Recreational Boating Accident Report System File

This series contains data from accident reports filed by a vessel owner / operator when an occurrence involves the vessel or equipment; a person dies; a person disappears from the vessel under circumstances that indicate death or injury; a person is injured and requires medical treatment beyond first aid; damage to the vessel and other property totals more than $500; or there is a complete loss of the vessel.

The f ile also includes county, state, type of body of water, number of deaths, number of injuries, type of vessel, type and cause of accident, and the nature of the reporting operator's vessel. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC). See the ARC catalog entry for this series for more information on this data and how to order it.