Statistics

Statistics Compiled by Electrical Safety Council (November 2006) :

1. Fires of Electrical Origin within UK

a) Number of Fires an Casualties in accidental primary fires in dwellings

  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total No. of fires
(any cause)
63,800 59,700 57,800 55,800 43,349
Total No. of fires
(electrical origin)
8’337 8,375 8,492 8,385 8,439
Percentage of fires from
electrical origin
13.06% 14.02% 14.69% 15.02% 19.4%
Total No of deaths from
electrical origin fires
23 22 23 19 31
Total No of casualties
from electrical origin fires
1,107 1,200 1,275 1,117 1,311

Source of statistics relating to accidental primary fires in domestic dwellings:

  1. Fire Statistics, United Kingdom, published by DCLG, UK

 

2. Physical injuries caused by exposure to electrical current in the home during 2002

a) Accidents in the home caused by exposure to electric current

Casualty Total Number
Deaths 21
Non Fatal Injuries 2,788

Sources of statistics relating to exposure to electric current:

  1. Office for National Statistics (England & Wales); General Register Office for Scotland; and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
  2. Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), UK