Guidance

Reducing unintentional injuries among children and young people

Action areas for local authorities and their partners to help develop injury prevention strategies for children and young people.

Documents

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Unintentional injuries are a leading cause of preventable death for children and young people and a major cause of ill health and serious disability.

You can find data on on Public Health England鈥檚 Fingertips data website. You can also find which summarise data and evidence at local authority level, to support decision-making and prioritisation.

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Updates to this page

Published 23 June 2014
Last updated 6 November 2018 show all updates
  1. Updated with 'unintentional injuries narrative reports'.

  2. Replaced the documents with revised versions.

  3. First published.

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