Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents
Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents
1999 | 2000 | |||
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South Carolina | United States | South Carolina | United States | |
Number of accidents | ||||
Total | 12 | 633 | 6 | 696 |
Number of persons | ||||
Killed | 5 | 191 | 5 | 215 |
Injured | 4 | 476 | 4 | 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.