The Boeing line on the graph shows over 40 crashes per million departures in 1960 dropping to 4 in 1974. I joined the airlines in 1979 and we had primitive autopilots that would hold a pitch attitude, altitude hold, and couple a basic ils approach.
In 40 years that 1974 data has barely changed. All the automation we now fly with is handy but we are starting to become automation dependent and that is not good. Pilots need to be able to use this automation at the level they choose, not be mandated by SOP's to turn it on at 300 feet and leave it on until 300 feet on landing. If they do they will soon lose their basic flying skills. Then they will be automation dependent.