Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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TABLE 2 - Percentage of Accident Cases with Total Ship Loss in Different Geographic Locations

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Code Geographic area Accident cases with total ship loss (%)
1 North Sea, Baltic 2.8
2 Mediterranean-Black Sea 4.7
3 Red Sea-West and East Coast of Africa 6.0
4 Persian Gulf-Bay of Bengal 2.6
5 Indian Ocean 10.7
6 China Sea-Japan 8.6
7 Australia 7.2
8 Atlantic Ocean 2.8
9 Gulf of Mexico-West Indies-Newfoundland 1.3
10 North and South America, Pacific Coast 4.0
11 Pacific Ocean 4.2
12 Alaska-Bering-USSR Arctic-Iceland 7.0