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UK road deaths around 3200 in 2005 with 30M registered cars.
That's about a ninth of the fatalities with a sixth of the cars. The
average car in the US does about 11,000 miles a year (I think). How
does that compare?


Similar. From memory the UK average is around 9,000 miles.


Boat-related deaths:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group.../page/dft_foi_
610522.pdf shows numbers reported to the Marine Accident Investigation
Board. Incidents involving deaths, maybe half a dozen a year.

This report does not include privately owned recreational vessels:
"The MAIB welcomes the voluntary reporting of accidents to or on
pleasure craft used only for recreation purposes and not for
commercial gain, but there is no statutory requirement for this."

The MAIB does in fact investigate accidents for privately owned
recreational vessels. Several such reports have been discussed here
recently.

There is no legal requirement to register small craft in the UK so
nobody knows how many there are. Also certainly several million.

Is that true for small powerboats? A 25 foot runabout with a big
outboard needs no registration?

Correct.