At 02:32 23 June 2013, Bill D wrote:

No, they are not. The equivalent of the BFU is the AAIB - if you wish
to
make comparisons you should compare the BFU statistics with the AAIB
figures.
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What!!? The AAIB doesn't publish glider accident statistics - they leave
that to the BGA. I used the BGA numbers for 2011.

ps an earlier post of yours refers to the "German LBU"; I'm aware of the

LBA, I know of the BFU but your reference to the "German LBU" is
puzzling.

The German LBA is their FAA equivalent. The BFU is the NTSB/AAIB
equivalent. The "LBU" was a typo.

The numbers I used are available for anybody to read and analyze. The
differences are so huge, there's no way to come up with a different
result.
If you disagree, go read them and do your own analysis.

Sorry Bill but your statistics are seriously flawed, In the UK the Air
Cadet organisation carry out nearly 50% of the total winch launches in the
UK in any year. The Air Cadets have not had a fatal or serious injury from
a failed winch launch accident since 1963 and probably before that.
The accidents/incidents reported by the BGA far exceed what would normally
be recorded by a national government source.
You will see that minor crime has decreased in the UK over the years if you
look at statistics. What the statistics do not tell you is that people have
stopped reporting minor crime so of course it has reduced. Same thing
applies to AAIB statistics, they do not record all the minor stuff that the
BGA do.