New data’s found more people are drowning in lakes – rivers and dams .. with the MURRAY RIVER identified as the biggest blackspot.
ROYAL LIFE SAVING’S latest report reveals more than 900 people have drowned in inland waterways in the ten years to 2021.
LIFE SAVING’S KATRINE PICKLES says that accounts for over a third of all drowning’s across AUSTRALIA , with the MURRAY a particular concern
Royal Life Saving’s latest report reveals more than 900 people have drowned in inland waterways including rivers, creeks, lakes and dams in Australia in the ten years to 202, accounting for more than a third of all drowning deaths in Australia.
Rivers as a single location are without doubt now the leading contributor to Australia’s unintentional fatal drowning burden.
This is not just an issue for people travelling and unfamiliar with local waterways; 40 per cent of those who drowned in inland waterways were within 20km of home at the time.
Pic courtsey of David Burrows
