How many people die per year in amusement park rides?

Overall, the risk of injury

while riding a roller coaster is very low. In the U.S. people take about 900 million rides per year, and only about 1 in 124,000 result in an injury.

However, studies show that between the years 1994-2004 there were 40 deaths from Roller Coasters total, and currently the annual Death Rate is about 4 per year in the U.S.A.