Dangers on the Water | Boating Deaths in Arkansas Reach 15-Year High

Dangers on the water | Boating deaths in Arkansas reach 15-year high

New numbers from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission show a troubling trend in the water, with boating deaths hitting their highest level in more than a decade.

Arkansas sees 16-year high in boating fatalities

Seventeen people lost their lives while boating in The Natural State last year, the most recorded in a single year since 2009, according to the recently released 2025 Year-End Boating Accident Report compiled by Sgt. Sydney Grant, boating law administrator…

Arkansas sees 16-year high in boating fatalities, 5-year high in accidents • Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

LITTLE ROCK — Seventeen people lost their lives while boating in The Natural State last year, the most recorded in a single year since 2009, according to the recently released 2025 Year-End Boating Accident Report compiled by Sgt. Sydney Grant, boating law administrator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The number of boating accidents also rose to 73, the most since 2020. Grant says increases in boating accidents by duck hunters as well…