Breakdowns of LFS Work-related Road Traffic Accidents in Great Britain
Table 1: Estimated annual incidence and percentage of self-reported, work-related non-fatal road traffic accidents to workers, by time taken to return to work, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2003/04-2011/12.
Time Taken to Return to Work† | Averaged estimated Incidence (thousands) | Averaged estimated percentage of injuries | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | |||
lower | upper | lower | upper | |||
Same day | 19 | 17 | 22 | 24% | 22% | 27% |
1 day | 10 | 9 | 12 | 13% | 11% | 15% |
2 days | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6% | 5% | 8% |
3 days | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7% | 6% | 9% |
4 days | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4% | 3% | 5% |
5 to 7 days | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10% | 9% | 12% |
8 to 14 days | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11% | 9% | 12% |
15 to 30 days | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9% | 7% | 11% |
31 to 60 days | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5% | 4% | 7% |
61 to 365 days | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4% | 3% | 6% |
Still off / Don't know | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6% | 5% | 7% |
All road traffic injuries | 81 | 76 | 86 | .. | .. | .. |
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Table 2: Estimated annual incidence and percentage of self-reported, work-related non-fatal road traffic accidents to workers, by nature of injury, for people working in the last 12 months, averaged 2006/07-2011/12.
Nature of injury | Averaged estimated Incidence (thousands) | Averaged estimated percentage of injuries | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
central | 95% C.I. | central | 95% C.I. | |||
lower | upper | lower | upper | |||
Fracture/broken bones | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6% | 5% | 8% |
Dislocation of joints | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Strain/sprain | 31 | 27 | 35 | 41% | 37% | 44% |
Superficial | 12 | 10 | 14 | 16% | 13% | 18% |
Lacerations/open wounds | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Burns/scalds | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Other type of injury | 25 | 22 | 29 | 33% | 29% | 36% |
All road traffic injuries | 77 | 71 | 83 | .. | .. | .. |
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Notes:
.. Not applicable
* Sample numbers too small to provide reliable estimates.
† 1 day = The day after the accident,
2 days = On the second day after the accident etc
These statistics contain estimates of work-related road traffic accidents and are not comparable with DfT statistics
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a national survey currently consisting of around 44,000 households each quarter which provides information on the UK labour market. The Heath and Safety Executive commissions annual questions in the LFS to gain a view of work-related illness and workplace injury based on individuals' perceptions.
The LFS survey data is used to make inferences about the whole population. When data obtained from a sample is used in this way, there is an element of sampling error, or uncertainty, about the sample estimate. Confidence intervals represent the range of uncertainty resulting from the estimate being derived from a sample of people, not the entire population. They are calculated in such a way that the range has a 95% chance of including the true value in the absence of bias - that is the value that would have been obtained if the entire population had been surveyed.