"Table 2-43:  Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage Data",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1960  ,1965  ,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994 ,1995 ,1996 ,1997 ,1998 ,1999 ,2000 
Fatalities,739,"1,360","1,418","1,466","1,360","1,116",865,924,816,800,784,829,709,821,815,734,c701
Injuries,929,927,780,"2,136","2,650","2,757","3,822","3,967","3,683","3,559","4,084","4,141","4,442","4,555","4,612","4,315","4,355"
Accidents,"2,738","3,752","3,803","6,308","5,513","6,237","6,411","6,573","6,048","6,335","6,906","8,019","8,026","8,047","8,061","R7,931","7,740"
Vessels involved,"R,d3,562","R,d4,778","4,762","8,002","6,954","8,305","8,591","8,821","8,206","8,688","9,722","11,534","11,306","11,396","11,368","11,190","10,984"
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Numbered boatsa (millions),2.5,6.4,7.4,7.3,8.6,9.6,11.0,11.1,11.1,11.3,11.4,11.7,11.9,12.3,12.6,12.7,12.8
"Rates per 100,000 numbered boats",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Fatalities,32.8,21.3,19.2,20.1,15.8,11.6,7.8,8.3,7.3,7.1,6.9,7.1,R5.9,6.7,6.5,5.8,5.5
  Injuries,37.1,14.5,10.5,29.3,30.8,28.7,34.7,35.7,33.2,31.5,35.8,35.4,37.3,37.0,36.6,33.9,34.0
  Accidents,109.5,58.6,51.4,86.4,64.1,65.0,58.3,59.8,54.5,56.1,60.6,68.5,67.4,65.4,64.1,62.3,60.5
Accident reports citing alcohol involvement,N,N,N,N,N,279,568,513,504,381,389,472,601,698,704,633,696
Property damage (current $ millions),3.2,4.7,8.2,10.4,16.4,20.0,23.8,24.8,b34.8,20.2,"R,d25.9","R,d21.5",23.2,29.0,31.0,28.9,34.7
KEY:  N = data do not exist; R = revised.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"a  Prior to 1975, the count of numbered boats is an estimate.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
b  Includes $11 million damage due to a boat fire.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
c The numbers for recreational boating safety fatalities are raw numbers - CG reports a 6% addition as instructed by the DOT IG because they found a discrepancy in a review of SARMIS and BARD data.  (See the discussion found in the DOT FY2003 Performance Plan/Report on pg. 135 under data details of recreational boating fatalities).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"d U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, personal communication, May 15, 2002.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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NOTE:  Only a small fraction of property damages and nonfatal accidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,