Causes of Incidents

The following table is the result of a search through all the reports for key words relating to the causes for calling out the Mountain Rescue Team(s). For example, the category Benighted will include any word with 'benight-', and 'darkness' as part of the word or phrase.

Please note that the totals of these columns may not match the number of incidents given at the bottom of each column. Many incident reports refer to more than one cause. A typical report will illustrate this:-

Cause of Incident	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Avalanche	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belay/Runner Failure	3	2	3	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	0	2	1
Benighted	10	4	12	3	4	5	9	6	6	12	7	8	37	19	6	34
Collapse	50	43	42	43	33	22	24	32	25	13	10	13	21	23	21	33
Cragfast	12	18	14	13	14	13	11	6	13	19	10	17	12	15	21	29
Exhaustion	2	4	1	2	3	1	1	2	0	2	3	1	4	8	3	3
Fall	119	85	119	121	78	98	89	71	75	59	49	83	90	88	78	79
In Difficulty	1	1	3	5	3	5	3	0	0	2	0	2	6	3	2	3
Lights Reported	3	3	8	13	6	7	20	11	11	2	7	5	7	8	17	7
Lost	20	37	41	56	18	19	31	22	26	35	23	33	53	73	44	113
Overdue	21	31	41	45	49	47	45	47	41	38	33	38	45	62	48	75
Separated	9	2	6	6	9	9	7	9	11	7	7	8	10	16	6	15
Severe Weather	7	3	2	3	3	37	1	1	1	8	2	1	1	18	2	2
Shouts Heard	2	2	5	4	5	6	10	6	4	3	2	2	0	4	0	4
Slip	75	133	126	130	110	107	114	96	86	102	67	93	72	106	97	93
Trip or Stumble	11	9	8	8	1	5	11	5	12	8	8	12	20	13	14	19

Total Number of Incidents	295	339	352	417	398	393	365	326	309	331	212	322	348	468	386	493

Cause of Incident

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Avalanche

2

0

0

1

2

3

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Belay/Runner Failure

3

2

3

4

2

1

1

2

3

2

1

2

3

0

2

1

Benighted

10

4

12

3

4

5

9

6

6

12

7

8

37

19

6

34

Collapse

50

43

42

43

33

22

24

32

25

13

10