canopycandy 0 #1 November 5, 2003 I know there were 32 or 33 skydiving deaths in the U.S. last year ... but how many people were injured? Are there statistics to tell me how many jumpers were banged up beyond basic bumps and bruises? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dgskydive 0 #2 November 5, 2003 It's hard to be accurate with those types of stats. Not everyone sends in an incident report when someone gets hurt. Contact the USPA and they will have soem kind of stats for you.Dom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #3 November 5, 2003 Quote Contact the USPA and they will have soem kind of stats for you. Ya know, I haven't taken my Tarot Cards out in quite awhile. Do you think I can still be as accurate as I ever was? It truly is a shame that the USPA fought and won -against- mandatory reporting of accidents and incidents as proposed by the FAA rewrite of FAR 105. I understand protecting DZs, but we lost a lot of valuable information in the process. Any information about numbers of non-fatal injuries in this sport are only the wildest of guesses.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hooknswoop 19 #4 November 5, 2003 QuoteIt truly is a shame that the USPA fought and won -against- mandatory reporting of accidents and incidents as proposed by the FAA rewrite of FAR 105. I understand protecting DZs, but we lost a lot of valuable information in the process. another example of USPA having to choose between jumpers or DZ's, with the DZ"s winning. Derek Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #5 November 5, 2003 QuoteI know there were 32 or 33 skydiving deaths in the U.S. last year ... but how many people were injured? http://www.uspa.org/about/page2/relative_safety.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
