Childhood injury on the agenda

This section explains how accidental injuries fit into the wider public health agenda, and which accidents cause greatest harm to children.

It also describes how different types of accident link with the stages of children's development, and to their homes and wider surroundings.

In this section

• Tackling the public health challenge of accidental injury
• The public health outcomes framework
• Injury prevention as part of the 'life course' approach
• Understanding the links to safeguarding and child protection
• The global dimension of childhood injury

Key facts about accidental childhood injuries

Accidental injury is one of the biggest killers of children, second only to cancer. In 2009, 193 children and young people under 15 died in accidents in England and Wales. In 2007–08, 105,000 children and young people under 18 were admitted to hospital as a result of unintentional injuries. For more information see:

• Child accident statistics
• The costs of child accidents

External links to other sites and policies were correct as of December 2011.