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Table 2-17: Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents
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| Total |
40 |
633 |
30 |
696 |
| Number of persons |
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| Killed |
12 |
191 |
15 |
215 |
| Injured |
24 |
476 |
24 |
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 www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_2000.pdf and
www.uscgboating.org/Saf/pdf/Boating_Statistics_1999.pdf as of Nov. 14, 2001.
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