RNLI AND DATA: THE RNLI IN 2018

Data on all RNLI lifeboat launches and lifeguard incidents are from the RNLI in-house system Lifesaving Activity Reporting (LSAR).

ANGLING FROM A DINGHY SAILING

110 lifeboat launches in the UK 65 lifeboat launches in the UK 24 lifeboat launches in Ireland 4 lifeboat launches in Ireland

ANGLING FROM THE SHORE KAYAKING AND CANOEING

46 lifeboat launches in the UK 183 lifeboat launches in the UK 1 lifeboat launch in Ireland 9 lifeboat launches in Ireland responded to 62 incidents Lifeguards responded to 273 incidents

BODYBOARDING KITESURFING 37 lifeboat launches in the UK 5 lifeboat launches in the UK 2 lifeboat launches in Ireland 4 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 89 incidents Lifeguards responded to 1,365 incidents

MOTORBOATING COASTEERING 411 lifeboat launches in the UK 14 lifeboat launches in the UK 32 lifeboat launches in Ireland 2 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 40 incidents Lifeguards responded to 24 incidents

OPEN-WATER SWIMMING COMMERCIAL FISHING 228 lifeboat launches in the UK

167 lifeboat launches in the UK 41 lifeboat launches in Ireland 29 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 1,778 incidents

REMINDER: These statistics can be discussed during your interactions with the public but they are not to be given out to the public as a hard or electronic copy. PERSONAL (PWC) TOMBSTONING

90 lifeboat launches in the UK 9 lifeboat launches in the UK 4 lifeboat launches in Ireland 0 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 108 incidents Lifeguards responded to 207 incidents

ROWING WALKING/RUNNING

47 lifeboat launches in the UK 610 lifeboat launches in the UK 0 lifeboat launches in Ireland 16 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 7,765 incidents

SCUBA DIVING WINDSURFING 33 lifeboat launches in the UK 30 lifeboat launches in the UK 3 lifeboat launches in Ireland 2 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 4 incidents Lifeguards responded to 25 incidents

YACHT SAILING STAND-UP PADDLEBOARDING 373 lifeboat launches in the UK 35 lifeboat launches in the UK 40 lifeboat launches in Ireland 2 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 43 incidents Lifeguards responded to 247 incidents

SURFING

20 lifeboat launches in the UK 5 lifeboat launches in Ireland Lifeguards responded to 578 incidents

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity registered in and Wales (209603), Scotland (SC037736), the Republic of Ireland (20003326), the Bailiwick of Jersey (14), the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Guernsey and Alderney