RoSPA CHILD ACCIDENT STATISTICS

Accidental and other violent deaths in childhood by age group, England and
Wales, registered deaths 2006

External causes of morbidity <1 1-4 5-9 10-14 Under 15

and mortality

Road transport 3 27 27 63 114

Rail/Water/ Air transport 0 0 1 3 4
Poisonings 0 1 2 1 4
Falls 2 5 3 6 16
Fire/flames 0 14 7 3 24
Drowning/Choking/Suffocati 21 26 5 17 69
on
Other accidents 0 6 6 21 33

SUB TOTAL ACCIDENTS 26 79 51 114 270

Suicide 0 0 0 3 3
Homicide 2 18 6 6 32
Open verdict 25 13 17 33 88

Source: Mortality Statistics Cause DR_06, Review of the Registrars General on deaths by
cause, sex and age, in England and Wales 2006. Office of National Statistics.
Accidental and other violent deaths in childhood by age group, Northern Ireland
2007

External causes of morbidity <1 1-4 5-9 10-14 Under 15

and mortality

Pedestrians 0 3 2 3 8
All other transport accidents 0 4 1 5 10
Poisonings 0 0 0 1 1
Falls 0 0 0 0 0
Fire/flames 0 1 0 0 1
Drowning/Choking/Suffocati 1 3 0 1 4
on
Other accidents 0 0 1 0 1

SUB TOTAL ACCIDENTS 1 11 4 10 25

Intentional self-arm 0 0 0 2 2
Assault 0 0 0 0 0
Event of undetermined 0 0 0 1 1
intent

Source: The Registrar General Northern Ireland Annual Report. Table 6.4 Deaths, by
sex, age and cause, 2006.
Child road casualties in Great Britain, by age group, road user type and severity
2006

0-4 5-7 8-11 12-15 Under 16

Pedestrians
Killed 13 12 19 27 71
Serious 239 308 557 921 2,025
Slight 1,121 1,485 3,021 4,504 10,131
Pedal cyclists
Killed 1 5 7 18 31
Serious 6 48 159 290 503
Slight 54 373 1,184 2,154 3,765
Motorcycle
riders and
passengers
Killed 0 0 0 5 5
Serious 1 0 5 88 94
Slight 7 5 27 296 335
Car drivers and
passengers
Killed 15 0 11 34 60
Serious 123 80 100 293 596
Slight 1,802 1,762 2,886 3,634 10,084

Bus/coach
passengers
Killed 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 7 0 8 22 39
Slight 251 109 189 415 964
Goods vehicle
passengers
Killed 0 1 0 0 1
Serious 0 4 1 8 13
Slight 11 24 39 69 143
Others
Killed 1 0 0 0 1
Serious 2 3 7 12 24
Slight 7 13 24 57 101
TOTAL
Killed 30 18 37 84 168
Serious 378 443 837 1,636 3,294
Slight 3,253 3,771 7,370 11,129 25,523

Source: Road Accidents Great Britain: 2006 The Casualty Report

Table showing child victims of home and leisure accidents mechanism and age
group, 2002

0-4 5-14 Under 15 TOTAL

Home Leisure Home Leisure Home Leisure (H+L)

Suspected 1,214 63 179 80 1,393 143 1,536
poisoning
Acute over 540 235 381 1,507 921 1,742 2,663
exertion
Bite/Sting 356 167 585 610 941 777 1,718

Chemical effect 198 11 81 50 279 61 340

Crushing/piercing 1,815 525 2,567 2,656 4,382 3,181 7,563
Electric/radiation 20 13 24 29 44 42 86
Fall 11,200 3,693 7,861 22,002 19,061 25,695 44,756
Foreign body 1,672 317 954 604 2,626 921 3,547
Other/Unspecifie 778 278 752 2,395 1,530 2,673 4,203
d 4,094 1,408 5,768 16,500 9,862 17,908 27,770
Striking contact 136 25 74 34 210 59 269
Suffocation 1,269 86 531 152 1,800 238 2,038
Thermal effect

TOTAL 23,292 6,821 19,757 46,619 43,049 53,440 96,489

UK National
Estimate 477,486 139,831 405,019 955,690 882,505 1,095,520 1,978,025

Source: Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System (HASS/LASS) database.

This data is sample data taken from a sample of 16-18 UK hospitals, it does not
contain fatalities and is the latest data available.

National Estimates are for UK only

Table showing child victims of accidents by location, 2002

0-4 5-14 Total UK National Estimate

Home - indoors 20,267 14,225 34,492 707,086

Home - outdoors 3,016 5,503 8,519 174,640
Communal home 9 29 38 779
Hospital/Health
centre 86 60 146 2,993
Road/Parking area 1,282 7,202 8,484 173,992
Other Transport
area 42 236 278 5,699
Trade/Service area 636 538 1,174 24,076
Education area
(excludes sports) 1,389 12,310 13,699 280,830
Education area
(sports) 74 5,662 5,736 117,588
Sport area
(excludes
education) 244 4,869 5,113 104,817
Leisure facilities 829 2,486 3,315 67,958
Natural area 540 3,218 3,758 77,039
Industry/Farm area 40 274 314 6,437
Other/Unspecified 1,659 9,764 11,423 234,172

Source: Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System (HASS/LASS) database.

This data is sample data taken from a sample of 16-18 UK hospitals, it does not
contain fatalities and is the latest data available.

National Estimates are for UK only

Numbers and rates of registered child deaths by Accidents and Adverse Effects,
by country 2002

Number of deaths (N) at ages (in years) and age-sex-specification death rates
(rate) per 1000,000 population (Infant death rates per 100,000 live births)

Sex < 1year 1-4 years 5-14 years

(N) (rate) (N) (rate) (N) (rate)
England and Wales M 19 6.2 44 3.5 111 3.2
F 25 8.6 25 2.1 50 1.5
Northern Ireland M 0 0 8 17.1 5 3.8
F 1 9.5 1 2.3 2 1.6
Scotland M 2 7.6 7 6.3 6 5.0
F 3 8.0 8 7.5 7 2.3

Source: WHO Mortality Database. Table 1: Number of registered deaths.

Latest available comparable statistics.