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Table 1
Types of Recreational Boating Accidents: 2000
Excel | CSV
| Collision with vessel |
2,706 |
1,413 |
67 |
| Collision with fixed object |
851 |
484 |
42 |
| Falls overboard |
610 |
434 |
213 |
| Capsizing |
502 |
207 |
205 |
| Grounding |
494 |
257 |
8 |
| Skier mishap |
442 |
459 |
4 |
| Flooding/swamping |
419 |
61 |
47 |
| Fall in boat |
316 |
327 |
5 |
| Struck submerged object |
199 |
41 |
7 |
| Sinking |
187 |
40 |
22 |
| Fire/explosion (fuel) |
183 |
93 |
2 |
| Struck by boat |
157 |
131 |
5 |
| Collision with floating object |
151 |
73 |
9 |
| Fire/explosion (other than fuel) |
116 |
25 |
7 |
| Struck by motor/propeller |
88 |
86 |
3 |
| Carbon monoxide |
8 |
19 |
3 |
| Other and unknown |
311 |
205 |
52 |
| Totals |
7,740 |
4,355 |
701 |
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of Boating
Safety, Boating Statistics 2000 (Washington, DC: 2001); and personal
communication, Apr. 29, 2002.
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