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Table 2-45: Waterborne Transportation Safety and Property Damage Data Related to Vessel Casualties

Friday, July 22, 2016

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  1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Fatalitiesa 178 243 206 131 85 30 97 105 77 53 55 48 69 58 53 53 68 67 94 92 87 76 75 49 41 31 33 16 14 40
Injuries 105 97 180 172 175 110 170 171 182 154 254 120 130 152 150 210 175 213 244 169 373 190 154 193 172 131 141 223 98 128
Accidentsb 2,582 3,310 4,624 3,439 3,613 2,222 5,583 6,126 6,743 5,349 5,260 5,504 5,767 5,526 5,403 4,958 6,139 5,254 5,125 5,190 5,785 6,014 5,786 4,987 5,285 5,837 5,298 5,727 6,048 3,854
Vesselsc 4,063 5,685 7,694 5,694 5,494 3,514 7,190 7,913 9,030 7,802 7,695 7,802 7,824 7,265 7,103 6,439 7,437 6,054 6,257 6,599 7,149 7,801 7,615 6,139 8,369 9,177 7,972 8,839 8,852 5,903
Property damage (current $ millions) U U U U U U 201.7 181.5 264.4 159.0 200.8 158.2 234.9 177.1 180.5 100.9 335.1 126.7 151.7 719.5 129.7 85.4 126.4 60.5 436.6 71.9 100.4 122.2 104.8 96.8

KEY: U = data are not available.

a Fatalities include the number of people who died or were declared missing subsequent to a marine accident.

b Accidents in this table include the number of "marine casualty cases" reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in accordance with 46 CFR Part 4.05-1.

c More than one Vessel may be involved in a marine Accident. Statistics from 1992 to 2011 include Vessels involved in pollution incidents, which the United States Coast Guard considers to be a Vessel casualty.

NOTES

All deaths and Injuries cited result from Vessel casualties, such as groundings, collisions, fires, or explosions. The data are for all commercial Vessels under U.S. jurisdiction, including U.S. flag Vessels anywhere in the world and foreign flag Vessels within the jurisdiction of the United States (within 12 miles, or having an interaction with a U.S. entity, such as a platform within 200 miles, or a collision with a U.S. ship). Commercial fishing Vessels are included.

For 1992-97, data are obtained from the Marine Safety Management Information System. Between 1998 and 2001, the U.S. Coast Guard phased in a new computer system to track safety data, the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. During this period, data are derived by combining entries in the Marine Safety Management Information System with entries in the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. Data for 2002 and after are from the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. Data prior to 1992 come from other sources and may not be directly comparable to the data from later years.

SOURCES

1970-2002: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communication, November 2008.

2003-15: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis (CG-545), personal communication, Nov. 20., 2012, Nov. 13, 2013, Aug. 27, 2015 and Apr. 26, 2016.