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Accidents and personal injuries are no laughing matter. In fact, the accident claims industry in the UK is worth more than 6 billion per year! It covers road accidents, work related injuries and illnesses, criminal injuries, medical negligence, slips, trips and falls and a whole host of other accidents too. The key thing in any accident claim, however, is that someone else is to blame for that accident.

It seems though, that the British are perfectly capable of injuring themselves without the help of anyone else at all. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, more commonly referred to as RoSPA, keeps a database (called the Home and Leisure Accident Statistics) detailing a breakdown of all sorts of accidents that occurred in 2000, 2001 and 2002. The list churns up some rather interesting results!

Accidents at their own home, away from the outside world are the best demonstration of this. 2.1million people hurt themselves in 2000 in the home. Fine, you may think, they fell off ladders, burnt themselves in the kitchen etc…..maybe not. 727 of these accidents were related to nappys. Apart from the smell it is very difficult to work out how you can get injured on a nappy. 426 injuries were from dog baskets, which makes you think if you simply decided not to have a child or dog you would be fine.

Anybody who has a baby or a dog knows there are added risks around the house….but not to themselves! 727 hurt themselves via a nappy, while 426 somehow got injured when a dog basket was involved. The specifics are not known of any of these injuries, but it is safe to say that the conversations in the emergency room may have involved a few stifled laughs when these were reported.

It is all pretty self explanatory stuff, such as keeping the stairs and doorways clear, ensuring pan handles face inwards to prevent you from knocking hot pans off the stove etc, but if everyone took note of such measures, our accident stats might look a little healthier!

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