asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give the firework injury statistics for 1986.
According to reports from hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland, 846 people required treatment for injuries caused by fireworks during a four-week period in October and November 1986. The figures for 1986 and the preceding five years are as follows:
Year
| 1986
| 1985
| 1984
| 1983
| 1982
| 1981
|
Total
| 846
| 968
| 778
| 833
| 626
| 681
|
| 3. Large public display | 119 | 117 | 108 | 111 | 88 | 101 |
| 4. Casual incident in street etc. | 299 | 435 | 298 | 257 | 220 | 229 |
| 5. Other place | 52 | 64 | 59 | 54 | 61 | 46 |
| 6. Indoors | 18 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 |
Type of firework
| ||||||
| 1. Banger | 161 | 241 | 175 | 184 | 147 | 167 |
| 2. Rocket | 159 | 197 | 115 | 107 | 71 | 102 |
| 3. Roman candle, coloured fire etc. | 88 | 90 | 103 | 114 | 84 | 107 |
| 4. Home-made or extracted powder | 14 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 35 | 26 |
| 5. Other proprietary fireworks | 118 | 73 | 74 | 78 | 82 | 64 |
| 6. Sparklers | 80 | 67 | 65 | 95 | 40 | 48 |
| 7. Unspecified type | 226 | 273 | 225 | 240 | 167 | 167 |
Severity of injury
| ||||||
| 1. Fatal injury | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2. Detained more than one night | 48 | 53 | 55 | 61 | 33 | 24 |
| 3. Sufficient to cause absence from work or equivalent | 160 | 231 | 161 | 147 | 67 | 62 |
| 4. Minor injury | 582 | 632 | 506 | 592 | 489 | 531 |
| 5. Unspecified injury | 56 | 52 | 55 | 33 | 37 | 64 |
| Eye injuries (included in 2–5) | 291 | 341 | 295 | 293 | 241 | 261 |
| Age group of injured persons | ||||||
| Over 20 | 235 | 214 | 180 | 215 | 139 | 132 |
| 16–20 | 145 | 161 | 109 | 108 | 73 | 89 |
| 13–15 | 207 | 271 | 208 | 173 | 149 | 173 |
| Under 13 | 259 | 322 | 281 | 337 | 265 | 287 |