Q: How many accidents are there every year involving teenagers?
The World Health Organisation estimates that more than 2,000 children die every day as a result of accidents. Although the UK has one of the lowest child injury death rates in the world, we cannot be complacent - the latest figures show a staggering amount of accidents involve young people.
They suggest young people aged between 10 and 19 make around one million trips to accident and emergency departments after being involved in leisure accidents in the UK each year. And more than 300,000 go to accident and emergency after accidents at home. Moreover, the most recent data from the Office for National Statistics shows that 585 10- to 19-year-olds died as a result of accidents in England and Wales.
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