Top Accidents in the Top Destinations

TOP ACCIDENTS IN THE TOP DESTINATIONS SPORTS ADVENTURE ACCIDENTS-FALL/SERIOUS INJURIES FOOD POISONING INCIDENTS UNITED STATES (1) NATURAL ATTRACTION WITH REMOTE MEDICAL FACILITIES-MINOR INJURIES HURRICANE RELATED ACCIDENTS ACCIDENT DESCRIPTION SUNAMI RELATED ACCIDENTS NINTER STORMS/AVALANCHE TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS VOLCANIC ERUPTION FIRE/EXTREME HEAT LANDSLIDE ACCIDENTS EARTHQUAKES TORNADOES AIMAL BITES CRUISES/DROWNING/MARINE ANIMAL ATTACK SOUTH AFRICA (5) CANADA 7 NEW ZEALAND (6) NUMBERS IN BRACKETS DENOTE POPULARITY OF DESTINATION 10 SAFEST/1O MOST ACCIDENT PRONE COUNTRIES - CYPRUS DENMARK 1CELAND --IRELAND -JAPAN 2- LUXEMBOURG --NEW ZEALAND -NORWAY -SINGAPORE SWITZERLAND MOST ACCIDENT PRONE COUNTRIES SAFEST COUNIRIES ---- BELARUS 51.7 -FRANCE 52.8 10 FINLAND 52.8 20- MOLDOVA 56.7 HUNGARY 58.6 30 -LITHUANIA 75.2 40 -UKRAINE 83.0 50 RUSSIA 100.2 -LATVIA 101.4 -ESTONIA 102.8 ACCIDENT DEATH RATE PER 100 000 (2005) AttP://WWW.TOURISM-REVIEW CóM/THE-WORLOS-SAFEST-COUNTRIES-FOR-ANY - TRAVELER-NEWS2185 THETRAVELALMANAC.COM/LISTS/COUNTRIES-ACCIDENTS.HTM RARE ACCIDENTS A PENNSYLVANIA MAN WAS KILLED WHENA DRIVE SHAFET FROM A DUMP TRUCK TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION DISLODGED, CROSSED THE JERSEY BARRIER, THEN FLEW THROUGH ZEGLIN'S WINDSHIELD AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD. IN DONEGAL TOWN, IRELAND, A WOMAN WAS INJURED WHEN A CAR FELL ON HER FROM THE SECOND STORY OF A PARKING GARAGE. A COUNTRY AN D WESTERN SINGER FROM NE WCASTLE, SHOT BY A CANNON, DURING HER PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR INCURRING AN ARM INJURY DUE TO SHRAPNEL A 42-YEAR-OLD TEXAS MAN DIED OF A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE WHEN HE WAS TRYING TO STEAL A STATUE OF THE VIRGIN MARY FROM A LOCAL NURSERY OWNER SAID HER CAR STARTED AND DROVE OFF, UNATTENDED AND CRASHED INTO HER NEIGHBOR'S HOME. POLICE CONCLUDED THAT THE CULPRIT WAS THE OWNER'S REMOTE STARTER, WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. ENGLAND (SL ITALY AUSTRALIA (2) SPAIN (8) 80- -09 INDIA (10)