Skydiving isn't without risk, but is much safer than you might expect. According to statistics by the United States Parachute Association, in 2018 there were a total of 13 skydiving-related fatalities out of approximately 3.3 million jumps!

Can skydiving be deadly?

Based on this data, that is a 0.00045% chance of dying on a skydive. The statistics for dying on a tandem skydive are even less. Over the course of the past decade, there has only been one tandem student fatality per every 500,000 jumps, which is a . 0002% chance of dying.

What are the chances of dying from a skydive?

The risk of fatality from skydiving is thought to be somewhere in the region of 1 in 100,000 skydives. That means, for every 100,000 skydives made – approximately 1 person dies engaged in the sport.