HC Deb 29 March 1972 vol 834 cc100-1W
Mr. James Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now publish in the Official Report particulars of the accidents caused by fireworks during the period 17th October to 13th November, 1971, together with comparable figures for the four previous years.

FIREWORK INJURIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
1971 1970 1969 1968 1967
A. Place where injury occurred:
(i) Family or private party 382 433 680 1,125 1,065
(ii) Public or semi public party in park or open space 139 155 206 367 304
(iii) Casual incident in street 349 399 492 689 577
(iv) Other place 88 87 151 193 130
(v) Unknown 101 90 107 163 138
B. Type of firework involved:
(i) Banger 316 359 491 759 608
(ii) Rocket 126 160 198 366 302
(iii) Jumping Cracker 47 46 95 145 146
(iv) Display firework, e.g. Roman Candle 223 250 354 558 541
(v) Home-made or extracted powder 57 48 56 96 74
(vi) Other than above 82 95 138 168 163
(vii) Unknown 208 206 304 445 380
C. Age group of Persons injured:
(i) Over 21 145 184 276 543 426
(ii) 16–20 56 96 104 163 151
(iii) 13–15 210 226 304 416 367
(iv) Under 13 648 658 952 1,415 1,270
D. Severity of injury:
(i) Died 1
(ii) Detained more than one night 69 74 240* 392* 353*
(iii) Other severe injury 88 104
(iv) Minor injury 879 965 1,358 2,105 1,827
(v) Unknown 22 21 38 40 34
* Separate figures for categories (ii) and (iii) are not available for these years.