Firework Injury Statistics UK: Hospital Admissions and Trends
Online CPD Academy
https://onlinecpdacademy.co.uk/blog/fireworks-injury-statistics-uk

England recorded 158 hospital admission episodes attributed to firework discharge in 2025/26, up from 123 a year earlier. The five-year series totals 635 admissions, showing the hospital burden of injuries requiring admission.

STATISTICS

Admissions attributed to firework discharge: 132
2021/22 | England
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity.

Admissions attributed to firework discharge: 109
2022/23 | England
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity.

Admissions attributed to firework discharge: 113
2023/24 | England
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity.

Admissions attributed to firework discharge: 123
2024/25 | England
Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity.

Admissions attributed to firework discharge: 158
2025/26 | England
Finished admission episodes, external-cause code W39; not unique people.

COVERAGE
The admissions series covers England and financial years ending in March. A&E attendances and fire-service casualties are separate measures.

USING THESE STATISTICS
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SOURCES
1. DHSC — Written answer 88976: firework-discharge hospital admissions
https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-10/88976

2. NHS England — Hospital Admitted Patient Care Activity 2025–26, External Causes (W39 row)
https://files.digital.nhs.uk/7C/C66AF4/hosp-epis-stat-admi-ext-cause-2025-26-tab.xlsx

3. NHS England — Demand for NHS burns care soars over Bonfire Night and Diwali
https://www.england.nhs.uk/2019/11/demand-for-nhs-burns-care-soars-over-bonfire-night-and-diwali/

4. Home Office — Fire safety when celebrating
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-when-celebrating/fire-safety-when-celebrating-accessible

5. Office for Product Safety and Standards — My safety: fireworks
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/my-safety-fireworks

6. Home Office — Victims from fires with fireworks, 2010 to 2023
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/victims-from-fires-with-fireworks-by-injury-severity-and-type-2010-to-2023