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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 ...
Spending time on boats is a favorite summertime activity for many.
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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.
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.
Around 12:30 p.m., two personal watercraft collided north of Wisteria Island in the lower Florida Keys, FWC spokesperson Arielle Callender said. One of the operators, a 27-year-old man, died from ...
Aerial of downtown Orlando, Florida. Lake Apopka is seen in the upper-right of the photo. Lake Apopka is the fourth largest lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [1] It is located 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Orlando, mostly within the bounds of Orange County, although the western part is in Lake County.