Table 2-18: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2013
Friday, September 12, 2014
| State | Total number of accidents | Accidents with alcohol as a contributing factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of accidents | Percent of state total | Persons killed | ||
| Alabama | 62 | 7 | 11.3 | 4 |
| Alaska | 18 | 2 | 11.1 | 4 |
| Arizona | 95 | 7 | 7.4 | 2 |
| Arkansas | 56 | 5 | 8.9 | 2 |
| California | 426 | 17 | 4.0 | 2 |
| Colorado | 32 | 4 | 12.5 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 35 | 2 | 5.7 | 0 |
| Delaware | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Florida | 685 | 32 | 4.7 | 10 |
| Georgia | 92 | 11 | 12.0 | 4 |
| Hawaii | 14 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 |
| Idaho | 42 | 8 | 19.0 | 2 |
| Illinois | 59 | 6 | 10.2 | 1 |
| Indiana | 44 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Iowa | 24 | 4 | 16.7 | 2 |
| Kansas | 24 | 2 | 8.3 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 31 | 5 | 16.1 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 96 | 9 | 9.4 | 3 |
| Maine | 54 | 3 | 5.6 | 0 |
| Maryland | 110 | 10 | 9.1 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 83 | 8 | 9.6 | 3 |
| Michigan | 92 | 6 | 6.5 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 75 | 8 | 10.7 | 3 |
| Mississippi | 41 | 7 | 17.1 | 3 |
| Missouri | 111 | 15 | 13.5 | 6 |
| Montana | 16 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 25 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 48 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 |
| New Hampshire | 40 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 123 | 6 | 4.9 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 16 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 |
| New York | 180 | 14 | 7.8 | 6 |
| North Carolina | 139 | 12 | 8.6 | 4 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Ohio | 108 | 7 | 6.5 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 42 | 3 | 7.1 | 3 |
| Oregon | 59 | 3 | 5.1 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 71 | 4 | 5.6 | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 42 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 104 | 6 | 5.8 | 4 |
| South Dakota | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 119 | 7 | 5.9 | 3 |
| Texas | 146 | 19 | 13.0 | 5 |
| Utah | 76 | 2 | 2.6 | 1 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 64 | 3 | 4.7 | 0 |
| Washington | 94 | 14 | 14.9 | 5 |
| West Virginia | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 79 | 9 | 11.4 | 2 |
| Wyoming | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| United States, total (excluding territories) | 4,044 | 305 | 7.5 | 94 |
| United States, total (including territories)1 | 4,062 | 305 | 7.5 | 94 |
1Includes 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 boat’s occupants resulting directly or indirectly in an accident.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2013, table 8 and 30, available at www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.aspx as of April 2014.