Site with statistics of mountaineering accidents
I was wondering if there was a website where I could find the different kinds of statistics of accidents in the mountains. I know that Dragon 06 (rescue service of Alpes-Maritimes) posted some numbers online in 2008. But I'm looking for more recent figures.
The data that I'm looking for includes:
- The number of accidents for each month (in the old data you really see a peak in the middle of the season).
- The state of the victim after the accident
- The cause of the accident
- The kind of accident (broken bones, cuts, ...)
- The place of the fractures
- The way the victims got evacuated
- The time between calling the helicopter and being actually rescued
I'm focusing on canyon-accidents, so if the statistics include these kind of accidents only that's a big plus :)
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The American Alpine club publishes this data for North America annually, though it's unlikely to cover all accidents.
One of the best visualizations of this data I've found is from Steph Abegg: Mountaineering Accident Statistics and Mount Rainier Accident Statistics.
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I don't know of a source for Europe, but The American Alpine Club published "Accidents in North American Mountaineering" annually.
Published annually since 1948, Accidents in North American Mountaineering reports on the year’s most significant and teachable climbing incidents. In each case, the American Alpine Club analyzes what went wrong, helping you to prevent or survive similar situations in the future
As for overall statistics, I don't think there's any unified reporting system for mountaineering accidents. Each search and rescue agency and mountaineering group tends to keep their own numbers but there isn't an organization in place to collect and publish those data in aggregate.
You ask about canyon accidents and have the canyoneering tag, so I'm not sure if you're referring to mountaineering/climbing/hiking accidents that occur in canyons and ravines or if you're referring to canyoneering as in exploring rivers in canyons. If the latter, you might find more relevant scenarios and statistics by looking for data about swift water rescue. I'm not aware of any specific resources for this but they may be more readily available than canyoneering-specific data in mountaineering publications.
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