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Le Roux,
A quick check of the NTSB's accident database lists seven accidents or incidents for the B737 type since 2000.
A similar scan for the DC-9 type shows 31, with two fatals in the same period.
Examining just the fatals since that time shows an Embraer 170, BAe 32, Convair 580, DC9-51, Beech 1900D, A300, and then the data are all skewed, you have 2 767 and 2 757, but we know what that's about, then a DeHavilland dash-8, another A300, a DC-8 and an MD-83.
That looks sorta like a market share analysis to me.
This is FAR from a scientific analysis and doesn't take into account real statistical factors like seat-miles flown or size of the fleet.
Anyway, if there were genuine safety issues with the 737 type you'd see and AD, like the one on the vertical stabilizer a few years ago.
The two South African accidents I found were both CFIT controlled flight into terrain scenarios. In this situation, an a/c like a 737, many of which are equipped with GPWS ground proximity warning system actually have a better chance of avoiding CFIT.
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