Reported Mountaineering Accidents, Table I
Number of
Total
Accidents
Persons
Reported
Involved
Injured
Killed
Year
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
195
27
403
62
190
22
17
3
1986
202
31
406
80
182
25
37
14
1987
192
25
377
79
140
l23
32
9
Totals
3438
503
6044
1093
2903
393
911
178
1 Note the changes in figures here. Mistakes are usually caught up with each year, but not always. Astute perusers of the Tables can help us find errors which we miss either in our initial entries or in proofing copy.