Research & Reports

We look to review and update this page periodically. If you have a published paper or report that would be useful here - contact us and we'll list it.

Unintentional & intentional injury
Report

Water incident related hospital admissions across England between 1997/8 and 2003/4: a retrospective descriptive study. Wilson, Henderson. (2005)

BioMed Central
The epidemiology of non intentional inland drowning on open water in Great Britain between 1989 - 2001. Henderson, Wilson, Cornall. (2005) Offline access only
Drowning of British Children Abroad: An Indication of an European Problem. Sibert et al : Presented at the 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Vienna, 2004. Offline access only
Inland Drowning Trends in Great Britain. Henderson et al: Presented at the International Boating and Water Safety Summit, Las Vegas, 2003.
Offline access only
World report on child injury prevention. World Health Organisation WHO web site
UK Incident Database Gap Analysis. HSL (Commissioned by MCGA) MGCA web site
WHO injury topic: Drowning. World Health Organisation WHO web site
WHO drowning factsheet WHO web site
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Reports from the Environmental Physiology & Ergonomics Research Exchange EPERE web site

WAID Fatal Incident Report: Showing fatal incidents from the 2009 data set.

UK water related fatalities 2009 WAID database report

PDF(PDF 1.5mb)

WAID Fatal Incident Report: Showing fatal incidents from the 2010 data set.

UK water related fatalities 2010 WAID database report

PDF (PDF 784kb)

 

Participation rates
Report
Water Sports and Leisure Participation Survey (2008)

Water Sports and Leisure Participation Survey (2006)

Active people survey. Sport England (Annual) Sport England web site

 

Public risk themes
Report

Landowners' liability? is perception of the risk of liability for visitors accidents a barrier to countryside access? Bennett and Crowe (2008).

Sheffield Hallam University
On the safe side: Risk, Management and volunteering. Katherine Gaskin (2006). Institute for Volunteering Research
Nothing ventured... Balancing risks and benefits in the outdoors. Tim Gill (2010) English Outdoor Council
Redefining Risk: Girls shout Out. Girlguiding UK (2009) Girlguiding UK
Managing risk in play provision: A briefing for managers. Ball et al (2009) Play England
Playgrounds - risk, benefits and choice HSE
RNLI Lifeguards as First Responders 2007. Dawes, Lorimer, Knight*, North
*South Western Ambulance
Offline access only

 

Behavioural Safety
Report
The U.K. Missing Person Behaviour Study. Perkins, Roberts (2011) Mountain Rescue (England & Wales)