01 June 2018

Boating Safety and U.S. Coast Guard Annual Accident Statistics Report

U.S. Coast Guard releases 2017 Recreational Boating Statistics Report | govdelivery.com--report embed below--excerpt:
 "Where boating instruction was known, 81 percent of deaths occurred on vessels where the operator had not received boating safety instruction. The most common vessel types involved in reported accidents were open motorboats, personal watercraft, and cabin motorboats. The vessel types with the highest number of fatalities were on open motorboats, kayaks, and personal watercraft. 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."



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