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Remember back in the year 1999 when famed Italian model, Romance novel cover mainstay, and actor Fabio was injured by a goose strike to the face while riding in the front car of a rollercoaster? His bleeding face was all over the news, according to People, and the incident became fodder for late night TV show host monologues, for tabloid newspaper headlines, and later for internet memes. Here's the thing, though: when you think about it objectively, not through the lens of the "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" pitchman, the incident was no laughing matter. A person was hurt and bloodied by a freak accident that occurred on a ride meant to be all about fun.

And what's more, injurious accidents happen all the time at amusement parks. According to a report issued in October 2020 buy the National Safety Council Research Group called the "IAAPA RIDE SAFETY REPORT," in North America alone, usually between 1,200 and 2,000 ride-related injuries occurred annually at theme parks. This data, it must be noted, pertains only to fixed-site amusement park rides, such as you might find at Disneyland, not to mobile rides such as would be found at a traveling carnival. Overall, the ratios of injuries per riders are quite low when considering the totality of people who are injured on amusement park rides annually, but in either case (fixed or mobile rides) this data only included reported and cataloged injuries, so the numbers are surely higher. (Also, factor in reduced safety standards in many areas outside North America, per an article in Safety Science.)

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