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Table 1: Fatal injuries to workers (employees and the self-employed) in Great Britain by main industry, 2016/17 - 2020/21p
Table 2: Workplace fatal injuries to members of the public in Great Britain by main industry, 2016/17 - 2020/21p
Table 3: Fatal injuries to workers (employees and the self-employed) in Great Britain by kind of accident, 2016/17 - 2020/21
Table 4: Fatal injuries to workers (employees and the self-employed) in Great Britain by age, 2016/17 - 2020/21p
Table 5: Fatal injuries to workers (employees and the self-employed) in Great Britain by country and region, 2016/17 - 2020
Note:
The full suite of RIDDOR health and safety tables will be updated with fatal injury data for 2020/21 (provisional count) and 2
Note 1 - Figures for 2020/21 are at this stage provisional and are marked as 'p' in the tables. They will be finalised in July 2
Figures for 2019/20 have been revised (finalised) and are marked as 'r' in the tables. The number of deaths in 2019/20 incre
revised count.
Note 2 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): The current system used in UK official statistics for classifying businesses b
Note 4 - Rates are expressed per 100,000 workers (or employees / self-employed).
Note 5 - Figures for SIC Division 38 'waste collection etc' are also included in the overall figures for the combined Section E
Note 6 - Figures for SIC Section N 'administrative and support servive activities' are also included in the overall figures for t
Note 7 - These incidents relate to deaths occurring on railways where a region can not be reliably assigned.
- Not applicable
Fatal injuries included in these statistical tables are those that the relevant enforcing authority (namely HSE, Local authoritie
judged as reportable under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR).
Table 1 and Tables 3-5 present annual reportable fatal injury statistics to workers (employees and self-employed) for the 5-
latest five-year total. Because the numbers of fatalities for some groupings are relatively small they are susceptible to cons
number and rate. The five-year rate essentially averages out the rate, smoothing out this year-on-year variation.
Table 2 presents the number of annual reportable fatal injuries to Members of the Public for the 5-years 2016/17-2020/21 a
related accident, though the injured person was 'not at work' themselves.
Rates of fatal injury: Differences in the size of the workforce will impact on comparisons of the number of fatalities, both ov
within a year (e.g. between different industry groups). In order to make robust comparisons it is important to consider the ra
dividing the count of fatal injuries by the employment estimate. This is then multiplied by a factor of 100,000 to give a rate p
standards. The source of employment data used to construct the injury rates from 2004/05 onwards is the Annual Populatio
Rate of fatal injury is expressed as a rate per 100,000 workers (or employees / self-employed)
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Year
[See note 1]
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2016/17
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2017/18
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2018/19
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2019/20r
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
2020/21p
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Information and communication; financial and insurance activities; real estate activities; professional, scientific and technical
activities; administrative and support service activities (J-N) [See note 6]
- of which Administrative and support service activities (SIC N)
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security; education; human health and social work activities (O-Q)
Arts, entertainment and recreation; other service activities; activities of households as employers; undifferentiated good-and-
services-producing activities of households for own use; activities of extraterritorial organsiations and bodies (R-U)
Number of fatal Number of fatal Number of fatal Rate of fatal Rate of fatal
injuries to injuries to injuries to injuries to injuries to
workers [See Employees [See Self-employed workers [See employees [See
note 3] note 3] [See note 3] note 3 and 4] note 3 and 4]
7 2 5 0.10 0.04
6 1 5 0.39 0.09
7 7 0 0.07 0.08
11 5 6 0.16 0.09
7 3 4 0.44 0.25
7 7 0 0.07 0.08
2 2 0 0.10 0.15
26 25 1 0.92 0.96
7 7 0 3.12 3.32
7 7 0 6.05 6.44
31 18 13 1.36 1.35
19 16 3 0.32 0.30
16 15 1 1.00 1.18
13 8 5 0.19 0.14
10 5 5 0.62 0.41
3 3 0 0.03 0.03
2 1 1 0.10 0.07
13 12 1 0.45 0.46
6 5 1 2.64 2.32
5 4 1 4.57 3.88
42 29 13 1.82 2.12
5 3 2 0.08 0.06
12 12 0 0.75 0.94
8 3 5 0.11 0.05
6 3 3 0.38 0.26
5 5 0 0.05 0.05
1 1 0 0.05 0.07
20 19 1 0.73 0.75
1 1 0 0.54 0.57
7 6 1 2.95 2.68
3 2 1 2.57 1.82
39 23 16 1.84 1.77
14 12 2 0.25 0.24
10 10 0 0.67 0.81
14 7 7 0.19 0.12
11 4 7 0.72 0.34
1 1 0 0.01 0.01
2 0 2 0.10 0.00
53 25 28 0.15 0.09
40 16 24 0.51 0.27
23 23 0 0.05 0.05
7 4 3 0.07 0.06
Rate of fatal
injuries to self
employed [See
note 3 and 4]
0.70
10.98
0.00
0.84
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.99
0.00
0.33
0.34
1.39
0.00
0.84
10.98
7.24
1.23
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.27
0.48
0.00
0.40
1.04
0.00
0.00
0.83
10.34
0.42
0.00
0.00
1.37
0.52
0.31
0.34
1.32
0.00
0.15
0.68
8.21
0.41
8.28
*
1.39
0.33
0.00
0.33
0.73
0.00
0.00
1.10
17.30
0.45
0.00
7.64
*
1.94
0.38
0.00
0.48
1.97
0.00
0.30
0.82
11.36
1.54
0.68
0.00
3.22
6.17
1.38
0.34
0.13
0.38
1.27
0.00
0.09
Table 2: Workplace fatal injuries to members of the public in Great Britain by main industry, 2016/17
Source: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
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0 0 0 1 0
0 4 3 2 2
0 4 3 2 2
5 7 5 4 4
5 7 4 10 4
50 47 51 33 23
3 0 4 3 0
1 0 1 1 0
22 19 23 46 19
10 10 13 5 1
Table 3: Fatal injuries to workers (employees and self-employed) in Great Britain by kind of acciden
Source: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
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Year
Accident kind
[See note 1]
135 99 36
8 6 2
19 15 4
30 23 7
3 2 1
3 3 0
3 3 0
27 18 9
11 4 7
3 2 1
3 3 0
2 2 0
4 3 1
8 7 1
1 0 1
2 2 0
8 6 2
141 97 44
12 9 3
23 16 7
24 20 4
4 3 1
35 20 15
17 14 3
2 1 1
2 1 1
2 2 0
3 3 0
3 1 2
9 2 7
5 5 0
149 106 43
15 11 4
16 10 6
30 26 4
3 3 0
1 1 0
2 2 0
43 23 20
11 9 2
5 4 1
6 6 0
3 2 1
8 3 5
2 2 0
4 4 0
113 77 36
11 9 2
18 13 5
24 19 5
1 1 0
2 2 0
31 14 17
14 11 3
1 1 0
1 1 0
2 2 0
1 0 1
2 0 2
1 1 0
4 3 1
142 88 54
14 7 7
17 13 4
25 12 13
2 1 1
3 3 0
35 19 16
14 12 2
2 2 0
2 2 0
1 1 0
1 1 0
9 4 5
7 1 6
2 2 0
8 8 0
680 467 213
60 42 18
93 67 26
133 100 33
9 7 2
4 4 0
14 13 1
171 94 77
67 50 17
12 9 3
8 7 1
6 6 0
16 15 1
24 14 10
27 6 21
7 7 0
29 26 3
Table 4: Fatal injuries to workers (employees and self-employed) in Great Britain by age, 2016/17-20
Source: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)
Rate of fatal injury is expressed as a rate per 100,000 workers (or employees / self-employed)
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Number of fatal Number of fatal Rate of fatal Rate of fatal Rate of fatal
injuries to injuries to injuries to injuries to injuries to self
Employees [See Self-employed workers [See employees [See employed [See
note 3] [See note 3] note 3 and 4] note 3 and 4] note 3 and 4]
Rate of fatal injury is expressed as a rate per 100,000 workers (or employees / self-employed)
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Area code Country Region
[See note 1]
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Number of fatal Number of fatal Number of fatal Rate of fatal Rate of fatal
injuries to injuries to injuries to injuries to injuries to
workers [See Employees [See Self-employed workers [See employees [See
note 3] note 3] [See note 3] note 3 and 4] note 3 and 4]
11 7 4 0.78 0.59
18 10 8 0.67 0.43
141 97 44 0.44 0.36
111 75 36 0.40 0.32
2 0 2 0.17 0.00
16 9 7 0.46 0.30
13 7 6 0.49 0.31
10 6 4 0.45 0.32
14 11 3 0.51 0.47
15 12 3 0.53 0.51
11 9 2 0.21 0.21
16 11 5 0.36 0.30
12 8 4 0.41 0.34
2 2 0 - -
13 8 5 0.91 0.66
17 14 3 0.63 0.59
149 106 43 0.46 0.39
113 81 32 0.40 0.34
5 5 0 0.42 0.48
10 7 3 0.28 0.23
16 13 3 0.61 0.57
11 6 5 0.48 0.31
20 15 5 0.71 0.63
16 11 5 0.55 0.46
11 7 4 0.20 0.16
12 8 4 0.27 0.22
11 8 3 0.38 0.34
1 1 0 - -
7 4 3 0.48 0.33
29 21 8 1.07 0.90
113 77 36 0.34 0.28
87 57 30 0.31 0.24
4 4 0 0.33 0.39
14 6 8 0.39 0.20
5 4 1 0.19 0.18
10 7 3 0.43 0.35
13 12 1 0.46 0.50
9 6 3 0.31 0.25
8 4 4 0.15 0.09
9 6 3 0.20 0.16
13 6 7 0.44 0.25
2 2 0 - -
15 10 5 1.04 0.82
11 10 1 0.40 0.42
142 88 54 0.43 0.32
116 75 41 0.41 0.31
1 0 1 0.08 0.00
16 12 4 0.45 0.39
18 13 5 0.68 0.57
4 2 2 0.18 0.10
15 7 8 0.53 0.29
13 12 1 0.45 0.49
9 6 3 0.16 0.13
15 7 8 0.33 0.18
23 14 9 0.79 0.59
2 2 0 - -
9 3 6 0.63 0.25
17 10 7 0.63 0.42
680 467 213 0.42 0.34
533 370 163 0.38 0.32
18 13 5 0.30 0.25
67 41 26 0.38 0.27
66 47 19 0.50 0.41
52 36 16 0.46 0.37
75 56 19 0.54 0.47
62 48 14 0.43 0.40
50 36 14 0.19 0.16
67 46 21 0.30 0.25
69 40 29 0.48 0.34
7 7 0 - -
55 32 23 0.77 0.53
92 65 27 0.68 0.55
Rate of fatal
injuries to self
employed [See
note 3 and 4]
0.70
0.53
1.45
0.82
1.04
0.61
0.52
0.41
0.10
0.12
1.17
1.81
2.20
0.84
0.78
1.32
1.41
1.58
1.21
0.72
0.62
0.20
0.63
0.74
2.22
0.83
0.83
0.70
0.00
0.60
0.80
1.59
1.24
1.01
0.39
0.51
0.56
1.31
2.26
0.68
0.64
0.00
1.54
0.26
0.86
0.24
0.62
0.40
0.36
1.28
2.19
0.27
1.10
0.95
0.68
0.83
1.38
0.59
2.02
0.22
0.33
1.09
1.76
2.76
2.07
0.82
0.72
0.67
1.05
1.01
0.96
0.94
0.58
0.29
0.53
1.09
2.05
1.51