NPS Visitor Fatalities
MAR 18 1987
Memorandum
To: Regional Directors
Attention: Regional Safety Managers
From: Chief, Branch of Safety Management
Subject: 1986 - Visitor Fatalities
Attached are the National Park Service 1986 Visitor Fatality statistics.
The National Park Service experienced a significant decrease in the number
of fatalities compared to last year.
Please check your records to ensure a DI-134 has been completed for each of
the fatalities. Please note that on occasions, n fatality may have been
determined non-chargeable to the National Park Service and will not be a
part of this list.
If you have any questions or discrepancies, please contact Bobbie Shumate
on FTS 343-7017.
/s/ Kay Doerr for
Richard L. Wllburn, Chief
Branch of Safety Management
Attachment
bcc:
610-Reading File
Bill Halainen, Ranger Activities, WASO
Regional Safety Managers
FNP:BSHUMATE:rrb:3/17/87
Disk "Rolanda" #10
DN: 716
VISITOR FATALITIES
CALENDAR YEARS 1976 - 1986 INCLUSIVE
NUMBER OF
NO. OF NUMBER OF FATALITIES PER
YEAR VISITS FATALITIES MILLION VISITS
1976 267,827,100 153 0.57
1977 260,500,000 190 0.72
1978 283,090,141 190 0.67
1979 281,485,305 194 0.68
1980 300,324,000 214 0.71
1981 329,663,300 185 0.56
1982 334,448,015 189 0.57
1983 335,556,848 157 0.46
1984 332,520,283 155 0.46
1985 346,398,144 148 0.42
1986 364,700,092 135 0.37
Number of Fatalities by Causes
Calendar Years 1976 to 1986
Cause 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Motor Vehicle 56 63 65 76 65 69 48 50 44 38 47
Drowning 60 77 81 68 83 61 100 63 57 53 44
Falls 27 36 35 34 41 29 18 27 23 31 21
Falling Obj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Lightning 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 3 1
Bears 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bicycle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Burns 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Boating 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
Acc. Shooting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Exposure 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0
Str-by-Obj. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Asphyxiation 0 5 3 0 0 0 5 0 5 1 2
Airplane Crash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Missing 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 3 0 1
Rock Slide 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Avalanche 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Land Slide 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Deer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kayaking 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Miscellaneous 0 4 2 13 20 23 10 10 13 12 14
Pedestrian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Ultra-light 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 153 190 190 194 213 185 189 157 155 148 135
NUMBER OF FATALITIES BY AGE GROUPS
CALENDAR YEARS 1976 TO 1986 INCLUSIVE
YEAR 0-12 13-25 26-40 41-50 51-60 OVER 60 UNKNOWN
1976 5 78 41 19 4 6 0
1977 19 85 45 8 5 12 16
1978 12 101 49 13 9 3 3
1979 16 80 57 10 11 5 15
1980 6 100 55 14 6 12 21
1981 9 70 54 11 7 12 22
1982 6 92 40 12 7 12 20
1983 5 54 54 14 9 12 9
1984 6 64 48 8 7 15 7
1985 5 61 46 18 5 11 2
1986 2 42 43 16 8 15 9
VISITOR ACCIDENT FATALITIES BY MONTHS
CALENDAR YEARS 1976 TO 1986 INCLUSIVE
1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
January 7 5 7 5 4 6 9 6 5 8 9
February 6 8 5 7 5 1 12 4 10 7 3
March 6 5 8 12 13 9 5 10 15 7 5
April 14 14 15 23 20 15 7 8 10 6 9
May 21 24 28 28 23 22 22 27 15 22 12
June 23 29 35 30 31 41 27 13 23 26 15
July 27 45 34 20 40 35 37 33 27 24 29
August 25 21 20 35 33 27 40 21 26 18 31
September 11 10 12 20 18 5 15 12 8 16 14
October 4 21 17 8 10 11 7 9 9 6 6
November 5 5 3 3 13 4 4 9 4 4 1
December 4 3 6 3 4 9 4 5 2 4 1
Undetermined - - - - - - - - 1 0 0
TOTALS 153 190 190 194 214 185 189 157 155 148 135
VISITOR FATALITIES - 1986
BY REGION (and Cause)
Drowning MVA Falls Other Totals
Alaska Region-------------- 4 0 2 2 8
Mid-Atlantic Region-------- 4 1 2 0 7
Midwest Region------------- 2 0 0 0 2
National Capital Region---- 1 1 0 0 2
North Atlantic Region------ 2 1 0 0 3
Pacific Northwest Region--- 0 0 2 4 6
Southeast Region----------- 6 22 0 2 30
Southwest Region----------- 4 2 1 4 11
Rocky Mountain Region------ 12 11 7 5 35
Western Region------------- 9 9 7 6 31
TOTALS 44 47 21 23 135
VISITOR FATALITIES - 1986
BY PARK
AREA DROWNINGS MOTOR VEHICLES FALLS MISCELLANEOUS
Amistad-------------- 2 - - 3
Big Bend NP---------- - 1 - 1
Black Canyon--------- - - 1 -
Blue Ridge Pkwy------ 1 7 - 1
Buffalo NR----------- 1 1 - -
Canaveral------------ - - - 1
Canyon De Chelly----- - - 1 -
Cape Cod------------- - 1 - -
Cape Hatteras-------- 1 - - -
Cape Lookout--------- 1 - - -
Channel Islands------ 1 - - -
Chattahooche--------- 2 - - -
Chickasaw------------ 1 - - -
Colorado Monument---- - 1 - -
Crater Lake---------- - - - 1
Delaware Water Gap--- 1 - - -
Denali--------------- - - 2 2
Devil Tower---------- - - 1 -
Gateway NRA---------- 2 - - -
Gettysburg----------- - 1 - -
Glacier-------------- - 12 1
Glen Canyon---------- 9 - - 2
Golden Gate---------- 1 - - -
Grand Canyon--------- - - 1 1
Grand Teton---------- 2 6 2 -
Great Falls---------- 1 - - -
Great Smoky---------- - 9 - -
Gulf Islands--------- - 1 - -
Indiana Dunes-------- 1 - - -
Joshua Tree---------- - 2 - -
Lake Clark----------- 3 - - -
Lake Mead------------ 6 3 - 5
Mt. Rainier---------- - - 1 -
Natchez Trace Pkwy--- 1 5 - -
New River Gorge------ 2 - 1 -
North Cascades------- - - 1 1
Olympic-------------- - - - 2
Prince William Forest - 1 - -
Rocky Mtn NP--------- 1 - 1 -
Saguaro-------------- - 1 - -
Sequoia/Kings-------- 1 - - -
St. Croix------------ 1 - - -
Upper Delaware------- 1 - 1 -
Whiskeytown---------- - 1 - -
Wrangell- St. Ellas-- 1 - - -
Yellowstone NP------- - 3 - 1
Yosemite------------- - 2 6 -
Zion----------------- - - - 1
TOTAL 44 47 21 23
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