HC Deb 06 March 1987 vol 111 cc716-7W
Miss Fookes

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the firework injury statistics for 1986.

Mr. Howard

According to reports from hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland, 846 people required treatment for injuries caused by fireworks during a four-week period in October and November 1986. The figures for 1986 and the preceding five years are as follows:

Year 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981
Total 846 968 778 833 626 681
3. Large public display 119 117 108 111 88 101
4. Casual incident in street etc. 299 435 298 257 220 229
5. Other place 52 64 59 54 61 46
6. Indoors 18 21 17 16 15 16
Type of firework
1. Banger 161 241 175 184 147 167
2. Rocket 159 197 115 107 71 102
3. Roman candle, coloured fire etc. 88 90 103 114 84 107
4. Home-made or extracted powder 14 27 21 15 35 26
5. Other proprietary fireworks 118 73 74 78 82 64
6. Sparklers 80 67 65 95 40 48
7. Unspecified type 226 273 225 240 167 167
Severity of injury
1. Fatal injury 1
2. Detained more than one night 48 53 55 61 33 24
3. Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent 160 231 161 147 67 62
4. Minor injury 582 632 506 592 489 531
5. Unspecified injury 56 52 55 33 37 64
Eye injuries (included in 2–5) 291 341 295 293 241 261
Age group of injured persons
Over 20 235 214 180 215 139 132
16–20 145 161 109 108 73 89
13–15 207 271 208 173 149 173
Under 13 259 322 281 337 265 287