RESEARCH
This meta-analysis of 26 original studies on assistive lifeguard technology (drowning detection systems) in swimming pools and beaches between 2002 and 2022. Articles are presented in order of recency.
Alqahtani, A., Alsubai, S., Sha, ...
ARTICLE
It is no surprise to many that, as an island nation, we have long recognized the lifesaving importance of children and adults being able to swim. Most can also appreciate that a person who can swim can still drown for a multitude of reasons;...
This article uses a Q&A format to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about how swimming pool drowning detection systems (DDS) work. The focus is primarily on camera-based drowning detection systems, with so...
GUIDANCE
Court judgments
Prior to 2022, the charitable website BALII was the main open-access database providing access to court and tribunal judgments in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Post-2022, the National Archives now hos...
The following data has been compiled and produced by the UK Water Accident and Incident Database ("UK WAID") in their annual reports. In this bulletin, the data has been collated into multi-year summaries.
Total number of UK ...
The following drowning fatality statistics were published in the annual reports of the United Kingdom Water Accident and Incident Database (WAID).
Trends in UK drowning fatalities by activity type
- Walking and running by th ...
This statistical bulletin combines drowning fatality rates by calendar month according to the UK Water Incident Database ("UK WAID") with overseas tourist visits, UK resident holiday's abroad, and hours worked by UK employees t...
This statistical bulletin contrasts UK drowning fatality data as reported by the UK Water Incident Forum (UK WAID) with the leisure time survey data published by the ONS.
Trends in drowning fatalities by weekday
- Reductions ...
This statistical bulletin contains information on the UK drowning fatalities reported by the United Kingdom Water Incident Database ("UK WAID").
Trends in UK drowning fatalities
- UK drowning fatalities across five years ha ...
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On 26 January 2022, the Law Commission (2022) published its recommendations for the safe and responsible introduction of self-driving vehicles to UK roads. In this article, we ask the question, who might be responsible were a swim...