Someone in England dies every hour from accidental causes.
Treating injuries costs the NHS pounds1.2bn a year.
Children from poor families are five times more likely to die in an accident than children from better-off
families.
Road accidents kill 3,000 people and injure 250,000 each year.
Young adults in Lincolnshire are seven times more likely to die in an accident than those in Croydon.
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