Has Anyone Died from Skydiving?

While skydiving accidents are rare, there have been some notable incidents in the past year. In May, Carl Daugherty, a renowned skydiver who had jumped around 20,000 times before, died during a freak mid-air collision with another person in DeLand Florida.

How likely is it to die from skydiving?

Statistics show that there is one tandem student skydiving fatality for every 500,000 tandem jumps which makes the odds of death . 000002%! According to the National Safety Council, an individual is more likely to die by a lightning strike or being stung by a bee.

How many people have died from skydiving?

The skydiving school in San Joaquin County is now the site of 22 recorded deaths since opening in 1981. Nine of those deaths have occurred since 2016, according to the FAA.