STATISTICS OF COLLISIONS AT SEA

This report examines the incidence of collisions worldwide in relation to the numbers and classes of ships at risk and their trends, prewar and post-war. The number of ships at risk and the number of collision losses has increased by almost 100 percent in the last 20 years. However, the incidence of sea collisions (total and partial losses) has not increased. Total losses due to collision are less than those due to stranding, and generally less than other forms of loss. The incidence of collisions has been increasing in Japanese coastal waters, the western Pacific, the Malacca and Singapore Straits and off the coasts of South and West Africa. Trends in accident occurance are analyzed.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore
  London SW7,   England 
• Authors:
  • COCKCROFT, A N
• Publication Date: 1976-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 215-231
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casualties; Crashes; Fatalities; Groundings (Maritime crashes); Ship pilotage; Statistics; Water transportation crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Casualty data; Collision statistics; Ship casualties; Stranding statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149610
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Royal Institute of Navigation, England
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM