Work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain

126 workers killed in work-related accidents in 2025/26 (RIDDOR)

Fatal injuries to workers by main industry, 2025/26

A bar chart showing amount of fatal injuries to workers divided by industry sector

Main industry	Number of fatal injuries
Construction	25
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	22
Manufacturing	18
Transportation and storage	15
Wholesale, retail, motor repair; Accommodation and food	11
Admin and support services	9
Waste and recycling	6
Other industries	19
Unknown	1

Fatal injuries to workers by gender and age, 2025/26

A pie chart showing amount of fatal injuries to workers divided by age

Category	2024/25
Aged 16-59	85
Aged 60 plus	40
Age not known	1

Main kinds of fatal accident for workers, 2025/26

Number of fatal injury to workers separated by types of incident

Type of incident	Number of fatal injuries
Falls from a height	31
Struck by moving vehicle	24
Struck by moving object	21
Trapped by something collapsing/ overturning	18
Contact with moving machinery	10

Change over time

When considering change over time it is preferable to consider the rate of injury (per 100,000 workers) as this accounts for changes in the numbers in employment between years.
Over the long-term, the rate of fatal injury to workers showed a downward trend, though the rate of decline has slowed in recent years.
A chart showing how the fatal injury rate has changed over time can be found in the report on work-related fatal injuries in Great Britain.

104 members of the public were killed in work-related accidents in 2025/26

(Excludes deaths due to work-related accidents to ‘patients and service users’ in the healthcare and adult social care sectors in England reportable under RIDDOR).

Data source: RIDDOR: Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations. Figures for 2025/26 are published as provisional at this stage and will be finalised July 2027.