Not many people are flying, due to the economic situation. Hence, the rates of accidents are correspondingly lower. General aviation accident rates are invidious. You can track them all you want, but you’ll discover that there’s no set value or relevance for these numbers. Depending on the health of the economy, we will see adjustments to those figures. You’ll also notice a commonality of probable causes for fatal mishaps. VFR flight into IMC being one of them.