I used to be a very good skier and would ski really serious terrain--steep deep powder in the aspens, jumping off cliffs, ridiculous bumps, etc. I was never hurt doing that stuff. (Yes, stupid, but I gave it up after my second baby.) But I was badly hurt on the baby slopes: going in and out of the gondola building, helping my kid ski into a restaurants, and so forth, when out-of-control bunnies smashed into me. It really is usually when you're going slowly and there are skiers of very different skill levels merging, as near restaurants or trail crossings, that you have many accidents. When we went skiing as a family we took our children into the forests to avoid other skiers.
One Freeper is a ski patrolman, so perhaps he can confirm what I say.
Sadly, I do. She was in my top five list of most beautiful actresses.