… records of vessels striking large whales. We examine the influence of vessel speed in
contributing to either a lethal injury (defined as killed or severely injured) or a nonlethal injury (…

… in collisions, identifying high-risk areas, and determining species-specific relationships …
vessel speed and lethal injury. The International Whaling Commission database on collisions …

… factors contributing to lethal collisions, we … collision records, modeled the probability of
lethal injury to a large whale based on vessel speed, and concluded that the chances of a lethal …

… model for lethal injury as a function of several vessel and whale properties, finding that
collisions that create stresses in excess of 0.241 MPa were likely to cause lethal injuries to large …

… on the crew of vessels involved in collisions, witnesses to the collisions aboard a nearby …
involving severe or lethal whale injuries at speeds below 10 kn, and the low number of such …

… the Italian coasts, indicating injuries consistent with vessel collisions. Strandings occurred
both in … This study identified 56 collision reports (many lethal) for the southern right whale in six …

… Our analysis includes three components: (1) estimation of the probability of lethal injury
given a ship strike at different vessel speeds; (2) estimation of the effect of transit speed on the …

… types of vessels involved in collisions … lethal and serious injuries were caused by large
ships of 80m length or more. Thus, speed appears to be a central factor with regards to collisions…

… that the individuals were able to survive the vessel-strike injury. According to Laist (2001),
most severe and lethal injuries result from collisions with large ships, whereas our sample set …

… with vessel traffic data to estimate the relative risk of ship strikes. Since vessel speed is an …
the relative risk of lethal injuries, given the probability that a collision occurs. Humpbacks were …