Accidents and fatalities since 1948

The Aviation Safety Network has recorded aviation incidents since 1946. In this table you can see the steady improvement, from 80 crashes in 1948 to just 10 last year. 2015 had the same number of accidents as 2017, but with a gruesome 537 fatalities. Most of these were the result of deliberate terrorist acts as well as an incident when a pilot committed suicide killing all on board.