HC Deb 08 February 1974 vol 868 c465W
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 14th October to

FIREWORK INJURIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
1973 1972 1971 1970 1969
A. Place where injury occurred
(i) Family or private party … … 385 441 382 433 680
(ii) Public or semi-public party in park or open space 153 166 139 155 206
(iii) Casual incident in street … … 422 422 349 399 492
(iv) Other place … … 119 95 88 87 151
(v) Unknown … … 107 136 101 90 107
B. Type of firework involved
(i) Banger … … 356 369 316 359 491
(ii) Rocket … … 118 129 126 160 198
(iii) Jumping cracker … … 58 51 47 46 95
(iv) Display firework e.g. Roman candle … … 280 262 223 250 354
(v) Home made or extracted powder … … 38 54 57 48 56
(vi) Other than above … … 79 83 82 95 138
(vii) Unknown … … 257 312 208 206 304
C. Age group of persons injured
(i) Over 21 … … 195 167 145 184 276
(ii) 16–20 … … 74 68 56 96 104
(iii) 13–15 … … 248 257 210 226 304
(iv) Under 13 … … 669 768 648 658 952
D. Severity of injury
(i) Died … … — — 1 — —
(ii) Detained more than one night … … 80 91 69 74 240*
(iii) Other severe injury … … 178 143 88 104
(iv) Minor injury … … 892 1,009 879 965 1,358
(v) Unknown … … 36 17 22 21 38
* Separate figures for categories (ii) and (iii) are not a