Table 2-18: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2014
Friday, November 13, 2015
| State | Total number of accidents | Accidents with alcohol as a contributing factor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of accidents | Percent of state total | Persons killed | ||
| Alabama | 71 | 7 | 9.9 | 5 |
| Alaska | 18 | 3 | 16.7 | 3 |
| Arizona | 87 | 7 | 8.0 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 54 | 7 | 13.0 | 2 |
| California | 379 | 14 | 3.7 | 5 |
| Colorado | 57 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 40 | 2 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Delaware | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Florida | 581 | 30 | 5.2 | 12 |
| Georgia | 92 | 7 | 7.6 | 2 |
| Hawaii | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 43 | 4 | 9.3 | 2 |
| Illinois | 84 | 17 | 20.2 | 8 |
| Indiana | 40 | 10 | 25.0 | 5 |
| Iowa | 33 | 6 | 18.2 | 2 |
| Kansas | 17 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 46 | 11 | 23.9 | 5 |
| Louisiana | 113 | 20 | 17.7 | 6 |
| Maine | 35 | 5 | 14.3 | 2 |
| Maryland | 130 | 7 | 5.4 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 82 | 5 | 6.1 | 0 |
| Michigan | 97 | 8 | 8.2 | 4 |
| Minnesota | 50 | 8 | 16.0 | 4 |
| Mississippi | 25 | 2 | 8.0 | 2 |
| Missouri | 142 | 16 | 11.3 | 5 |
| Montana | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 2 |
| Nebraska | 26 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 |
| Nevada | 47 | 6 | 12.8 | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 44 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 111 | 2 | 1.8 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 13 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 |
| New York | 175 | 13 | 7.4 | 7 |
| North Carolina | 124 | 13 | 10.5 | 5 |
| North Dakota | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 3 |
| Ohio | 100 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 |
| Oklahoma | 50 | 5 | 10.0 | 2 |
| Oregon | 61 | 4 | 6.6 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 66 | 10 | 15.2 | 6 |
| Rhode Island | 40 | 2 | 5.0 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 124 | 7 | 5.6 | 3 |
| South Dakota | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 111 | 6 | 5.4 | 2 |
| Texas | 167 | 17 | 10.2 | 5 |
| Utah | 80 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Vermont | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 60 | 6 | 10.0 | 3 |
| Washington | 122 | 9 | 7.4 | 4 |
| West Virginia | 24 | 5 | 20.8 | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 102 | 12 | 11.8 | 3 |
| Wyoming | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 |
| United States, total (excluding territories) | 4,038 | 345 | 8.5 | 137 |
| United States, total (including territories)1 | 4,064 | 345 | 8.5 | 137 |
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 2014, table 8 and 30, available at www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.aspx as of June 2015.