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Snowmobile Accidents In New York

The operator of any snowmobile involved in any accident resulting in injuries to or death of any person, or in which property damage in the estimated amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more is sustained, must report such accident to both an appropriate law enforcement agency and OPRHP. That law enforcement agency will in turn submit to OPRHP their original snowmobile accident report. OPRHP compiles the accident reports into a yearly statistical report containing such information as: total accidents, total injuries, fatalities, location, collision with, primary cause, age of operator, engine displacement, and if the helmet is worn.

Unsafe speed is the primary cause of snowmobile accidents. Most accidents continue to be collisions with fixed objects, such as trees. While we believe that all of the fatal accidents and most of the injury accidents are reported, it is likely that there are many other accidents that go unreported.