WhereDaily News: National Statistics Show Downward Trend in Recreational Boating Deaths
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwired - May 16, 2014) - The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2013 Recreational Boating Statistics recently, revealing that boating fatalities decreased to 560, the lowest number of boating fatalities on record. This news comes just one year after the previous record low was recorded in 2012, with 651 recreational boating fatalities. From 2012 to 2013, deaths in boating related accidents decreased by 14 percent.