Helicopter Safety Team Reports Safety Improvements
General trends from the IHST show an improving U.S. helicopter safety picture.
Helicopter accident figures show an improving picture, according to the latest IHST data.
Helicopter accident figures show an improving picture, according to the latest IHST data.

Fourteen years of accident data from the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST) reveal that U.S. civil helicopter accidents have decreased by approximately 25 percent since the IHST was established in 2006, with an average annual drop in accidents of around 2 percent.