"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
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
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"
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"
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"
Numbered boats (thousands) ,"E 2,500","4,138","5,128","7,303","8,577","9,589","10,996","11,068","11,132","11,282","11,429","11,734","11,877","12,312","12,565","12,738","12,782","12,876","12,854"
"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
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
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
Accident reports citing alcohol involvement,N,N,N,N,N,279,568,513,504,381,389,472,601,698,704,633,696,594,602
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
KEY:  E = estimate; N = data do not exist,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
"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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Only a small fraction of property damages and nonfatal accidents are reported to the U.S. Coast Guard.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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