"Table 5-4  Recreational Boating Accidents, Fatalities, and Injuries, 2006",,,,,
Type of accident ,Total ,Fatalities ,Injuries ,Property damage , 
Collision with vessel ,"1,360",75,"1,001","$9,527,059 ", 
Collision with fixed object ,517,47,391,"$5,073,039 ", 
Skier mishap ,510,12,514,"$1,803 ", 
Fall overboard ,485,202,306,"$363,915 ", 
Capsizing ,455,215,237,"$1,744,198 ", 
Grounding ,252,12,165,"$2,797,198 ", 
Flooding/swamping ,216,26,54,"$2,095,852 ", 
Fall in boat ,199,4,221,"$88,225 ", 
Collision with floating object ,142,8,86,"$1,252,054 ", 
Fire/explosion (fuel) ,141,1,66,"$6,022,964 ", 
Sinking ,114,13,21,"$2,657,135 ", 
Struck by motor/propeller ,107,8,98,"$19,300 ", 
Other type of accident ,101,10,72,"$168,337 ", 
Struck submerged object ,86,2,30,"$552,459 ", 
Struck by boat ,66,1,68,"$21,402 ", 
Fire/explosion (other) ,63,1,14,"$10,693,811 ", 
Ejected from vessel ,40,13,33,"$463,573 ", 
Departed vessel—swimming ,36,31,6,$0 , 
Fall on boat ,29,1,29,"$7,050 ", 
Unknown ,23,12,8,"$21,550 ", 
Carbon monoxide exposure ,18,12,51,"$99,500 ", 
Departed vessel—retrieval ,4,3,1,$0 , 
Departed vessel ,3,1,2,$0 , 
 Total ," 4,967 ", 710 ," 3,474 ","$43,670,424 ", 
"NOTES: These data do not include: 1) accidents involving ONLY slight injury not requiring medical treatment beyond first aid; 2) accidents involving ONLY property damage to vessels and other property less than $ 2,000 per accident; 3) accidents not caused or contributed to by a vessel, its equipment, or its appendages; and 4) accidents in which the boat was used SOLELY as a platform for other activities, such as swimming or skin diving.",,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics, 2006; available at: http://www.uscgboating.org as of Mar. 24, 2008.",,,,,
"• Capsizing was the most frequent accident type associated with recreational boating fatalities in 2006, followed by falls overboard. Collision with another vessel was a distant third.",,,,,
"• In 2006, recreational boating accidents caused more than $43 million worth of property damage. Fuel and nonrelated fire/explosion, collision with other vessels, and collision with fixed object lead the incidents in terms of the value property damage.",,,,,