Child Accident Prevention

Every year in Wales, over 145,000 children and young people attend Accident & Emergency Departments because of an unintentional injury, equivalent to around 400 children every single day.

Children in Wales aims to reduce this toll and our work addresses accident prevention in all locations, including at home, on the road, around water and at school. We support and work closely with members and practitioners across Wales to reduce the number of children and young people injured through accidents every year.

Children in Wales’ work includes:

The development and implementation of the first Child Accident Prevention Strategy for Wales
Working alongside the Welsh Assembly Government to promote the prevention of child accidents and unintentional injury
The promotion of research on injury prevention
The promotion of data collection and injury surveillance
Co-ordinating a Wales-wide effective accident prevention network
Improving national and local accident prevention work
The promotion of evidence based good practice
Involving children and young people
Providing advice, information, training and resources to practitioners in the field

Enquiries concerning the this work should be directed to:

Karen McFarlane
Development Officer: Child Safety
Tel 029 2034 2434

Karen's role is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government through the Health Challenge Wales voluntary sector grant scheme .

This work includes:

Child Accident Prevention Practice and Information Exchange (CHAPPIE) Network

Home Safety Equipment Scheme National Survey

Towards a Child Safety Strategy for Wales

Useful Resources and Links

European Child Safety Alliance

HAP Wales

Injury Interventions

IOBI Conference 24 & 25th September 2009 - Presentations