Some marine incidents result in consequences to passengers or crew on-board. These consequences can include injury, person over-board or fatalities. Figure 15 shows the incidents involving personal consequence by severity across each year (2016 to 2019).
![Figure 15. Number of incidents involving personal consequences, by severity and year (2016-2019)](/sites/default/files/inline-images/figure-15.png)
Figure 16 details the non-fatal personal consequences by crew and passengers. The majority of injuries, illnesses and persons overboard involved crew members.
![Figure 16. Distribution by type of non-fatal personal consequence by injury, illness and person overboard (2019)](/sites/default/files/inline-images/figure-16.png)
From 2016 to 2019, a total of 1180 incidents were reported to AMSA which involved a non-fatal injury to a passenger or crew member. Of these, 60% (710 incidents) involved crew.
In 2019, there were 215 reported crew injuries and 104 reported passenger injuries.
![Figure 17. Number of incidents reported with injuries for crew and passengers by year](/sites/default/files/inline-images/figure-17.png)
Most injuries occurred during incidents classified as less serious. In 2019, 12.9% of injuries occurred as a result of serious incidents. This represents an increase from the previous years.
![Figure 18. Incident severity distribution of injuries by year](/sites/default/files/inline-images/figure-18.png)