Accidents
IHST: Helicopter Safety Sees Global Improvement
Rotorcraft accidents were down six percent worldwide between 2016 and 2017.

Accident rates for the U.S. helicopter industry remained stable in 2017, but well below the accident totals it experienced several years ago, according to preliminary data released by the United States Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) this week at Heli-Expo 2018. Comparing 2017 with 2013, the year the USHST was founded, civil accident rates have declined by 17 percent, while fatal accidents are down 33 percent.