Accidents WILL and DO happen, people do die in accidents, how do the incidents of injury and possibly death stack up between sailing small boats and driving go carts, or more to the point, riding mini and trail bikes? There have been so few deaths occur from people sailing small "off the beach" boats over the years that when a fatality does occur it becomes NEWS. Sailing "off the beach" still remains one of, if not the safest "active" recreational activities there is. Any injury (or death) occurring from a trail bike accident, whether adult or child, barely (if ever) rates a by line in the local news.