| Table 3.11 Scottish mountain accidents by area, 1996 |
| |
Casualties |
Incidents | Non-
mountaineering |
Total
casualties |
Exhaustion,
exposure,
hypothermia,
hyperthermia |
Illness |
Total
incidents |
Actual rescue |
Other callouts |
| Number |
of
which
deaths |
Number |
Number |
Incidents
with
casualties |
Cragfast |
Separated |
Lost |
Overdue
or
benighted |
False
alarms |
Animal
rescues |
Incidents |
| Scotland | 236 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 324 | 215 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 60 | 11 | - | 25 |
| Northern Highlands | 27 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 21 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Western Highlands | 9 | - | - | 1 | 15 | 9 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Ben Nevis | 33 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Glencoe1 | 21 | 4 | - | 3 | 37 | 21 | 9 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Other Central Highlands | 29 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | - |
| Cairngorms | 38 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 62 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Southern Highlands | 34 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 34 | 1 | 1 | - | 7 | 3 | - | 9 |
| Skye | 19 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Islands2 | 7 | 1 | - | - | 12 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| Southern Uplands | 19 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 28 | 15 | - | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| Source: Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland |
| 1 Including Buachaille. |
| 2 Other than Skye. |
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