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1.
Life Jacket Association
(June 25-27, 2018)
Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
2.
*I’m Donald Kerlin, Chief, Program Management & Operations
Branch (CG-BSX-21), Boating Safety Division (CG-BSX-2).
*My Group, specifically Susan Weber, is responsible for this
Publication
3.
*You can find the Publication at
http://uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.php
4.
*A USCG Press Release was issued on 5/29/2018 and
highlighted some items as follows:
*Fatalities totaled 658, a 6.1 % decrease from 2016
*Injuries decreased 9.4 % and total number of
accidents decreased 3.9 %
*Captain Johnson stated “Wearing a life jacket is the
single-most important thing you can do to save your life or the
life of someone you care about.”
*Alcohol continued to be the leading known
contributing factor in fatal boating accidents
*Where the cause of death was known, 76% of fatal
boating accident victims drowned. Of those drowning victims
with reported life jacket usage, 84.5% were not wearing a life
jacket.
*The Coast Guard reminds all boaters to boat
responsibly on the water: wear a life jacket, take a boating
safety course, attach the engine cut-off switch, get a free vessel
safety check, and boat sober.
5.
*2017 Executive Summary:
*4,291 accidents that involved 658 deaths, 2,629
injuries, and ~$46M of damage to property as a result of
recreational boating accidents.
*The fatality rate was 5.5 deaths per 100,000
registered recreational vessels. This represents a 6.8% decrease
from the 2016 fatality rate of 5.9 deaths per 100,000 registered
recreational vessels.
* Where the cause of death was known, 76% of fatal
boating accident victims drowned. Of those drowning victims
with reported life jacket usage, 84.5% were not wearing a life
jacket.
6.
*Where length was known, eight out of every ten
boaters who drowned were using vessels less than 21 feet in
length.
*Alcohol use is the leading known contributing factor
in fatal boating accidents; where the primary cause was known,
it was listed as the leading factor in 19% of deaths.
*Operator inattention, improper lookout, operator
inexperience, machinery failure, and alcohol use rank as the top
five primary contributing factors in accidents.
*Where data was known, the most common vessel
types involved in reported accidents were open motorboats
(46%), personal watercraft (18%), and cabin motorboats (16%).
*Where data was known, the vessel types with the
highest percentage of deaths were open motorboats (47%),
kayaks (15%), and personal watercraft (7%).