BTS | Table 2-41: Waterborne Transportation Safety and Property Damage Data Related to Vessel Casualties

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Table 2-41: Waterborne Transportation Safety and Property Damage Data Related to Vessel Casualties

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	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Fatalities^a	178	243	206	131	85	30	97	105	77	53	55	48	69	58	53	53	(R) 65	(R) 62	(R) 50	61
Injuries	105	97	180	172	175	110	170	171	182	154	254	120	130	152	150	210	(R) 183	(R) 251	(R) 216	155
Accidents^b	2,582	3,310	4,624	3,439	3,613	2,222	5,583	6,126	6,743	5,349	5,260	5,504	5,767	5,526	5,403	4,958	(R) 5,719	(R) 5,018	(R) 4,907	4,901
Vessels^c	4,063	5,685	7,694	5,694	5,494	3,514	7,190	7,913	9,030	7,802	7,695	7,802	7,824	7,265	7,103	6,439	(R) 6,915	(R) 5,773	(R) 5,975	6,193
Property damage (current $ millions)	U	U	U	U	U	U	201.7	181.5	264.4	159.0	200.8	158.2	234.9	177.1	180.5	100.9	(R) 502.3	(R) 196.5	(R) 215.4	811.0

KEY: R = revised; U = data are not available.

^a Fatalities include the number of people who died or were declared missing subsequent to a marine accident.

^b Accidents in this table include the number of "marine casualty cases" reported to the U.S. Coast Guard in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 4.05.

^cMore than one vessel may be involved in a marine accident. Data from 1992 to 2003 has been revised to include vessels involved in pollution incidents, which the United States Coast Guard considers to be a vessel casualty. Data includes all vessel mishaps involving marine pollution discharges.

NOTES

All deaths and injuries cited result from vessel casualties, such as groundings, collisions, fires, or explosions. The data are for all commercial vessels under U.S. jurisdiction, including U.S. flag vessels anywhere in the world and foreign flag vessels within the jurisdiction of the United States (within 12 miles, or having an interaction with a U.S. entity, such as a platform within 200 miles, or a collision with a U.S. ship). Includes commercial fishing vessels.

1992-97 data come from the Marine Safety Management Information System. Between 1998 and 2001 the U.S. Coast Guard phased in a new computer system to track safety data, the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. During that period data come from combining entries in the Marine Safety Management Information System with entries in the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. Data for 2002 to 2004 come from the Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System. Data for prior years come from other sources and may not be directly comparable.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (formerly U.S. Department of Transportation), U.S. Coast Guard, Data Administration Division (G-MRI-1), personal communications, Nov. 17, 2006.