Table 2-18: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2007
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-18: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2007
| State | Total number of accidents | Accidents with alcohol as a contributing factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of accidents | Percent of state total | Persons killed | ||
| Alabama | 96 | 19 | 19.8 | 3 |
| Alaska | 48 | 8 | 16.7 | 7 |
| Arizona | 167 | 13 | 7.8 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 81 | 16 | 19.8 | 6 |
| California | 601 | 34 | 5.7 | 11 |
| Colorado | 54 | 4 | 7.4 | 1 |
| Connecticut | 61 | 5 | 8.2 | 3 |
| Delaware | 15 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Florida | 663 | 38 | 5.7 | 20 |
| Georgia | 139 | 8 | 5.8 | 3 |
| Hawaii | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 63 | 3 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Illinois | 107 | 14 | 13.1 | 2 |
| Indiana | 32 | 3 | 9.4 | 4 |
| Iowa | 47 | 12 | 25.5 | 5 |
| Kansas | 24 | 3 | 12.5 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 59 | 10 | 16.9 | 6 |
| Louisiana | 119 | 18 | 15.1 | 6 |
| Maine | 90 | 7 | 7.8 | 5 |
| Maryland | 170 | 8 | 4.7 | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 36 | 6 | 16.7 | 3 |
| Michigan | 185 | 5 | 2.7 | 4 |
| Minnesota | 123 | 17 | 13.8 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 31 | 4 | 12.9 | 1 |
| Missouri | 168 | 13 | 7.7 | 4 |
| Montana | 24 | 3 | 12.5 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 31 | 4 | 12.9 | 3 |
| Nevada | 76 | 2 | 2.6 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 54 | 3 | 5.6 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 136 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 38 | 2 | 5.3 | 1 |
| New York | 180 | 14 | 7.8 | 8 |
| North Carolina | 158 | 19 | 12.0 | 4 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 121 | 17 | 14.0 | 5 |
| Oklahoma | 56 | 7 | 12.5 | 3 |
| Oregon | 60 | 2 | 3.3 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 64 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 |
| Rhode Island | 44 | 4 | 9.1 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 104 | 5 | 4.8 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 146 | 12 | 8.2 | 3 |
| Texas | 197 | 17 | 8.6 | 7 |
| Utah | 71 | 1 | 1.4 | 0 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 145 | 6 | 4.1 | 1 |
| Washington | 97 | 13 | 13.4 | 10 |
| West Virginia | 26 | 3 | 11.5 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 119 | 10 | 8.4 | 4 |
| Wyoming | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 |
| United States, total (excluding territories) | 5,173 | 421 | 8.1 | 157 |
| United States, total (including territories)1 | 5,191 | 421 | 8.1 | 157 |
1 Includes accidents in Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and those occurring offshore.
NOTE: Data for 2007 is based on alcohol use by a boat's occupants resulting directly or indirectly in an accident. Data before 2006 was based on accidents when there was evidence or reasonable likelihood that alcohol was consumed by a boat's occupants.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2007, Tables 8 and 30, Washington, DC: 2008, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_stats.htm as of Jan. 15, 2009.