Florida Theme Park Injury Statistics (2026)

Published November 10, 2026 by VictimAid.com, the research and consumer information site of the Law Offices of Jason Turchin. Reviewed by attorney Jason Turchin. Part of the VictimAid.com Injury Data Center.

Florida’s largest theme parks inspect their own rides. Parks with at least 1,000 full-time employees and full-time, in-house safety inspectors are exempt from state ride inspection, and instead report to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) when a guest is hurt or becomes ill on a ride and is hospitalized for at least 24 hours. The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 turns 25 years of those quarterly filings, 918 incidents in all, into searchable statistics.

Key Florida theme park injury statistics

• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that Florida’s largest theme parks reported 918 serious ride and attraction incidents to the state between the fourth quarter of 2001 and the third quarter of 2026.
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that 29 of those reports describe a guest who died, and 21 of those 29 describe a cardiac event, collapse or loss of consciousness.
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that 57% of reported theme park incidents described a medical event such as chest pain, stroke symptoms, a seizure, fainting, nausea or breathing trouble, while 15% described a fall, fracture or laceration.
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that the median age of injured or ill guests was 53, and 37% were 60 or older.
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that 23% of reports (208) noted that the guest had a pre-existing medical condition.
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that Walt Disney World filed 574 reports (63%) and Universal Orlando filed 253 (28%). The state report does not include attendance, so these totals are not injury rates.
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that the attractions most often named over 25 years were Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (47 reports), Space Mountain (40), Expedition Everest (39) and Mission: Space (37).
• The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that the parks reported 27 incidents in the first nine months of 2026, compared with 35 in the same period of 2025.

Theme park incidents by year

2001 includes the fourth quarter only. 2026 runs through September 30. Reporting fell in 2020, when parks were closed or at reduced capacity for part of the year.

Incidents by park

The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that Walt Disney World filed 574 reports (63%) and Universal Orlando filed 253 (28%). The state report does not include attendance, so these totals are not injury rates.

What happens to guests: types of incidents

The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that 57% of reported theme park incidents described a medical event such as chest pain, stroke symptoms, a seizure, fainting, nausea or breathing trouble, while 15% described a fall, fracture or laceration. The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that 23% of reports (208) noted that the guest had a pre-existing medical condition.

Who gets hurt

The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that the median age of injured or ill guests was 53, and 37% were 60 or older. Only 8% of reports involved a guest under 18. Women accounted for 498 reports and men for 415.

Attractions most often named in injury reports

The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that the attractions most often named over 25 years were Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (47 reports), Space Mountain (40), Expedition Everest (39) and Mission: Space (37). The most frequently named rides are also among the most heavily ridden, so a higher count does not by itself mean a ride is less safe.

Most reported attractions, 2021 to 2025

Deaths reported by Florida theme parks

The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that 29 of those reports describe a guest who died, and 21 of those 29 describe a cardiac event, collapse or loss of consciousness. Of the 29 deaths, 12 reports note a pre-existing or personal medical condition.

2026 so far

The VictimAid.com Florida Theme Park Injury Report 2026 found that the parks reported 27 incidents in the first nine months of 2026, compared with 35 in the same period of 2025.

Methodology

VictimAid.com converted the FDACS “MOU Exempt Facilities Report” (updated October 15, 2026) into a structured table with one row per reported incident, then checked the row count against every dated entry in the source. Ages and sex come from the report’s shorthand (for example “54 yof” for a 54-year-old female). Incident types were assigned by keyword and can overlap. Deaths include any entry stating that the guest died, including deaths days later. Attraction names were standardized across spelling variants. The parks report only incidents that meet the state threshold, and FDACS notes it does not receive updates to a guest’s condition after the initial report.

Sources

• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, MOU Exempt Facilities Report, Q4 2001 to Q3 2026, updated October 15, 2026, fdacs.gov.

Injured at a Florida attraction? Learn about premises liability claims or contact VictimAid.com for a free case review.

This page presents aggregated public data for research and informational purposes. It is not legal advice and does not describe any client matter or result. Figures reflect the source records as published by the agencies named above and may change as those agencies update their data.