Table 2-43. Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage Data

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Fatalities	739	1,360	1,418	1,466	1,360	1,116	865	924	816	800	784	829	709	821	^R815	734
Injuries	929	927	780	2,136	2,650	2,757	3,822	3,967	3,683	3,559	4,084	4,141	4,442	4,555	^R4,612	4,315
Accidents	2,738	3,752	3,803	6,308	5,513	6,237	6,411	6,573	6,048	6,335	6,906	8,019	8,026	^R8,047	^R8,061	7,935
Vessels involved	3,785	4,792	4,762	8,002	6,954	8,305	8,591	8,821	8,206	8,688	9,722	11,534	11,306	11,396	11,368	U
Numbered boats^a (millions)	2.5	6.4	7.4	7.3	8.6	9.6	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.3	11.4	11.7	11.9	12.3	12.6	U
Rates per 100,000 numbered boats
Fatalities	32.8	21.3	19.2	20.1	15.8	11.6	7.8	8.3	7.3	7.1	6.9	7.1	6.0	6.7	6.5	U
Injuries	37.1	14.5	10.5	29.3	30.8	28.7	34.7	35.7	33.2	31.5	35.8	35.4	37.3	37.0	36.7	U
Accidents	109.5	58.6	51.4	86.4	64.1	65.0	58.3	59.8	54.5	56.1	60.6	68.5	67.4	65.4	64.1	U
Accident reports citing alcohol involvement	N	N	N	N	N	279	568	513	504	381	389	472	601	^R698	704	U
Property damage (current $ millions)	3.2	4.7	8.2	10.4	16.4	20.0	23.8	24.8	^b34.8	20.2	^R25.2	^R30.3	^R23.2	29.0	31	U

^a Prior to 1975, the count of numbered boats is an estimate.
^b Includes $11 million damage due to a boat fire.

KEY: N = data do not exist; R = revised.

NOTE: Only a small fraction of property damages and nonfatal accidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).

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