Accident figures by year and month for the period of the accident study. Includes all rotary wing accidents [including gyrocopters] in the Griffin database.

Taken from a study of the of the Griffin Helicopters accident database since 09 Jan 1997 the study comprises a review of 366 rotary wing accidents and incidents involving UK registered aircraft of which 348 involved helicopters and 35 were fatal.

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2008 1 3 2 1 3 2 12
2007 3 2 5 1 2 2 2 5 2 24
2006 2 2 1 7 4 4 2 1 2 4 2 2 33
2005 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 2 1 2 21
2004 2 1 5 3 3 3 1 4 3 4 2 31
2003 3 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 1 2 2 3 39
2002 3 2 5 1 4 5 4 1 1 3 1 2 32
2001 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 5 1 22
2000 1 6 2 3 1 6 6 6 1 2 3 37
1999 4 2 3 6 2 1 6 2 4 2 4 1 37
1998 3 1 4 5 3 5 7 4 4 1 3 40
1997 2 3 2 1 2 3 5 7 4 1 6 2 38
Totals 29 22 29 38 35 35 41 31 36 20 30 20 366