Fireworks (Accidents)

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now publish in the Official Report particulars of the accidents caused by fireworks during the period 17th October to 13th November, 1971, together with comparable figures for the four previous years.

FIREWORK INJURIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES
						1971	1970	1969	1968	1967
A. Place where injury occurred:
(i) Family or private party				…	…	382	433	680	1,125	1,065
(ii) Public or semi public party in park or open space			…	…	…	139	155	206	367	304
(iii) Casual incident in street				…	…	349	399	492	689	577
(iv) Other place		…	…	…	…	88	87	151	193	130
(v) Unknown		…	…	…	…	101	90	107	163	138
B. Type of firework involved:
(i) Banger		…	…	…	…	316	359	491	759	608
(ii) Rocket	…	…	…	…	…	126	160	198	366	302
(iii) Jumping Cracker			…	…	…	47	46	95	145	146
(iv) Display firework, e.g. Roman Candle						223	250	354	558	541
(v) Home-made or extracted powder					…	57	48	56	96	74
(vi) Other than above			…	…	…	82	95	138	168	163
(vii) Unknown		…	…	…	…	208	206	304	445	380
C. Age group of Persons injured:
(i) Over 21		…	…	…	…	145	184	276	543	426
(ii) 16–20	…	…	…	…	…	56	96	104	163	151
(iii) 13–15	…	…	…	…	…	210	226	304	416	367
(iv) Under 13		…	…	…	…	648	658	952	1,415	1,270
D. Severity of injury:
(i) Died	…	…	…	…	…	1	—	—	—	—
(ii) Detained more than one night					…	69	74	240^*	392^*	353^*
(iii) Other severe injury			…	…	…	88	104	240^*	392^*	353^*
(iv) Minor injury		…	…	…	…	879	965	1,358	2,105	1,827
(v) Unknown		…	…	…	…	22	21	38	40	34
^* Separate figures for categories (ii) and (iii) are not available for these years.

Volume 834: debated on Wednesday 29 March 1972