West Midlands Alexandra Healthcare NHS Trust 7 3 2 3 2 Birmingham Childrens Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 1 Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS Trust 6 2 6 4 City Hospitals NHS Trust 2 2 Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust 1 1 1 Foundation NHS Trust 6 1 4 George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust 6 5 2 1 1 Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust 9 2 3 6 Kidderminster Healthcare NHS Trust 4 2 1 3 1 North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust 4 3 1 2 Premier Health NHS Trust 3 2 2 Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust 5 4 3 4 1 Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust 2 2 Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 10 1 7 6 Solihull Healthcare NHS Trust 9 2 5 1 South Warwickshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 2 1 University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust 6 2 4 2 Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust 4 4 3 Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust 12 6 4 5 6 Worcester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 3 1 2 Total for West Midlands 102 45 13 58 33 GRAND TOTAL 1029 433 129 557 290 FIREWORKS ARE EXPLOSIVES. GET WISE OR GET HURT. Counting the Costs Accident Statistics 1999 The 1999 Accident Figures Age of purchase 1999 was an exceptional year for firework sales in Great Britain. In the October/ November selling period, there was a 40% increase across the UK product range. Not surprisingly therefore there was an increase in injuries caused by fireworks from 831 in 1998 to 1056, i.e. around 20% up on 1998. The increase in accident figures shows just how important it is that a concerted and highly coordinated publicity campaign gets off the ground in the run up to November 5th this year. Looking Ahead This year the firework safety campaign reiterates all the key messages aimed at promoting a safe and enjoyable bonfire night. The main focus of the campaign, however, is child safety. This theme has been chosen because over 50% of firework related injuries happen to children aged 15 or younger. Sparkler injuries continue to happen around 134 last year, showing that it is important to remind parents and carers once again that sparklers really are fireworks too. We are addressing this issue through our work with the Child Accident Prevention Trust. The 1999 Bonfire Night Firework Accident Statistics in Detail The main statistics, including a breakdown by region and individual NHS Trust, are set out in the following pages. In partnership with your local community In partnership with your local community
Firework Injuries In Great Britain 1994-1999 (4 Week Period In October - November). Analysis of injuries by body part and outcome - 1999. 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 Outcome of Injury Eye Head Hand Arm Leg/Foot Torso Other Total Place of accident 1. Family or private party 447 320 378 428 504 642 2. Semi public party (e.g. scouts, club) 72 79 56 100 107 118 3. Large public display 153 132 137 223 207 213 4. Casual incident in street or other public place 296 226 256 379 532 474 5. Indoors 19 20 22 23 30 24 6. Other 65 45 21 75 149 102 7. Not Specified 4 10 38 5 0 0 Type Of Firework 1. Banger 132 130 189 273 322 268 2. Rocket 211 168 158 222 208 215 3.Air Bomb 90 79 50 82 107 93 4. Roman Candle 130 71 58 79 88 95 5. Sparkler 134 129 200 196 163 253 6. Other proprietary fireworks 110 201 104 136 131 188 7. Home made or extracted powder 23 27 18 17 21 36 8. Not known (not bonfires) 207 27 125 228 489 425 9. Not Specified 19 0 6 0 0 0 No further treatment required 157 113 91 15 40 20 9 445 Referred to G.P. 26 43 37 10 19 14 2 151 Referred to out-patient dept. of this or other hospital 60 77 142 18 40 31 2 370 Detained in this hospital for at least one night 6 21 16 3 4 5 55 Transferred to another hospital 14 7 11 3 2 2 0 39 Died 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not known 26 16 22 4 8 8 5 89 Not Specified 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 10 Total 290 277 322 54 116 81 19 1159* BASE: TOTAL INJURIES - GREAT BRITAIN *This figure is the total number of body parts injured and therefore exceeds the number of persons (1056) injured. For example a sparkler could be responsible for an eye and head injury, which are recorded separately. Outcome Of Injury 1. No further treatment required 408 290 359 373 498 459 2. Referred to G.P. 137 96 115 140 181 230 3. Referred to out-patient dept. of this or other hospital 342 278 301 462 520 611 4. Detained in this hospital for at least one night 43 26 49 55 50 62 5.Transferred to another hospital 31 20 61 175 55 68 6. Died 0 1 0 2 0 2 7. Not known 86 115 23 26 225 141 8. Not Specified 9 6 0 0 0 0 Age Group Of Injured 1. Over 20 years 404 325 389 437 480 558 2. 16-20 119 100 91 174 173 207 3. 13-15 142 119 125 218 298 290 4. Under 13 391 287 303 388 540 518 5. Not Known 0 1 0 16 38 0 Sex of injured persons Male 696 538 Female 357 4 Unspecified 3 4 908 1233 1530 1574 Type of firework causing injury - 1999 (1056 cases). Home made or extracted powder (2%) Not known (20%) Other proprietary fireworks (10%) Sparkler (13%) Not specified (2%) Banger (13%) Roman candle (12%) Rocket (19%) Air bomb (9%) Year total 1056 831 908 1233 1530 1574
Time distribution of firework injuries 1999. Analysis of firework injuries (by country). 0 100 200 300 400 14-Oct-99 15-Oct-99 16-Oct-99 17-Oct-99 18-Oct-99 19-Oct-99 20-Oct-99 21-Oct-99 22-Oct-99 23-Oct-99 24-Oct-99 25-Oct-99 26-Oct-99 27-Oct-99 28-Oct-99 29-Oct-99 30-Oct-99 31-Oct-99 1-Nov-99 2-Nov-99 3-Nov-99 4-Nov-99 5-Nov-99 6-Nov-99 7-Nov-99 8-Nov-99 9-Nov-99 10-Nov-99 Date Number injured for that day 14-Oct-99 3 15-Oct-99 7 16-Oct-99 11 17-Oct-99 10 18-Oct-99 6 19-Oct-99 3 20-Oct-99 9 21-Oct-99 7 22-Oct-99 9 23-Oct-99 19 24-Oct-99 5 25-Oct-99 8 26-Oct-99 5 27-Oct-99 5 28-Oct-99 12 29-Oct-99 9 30-Oct-99 24 31-Oct-99 26 1-Nov-99 14 2-Nov-99 19 3-Nov-99 18 4-Nov-99 35 5-Nov-99 311 6-Nov-99 296 7-Nov-99 133 8-Nov-99 36 9-Nov-99 3 10-Nov-99 1 1044 Age of patient in Years England Scotland Wales Total 1 and under 9 0 0 9 2 9 1 4 14 3 23 1 0 24 4 31 3 1 35 5 19 0 1 20 6 27 2 4 33 7 28 5 0 33 8 36 2 0 38 9 28 2 2 32 10 42 4 0 45 11 46 4 2 52 12 45 4 6 55 13 40 6 3 49 14 47 5 1 53 15 36 3 1 40 16 32 2 4 38 17 20 1 2 23 18 21 1 1 23 19 19 1 1 21 20 13 1 0 14 21 to 25 63 6 2 71 26 to 30 60 4 1 65 31 to 35 60 9 2 71 36 to 40 57 7 3 67 41 and over 121 8 1 130 Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Total 932 82 42 1056 Firework injuries to children under 5. 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 73 76 65 62 82 1995 1996 1997 1996 1999
Region Name NHS Trust Name Total Back Sparklers Children Hooligan Anglia & Oxford Addenbrook NHS Trust 9 2 4 Anglian Harbours NHS Trust 2 1 Bedford Hospital NHS Trust 4 1 2 East Suffolk Local Health Services NHS Trust 1 1 1 Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust 1 1 Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 1 Horton General Hospital NHS Trust 3 1 2 1 Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 3 1 1 3 James Paget Hospital NHS Trust 3 1 1 Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 Kings Lynn & Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust 3 1 1 Milton Keynes General NHS Trust 7 1 1 3 Norfolk & Norwich Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 1 North West Anglia Healthcare NHS Trust 5 3 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 6 5 1 Oxfordshire Community Health NHS Trust 1 1 Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust 6 3 1 2 South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust 4 1 1 2 Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 2 2 West Berkshire Priority Care Service NHS Trust 2 1 1 West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 5 1 1 2 Total for Anglia & Oxford Region 72 23 13 27 4 North Thames Ashford Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 Basildon & Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 3 3 2 Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 2 Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 8 6 1 4 1 East Hertfordshire Health NHS Trust 10 3 5 3 Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 5 3 2 Forest Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 Havering Hospital NHS Trust 5 1 5 Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 4 4 3 Homerton Hospital NHS Trust 3 2 1 Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust 8 3 3 1 Mid-Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 2 2 1 Moorfield Eye Hospital NHS Trust 7 3 2 3 2 Mount Vernon & Watford Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 4 2 1 2 Redbridge Healthcare NHS Trust 6 2 2 2 Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 4 1 Southend Healthcare NHS Trust 3 3 2 St.Albans & Hempstead NHS Trust 8 2 5 4 St. Marys NHS Trust 7 1 Teddington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 1 Wellhouse NHS Trust 2 2 1 West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 3 1 2 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 3 2 1 1 1 Total for North Thames Region 104 47 5 47 19 North West Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley NHS Trust 10 5 4 Blackpool Victoria Hospital NHS Trust 6 3 4 2 Bolton Hospital NHS Trust 12 4 10 7 Burnley Health Care NHS Trust 6 1 5 3 Bury Health Care NHS Trust 1 1 1 Central Manchester Health Care NHS Trust 12 4 2 6 7 Chorley & South Ribble NHS Trust 4 1 1 1 Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust 3 2 1 1 East Cheshire NHS Trust 2 1 Furness Hospital NHS Trust 5 2 2 2 1 Lancaster Acute Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 Manchester Children's Hospital NHS Trust 21 7 3 21 13 Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust 5 4 1 1 1 North Manchester Health Care NHS Trust 3 2 1 1 North Mersey Community NHS Trust 3 2 3 Oldham NHS Trust 5 3 4 Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 9 2 5 4 Rochdale Healthcare NHS Trust 6 3 1 Royal Liverpool Childrens NHS Trust 8 3 1 8 4 Royal Liverpool University Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 1 1 Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 10 3 1 9 5 South Manchester University Hospital NHS Trust 3 2 Southport & Formby NHS Trust 1 1 1 St. Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 9 4 1 5 3 Stockport Acute Services NHS Trust 5 3 3
Region Name NHS Trust Name Total Back Sparklers Children Hooligan Tameside & Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust 6 1 4 5 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 5 2 4 Warrington Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 West Lancashire NHS Trust 3 2 2 Westmoreland Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 2 Wigan and Leigh Health Services NHS Trust 2 2 Wirral Hospital NHS Trust 5 1 4 4 Total for North West Region 178 62 14 114 72 North & Yorkshire Airedale NHS Trust 3 1 3 2 Bishop Aukland Hospital NHS Trust 2 2 2 Bradford Hospitals NHS Trusts 21 5 14 10 Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trusts 1 1 Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 3 1 1 2 1 Cheviot & Wansbeck NHS Trust 4 4 3 City Hospitals, Sunderland NHS Trust 10 1 9 9 Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 1 1 Dewsbury Healthcare NHS Trust 11 4 1 6 3 East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2 1 2 2 1 Gateshead Healthcare NHS Trust 3 1 2 2 Grimsby Healthcare NHS Trust 3 1 1 2 Hartlepool & East Durham NHS Trust 3 2 3 Huddersfield NHS Trust 7 3 3 North Durham Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2 2 1 1 North Tees Healthcare NHS Trust 5 3 2 2 1 North Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust 2 2 2 Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust 2 1 2 Pinderfields Hospitals NHS Trust 6 1 2 4 3 Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust 6 3 1 2 2 Royal Hull Hospitals NHS Trust 5 5 5 2 Royal Victoria Infirmary & Associated Hospitals NHS Trust 5 1 2 3 Scarborough & North East Yorkshire NHS Trust 4 3 1 2 1 Scunthorpe & Goole Hospitals NHS Trust 5 3 3 South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 24 11 6 14 11 South Tees Community & Mental Health NHS Trust 1 1 South Tyneside Healthcare NHS Trust 2 2 2 St. James & Seacroft University NHS Trust 9 3 2 6 6 United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 8 6 5 York Health Services NHS Trust 6 4 4 Total for North & Yorkshire Region 167 57 26 106 76 Scotland Aberdeen Royal Hospital NHS Trust 8 5 1 3 1 Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 1 Bellshill & Monklands Hospitals NHS Trust 4 1 3 4 Caithness & Sutherland NHS Trust 1 1 Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 2 1 2 Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 2 2 2 Falkirk & District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 1 1 1 Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 2 1 Hairmyres & Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 1 1 Highland Communities NHS Trust 2 Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 1 1 1 Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 4 1 1 2 2 Law Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 1 Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 1 Moray Health NHS Trust 1 Royal Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 4 3 1 1 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 5 1 1 South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2 Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 5 2 3 2 Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 1 1 1 Stobhill Hospital NHS Trust 8 2 7 5 Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 6 3 1 4 1 West Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust 1 West Lothian NHS Trust 7 2 2 3 2 Yorkhill NHS Trust 7 2 7 5 Total for Scotland 80 25 11 43 30 South & West Bath & West Community NHS Trust 3 3 2 Cornwall Healthcare NHS Trust 3 1 2 Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 5 2 2 5 3 Exeter & District Community Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 Frenchay Healthcare NHS Trust 3 3 1 2 Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 3 3 1 1 Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust 2 2 1 North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust 7 5 3 Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 1 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 5 1 1 4 2
Region Name NHS Trust Name Total Back Sparklers Children Hooligan Portsmouth Healthcare NHS Trust 9 8 2 4 Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch NHS Trust 2 2 Royal United Hospital NHS Trust 1 Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust 7 3 5 Severn NHS Trust 2 1 1 1 South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 4 2 1 2 Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust 1 1 1 Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 12 5 4 10 1 Southmead Health Services NHS Trust 2 1 0 2 1 Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust 6 5 2 4 Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust 5 5 1 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust 4 2 Weston Area Health NHS Trust 1 1 1 1 Wiltshire Healthcare NHS Trust 3 2 1 1 Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 1 Total for South & West 94 56 19 53 12 South Thames Bournewood Community & Mental Health NHS Trust 1 1 1 Brighton Healthcare NHS Trust 9 4 2 2 Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 1 1 Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust 2 2 1 Eastbourne Hospitals NHS trust 5 2 2 1 Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust 9 4 1 4 1 Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust 3 1 Guy's & St.Thomas' NHS Trust 2 1 1 1 Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust 3 2 1 Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 Lewisham Hospitals NHS Trust 3 2 1 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 6 6 3 1 Medway NHS Trust 6 6 3 1 Mid Kent Healthcare NHS Trust 4 3 1 Mid Sussex NHS Trust 2 1 North Kent Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 1 Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 7 4 2 3 1 Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust 7 5 1 4 Richmond Twickenham and Roehampton Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 1 Royal Surrey & St. Luke's NHS Trust 5 2 3 South Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 3 2 1 1 St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust 2 2 St. Helier NHS Trust 1 1 1 1 St. Peters Hospital NHS Trust 3 3 The Royal West Sussex Trust 3 2 3 Worthing & Southlands NHS Trust 1 Total for South Thames 91 51 13 34 13 Trent Barnsley District General Hospital NHS Trust 11 1 5 4 Bassetlaw Hospital & Community Services NHS Trust 3 1 2 2 Central Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 3 1 2 1 Central Sheffield University Hospital NHS Trust 3 3 1 1 Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Royal NHS Trust 4 1 Derbyshire Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 3 2 1 1 Doncaster Royal Infirmary & Montagu NHS Trust 12 4 1 7 2 Fosse Healthcare NHS Trust 2 1 1 1 Grantham & District Hospital NHS Trust 1 1 1 King's Mill Centre For Healthcare NHS Trust 9 7 1 7 1 Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 8 7 1 6 1 Lincoln & Louth NHS Trust 4 2 1 1 1 Northern General Hospital NHS Trust 5 3 Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust 2 1 2 Pilgrim Healthcare NHS Trust 7 5 1 4 1 Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham NHS Trust 4 2 2 Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust 4 3 1 1 Sheffield Childrens Hospital NHS Trust 9 7 8 2 South Derbyshire Community Healthcare Service NHS Trust 7 1 2 1 West Lindsey NHS Trust 1 1 1 Total for Trent 102 53 12 49 19 Wales Ceredigion & Mid Waled NHS Trust 1 Glan Hafren NHS Trust 4 2 2 Gwynedd Community Health NHS Trust 1 1 Gwynedd Hospitals NHS Trust 3 1 Morriston Hospital NHS Trust 10 4 1 7 3 Nevill Hall & District NHS Trust 3 1 2 2 North Glamorgan NHS Trust 4 1 1 2 2 Swansea NHS Trust 2 2 1 2 University Hospital of Wales NHS Trust 11 5 10 3 Total for Wales 39 14 3 26 12