The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) today released its preliminary transportation occurrence statistics for 2019. There were 267 marine accidents reported to the TSB in 2019, below the 2018 total of 290 and below the 5-year average of 285. Although the number of fishing vessels involved in accidents was lower than the previous year, 6 of the 11 fatal marine accidents and 10 of the 17 marine fatalities were related to the commercial fishing industry. Some 946 marine incidents were reported to the TSB in 2019. This number represents a 2% increase from 2018 and a 17% increase from the 5-year average of 808. Most (84%) reportable incidents were categorized as “Total failure of machinery or technical system.”
