March 2013 has not started off well from the point of view of accident statistics, with seven fatal accidents in the first nine days.  HeliHub.com carries extensive coverage of helicopter safety data and has included the following in recent reports

• 09-Mar-13 ZK-IHU Robinson R66 Oamaru Valley, New Zealand (1F)
• 07-Mar-13 Eurocopter/IAR SA330L Bacau, Romania (2F)
• 05-Mar-13 IN445 Eurocopter SA316B Visakhapatanam, India (2F)
• 03-Mar-13 OM-ECI Eurocopter EC120 Horný Čepeň, Slovak Republic (1F)
• 03-Mar-13 MOI-12 Sikorsky S92 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1F)
• 02-Mar-13 N471M Hughes 500C Majuro, Marshall Islands (1F)
• 01-Mar-13 F-GPGM Eurocopter SA316B Chattonay, France (1F)

These include a military training accident, a military staff member falling from a helicopter during a celebration of the World Civil Defence Day and a wire strike.  Three of the seven involved the helicopter falling into water, including one which broke through the ice covering a lake.

Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com