Table 2-18: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2009
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-18: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2009
| State | Total number of accidents | Accidents with alcohol as a contributing factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of accidents | Percent of state total | Persons killed | ||
| Alabama | 75 | 10 | 13.3 | 4 |
| Alaska | 19 | 4 | 21.1 | 3 |
| Arizona | 151 | 9 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 78 | 9 | 11.5 | 4 |
| California | 478 | 22 | 4.6 | 11 |
| Colorado | 60 | 9 | 15.0 | 3 |
| Connecticut | 56 | 9 | 16.1 | 5 |
| Delaware | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Florida | 610 | 33 | 5.4 | 17 |
| Georgia | 145 | 12 | 8.3 | 3 |
| Hawaii | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 74 | 9 | 12.2 | 4 |
| Illinois | 96 | 11 | 11.5 | 3 |
| Indiana | 42 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Iowa | 37 | 5 | 13.5 | 2 |
| Kansas | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 62 | 10 | 16.1 | 3 |
| Louisiana | 120 | 23 | 19.2 | 17 |
| Maine | 44 | 5 | 11.4 | 2 |
| Maryland | 174 | 13 | 7.5 | 6 |
| Massachusetts | 51 | 5 | 9.8 | 4 |
| Michigan | 131 | 12 | 9.2 | 9 |
| Minnesota | 82 | 12 | 14.6 | 4 |
| Mississippi | 39 | 2 | 5.1 | 2 |
| Missouri | 150 | 11 | 7.3 | 3 |
| Montana | 20 | 3 | 15.0 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 31 | 6 | 19.4 | 2 |
| Nevada | 67 | 6 | 9.0 | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 60 | 3 | 5.0 | 1 |
| New Jersey | 126 | 4 | 3.2 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 2 | 5.9 | 1 |
| New York | 148 | 11 | 7.4 | 7 |
| North Carolina | 144 | 13 | 9.0 | 5 |
| North Dakota | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 |
| Ohio | 105 | 9 | 8.6 | 2 |
| Oklahoma | 55 | 3 | 5.5 | 3 |
| Oregon | 67 | 5 | 7.5 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 58 | 6 | 10.3 | 2 |
| Rhode Island | 50 | 2 | 4.0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 95 | 5 | 5.3 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 21 | 5 | 23.8 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 117 | 15 | 12.8 | 4 |
| Texas | 168 | 17 | 10.1 | 9 |
| Utah | 87 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 |
| Vermont | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 137 | 7 | 5.1 | 2 |
| Washington | 111 | 11 | 9.9 | 6 |
| West Virginia | 32 | 3 | 9.4 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 102 | 18 | 17.6 | 5 |
| Wyoming | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 1 |
| United States, total (excluding territories) | 4,700 | 397 | 8.4 | 165 |
| United States, total (including territories)1 | 4,730 | 397 | 8.4 | 165 |
1 Includes accidents in Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and those occurring offshore.
NOTE: Data are based on alcohol use by a boats occupants resulting directly or indirectly in an accident.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2009 (Washington, DC: 2010), tables 8 and 29, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.aspx as of Jun. 22, 2011.