground fat. |
| 1 |
North America |
1014 | 13485 |
187 |
| 2 |
Europe |
1005 | 22992 |
191 |
| 3 |
Asia |
720 | 18867 |
325 |
| 4 |
South America |
626 | 10724 |
372 |
| 5 |
Africa |
398 | 7946 |
240 |
| 6 |
Central America |
166 | 2295 |
78 |
| 7 |
Australasia |
133 | 1526 |
3 |
| 8 |
international waters |
78 | 2504 |
0 |
| 9 |
North and South Poles |
5 | 274 |
0 |