Comparison with fixed-wing

The Airbus Statistical Analysis of Commercial Aviation Accidents 1958-2024 breaks down the accidents from 2004-2024 by accident category.

Fatal Accident Distribution per Accident Category 2004-2024 (Airbus data)

The outer ring shows the Airbus fatal accident data for 2004-2024, and the inner ring shows the occurrence categories for the HeliOffshore data. The RE+ category is an amalgamation of Runway Excursion (RE), Abnormal Runway Contact (ARC) and Undershoot / Overshoot (USOS).

The Boeing 2023 Statistical Summary of Commercial Jet Airplane Accidents gives the number of fatal accidents from 2014 to 2023 as 28 in total, resulting in a total of 1,078 fatalities onboard. The figure below shows the breakdown by occurrence category. RE+ combines runway excursion (RE), abnormal runway contact (ARC) and undershoot / overshoot (USOS).

CICTT Occurrence Categories for Commercial Fixed-Wing Aircraft Fatal Accidents 2014 - 2023 (Boeing data)