Canadian Aviation Safety Incident Variables, 1955-2020

40 key variables for analyzing aviation safety incidents in Canada over a 65-year period. The data dictionary was created by Sawera Qureshi and is hosted on figshare. It was last updated on May 21, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal trends in aviation incidents based on the 1955-2020 date range mentioned in the description.
• Identify common factors in safety incidents based on the 40 key variables.
• Build risk assessment models for Canadian aviation operations using the defined variables.

Strengths

• Covers a 65-year time span from 1955 to 2020.
• Defines 40 key variables for structured analysis.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Time Range

1955-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 17:44:26; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada