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Throughout the UK, road accidents account for about 10 deaths every day.
Throughout the UK, home accidents account for about 10 deaths every day.

TOTAL - UK, road and home accidents account for about 20 deaths every day.

Every year some 30,000 youngsters in the former Avon area (Bristol City, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire) require hospital treatment for injuries - many of which could have been prevented through appropriate education and training.

Clearly the need to instil basic safety skills throughout the entire community is crucial.

UK STATISTICS

Home and Garden
Most common injuries are as a result of home accidents occurring in the living/dining room (311,621 in 2002) and the kitchen (261,949 in 2002). Many accidents are also recorded in the garden, path and driveways and garden sheds (474,166 in 2002).

Road
During 2004 there were 207,000 personal injury accidents on British roads resulting in 280,840 casualties (3,221 killed, 34,351 seriously injured, 243,268 slightly injured).

Water
High death and injury statistics are also recorded for drowning and water accidents (427 drownings in 2002) in descending order - from rivers and streams, coastal regions, lakes, reservoirs, home baths, canals, docks, harbours, swimming pools and garden ponds.

Fire
During 2005 Fire & Rescue Services attended 867,000 fires or false alarms in the UK. There were 485 deaths and 14,000 non-fatal casualties.

Statistics taken from www.communities.gov.uk