Boating & Recreational Accidents Center
Frequently Asked Boating Accident QuestionsQ: What are the Most Common Causes of Boat Accidents?
A:Alcochol use is the leading contributing factor in fatal boating accidents; accounting for nearly twenty percent of all reported fatalities.
Q: What are the Primary contributing factors that cause boating and other recreational accidents?
A: 70% of reported fatalities occurred on boats where the operator had not received boating safety instructions. Operator inattention, carelessness, reckless operation, excessive speed, and no proper lookout are the primary contributing factors in all reported accidents.
Q: Do I need a lawyer if I've been in a boating accident?
A: A boat accident lawyer will be able to properly evaluate and determine the value of your case, the cause(s) of action, liability and other important factors. Having a lawyer will help level the paying field when you are up against the insurance company and their team of lawyers.
The number of boating deaths, injuries and property damage increase for the second consecutive year and when compared to 2005 are as follows: 710 deaths v.s. 697; 3,474 injuries v.s. 3,451; and $43,670,424.00 in property damage v.s. $38,721,088.00.* Boat Accident Lawyer Los AngelesThe beautiful California Coastline from San Diego up to the San Francisco Bay Area provides for some of the best recreational water sports activity in the world. Unfortunately, boating accidents and other recreational motor vehicle accidents are also a reality.
If you have been injured while riding on a boat or by a boat in California you should speak with an attorney immediately in regards to your case. Don't delay as you may risk harming your case.
Slaughter & Slaughter personal injury attorneys will provide you with aggressive representation of your boat accident case. Boating Accidents InformationA vessel is considered to be involved in a “Boating Accident” whenever a death, missing person, personal injury, property damage, or total vessel loss results from the vessel's operation, construction, seaworthiness, equipment, or machinery.
The Coast Guard believes the types of accidents listed below could be prevented or their effects mitigated by completion of a National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) approved boating safety education course. Types of Boating Accidents: • Grounding, capsizing, sinking, flooding or swamping • Falls within or overboard a vessel • Persons ejected from a vessel • Fire or explosion • Water-skiing or other mishap involving a towable device (tube) • Collision with another vessel or object • Striking a submerged object • A person struck by a vessel, propeller, propulsion unit, or steering machinery • Carbon monoxide exposure • Electrocution due to stray current related to a vessel • Casualties while swimming from a vessel because a vessel is not anchored, moored or docked – and – the vessel drifts away from the swimmer and the swimmer is unable to get back to the vessel. • Casualties while swimming from a vessel in an attempt to retrieve a lost item, another person, or another vessel.
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