UK Missing Person Behaviour Study

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  1. 2009 Tracing reports of lost or found canoes and kayaks

    A short report by Harry Ashcroft (Kendal MSRT) about two useful websites that hold data on lost or missing canoes and kayaks. Very useful if there is the possibility of a search for a missing person resulting from an empty canoe or kayak being found.

  2. 2005 Report

    The full report for 2005

  3. 2005 Summary report

    This contains the same information as the full report but does not contain either the introductory comments or the graphics

  4. 2004 Report

    The 2004 statistics.

  5. 2003 Handbook

    A shortened version of the 2003 statistics

  6. 2002 Report

    The 2002 statistics.

  7. 2001 Interim Report

    The 2001 statistics.

  8. Definitions

    This explains the terminology used in the UK missing person reports that are available from The Centre for Search Research and Mountain Rescue (England and Wales).

  9. How to use Lost Person Behaviour Info

    A discussion on the use of scenarios based on information from the UK missing person statistics study in incident management.