Accidents at home and during leisure time
Falling, drowning, suffocation: Every year, 570,000 people in Switzerland are injured in accidents at home and during leisure activities. This also results in fatalities. The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (BFU) analyzes the accident black spots in a current report.
On average, each person is injured at home and during leisure time up to seven times so severely that treatment becomes necessary. According to a report by the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention (BFU), 570,000 people are injured each year. More than half of all non-occupational accidents fall under the category of home and leisure accidents. According to the BFU, significantly more people die each year than in sports and road traffic.
Half of all injuries in home and leisure accidents are caused by falls. Around 1700 elderly people die each year as a result of such an accident. Most of these people are older than 64. However, children and young people would have a similarly high risk of being injured in falls as senior citizens. However, the injuries are less severe and less likely to be fatal at a younger age.
In second place among the most serious accidents in the home and leisure sector are accidents in which breathing is made difficult or impossible. These accidents relatively often have serious or fatal consequences and can lead to drowning or suffocation. The risk of this is particularly high among young children.
In third place come accidents involving means of transport other than road traffic, such as accidents involving aircraft, ships or agricultural vehicles. Fatal collisions with trains are the most common.
Source: AAIB
