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Numbers of workplace transport injuries

Revitalising health and safety targets

Targets for workplace health and safety set by the Government and the Health and Safety Commission in 2000, to achieve specific percentage reductions in fatal and major injuries, work-related ill health incidence and days lost by 2010. The target for the whole economy is to reduce the rate of fatal and major injury to workers by:

Fatal workplace transport injuries 2001/02 – 2006/07p (HSE/LA)

Year Employees Self-employed Members of the Public
2001/02 43 10 5
2002/03 47 10 8
2003/04 51 8 18
2004/05 43 16 13
2005/06 38 13 11
2006/07p 50 2 14

Major workplace transport injuries to workers and non fatal injuries to members of the public 2001/02 – 2006/07p (HSE)

Year Employees Self-employed Members of the Public
2001/02 1325 47 134
2002/03 1271 59 97
2003/04 1551 71 133
2004/05 1578 64 164
2005/06 1447 60 142
2006/07p 1449 69 159

Over-3-day workplace transport injury to workers 2001/02–2006/07p (HSE/LA)

Year Employees Self-employed
2001/02 3989 18
2002/03 3995 31
2003/04 4756 33
2004/05 4683 29
2005/06 4323 45
2006/07p 4196 37

Workplace transport accidents are identified through five kinds of accident where involvement of a vehicle is recorded. The five kinds of accident are:

Fatal workplace transport injuries to employees by kind 2001/02–2006/07p

Kind 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07p
Struck by a moving vehicle:            
forward 13 14 18 11 13 13
reverse 6 6 5 5 3 5
overturn 7 3 5 3 2 1
runaway 2 3 8 1 7 7
unknown 2 6 2 3 5 3
Total struck by a moving vehicle 30 32 38 23 30 29
Collapse/overturn of a vehicle 3 3 1 4 3 5
People falling from a vehicle 1 4 5 9 2 2
Materials falling from a vehicle 5 3 3 6 2 7
Hit against part of vehicle whilst travelling in it 4 5 4 1 1 7
Total 43 47 51 43 38 50

Fatal workplace transport injuries to self-employed by kind 2001/02–2006/07p

Kind 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07p
Struck by a moving vehicle:            
forward 1 1 1 3 1 -
reverse 1 - - 2 1 1
overturn 4 2 3 4 3 -
runaway 3 4 2 3 3 -
unknown - - - - - -
Total struck by a moving vehicle 9 7 6 12 8 1
Collapse/overturn of a vehicle - - 1 1 2 -
People falling from a vehicle - 1 - - 2 -
Materials falling from a vehicle 1 - 1 3 - 1
Hit against part of vehicle whilst travelling in it - 2 - - 1 -
Total 10 10 8 16 13 2

Major workplace transport injuries to employees by kind 2001/02–2006/07p

Kind 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07p
Struck by a moving vehicle:            
forward 377 370 496 442 401 411
reverse 176 177 209 174 219 181
overturn 25 17 14 13 9 4
runaway 58 37 45 42 52 43
unknown 96 50 47 42 31 32
Total struck by a moving vehicle 732 651 811 713 712 671
Collapse/overturn of a vehicle 48 34 47 48 55 30
People falling from a vehicle 668 716 806 824 741 760
Materials falling from a vehicle 97 126 209 206 200 207
Hit against part of vehicle whilst travelling in it 84 86 145 196 169 186
Total 1629 1613 2018 1987 1877 1854

Over-3-day workplace transport injuries to employees by kind 2001/02–2006/07p

Kind 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07p
Struck by a moving vehicle:            
forward 1262 1311 1390 1167 1137 995
reverse 435 432 433 398 387 362
overturn 24 18 14 10 9 7
runaway 105 62 67 85 72 65
unknown 284 156 86 142 93 44
Total struck by a moving vehicle 2110 1979 1990 1802 1698 1473
Collapse/overturn of a vehicle 81 47 44 37 37 51
People falling from a vehicle 1002 1036 1158 1119 982 977
Materials falling from a vehicle 246 360 502 532 431 522
Hit against part of vehicle whilst travelling in it 550 573 1062 1193 1175 1173
Total 3989 3995 4756 4683 4323 4196