Boating Incident Data – Contributing Factors

Incidents by Month

Incidents/ Month	Operator inattention	Improper lookout	Operator inexperience	Excessive speed	Hazardous waters	Machinery failure	Weather	Navigation rules violation	Alcohol	Improper loading	Hull Failure	Force of wake/wave	Restricted Vision
Jan	70	45	40	37	37	37	26	25	19	12	0	0	0
Feb	78	60	44	35	35	46	35	20	18	0	0	0	0
Mar	106	101	120	73	55	68	56	47	42	20	0	0	0
Apr	203	143	153	111	80	112	96	60	71	0	0	26	0
May	386	275	315	203	135	210	106	160	204	0	0	79	0
Jun	501	345	381	284	214	283	161	180	240	0	0	192	0
Jul	754	646	579	482	200	364	179	392	365	0	0	337	0
Aug	519	422	389	282	105	243	113	215	263	0	0	202	0
Sep	327	234	211	207	100	177	86	106	156	0	0	91	0
Oct	147	118	94	58	66	88	73	48	58	0	0	25	0
Nov	87	67	51	47	47	71	58	25	27	0	0	0	19
Dec	67	52	44	27	27	43	34	31	21	0	0	0	17
Section Summary	3,245	2,508	2,421	1,846	1,101	1,742	1,023	1,309	1,484	32	0	952	36

Injuries by Month

Injuries/ Month	Operator inattention	Improper lookout	Operator inexperience	Excessive speed	Hazardous waters	Machinery failure	Weather	Navigation rules violation	Alcohol	Improper loading	Hull Failure	Force of wake/wave	Restricted Vision
Jan	43	28	32	33	23	8	13	20	8	8	0	0	0
Feb	49	35	23	36	19	13	15	15	11	0	0	0	0
Mar	56	65	87	55	42	19	37	33	51	15	0	0	0
Apr	121	93	107	97	64	45	58	44	53	0	0	28	0
May	213	185	208	182	74	76	50	126	146	0	0	62	0
Jun	314	255	224	264	92	73	61	136	190	0	0	167	0
Jul	511	530	407	425	93	137	43	292	331	0	0	309	0
Aug	322	302	245	274	56	92	38	154	239	0	0	190	0
Sep	218	137	146	193	36	48	38	87	151	0	0	81	0
Oct	91	67	53	46	29	30	40	23	52	0	0	21	0
Nov	51	46	27	37	31	37	33	20	25	0	0	0	9
Dec	34	30	20	14	13	12	14	22	16	0	0	0	12
Section Summary	2,023	1,773	1,579	1,656	572	590	440	972	1,273	23	0	858	21

Krazy Legend

.	Legend Color
Alcohol	9
Excessive speed	4
Force of wake/wave	12
Hazardous waters	5
Hull Failure	11
Improper loading	10
Improper lookout	2
Machinery failure	6
Navigation rules violation	8
Operator inattention	1
Operator inexperience	3
Restricted Vision	13
Weather	7
Section Summary	91

Fatalities by Month

Fatalities/Month	Operator inattention	Improper lookout	Operator inexperience	Excessive speed	Hazardous waters	Machinery failure	Weather	Navigation rules violation	Alcohol	Improper loading	Hull Failure	Force of wake/wave	Restricted Vision
Jan	7	2	9	0	16	1	5	3	6	5	0	0	0
Feb	8	3	4	6	17	1	10	3	8	0	0	0	0
Mar	18	5	13	4	10	6	11	7	16	12	0	0	0
Apr	25	5	21	10	38	9	36	3	32	0	0	5	0
May	39	11	37	16	37	10	22	6	85	0	0	4	0
Jun	48	9	43	13	92	7	32	11	92	0	0	10	0
Jul	47	33	48	36	62	9	24	21	110	0	0	5	0
Aug	26	17	32	26	27	15	21	5	85	0	0	2	0
Sep	28	13	22	23	27	4	15	3	51	0	0	2	0
Oct	19	5	17	8	15	7	21	0	22	0	0	3	0
Nov	9	0	12	2	19	2	11	3	6	0	0	0	4
Dec	7	6	9	4	10	1	12	1	14	0	0	0	1
Section Summary	281	109	267	148	370	72	220	66	527	17	0	31	5