Statistical Tables, Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table I
Year
Number of Accidents Reported
Total
Persons
Involved
Injured
Killed
USA-CAN
USA-CAN
USA-CAN
USA- CAN
1951
15
22
11
3
1952
31
35
17
13
1953
24
27
12
12
1954
31
41
31
8
1955
34
39
28
6
1956
46
72
54
13
1957
45
53
28
18
1958
32
39
23
11
1959
42-
2
56-
2
31-
0
19-
2
1960
47-
4
64-
12
37-
8
19-
4
1961
49-
9
61-
14
45-
10
14-
4
1962
71-
1
90-
1
64-
0
19-
1
1963
68-
11
79-
12
47-
10
19-
2
1964
53-
11
65-
16
44-
10
14-
3
1965
72-
0
90-
0
59-
0
21-
0
1966
67-
7
80-
9
52-
6
16-
3
1967
74-
10
110—
14
63-
7
33-
5
1968
70-
13
87-
19
43-
12
27-
5
1969
94-
11
125—
17
66-
9
31-
2
1970
129-
11
174-
11
88-
5
16-
5
1971
110—
17
138—
29
76-
11
35-
7
1972
141 —
29
184—
42
98-
17
49-
13
1973
108—
6
131 —
6
85-
4
36-
2
1974
96-
7
177-
50
75-
1
26-
5
1975
78-
7
158—
22
66-
8
19-
2
1976
137—
16
303-
31
210—
9
53-
6
1977
121—
30
277-
49
106—
21
32-
11
1978
118—
17
221 —
19
85-
6
42-
10
1979
100-
36
137—
54
83-
17
40-
19
1980
191—
29
295-
85
124-
26
33-
8
1981
97-
43
223-
119
80-
39
39-
6
1982
140-
48
305-
126
120-
43
24-
14
1983
187—
29
442-
76
169—
26
37-
7
1984
182—
26
459-
63
174—
15
26-
6
1985
198—
27
413—
62
190—
22
17-
31
1986
202-
30
401-
79
180—
25
37-
15
Totals
3249-
477
5672-
1013
2762-
370
879-
170
1 Note this correction from last year. This figure was misprinted as 23 in that report.