BOATING ACCIDENTS STATISTICAL REPORT

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1 BOATING ACCIDENTS STATISTICAL REPORT

2 BOATING ACCIDENTS STATISTICAL REPORT Personal Watercraft Accidents photo detail Cover Photos: (Courtesy of FWC) NC7-438: On June 24, 207, a was traveling east on Pottsburg Creek when it struck a residential dock. The homeowners, hearing the collision, looked out at the dock and observed the drifting in the creek and the operator floating face down in the water. The homeowners called 9 while the operator was being recovered by a family member on a separate. The injured operator was transported to the hospital and treated for serious injuries to his head, shoulders and water in his lungs.

3 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT DATA 207 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT REGISTRATION AND ACCIDENTS BY COUNTY County Pleasure Rental Total Accidents Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Rank Accident Rate* Alachua $0 0 Baker $0 0 Bay, , $6,90 8 :460 Bradford $0 0 Brevard 3, , $8,000 7 :,809 Broward 8, , $6,00 7 :,34 Calhoun $0 0 Charlotte,736 38, $4, :887 Citrus 996, Clay,68 4, $,400 3 :66 Collier 3, , $,600 9 :709 Columbia $0 0 Desoto $0 0 Dixie $0 0 Duval 4,0 29 4, $7,800 4 :2,042 Escambia,782 49, $2,000 2 :96 Flagler $0 0 Franklin $2, :2 Gadsden $0 0 Gilchrist $0 0 Glades $0 0 Gulf $0 30 :27 Hamilton $0 0 Hardee $0 0 Hendry $0 0 Hernando,84 8, $8,000 2 :397 Highlands,42 2, $, :,44 Hillsborough 6, , $40,00 :64 Holmes $0 0 Indian River $0 0 Jackson $0 0 Jefferson $0 0 Lafayette $0 0 Lake 2,400 2,4 4 0 $,00 0 :603 Lee 4, , $30,300 6 :62 Leon $0 0 Levy $0 0 2

4 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT DATA 207 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT REGISTRATION AND ACCIDENTS BY COUNTY County Pleasure Rental Total Accidents Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Rank Accident Rate* Liberty $0 0 Madison $0 0 Manatee 2, , $0,000 6 :,309 Marion,893 6, $7, :,909 Martin,82 36, $0 0 Miami-Dade 4,479 60, $44,30 2 :79 Monroe, , $29,60 :04 Nassau $0 0 Okaloosa 3, , $30,499 4 :2 Okeechobee $0 0 Orange 7, , $4,000 :3,4 Osceola 2,00 3 2, $0 0 Palm Beach 6, , $,600 9 :3,24 Pasco 3,89 2 3, $0 0 Pinellas 8, , $9,60 3 :,24 Polk 3, ,0 0 0 $7, :3,0 Putnam $0 0 Santa Rosa, ,097 0 $4, :2,097 Sarasota 2, , $,300 :60 Seminole 3,39 7 3, $7,000 8 :,706 St. Johns,76 8, $, :,783 St. Lucie,367, $4,00 2 :,372 Sumter $0 0 Suwannee $0 0 Taylor $0 0 Union $0 0 Volusia 2,67 8 2,76 0 $2,70 27 :2,76 Wakulla $0 0 Walton $0 0 Washington $0 0 DHSMV TOTAL 22,82 3,808 26,390 4 $43,849 :837 *Accident Rate = # of Registered Vessels # of Accidents Those Counties in bold print represent the top ten counties for boating accidents in 207 DHSMV numbers represent registrations issued at the main office instead of at county level 26

5 TOTAL REGISTERED 26,390 3% OWNERSHIP BY REGISTRATION (rental) 3,808 3% COMPARISON OF TO VESSELS INVOLVED IN (rental) 96 / 9% ACCIDENTS (private) 08 / 0% Other vessels 87,772 87% (private) 22,82 97% Rented vessels 2 / 2% Private vessels 838 / 79% *,067 vessels involved in accidents ACCIDENTS ACCIDENTS TOP TEN COUNTIES 207 Lake 4 Collier Bay Broward Lee 8 Hillsborough Okaloosa Pinellas Miami-Dade Monroe

6 ACCIDENT SITE LOCATION RESTRICTED AREA ACCIDENTS Port/harbor 2 Swimming Lake/pond 3 Manatee River/creek 4 Idle speed 4 Inlet/pass Canal/cut 8 MPH limit 7 Ocean/gulf 32 Other 0 Bay/sound 7 Slow speed *3 accidents occurred within a restricted area OPERATION AT TIME OF ACCIDENT At anchor (beached) Launching/loading Docking/undocking Docked (moored) 2 2 Not specified Other Drifting Wake/surf jumping Changing speed 8 Changing direction 30 Cruising *204 involved in accidents 28

7 PRIMARY TYPE OF ACCIDENT Other Fire/explosion (fuel) Capsizing Struck by skeg/prop Struck underwater object Collision with floating object/person 2 Struck by boat (person) 2 Skier hit object 2 Grounding Falls overboard 2 Collision with fixed object 2 Fall on 26 Collision with vessel 63 On May 2 207, a being operated by a 2-year-old male, with one occupant onboard, was cruising close to Picnic Island when it collided with a 29-footmotorboat. The operator and occupant of the were ejected upon impact and received serious injuries from striking the vessel. One of the occupants of the vessel was also injured by the impact collision, falling inside the vessel and fracturing her wrist. The operator had been consuming alcohol and showed signs of being impaired * accidents (Based on first harmful event as determined by the state reviewing authority) OPERATOR AGE Less than 7 6 / 3% Unknown 4 / 2% OWNERSHIP OPERATOR EXPERIENCE (HOURS) Unknown 3 / 7% / 6% / 39% + 3 / % / 2% (rented) 96 / 47% (borrowed) 26 / 3% (owner household) 82 / 40% <0 90 / 4% / 28% / 20% * accidents involving 204 and 20 operators Operator information for four are unknown due to hit and run accidents or no operators at time of accident 29

8 OPERATOR EDUCATON Unknown 4 / 2% No boater education 7 / 8% Boater education 80 / 40% * accidents involving 20 operators OPERATORS BY AGE WITHOUT BOATER EDUCATION FATALITIES INJURIES

9 PRIMARY INJURY TYPES Spinal injury Shock Dislocation Burns Teeth and jaw Neck injury Sprain/strain Back injury Other Internal injury Head injury Laceration Broken bone(s) Contusions * accidents involving 4 injured persons COMPARISONS OF FATALITIES COMPARISONS OF INJURIES fatalities / 6% injuries 4 / 32% Other vessel fatalities 6 / 84% Other vessel injuries 296 / 68% 3

10 PRIMARY CAUSE ASSESSED BY REVIEWING AUTHORITY Weather Ignition of fuel vapor Skier/occupant behavior Congested waters Hazardous waters Other Alcohol use Violation of navigation rule Sharp turn Off throttle steering-jet Excessive speed Careless/reckless operation No proper look-out/inattention Operator inexperience INVESTIGATING AGENCY Police Department Sheriff's / 3% Office 9 / 6% FWC 37 / 9% * accidents 32