Mountain Accident Summary

 
 
 
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total incidents dealt with by Teams 
 
295
339
352
417
398
393
405
362
330
358
231
337
351
391
395
396
Total numbers of casualties & uninjured
 
321
331
410
517
447
369
450
408
417
399
249
371
397
468
387
493
Climbing on Rock
Deaths
Injured
6
21
1
20
1
21
1
15
1
8
0
11
2
6
0
10
1
5
0
9
1
4
0
7
0
4
1
8
2
4
0
1
Climbing on Snow/Ice
Deaths
Injured
0
16
1
0
1
0
1
6
0
9
0
3
0
2
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
Fell Walking
Deaths
Injured
13
123
13
198
17
179
11
176
12
134
5
134
8
194
14
168
14
141
3
169
4
7
7
141
9
131
11
159
16
155
18
144
Fell Walking on Snow/Ice
Deaths
Injured
4
22
0
24
3
25
5
30
3
37
5
29
0
1
0
5
1
9
0
12
2
21
1
5
1
10
1
11
1
15
0
17
Fell walking
Unhurt
43
31
80
124
37
122
179
136
175
160
103
148
158
182
133
221
Cragfast Climbers or Fellwalkers
taken off
Unhurt
41
25
63
19
17
21
12
8
32
30
19
28
14
15
21
29
Ski-ing Accidents
Deaths
Injured
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Incidents other than mountain accidents
Deaths
Injured
4
24
3
23
5
22
3
20
4
10
8
7
0
10
5
10
1
6
12 4
7
10
6
22
3
19
28
16
3
13
8
22
Accidents to Young People
(18 yrs or under)
Deaths
Injured
Unhurt
0
46
30
0
40
14
1
41
12
0
56
46
0
35
40
1
33
38
0
45
34
0
27
15
0
21
27
0
32
21
0
8
20
2
25
29
0
21
21
0
17
31
0
22
12
2
23
38
TOTAL CASUALTIES
(all causes)
Deaths
Injured
27
208
18
268
27
247
22
270
21
232
19
213
11
245
20
226
18
189
6
201
14
125
14
189
16
188
42
212
23
206
28
202
 

OTHER DETAILS (14 YEARS 1993-2006)

 

 

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total Reported man-hours involved on incidents for the year 

18210

19367

20404

19492

18735

16190

13706

18587

11950

15979

15398

20990

16441

24335

Total Team Callouts (i.e. including incidents involving 2 or more teams)

438

526

491

494

496

454

389

445

300

418

404

548

517

565

RAF or RN Helicopters involved

57

71

58

60

43

57

58

56

39

59

80

112

83

93

Rock Scrambling Incidents - fatalities in brackets

6 (1)

5 (0)

9 (1)

13 (0)

8 (1)

8 (0)

8 (2)

2 (0)

2 (0)

4 (0)

1 (1)

6 (0)

4 (0)

5 (1)

Avalanche Incidents

0

1

2

3

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Mountain Bike Casualties

15

9

9

9

9

5

2

8

6

8

10

10

7

6

Fell Running Casualties - fatalities in brackets

7 (0)

11 (1)

2 (0)

3 (0)

2 (0)

4 (0)

3 (0)

4 (0)

1 (0)

6 (0)

2 (1)

2 (0)

4 (0)

2 (1)

Annual Accident Graph
Mountain Accident Summary

Analysis of Casualty Conditions

Causes of Incidents

Age Profiles of Subjects

Types of Injury

Sites of Injury

 ŠLDSAMRA 2006