"Table 2-43:  Recreational Boating Safety, Alcohol Involvement, and Property Damage Data",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,1960,1965,1970,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004
Fatalities,739,"1,360","1,418","1,466","1,360","1,116",865,924,816,800,784,829,709,821,815,734,(c) 701,681,750,703,676
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","4,274","4,062","3,888","3,363"
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","7,931","7,740","6,419","5,705","5,438","4,904"
Vessels involved,"(a) 3,562","(a) 4,778","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","8,974","7,907","7,363","6,725"
Numbered boats (thousands) ,"(E) 2,500","4,138","5,128","7,303","8,577","9,589","10,996","11,068","11,132","11,283","11,430","11,735","11,878","12,313","12,566","12,738","12,782","12,876","12,854","12,795","12,781"
"Rates per 100,000 numbered boats",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Fatalities,32.8,32.9,27.7,20.1,15.9,11.6,7.9,8.3,7.3,7.1,6.9,7.1,6.0,6.7,6.5,5.8,5.5,5.3,5.8,5.5,5.3
Injuries,37.1,22.4,15.2,29.2,30.9,28.8,34.8,35.8,33.1,31.5,35.7,35.3,37.4,37.0,36.7,33.9,34.1,33.2,31.6,30.4,26.3
Accidents,109.5,90.7,74.2,86.4,64.3,65.0,58.3,59.4,54.3,56.2,60.4,68.3,67.6,65.4,64.2,62.3,60.6,49.9,44.4,42.5,38.4
Accident reports citing alcohol involvement,N,N,N,N,N,279,568,513,504,381,389,472,601,698,704,633,696,594,602,630,582
Property damage (current $ millions),3.2,4.7,8.2,10.4,16.4,20.0,23.8,24.8,(b) 34.8,20.2,(a) 25.9,(a) 21.5,23.2,29.0,31.0,28.9,34.7,31.3,39.2,40.4,35.0
KEY:  E = estimate; N = data do not exist,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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"a U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard (CG), Office of Boating Safety, personal communication, May 15, 2002.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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 Inspector General because it found a discrepancy in a review of the Search and Rescue Management Information System (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).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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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 Homeland Security (formerly U.S. Department of Transportation), U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating Safety, Boating Statistics (Washington, DC: Annual issues), Internet site http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_stats.htm as of Sept. 26, 2005.",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,