Wear a life jacket. Don’t drink if you’re going to operate a vessel.
Where the cause of death was known, 79 percent of fatal boating accident victims drowned. Of those drowning victims with reported life jacket usage, 86 percent were not wearing a life jacket.
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Alcohol continued to be the leading known contributing factor in fatal boating accidents in 2019, accounting for over 100 deaths, or 23 percent of total fatalities.
Available here: https://uscgboating.org/statistics/accident_statistics.php