Alcohol consumption involved in most cruise ship injuries: survey
May 10, 2019
US LAW firm Farah and Farah has found that the majority of cruise ship injuries involve alcohol consumption. The study of over 1,100 cruise travellers revealed that 66% of men and 32% of women involved in accidents admitted that drinking was a factor in the cause of the incidents. Despite...
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US LAW firm Farah and Farah has found that the majority of cruise ship injuries involve alcohol consumption.
The study of over 1,100 cruise travellers revealed that 66% of men and 32% of women involved in accidents admitted that drinking was a factor in the cause of the incidents.
Despite the admissions, the majority of those injured claimed the cruise line was at fault, with 54% placing the blame on the operator.
The most likely place for passengers to injure themselves was found to be the outdoor swimming pool area, accounting for 30.9% of accidents, followed by the cabin/hallway (29.9%), bars and clubs (28.9%), elevators and stairways (26.8%), and gymnasiums (23.7%).
But it’s not all bad news for cruise lines, with a healthy 83.2% of respondents saying they would go on another cruise despite being injured.
The same study concluded that seasickness was the leading cause of illness on a cruise, with contracting a virus ranking in second spot and alcohol intoxication coming in third.
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