Skydiving Fatalities

The Dropzone.com Skydiving Fatalities Database is maintained for educational purposes. It is an unofficial record of fatal skydiving accidents since January 1, 2004. Dropzone.com does not guarantee the accuracy of information or skydiving statistics posted here. Read the Terms of Use before you proceed. Fatalities by Year 2004 (71) 2005 (64) 2006 (60) 2007 (64) 2008 (64) 2009 (68) 2010 (54) 2011 (56) 2012 (49)

Fatality statistics by category: Collisions (82) 15% Landings (175) 32% No Pulls (50) 9% Malfunctions (95) 17% Reserve Problems (25) 5% Other (80) 14% Total (554)

5 Most Recent Fatal Skydiving Incidents:

Date Country Category Cause of Death 2013-01-04 Netherlands Suicide 2012-12-25 Chile Landing Canopy collapse 2012-12-23 Australia Landing Hard Landing 2012-12-18 Australia Malfunction Main/Reserve entanglement 2012-12-14 United States Unknown Military training

Total Fatalities since January 1, 2004

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