Statistics relevant to accident prevention professionals are available from the following sources:

CAPIC
CAPIC is a multi-disciplinary multiagency collaboration of individuals and organisations which support injury prevention initiatives across Wales. Their website contains links to a variety of injury statistics.

Home Accident Surveillance System Report 2002
Includes statistics for accidents that have happened in the home and at leisure in the UK where the victim has sought treatment at a hospital during 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Eurosafe
The Eurosafe website includes data on accidents and injuries in the European Union.

Firework Injuries Survey UK, 2005
Summary of fireworks injuries in 2005. Prepared by the Department of Trade and Industry.

RoSPA
The RoSPA website contains drowning statistics, statistics on general accidents, and an overview of accident statistics.

Fire Statistics

Fire Statistics Wales, 2006
This bulletin, issued by the Welsh Assembly Government’s Statistical Directorate, presents fire incident statistics for Wales.

Road Casualties Statistics

Road casualties in Wales – provisional quarterly figures 2008
This First Release provides estimates to March 2008 of casualties in Wales resulting from personal injury road accidents.

Road Casualties 2007
Statistics on Road Casualties in Wales for the period up to the end of December 2007

Population Statistics

Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2008
WIMD is the official measure of deprivation for small areas in Wales.

Wales’s Population 2008
A comprehensive overview of demographic statistics for Wales.

The Living in Wales Survey 2007
Statistical information on households in Wales.

Statistical Focus on Wales and the UK 2007
Information includes life expectancy, household income, economic activity and education.

Other useful statistics are available from the Policy section of the Children in Wales website.