A mountain coaster is not a roller coaster

The case of an injury on the Branson Coaster

Like many reports covered in the RRRR database, multiple media reports used imprecise terminology that has real implications for potential misunderstanding of hazards to the public. While it is understandable that a reporter may not know the difference when beginning to collect information for a report, it is irresponsible to be cavalier about terminology in the published version. Any hazards that may be implicated in this case have no relevance to “roller coasters”.

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2020 Summary

Note: During the pandemic, exposure to amusement rides has been greatly decreased by closures and facility capacity reduction. 

Reports collected in 2020 covered 66 unique events in 2020 or previous years, as tabulated below. Reports describing events of earlier years typically arise when a news report covers emerging litigation.

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This post reports a cross-tabulation of factors in the reports collected in 2020.

For information on source data, see the main page.

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