To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many accidents have occurred at funfairs and amusement parks in each of the last five years.
Answered on
26 July 2016
The figures in the table below provide the number of (a) workers and (b) members of the public who have been reported to HSE under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences 2013 (RIDDOR), as being injured in accidents at funfairs and amusement parks from 2012. Data collected prior to 2012 is not directly comparable due to changes in reporting and recording criteria.
Table 1 - Injuries to workers and members of the public in funfairs and amusement parks1 as reported to all enforcing authorities 2012/13 – 2014/15p
Year3 | Public | Workers2 |
2012/13 | 479 | 64 |
2013/14 | 387 | 56 |
2014/154 | 489 | 51 |
1 Statistics are identified by Standard Industrial Classification 2007 (SIC 2007) class 9321 – Activities of amusement parks and theme parks
2 The term worker includes employees and self-employed persons combined
3 Due to changes in legislation, the criteria for reporting injuries to workers changed in April 2012 and again in October 2013. Therefore annual estimates of injuries to workers over this period are not directly comparable
4 HSE’s analysis of the data for injuries to members of the public at fairgrounds and theme parks in 2014/15 found that upwards of 75% of reported injuries did not meet the criteria for a RIDDOR reportable injury.