The average child will have 104 knocks and tumbles each year, with grazed knees, bumps to the head and cut fingers the most common injuries.
A study of 2,000 parents found youngsters aged two to 14 experience things like bruises, split lips and scratches a couple of times a week.
Tripping up is often to blame for a wound (44%), as well as falling off playground equipment (37%) and falling on the stairs (20%).