Drinking and Recreational Boating Fatalities

Fatalities in recreational boating and sub-aqua diving.

BACKGROUND AND AIM To establish the causes and circumstances of fatalities in recreational boating and sub-aqua diving inland or around the United Kingdom during the years 2006 and 2007, to comparefatal accident rates according to the type of boat, to identify causal patterns, and to discuss preventative measures to reduce the fatalities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Examinations of marine accident ...

Recreational diving fatalities.

The risks of dying during recreational diving are small. The Divers Alert Network (DAN) held a workshop to consider whether the risks could be reduced further. Topics included investigation, surveillance, operational safety and cardiovascular disease. Investigation is essential to determine causes and involves on-scene inquiry, forensic examination of the deceased, and testing of life support e...

Assessing The Severity Of Recreational Boating Accidents

The severity of the incidents of recreational boats in Spain during 2011 is analyzed in terms of the region in which the crafts were registered. The data was obtained and coded from the damage reports of one of the main Spanish marine surveyors, source that has been used for the first time to our knowledge in the academic literature. About 1400 incidents are statistically compared in terms of l...

Recent Research on Recreational Boating Accidents and the Contribution of Boating Under the Influence

Deaths by Drowning Incidents During Recreational Boating and Similar Activities

Water based activities are an important part of outdoor recreation which can be classified as waterdependent and frequently water-related activities or as motorized or non-motorized activities. Increase in the number of participants in water-based activities causes plenty of unintentional injuries. Unintentional injuries which occur during water-dependent activities as swimming, sailing, canoei...