Global figures for commercial aviation crashes in 2007 show an all-time low of 23 fatal accidents. Even the number of fatal casualties, at 597, was well below the annual average for the past 10 years. Comparable figures for accidents in 2006 show 27 fatal accidents resulting in just over 863 fatalities. The annual averages for the decade 1998-2007 show 34.5 fatal accidents and 846 fatalities a year (see chart below).
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