Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2001
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2001
| State | Total number of accidents | Accidents involving alcohol | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of accidents | Persons killed | Persons injured | ||
| Alabama | 87 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 64 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| Arizona | 222 | 25 | 4 | 30 |
| Arkansas | 75 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| California | 771 | 40 | 17 | 40 |
| Colorado | 74 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Connecticut | 39 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| Delaware | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 993 | 48 | 18 | 39 |
| Georgia | 113 | 12 | 2 | 11 |
| Hawaii | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 46 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| Illinois | 108 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| Indiana | 120 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| Iowa | 36 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Kansas | 54 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Kentucky | 71 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 154 | 21 | 18 | 16 |
| Maine | 60 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Maryland | 186 | 25 | 10 | 26 |
| Massachusetts | 51 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Michigan | 299 | 40 | 15 | 27 |
| Minnesota | 125 | 25 | 6 | 17 |
| Mississippi | 64 | 10 | 5 | 8 |
| Missouri | 226 | 44 | 3 | 37 |
| Montana | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nebraska | 55 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Nevada | 109 | 20 | 2 | 31 |
| New Hampshire | 74 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| New Jersey | 143 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| New Mexico | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| New York | 223 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| North Carolina | 179 | 14 | 4 | 16 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 139 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Oklahoma | 86 | 22 | 1 | 24 |
| Oregon | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 80 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 123 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| South Dakota | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennessee | 132 | 11 | 2 | 6 |
| Texas | 206 | 11 | 7 | 13 |
| Utah | 83 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| Vermont | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 152 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| Washington | 117 | 15 | 6 | 11 |
| West Virginia | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 164 | 25 | 11 | 11 |
| Wyoming | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| United States, total1 | 6,419 | 594 | 232 | 530 |
1 Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore are included in the U.S. total.
NOTES: 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2001, Washington, DC: 2002; available at http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2001.pdf as of Sept. 16, 2003.