Amusement park accidents refer to serious injuries or deaths that occur at an amusement park. Many amusement park accidents are reported to regulatory authorities as usually required by law. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission tracks statistics for all amusement ride accidents. Accidents listed here are caused by one of the following:
- Negligence on the part of the guest which may include intentional or unintentional violations of the park's safety policies
- Negligence on the part of the park, either by ride operators or by ride safety inspections
- Diagnosed or undiagnosed pre-existing medical conditions, such as high blood pressure, heart illness, and recent back or neck injuries
Famous quotes containing the words amusement, park and/or accidents:
“While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Linnæus, setting out for Lapland, surveys his “comb” and “spare shirt,” “leathern breeches” and “gauze cap to keep off gnats,” with as much complacency as Bonaparte a park of artillery for the Russian campaign. The quiet bravery of the man is admirable.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The day-laborer is reckoned as standing at the foot of the social scale, yet he is saturated with the laws of the world. His measures are the hours; morning and night, solstice and equinox, geometry, astronomy, and all the lovely accidents of nature play through his mind.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)