What is an Accident ?

Any unplanned event that results in injury or ill-health of people, or damage or loss to property, plant, materials or the environment or a loss of a business opportunity.

Accident Statistics: Road

Accident Statistics: Home

Accident Statistics: Leisure Activities

Accident Statistics: Workplace

* The Health & Safety Executive estimates that only just over 40% of such accidents are actually reported by employers.

Accident Statistics: Fire

Costs

The cost of accidents, both locally and nationally, are made up of elements of the following:

Direct Costs

• Death
• Hospital, etc treatment
• Permanent disability
• Sick pay
• Legal costs
• Insurance claims
• Damage to buildings, vehicles, machinery, etc
• Product loses and or damage
• Material loses and or damage
• Overtime working

Indirect Costs

• Investigation costs
• Fines
• Hiring or raining replacement staff
• Loss of experience and expertise
• Lowering of morale
• Loss of goodwill
• Loss of image
• Business interruptions
• Product liability
• Production delays
• Increased insurance premiums

The numbers and costs of accidents were the reasons the government attached such importance to their reduction in the Health of the Nation targets.