History of incidents (accidents)

Taken from the Safer Parks database https://saferparksdata.org/, below is an overview of the types of rides that have been associated with the most incidents involving at least 1 injury to a person in an amusement park in the US between 2011 and 2016.

What rides are responsible for the most incidents?

Water slides are the ride type responsible for most of the incidents involving injuries. Followed by roller coasters.

What rides have the largest people injured to incident ratio?

Typically though there were more people injured per incident for Spinning, Inflatable and Car Track rides.

Causes of Injuries on Rides between 2011 and 2016

Spinning, Cat Track and Inflatable Rides cause more injuries per incident but Water Slides are responsible for more incidents….what is the typical incident cause in these cases?

Most of the injuries on Spinning, Cat Track and Inflatable Rides were caused by people tripping getting on and off the ride.

On a water slide most of the injuries were caused by hitting something on the way down or falling off whatever you were riding on.