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- While rare, accidents and injuries at theme parks do happen. According to the Consumer Production Safety Commission, there were 1,299 injuries from amusement park accidents in the U.S. in 2019, the last year for which data is publicly available.
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Mar 15, 2023 · How common are amusement park accidents? There were an estimated 130 serious ride-related injuries at North American theme parks in 2021, according to the National Safety Council's latest...
- Eve Chen
- Senior Consumer Travel Reporter
Amusement park accidents refer to serious injuries or deaths that occur at amusement parks. Many such accidents are reported to regulatory authorities as usually required by law everywhere. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission tracks statistics for all amusement ride accidents.
Mar 1, 2019 · Over the year, 182 accident events were reported, from 38 countries, of which 51 events involved a fatality. Mechanical rides and roller coasters were involved in 87 events. Fixed-site rides (amusement and theme parks), mobile rides, and waterparks were involved with a similar number of cases.
- Kathryn Woodcock
- 2019
According to the Consumer Production Safety Commission, there were 1,299 injuries from amusement park accidents in the U.S. in 2019, the last year for which data is publicly available....
Jul 28, 2017 · Six states — Mississippi, Alabama, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and South Dakota — do not conduct any oversight, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
Accident Reports from State/Federal Regulators. In 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2017 Saferparks submitted public records requests to U.S. state and federal safety agencies that regulate amusement rides, asking for data on ride-related accidents and injuries.
Jul 11, 2021 · Maxwell Adler. The Kansas City Star. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Headlines across the country have been abundant with news of shocking theme park accidents in the last several weeks, some of them fatal....
