Table 1 Contributing factors to skydiving related injuries in the period 2015–2020

Injury pattern

Central and peripheral

Central

Peripheral

Experience/Currency

  Amount of jumps*

P = 0.151

   <10

156

10

10

43

93

   10–50

37

4

2

16

15

   50–100

26

0

1

10

15

   100–200

49

4

4

15

26

   >200

30

0

0

17

13

   Unknown

24

3

1

7

13

  Brevet**

P = 0.428

   None

183

13

8

58

104

   A

16

0

3

6

7

   B

23

1

1

7

14

   C

7

0

0

3

4

   D

86

4

6

34

42

   Unknown

7

7

0

0

0

Flight technical

  Jump type**

P = < 0.001

   AOR

17

2

1

4

10

   AOS

95

8

4

24

59

   AFF

36

2

2

13

19

   FF

126

7

11

44

64

   Tm/p

46

0

0

23

23

   Unknown

2

2

0

0

0

  Canopy type

P = 0.464

   Cat I/II

196

12

10

64

110

   Cat III/V

43

2

5

15

21

   Cat VI/VIII

45

1

1

20

23

   Unknown

38

6

2

9

21

Weather

  Ground wind speed

P = 0.061

   <5 m/s

243

14

14

76

139

   5–10 m/s

69

4

4

30

31

   Unknown

10

3

0

2

5

Wind speed at opening height

N/A

   <5 m/s

27

2

4

5

16

   5–10 m/s

108

7

6

34

61

   10–15 m/s

46

5

1

23

17

   15–20 m/s

17

1

0

4

12

   Unknown

124

8

5

42

69

Cloud cover

N/A

   Ceiling and visibility OK

150

10

9

49

82

   Few

53

4

3

20

26

   Scattered

36

0

3

12

21

   Broken

1

0

0

1

0

   Overcast

0

0

0

0

0

   Unknown

82

7

3

26

46