Abstract
The rule 15 of INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, 1972 provides for crossing situations. The rule 15 demands the vessel to give-way and the vessel to stand-on between two vessels without maneuvering performance. But the craft's maneuvering performance is better than vessel's one, and the craft is easier than the vessel to avoid collisions. This article is result to investigate the Marine Accident Inquiry Agencies judgment record, and analyze it to distribute collisions to vessel vs. vessel, vessel vs. craft, and craft vs. craft. As a result, number of collisions to vessel vs. craft is most. And number of collisions that craft doesn't avoid collisions by stand-on is also most. Therefore, the special provision to craft in crossing situations needs in Japan.
