The number of plane crashes involving large Western-made commercial jets fell in 2023 — and none resulted in fatalities, the first time since Boeing began collecting safety data decades ago.

According to the latest version of the annual statistical summary of commercial jet accidents released by the U.S. manufacturer, there were 11 accidents involving Western planes worldwide last year, up from 25 the year before.

The report only covers accidents up to 2023, and the period of fatal operations by Western aircraft ended on January 2 this year, when a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 collided with a de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 in Tokyo, killing all five people on board the turboprop plane.

“The number of accidents continues to decline to record lows, even as air traffic has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels,” said Elisabeth Martin, vice president of corporate safety at Boeing. “2023 was one of the safest years on record.”

Boeing’s safety report covers accidents involving Western-made jet airplanes weighing more than 60,000 pounds (27,216 kg) – it includes all Boeing and Airbus types and regional planes with at least 70 seats, but excludes turboprops.

Boeing said the 11 accidents last year did not result in fatalities or total aircraft losses. The world’s airlines will operate 31.3 million flights in 2023 — slightly fewer than in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic — equating to an accident rate in 2023 of 0.35 accidents per million flights.

“There will be no fatal accidents in 2023 – the first year without a fatal accident since data began in 1959,” Boeing said in a report.

The 2023 accidents include an All Nippon Airways 767-300 Freighter that struck a cargo vehicle on the ground and an A320 operated by Democratic Republic of the Congo-based FlyCAA that lost part of its elevator after takeoff. Also last year, a Delta Air Lines 717 landed in Charlotte without its nose gear deployed, a United Airlines 767-300 suffered “significant” fuselage damage while landing in Houston and a FedEx 757 landed with its landing gear down in Chattanooga.

The 2023 data shows a continuation of the long-term trend towards improved safety, with the accident rate falling by 45% between 2004–2013 and 2014–2023.

In the 10 years to 2023, the airline had 279 crashes, including 28 fatalities, that killed a total of 1,140 people. Of those, 706 people died in in-flight “loss of control” accidents, Boeing says. Two 737 Max 8 crashes — a Lion Air jet in 2018 and an Ethiopian Airlines jet in 2019 — killed a total of 346 people.