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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many deaths have occurred on fairgrounds in the UK in each of the last 20 years. [139609] Mr. Meacher: [holding answer 21 November 2000]: From the information readily available, the following numbers of fatalities were reported to HSE at fairgrounds in Great Britain, between 1 April 1986 and 31 March 2000: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1986-87 1 1987-88 5 1988-89 1 1989-90 0 1990-91 3 1991-92 1 1992-93 1 1993-94 0 1994-95 4 1995-96 0 1996-97 1 1997-98 1 1998-99 0 1999-2000{1} 1 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Provisional figures Notes: 1. This data include total deaths to members of the public, employees and the self-employed, reported to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1985 and 1995. 2. Data before 1986-87 are not available. 3. Data are on a Great Britain basis only and not UK. 4. Data from 1986-1996 were collected on a different basis to later data--the two series are not directly comparable. Source: Health and Safety Executive

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

357 c608W; 139609

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Death Accidents Health and Safety Executive Fairgrounds Industrial accidents

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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