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In 2024, where it was known, about what share of boating deaths were on boats whose operator had no safety instruction?
About 69 percent.
- About 69 percent ✔
- About 19 percent
- About 99 percent
Why: Coast Guard data show 69% of deaths happened when the operator had no boating safety instruction. Only 19% happened on boats whose operator held a nationally approved boating education certificate.
Huh, didn't know that: The top five causes of 2024 incidents: operator inattention, improper lookout, operator inexperience, machinery failure and navigation rules violations.
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Sources
- USCG Recreational Boating Statistics 2024 (COMDTPUB P16754.38) https://www.uscgboating.org/library/accident-statistics/Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2024.pdf
- USCG Recreational Boating Statistics 2024 (COMDTPUB P16754.38) https://www.uscgboating.org/library/accident-statistics/Recreational-Boating-Statistics-2024.pdf
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