Waterpark Attractions

• Injuries peak at age 11.
• 86% of waterpark injuries reported to state safety agencies involve water slides. The most common accidents are impact injuries caused by high velocity, slip-and-slide nature of water slides.
• Patron's body hit against slide or pool.
• Patrons collided with each other.
• Patron's inner tube flipped, causing the rider to hit the side of the slide.
• Relatively few injuries are reported for wavepools, but 10% of the reported injuries involve drowning or near drowning (primarily young children).
• View database records from state regulatory agencies and CPSC hospital ER records

The following table lists the types of waterpark attractions included in public accident reports provided to Saferparks by state regulatory agencies. Note that a higher number of reported accidents for a particular type of attraction does not necessarily indicate a higher rate of patron injury. Ride or device types that are more broadly defined will accrue higher accident counts. More popular attractions and those operated in states with stricter public reporting laws will generate higher numbers of reported accidents.

Click on the ride type to view database information specific to that type.

Attraction Type	Percentage of accident reports
water slide	85%
wet play	6%
lazy river	4%
wave pool	4%