Plane crashes in the United Kingdom

2,484 crashes in the United Kingdom since 1824, with 6,669 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 2,484
Fatal crashes: 1,263
Fatalities: 6,669
First recorded: September 29, 1824
Most recent: October 16, 2026

All crashes (page 25 of 25)

January 17, 1920: Breguet 14, Dover Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 15, 1920: Avro 504, Bristol Gloucestershire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 21, 1919: Avro 504, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 18, 1919: Avro 504, Twickenham London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 11, 1919: De Havilland DH.4, Caterham Surrey, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
December 9, 1919: Avro 536, Sandhurst Berkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1919: Avro 504, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 2, 1919: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, Coventry West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 4, 1919: Avro 504, Southport Lancashire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 20, 1919: De Havilland DH.4, Folkestone Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 19, 1919: Avro 504, Clayton West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 17, 1919: De Havilland DH.9, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
October 5, 1919: Avro 504, Alderney Channel Islands, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 2, 1919: De Havilland DH.4, Newcastle Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 9, 1919: Avro 536, Southwark Park London Metropolis, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1919: Avro 504, Weston-super-Mare Somerset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 30, 1919: Avro 536, Manston Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1919: Avro 504, Aberystwyth Cardiganshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 28, 1919: Avro 504, Weston-super-Mare Somerset, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 21, 1919: Avro 504, Southport Merseyside, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 15, 1919: Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8, Great Yarmouth Norfolk, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 11, 1919: Felixstowe F.4 Fury, Felixstowe Suffolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 6, 1919: Avro 536, Sandhurst Berkshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 21, 1919: Avro 504, Mayfield East Sussex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
July 18, 1919: De Havilland DH.10 Amiens, Hendon Middlesex, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
June 29, 1919: Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo, Hendon Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 31, 1919: Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo, Hendon Middlesex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
May 24, 1919: De Havilland DH.6, Aldeburgh Suffolk, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 24, 1919: De Havilland DH.6, Aldeburgh Suffolk, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
May 1, 1919: De Havilland DH.9, Portsdown Hill Hampshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
April 22, 1919: Handley Page H.P.12, Andover Hampshire, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
March 18, 1919: Handley Page H.P.12, Castle Bromwich West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
January 16, 1919: Handley Page V/1500, Sewardstone Essex, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
December 31, 1918: Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo, Seaton Carew AFB Durham, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
December 21, 1918: Avro 504, Bicester AFB Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
November 14, 1918: Avro 504, Old Sarum Wiltshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 6, 1918: Avro 504, Castle Bromwich West Midlands, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 13, 1918: De Havilland DH.9, Stockton on Tees, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 26, 1918: Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo, Seaton Carew AFB Durham, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 19, 1918: Handley Page H.P.12, Maxstoke Warwickshire, United Kingdom (7 fatalities)
July 18, 1918: De Havilland DH.6, Seaton Carew AFB Durham, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
July 14, 1918: Fairey III, Usworth AFB (RAF Hylton) Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 8, 1918: Handley Page V/1500, Cricklewood London Metropolis, United Kingdom (5 fatalities)
August 25, 1917: Vickers F.B.26 Vampire, Joyce Green, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 22, 1917: Gotha bombers, Isle of Thanet and Dover, United Kingdom (12 fatalities)
June 16, 1917: Zeppelin L 48, Open fields near Harwich England, United Kingdom (15 fatalities)
January 28, 1917: Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 prototype, Farnborough, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 27, 1916: Zeppelin L 34, Castle Eden, United Kingdom (20 fatalities)
November 27, 1916: Zeppelin L 21 LZ 61, Off Lowestoft, United Kingdom (17 fatalities)
October 1, 1916: Zeppelin L 31 LZ 72, Outside London, United Kingdom (19 fatalities)
September 21, 1916: Avro 521 prototype, Upavon, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 3, 1916: Schütte Lanz SL 11 airship, Near London, United Kingdom (16 fatalities)
September 12, 1915: Short S.38 and Caudron G.III, Eastchurch, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 1, 1915: Blériot monoplane, Fort Grange Gosport, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
June 4, 1914: Short S.128 seaplane, Southampton Water near Calshot, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
December 7, 1913: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a, Farnborough, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 7, 1913: Cody floatplane, Over Hampshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 27, 1913: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2, Montrose Scotland, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 10, 1912: Bristol Coanda monoplane, Near Wolvercote Oxford, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
September 6, 1912: Deperdussin monoplane, Graveley near Welwyn Hertfordshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
July 5, 1912: Nieuport monoplane, Larkhill Wiltshire, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
May 13, 1912: Flanders F.3 monoplane, Brooklands Surrey, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
February 17, 1912: Martin Handasyde monoplane, Old Deer Park Richmond London, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
November 18, 1911: Avro Type D seaplane, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 24, 1911: HMA No. 1 Mayfly airship, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 17, 1911: ASL Valkyrie Type B, Hendon, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 18, 1911: Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.1, Farnborough, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 12, 1910: French built Wright biplane, Bournemouth, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 28, 1909: Barnwell canard biplane, Causewayhead, Stirling, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
August 14, 1908: Balloon, Franco-British Exhibition, London, United Kingdom (3 fatalities)
October 10, 1907: Nulli Secundus, Crystal Palace, London, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1899: Glider (Pilcher Hawk), Field near Stanford Hall, Leicestershire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 5, 1895: Smoke balloon (Capt. Alfred Orton), Fletton Recreation Grounds, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 31, 1894: Maxim flying machine (biplane test rig), Baldwyns Park, Bexley, Kent, United Kingdom (0 fatalities)
June 29, 1892: Gas balloon, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London, United Kingdom (2 fatalities)
August 8, 1891: Gas balloon George Higgins No.2, Clarence Gardens, Kirkstall, Leeds, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 27, 1888: Gas balloon Cosmo, Wickham Bishops, near Witham, Essex, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
December 10, 1881: Hydrogen balloon Saladin, Near Bridport, Dorset, then lost over the sea off the Dorset coast (launched from Bath), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
October 20, 1877: Gas balloon (name not recorded), Langold Park, Carlton in Lindrick, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 9, 1874: Ornithopter released from balloon The Czar, Robert Street, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 24, 1863: Gas balloon (Henry Coxwell), Basford Hall grounds, near Nottingham (balloon came down near Arnold, Nottinghamshire), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
August 15, 1859: Gas balloon Florence Nightingale, West Boldon, County Durham (ascent from the Cricket Ground, Newcastle upon Tyne), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
July 24, 1837: Parachute released from balloon Royal Nassau, Vauxhall Gardens, London (descent over Greenwich), United Kingdom (1 fatality)
September 29, 1824: Gas balloon, Church, near Blackburn, Lancashire (flight began at Bolton), United Kingdom (1 fatality)