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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Lifestyle
Martin Winter

Average child experiences 104 knocks and tumbles each year with grazed knees most common

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%).

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