Safety

Despite the perception of danger, fatalities are rare. But each year the number of people are injured or killed in the world jumps. About 21 skydivers are killed each year in the U.S. with one death every 150.000 strokes (about 0.0007%).

In the U.S. and most western world skydivers are required to have two spadochrony. Spadochron reserve must be regularly checked and re-packed (whether used or not) by a certified parachute rigger (in the United States, the FAA certified parachute rigger). Many skydivers use an automatic activation device (AAD) that opens the reserve parachute at a safe height should not activate the main canopy themselves. Most skydivers wear a visual altimeter and the number increases the use of acoustic altimeters installed on the helmet.

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Changing wind conditions is another risk factor. In conditions of strong wind and turbulence during the hot days the parachutist can be caught in downdrafts near the ground. Wandering winds can cause the wind crosswind landing, or have high growth potential injuries due to the addition to the wind speed at the speed of the landing.Another risk factor is a "canopy", collisions, or collisions between two or more paratroopers Parachute fully inflated. Canopy can cause collisions inflated parachute jumpers to get entangled with each other, which often leads to sudden collapse deflation paragraph) from one or more involved parachute. When this occurs, bridges often must quickly carry out emergency procedures (if enough height to do it) to "cut-away" (RID) of its main halls and reserve parachute to deploy. Canopy collisions are especially dangerous when they occur at an altitude too low to allow enough time to get rid of the bridges of their main parachute safely and fully deploy the reserve parachute.

Equipment failure rarely causes fatalities and injuries. About one in 750 deployments of the main results of a faulty parachute. Ram-Air parachutes typically spin uncontrollably, when damaged, and should be discarded before deploying reserve parachute. Reserve parachutes are packed and deployed differently, but there are also more conservatively designed and built and tested to more demanding standards and are therefore more reliable than main parachutes, but the real benefit due to the probable safety of failure multiplied by the unlikely probability of failure up yet less likely. This gives even lower probability of a double fault, although the possibility of a major accident may not be cut, causing damage to the reserve is a very real threat.Parachuting disciplines such as BASE jumping or those involving equipment such as wing suit flying and sky surfing have a higher risk factor due to the reduced mobility of the bridge and an increased risk of entanglement. For this reason, these disciplines are generally practiced by experienced jumpers.Images from popular movies, including action movies - usually exaggerates the danger of the sport. Often the heroes of these films are shown feats that are physically impossible without the help of special effects. In other cases, their practices would cause them to be grounded or rejected in any security conscious drop zone or club. Member of the USPA drop zone in the U.S. and Canada must have an experienced jumper act as a "safety officer" (in Canada DSO - Drop Zone Safety Officer in the U.S. S & TA - Safety and Training Advisor) who is responsible for dealing with bridges that violate the rules laws, regulations or act in a manner deemed unsafe by a designated person.In many countries, if local laws or Prudence aware of the responsibility Dropzone owners require that parachutists must have reached legal age before participating in sports.

 Skydiving and climate

 Skydiving in bad weather, especially the storm, high winds and dust devils can be a dangerous activity. Reputable drop zone to suspend the normal operation of the weather.Canopy Collisions

 Collision with another poster, is a statistical risk, and you can avoid complying with simple rules.