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Key Figures
Year |
2005 1 |
2006 1 |
Incidents |
1500 incidents |
1577 incidents |
Time |
45% occurred between 12pm and 6pm |
43% occurred between 12pm and 6pm |
Location by Water |
38% occurred in enclosed waters |
39% occurred in enclosed waters |
Weather |
63% occurred in clear weather conditions |
62% occurred in clear weather conditions |
Wind |
32% occurred in light winds |
29% occurred in light winds |
Visibility |
68% occurred in good visibility |
66% occurred in good visibility |
Incident Type |
22% were a collision of vessels |
20% were a collision of vessels |
16% were an unintentional grounding |
16% were an unintentional grounding |
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8% were a vessel capsizing |
8% were a vessel capsizing |
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Contributing Factors |
16% involved an error of judgment |
15% involved the wind/sea state |
Vessels |
1845 vessels involved of which: |
1967 vessels involved of which: |
756 were commercial |
779 were commercial |
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1038 were recreational |
1090 were recreational |
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13 were foreign |
51 were foreign |
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38 were unknown |
47 were unknown |
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33% were under 5m in length |
33% were under 5m in length |
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Injuries and Fatalities |
43 fatalities |
45 fatalities |
90% of fatalities were male |
93% of fatalities were male |
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25% of fatalities were over the age of 60 |
32% of fatalities were between the ages of 30 and 40 |
1 Calendar year figures used
