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According to the British Toy and Hobby Association (btha.co.uk, quoted here with their kind permission),
“Toy safety has a very good track record. As far as accident statistics are concerned, it is worth noting that only about 1.5% of all accidents involve toys, and even in these rare instances the toy is rarely the cause of the accident.
The UK injury data also indicates that most of the injuries reported appeared to be incidental to the toy involved. For example, the victim (and it is not always a child) tripped over the toy, fell over the toy etc.”
BTHA also say that toys often get blamed in the press for injuries caused by misuse of safe toys, for example the case of a girl who caused a house fire when she tried to get a teddy bear to smoke and used cigarettes and a lighter belonging to her mother.
“The toy industry is frequently faced with sensational press stories which initially blame the toy for the accident when subsequent investigation reveals gross misuse of an otherwise safe toy. One instance of such misuse was when a little girl tried to get her teddy bear to smoke a cigarette using her mother’s lighter and cigarettes and finished up setting the house on fire.”
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