Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents
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| Number of accidents |
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|
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| Total |
5 |
633 |
9 |
696 |
| Number
of persons |
|
|
|
|
| Killed |
3 |
191 |
0 |
215 |
| Injured |
1 |
476 |
13 |
542 |
NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Alcohol involvement in a boating
accident includes any accident in which alcoholic beverages are consumed in
the boat and the investigating official has determined that the operator
was impaired or affected while operating the boat.
SOURCES FOR
DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S.
Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: 2001; U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 1999, Washington, DC: 2000, available at
http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and
http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14,
2001.
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