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Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents
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| Number of accidents |
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| Total |
1 |
633 |
0 |
696 |
| Number of persons |
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| Killed |
0 |
191 |
0 |
215 |
| Injured |
1 |
476 |
0 |
542 |
NOTE FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: Alcohol
involvement in a boating accident includes any accident in which alcoholic
beverages are consumed in the boat and the investigating official has
determined that the operator was impaired or affected while operating the
boat.
SOURCES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S.
Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating
Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: 2001; U.S. Department of
Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating
Statistics 1999, Washington, DC: 2000, available
at http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and
http://www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14,
2001.
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