HC Deb 29 November 2000 vol 357 c608W
Mr. Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many deaths have occurred on fairgrounds in the UK in each of the last 20 years. [139609]

Mr. Meacher

[holding answer 21 November 2000]: From the information readily available, the following numbers of fatalities were reported to HSE at fairgrounds in Great Britain, between 1 April 1986 and 31 March 2000:

Year Number
1986–87 1
1987–88 5
1988–89 1
1989–90 0
1990–91 3
1991–92 1
1992–93 1
1993–94 0
1994–95 4
1995–96 0
1996–97 1
1997–98 1
1998–99 0
1999–200011 1
1 Provisional figures

Notes:

1. These data include total deaths to members of the public. employees and the self-employed, reported to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 and 1995.

2. Data before 1986–87 are not available.

3. Data are on a Great Britain basis only and not UK.

4. Data from 1986–1996 were collected on a different basis to later data—the two series are not directly comparable.

Source:

Health and Safety Executive