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The leading cause of PWC accidents among riders in 2007 was reckless or careless driving. [16] According to the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S., this accounted for 26.3 percent of all PWCs involved in accidents in 2007. [17] Reckless driving has been defined in the Personal Watercraft Act of 2005 in the U.S. as follows:
In 2009, the Coast Guard reported 4,730 recreational boating accidents, resulting in 736 deaths, 3,358 injuries and approximately $36 million in property damage. Drowning was a factor in 75% of ...
The database can be used to analyze marine accidents and pollution incidents by a variety of factors including vessel or facility type, injuries, fatalities, pollutant details, location, and date. The data collection period began in 1982 for marine casualties and 1973 for polluting incidents, and is ongoing.
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The 11-year-old girl died while boating on Lake Osborne in Palm Beach County. An 11-year-old girl was horrifically killed in a Florida lake when she was thrown from a boat and then struck by its ...
Boat Description Ref. 1976 OSTAR: Royal Western Yacht Club: Mike Flanagan (USA) GALLOPING GAEL: 38 ft Monohull Sailor and Boat Lost at Sea [8] 1976 OSTAR: Royal Western Yacht Club: Mike McMullen: Three Cheers: 1978 Route du Rhum: 16 November 1978, Alain Colas: Azores: Manureva: Unknown 1979 Fastnet race: Royal Ocean Racing Club: 15 Sailors 1998 ...
90 percent of drowning victims in recreational boating accidents were not wearing a life jacket in 2007. Drowning is the reported cause of death in two-thirds of all boating fatalities. In 2007, The Delta region in Sacramento, California was chosen to be the first targeted area in the U.S. for campaign efforts.
In 2022, recreational boating accidents claimed 636 lives and injured 2,222 people, ... (Where the cause of death was known, 75% of fatal boating accident victims drowned, the Coast Guard said. ...