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Figure 2-6: California Recreational Boating Accidents Involving Alcohol

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Figure 2-6: California Recreational Boating Accidents Involving Alcohol

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Year Accidents Persons killed Persons injured
1995 29 13 23
1996 32 15 19
1997 39 9 27
1998 33 12 21
1999 40 12 24
2000 30 15 24

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 www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.