On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:02:30 -0700, Bob Kuykendall wrote:

From a quick survey of available NTSB synopses, it looks like the
statistics for the last five full years a

2014 total 26 fatal 3 (3 fatalities)
2013 total 23 fatal 3 (5 fatalities)
2012 total 33 fatal 6 (8 fatalities)
2011 total 27 fatal 9 (9 fatalities)
2010 total 34 fatal 6 (8 fatalities)

Right now we're about half way through 2015, and the count stands at:

2014 total 5 fatal 2 (2 fatalities)

Just running a search for glider accidents does indeed show 5, but
doesn't include the Ventus on June 23, the 2-32 on June 25, and the 1-26
in the last couple days. So not terrible, but seems like we could do
better.

Non-injury accidents of course are less of a concern, but the number of
underwriters willing to insure gliders is small, and could easily
shrink. Or they can continue to jack up the rates for everyone.

-Dave