Table 2. Day/night fatal HEMS accident comparison (1995~2013)[6].
Year | All day HEMS fatal accidents | All night HEMS fatal accidents | Total flight HRS(TFH) | All day HEMS Far(62% of TFH) | All night HEMS Far(38% of TFH) | Total HEMS Far | (N=32) Night HEMS fatal LCTRL & CFIT | (N=32) Night HEMS fatal LCTRL & CFIT Far |
1995 | 0 | 1 | 171,670 | 0 | 1.53 | 0.58 | 1 | 1.53 |
1996 | 0 | 1 | 185,239 | 0 | 1.42 | 0.53 | 1 | 1.42 |
1997 | 0 | 2 | 190,497 | 0 | 2.76 | 1.04 | 1 | 1.38 |
1998 | 1 | 3 | 187,216 | 0.86 | 4.21 | 2.13 | 2 | 2.81 |
1999 | 1 | 2 | 207,327 | 0.77 | 2.53 | 1.44 | 1 | 1.26 |
2000 | 1 | 3 | 194,271 | 0.83 | 4.06 | 2.05 | 2 | 2.70 |
2001 | 2 | 2 | 217,584 | 1.48 | 2.41 | 1.83 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 2 | 3 | 230,000 | 1.40 | 3.43 | 2.17 | 1 | 1.14 |
2003 | 2 | 2 | 255,000 | 1.26 | 2.06 | 1.56 | 2 | 2.06 |
2004 | 1 | 5 | 290,000 | 0.55 | 4.53 | 2.06 | 5 | 4.53 |
2005 | 4 | 2 | 340,000 | 1.89 | 1.54 | 1.76 | 2 | 1.54 |
2006 | 2 | 1 | 370,000 | 0.87 | 0.71 | 0.81 | 1 | 0.71 |
2007 | 1 | 1 | 372,000 | 0.43 | 0.70 | 0.53 | 1 | 0.70 |
2008 | 2 | 5 | 369,000 | 0.87 | 3.56 | 1.89 | 4 | 2.85 |
2009 | 0 | 2 | 345,000 | 0 | 1.52 | 0.57 | 2 | 1.52 |
2010 | 2 | 4 | 352,000 | 0.91 | 2.99 | 1.70 | 2 | 1.49 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 375,000 | 0 | 0.70 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 0 | 1 | 380,000 | 0 | 0.69 | 0.26 | 1 | 0.69 |
2013 | 0 | 5 | 400,000 | 0 | 3.28 | 1.25 | 3 | 1.97 |
Total | 22 | 46 | | | | | 32 | |
Average | | | | 0.64 | 2.35 | 1.28 | | 1.59 |