Cause Identification Analysis of Fatal Accident Data for Canoes/Kayaks/Inflatable Craft.

Abstract

Fatal Accident Data was used to identify the major causes of fatalities resulting from the use of canoes, kayaks, and inflatable craft. Areas of potential safety enhancement were evaluated using the available data. PFD availability and wear appear to be areas that need to be further evaluated to develop safety programs to reduce the number of fatalities in canoes and inflatables. Increased vessel flotation appears to be a potential safety enhancement concept for canoes but not for inflatables. Data for kayaks was too limited to form any conclusions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA053964

Entities

People

  • C. Sautkulis
  • K. Geissler
  • R. Douglas
  • R. White

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Temperature
  • Coast Guard
  • Collisions
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Great Lakes
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • United States

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  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology