Trauma Injuries
• General Safety • Cars Safety • Playground safety • Home safety • Poisons • Water Safety • Choking • Toys • Age related safety • Burns • Fire
• Police and Fire: 10111 • Medical: 10177 • From mobile: 112
It is important to know local emergency numbers for your own area as well. Memorise these and make sure your children know what to do and whom to call in an emergency as well.
CAUSE
Number of injuries - 2008
TRANSPORT
MVA Pedestrian
958
MVA Passenger - restrained
43
MVA Passenger - unrestrained
133
MVA Passenger - bakkie/minibus
55
Cycle
99
Motorcycle
27
Other
22
ASSAULT
Blunt
146
Sharp
20
Rape/sexual assault
83
Human bite
3
23
BURN
Flame
93
Fluid
811
Heat contact
51
Electrical
12
Chemical
41
Explosion
9
5
FALL
Off bed
347
Stairs/steps
173
Attendant's arms
104
Playground equip.
419
Mobiles
177
Other heights
545
Other level
1294
MISCELLANEOUS
Struck by/against
671
Caught between
183
Sharp instrument
191
Firearm
16
Machinery
6
Dog bite
Other bite
11
Immersion/drowning
0
Suffocation
Food foreign body
31
Other foreign body
451
Other cause
404
UNKNOWN
151
TOTAL
7910
