UK Head Injury Key Facts

Head Injury : Facts

In the UK approximately:

  • Three-quarters of people with head injuries are male
  • One-fifth of people with head injuries are 65 years of age or over
  • Half of people with head injuries are children
  • Two-thirds of head injuries in adults involve alcohol.

Fortunately, many head injury accidents are preventable and organisations such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents provide general safety advice, such as:

  1. Keep stairways tidy to avoids tripping
  2. Use appropriate safety equipment when doing any kind of DIY
  3. No standing on unstable chairs, use a stepladder
  4. Clean up spillages to prevent slipping over

And for children in particular:

  • Check that windows cannot be opened by your child, especially in their bedroom
  • Move furniture away from windows to prevent your child climbing and falling out
  • Fit safety gates at the top and bottom of the stairs.

Some head injury accidents will always happen, no matter how careful people are, but when they do our specialist solicitors at HeadinjuryUK who are trained to understand the problems faced by a head injury victim and those around them can help.  So should you or someone you know have suffered a head injury through someone else’s fault, then please contact Andy Shaw to discuss how we can help.

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