Jet Ski License Rules Lead to Record Low Boating Fatalities

Under last year, 13 people died in recreational boating, according to preliminary figures from the Transport Agency. This is the lowest death toll that has been measured and can be compared to 18 dead in accidents in recreational boating during 2023.

» Published: June 04 2025

Jet Ski License Rules Lead to Record Low Boating Fatalities
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”It is the lowest rating in 50 years”, the authority writes in a press release.

”It is the smallest number of fatalities since the beginning of the 1970s, which is as far back in time as the Transport Agency's statistics stretch”, the authority adds.

In professional maritime transport, five people were killed in four accidents and about a hundred were injured.

Requirements for a driver's license to drive a jet ski is a measure that ”has had the desired effect”, the Transport Agency writes in the press release. They refer to reports from the Police Authority and the Coast Guard.

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