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Injury statistics

This page provides information on injuries reported under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 to the HSE and Local Authorities.

Fatal injuries

Fatal injury rates* to workers** in Motor Vehicle Repair(MVR)*** as reported to all enforcing authorities

Fatal injuries in MVR, total number and comparison of rate per 100 000 by industry
Fatal Injuries to workers in MVR Rate:
MVR 		Rate:
Manufacturing		 Rate:
Construction 		Rate:
Agriculture 		Rate:
All industries
2009/10 3 1.1 0.9 1.8 12.4 0.5
2010/11 5 1.9 1.0 2.3 9.9 0.6
2011/12p 6 2.4 1.1 2.3 9.7 0.6
3 year average 5 1.8 1.0 2.1 10.6 0.6

* Employment data is not available for rates calculation before 2009/10
** Workers = employees and self-employed
*** As defined by Standard Industrial Classification SIC 2007 code '4520'

Fatal injuries to workers in Motor Vehicle Repair (MVR)*** as reported to all enforcing authorities 2001/02 to 2011/12p

Fatal injuries by year

red dotted line Fatal injuries to workers

black solid line 3 per. Mov. Avg. (Fatal injuries to workers)

During the whole period from 2001/02-2011/12p, the kinds of fatal injury to workers were:

Fatal injuries to workers 2001/02 - 2011/12
Fatal injuries Percentage
Hit by moving object/collapsing/overturning 17 27%
Hit by moving vehicle 14 23%
Fall from height 6 10%
Fire / explosion 6 10%
Contact with harmful substance 4 6%
Other known kind 9 15%
Unspecified or  unknown kind 6 10%
Electricity 2 3%
Slip or trip 2 3%
Hit against a fixed object 2 3%
Drowned or asphyxiated 2 3%
Explosion 0 0%
Contact with moving machinery 1 2%
Total 67

Kinds of fatal Injury to workers in MVR, as percentage of total 2001/02 to 2011/12p

Pie chart showing percentage of each kind of fatal Injury

Key:

black dots Hit by moving object/collapsing/overturning

red stripes Hit by moving vehicle

pink Fall from height

green grid Fire / explosion

purple Contact with harmful substance

blue stripes Other known kind

blue Unspecified or unknown kind

Non-fatal injuries

The following table shows the numbers of non-fatal injuries in MVR reported to the HSE and Local Authorities (LAs), for the 3 years 2009/10 to 2011/12p.

The rates per 100,000 employees are also included in the second table.

Non-fatal RIDDOR injuries are those defined as Major (typically, fractures, amputations) and those defined as Over 3 day (injuries which led to 4 or more days absence from the employee's normal work).

Before 12 September 2011, RIDDOR reporting was mainly by telephone to the Incident Contact Centre. Subsequently, reporting was primarily by an online based system via the HSE website. Consequently, there may be some discontinuities in data whilst this new system beds in. [For example the total numbers of injuries were substantially lower in 2011/12p than in the previous two years as shown in the table and "All other kinds and unknown" figure doubled in 2011/12p from the 2009/10 and 2010/11 figures.] Another effect of this change is to how the SIC codes were allocated.

From 2011/12 onwards, HSE will only be able to provide injury numbers for Majors and injuries leading to more than 7 days absence from the employee's normal work.

RIDDOR reported non-fatal injuries to employees in Motor Vehicle Repair (MVR)* by kind of accident 2009/10 to 2011/12p

2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 Percentage of
3 year total
Lifting and handling injuries 544 435 303 33%
Slip, trip, fall same level 292 280 232 21%
Struck by object 256 211 170 16%
Fall from height 95 114 79 7%
Struck against 53 68 47 4%
Struck by moving vehicle 43 55 31 3%
Contact with machinery 42 42 41 3%
Exposure to harmful substance 37 34 14 2%
Exposed to fire 18 12 15 1%
Trapped by something collapsing 11 4 6 1%
All other kinds and unknown 70 76 149 8%

*As defined by Standard Industrial Classification SIC 2007 code '4520'

Non-fatal injury rates to employees in Motor Vehicle Repair (MVR) * as reported to all enforcing authorities 2009/10 to 2011/12p

Rate of injury per 100 000 employees
Nonfatal injuries
(Major percentage in brackets)		 Major Over 3 day Total injuries
2009/10 1 461
(26%)		 152 529.2 682.1
2010/11 1 331
(25%)		 138.2 502.7 642.8
2011/12 1 087
(28%)		 129.3 437.3 568.7

* As defined by Standard Industrial Classification SIC 2007 code '4520'

Annual non-fatal injury numbers to employees in motor vehicle repair (SIC 4520)

Non-fatal injury numbers by year

red dotted line Major

black full line Over 3 days

 

Link URLs in this page

  1. Motor vehicle repairhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/index.htm
  2. Introductionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/introduction.htm
  3. Overview - Common MVR topicshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/index.htm
  4. Benzenehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/benzene.htm
  5. Choosing the correct gloveshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/gloves.htm
  6. Cleaning/degreasing substances including valetinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/degreaser.htm
  7. Electric and hybrid vehicleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/electric-hybrid.htm
  8. Falls from heighthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/falls.htm
  9. Fire and explosionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/fire.htm
  10. Fluoroelastomershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/fluoroelastomers.htm
  11. General COSHH essential sheetshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/general-coshh.htm
  12. Hand-arm vibrationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/vibration.htm
  13. Harmful dusts - Inhalation and Dermatitis riskshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/dusts.htm
  14. Manual handlinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/manual.htm
  15. Noisehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/noise.htm
  16. Safety in the use of two-post vehicle liftshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/fallofflifts.htm
  17. Slips and tripshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/slips.htm
  18. Storing and handling airbagshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/storing-handling-airbags-seat-belt.htm
  19. Struck by...https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/struckby.htm
  20. Updated guidance on vehicle liftshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/updated-guidance-on-vehicle-lifts.htm
  21. Used engine oilhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/oil.htm
  22. Workplace transporthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/transport.htm
  23. Overview - Bodyshopshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/bodyshop/index.htm
  24. 2-pack isocyanate paintshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/bodyshop/isocyanates.htm
  25. Bodyshop mythshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/bodyshop/myths/index.htm
  26. COSHH essential sheetshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/bodyshop/coshh-paintspraying.htm
  27. Measuring paint spray booth clearance timehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/bodyshop/cleartime.htm
  28. Overview - Mechanical repairhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/index.htm
  29. Asbestoshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/asbestos.htm
  30. Hot work on wheelshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/hot-work-on-wheels.htm
  31. Tyre removal, replacement and inflationhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/tyreremoval.htm
  32. Vehicle exhaust emissions (Diesel)https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/exhaust.htm
  33. Welding and flamecuttinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/welding.htm
  34. Wheel and tyre explosionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/wheel-and-tyres.htm
  35. Working under vehicleshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/mechanical-repair/under-vehicles.htm
  36. Overview - Roadside repair and recoveryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/roadside-repair/index.htm
  37. Automotive glazinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/roadside-repair/glazing.htm
  38. Essential precautionshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/roadside-repair/essential-precautions.htm
  39. Repair or recovery of buses and coaches fitted with air suspensionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/roadside-repair/buses.htm
  40. Overview - Resourceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/resources/index.htm
  41. COSHH essentialshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/essentials/direct-advice/mvr.htm
  42. Overview - Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/resources/statistics/index.htm
  43. Ill health statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/resources/statistics/illhealthstats.htm
  44. Injury statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/resources/statistics/injurystats.htm
  45. Useful external websiteshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/resources/links.htm
  46. Videoshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/resources/videos/index.htm
  47. Contactshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/contact.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

MVR
Motor Vehicle Repair
COSHH
Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health

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Updated 2024-07-15