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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mathilde Grandjean

Warning that UK is walking into an ‘accident crisis’ as deaths hit record high

The UK is seeing a huge increase in accidents -

More people are dying from ‘accidents’ in the UK than ever before, leading experts to warn of an ‘accident crisis’.

Accidents have become the top cause of preventable death for people under 40, with more than half of fatal accidents taking place in the home.

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