Category: Accident Statistics

Children’s accidents – facts & figures

Child Accident Prevention Trust

Child Accident Prevention Trust

Fact sheets include:

  • Baby walkers
  • Bath water scalds
  • Burns and scalds
  • Child car restraints
  • Child pedestrians
  • Child road accidents
  • Cycle safety
  • Choking accidents
  • Drowning accidents
  • Falls in the home
  • Firework accidents
  • Home accidents
  • Playground accidents
  • Poisoning
  • Safety equipment
  • Safety in toddler group
  • Skateboard, roller and in-line skates
  • Special needs
  • Standards
  • Toys and accidents
  • Available to download in either PDF icon-pdf-documentor MsWord icon-word-documentformat. To view visit the CAPT website.

    Road Traffic Accident Statistics

    • 6 children aged 0-7 are killed or seriously injured every week on the road
    • 18 children aged 8-11 are killed or seriously injured every week on the roads and more than one is killed every fortnight
    • Young people between 11 and 16 are more at risk of being killed or seriously injured as a pedestrian or cyclist than any other age group

    The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

    RoSPA

    RoSPA

  • Accidents are the most common cause of death and disability in children
  • In a class of 30 children, on average, every child will have received hospital treatment for two accidental injuries before their 16th birthday
  • In a class of 30 children, on average, two will be killed or injured in a road traffic accident
  • A number of children will sustain injuries at school before their 16th birthday