Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition
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Table 9.17 HM Coastguard statistics: Search and rescue operations (Scotland)
Type of callout |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 1 |
2008 1 |
2009 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assistance rendered |
1,199 |
1,219 |
1,395 |
1,410 |
1,347 |
1,481 |
1,416 |
1,178 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Assistance not rendered |
1,155 |
1,106 |
1,108 |
1,170 |
1,111 |
1,341 |
1,434 |
2,074 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Hoax |
37 |
24 |
30 |
34 |
31 |
64 |
53 |
99 |
92 |
56 |
89 |
Total incidents |
2,393 |
2,349 |
2,533 |
2,614 |
2,524 |
2,680 |
2,903 |
3,351 |
3,383 |
3,583 |
3,765 |
Coastguard rescue team callouts |
.. |
1,351 |
1,480 |
1,636 |
1,197 |
2,037 |
1,897 |
2,591 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Number of persons assisted |
3,032 |
2,475 |
4,267 |
6,670 |
13,591 |
11,696 |
12,810 |
13,317 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Number of persons rescued |
1,032 |
1,079 |
890 |
1,214 |
1,123 |
1,148 |
1,273 |
970 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Lives lost |
53 |
54 |
84 |
78 |
60 |
58 |
86 |
69 |
.. |
.. |
.. |
Source: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Not National Statistics.
1. Due to 'Industrial action short of a strike' undertaken by Coastguard staff during 2007 to 2009, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is unable to provide full incident details for 2007 to 2009. The figures provided are provisional - they have not been audited.
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