Diving Accident Survey, 1946-1970, (Including 503 Known Fatalities). Scuba Safety Report Series No. 5

摘要

A group of 274 fatal diving accident cases from the years 1946-64, 1966-69 are analyzed and compared with the more complete data from the years 1965 and 1970. All three data groups give similar percentages of skin and scuba diving deaths, accident locations, and age groups of victims. There is more suggestion that older and female divers make up a greater percentage of the 1970 fatal census. The great majority of cave diving fatalities involve equipment that is totally inadequate to the environmental challenge, and this group of fatalities occur in deeper water.