Statistics on Special Incidents

Numbers of Rescue, Drowning, Give-a-hand, Accident Cases at Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches in 2019 (Up to December) *

	Public Swimming Pools	Bathing Beaches
Rescue case	42	55
Drowning case	1	1
Give-a-hand case	604	280
Accident case	343	78

Numbers of Rescue, Drowning, Give-a-hand, Accident Cases at Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches in 2018 (Up to December) *

	Public Swimming Pools	Bathing Beaches
Rescue case	42	61
Drowning case	2	2
Give-a-hand case	650	414
Accident case	324	85

Numbers of Rescue, Drowning, Give-a-hand, Accident Cases at Public Swimming Pools and Bathing Beaches in 2017 (Up to December) *

	Public Swimming Pools	Bathing Beaches
Rescue case	50	84
Drowning case	1	2
Give-a-hand case	868	538
Accident case	345	83

 

*Notes

• Rescue cases refer to cases in which a swimmer gets into trouble in the water and rescue operation is required (including those in which the swimmer needs or needs not to be delivered to hospital)
• The classification of drowning cases is based on the direct cause of death determined by the Forensic Pathologist
• Give-a-hand cases include all rescue operations in the water other than rescue cases
• Accident cases include non-swimming related injury cases