Here are the numbers from
http://aviation-safety.net
("number of fatal aircraft accidents and total number fatalities involving civil multi-engine airliners of which the basic model has been certified for carrying 13 or more passengers")
year, #accidents, #fatalities, øaccidents, øfatalities (ø over the last 5 years)
leading zeroes for formatting
2007 26 0750 28 0761
2006 27 0888 30 0831
2005 35 1059 31 0807
2004 28 0429 31 0812
2003 25 0679 34 0860
2002 37 1101 36 0968
2001 28 0768 37 0996
2000 36 1082 42 1206
1999 42 0671 45 1224
1998 39 1219 47 1382
1997 42 1240 49 1366
1996 52 1817 52 1426
1995 50 1173 52 1288
1994 53 1462 50 1192
1993 48 1138 52 1205
1992 57 1541 54 1206
1991 53 1125
1990 39 0693
1989 61 1530
1988 59 1143
I think we can speak of decreasing numbers here
