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Callum Grant (5-years-old) and his brother, Aidan Grant (7-years-old) were guests at a friend’s birthday party at the house of Gail Sharratt and John Hoeben in Queen’s Park Avenue, Bournemouth, Dorset on S...

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An unnamed girl, 6 years old, attended Galleon Leisure Centre in Kilmarnock on 29 July 2019 to participate in an inflatable fun session with her family. The fun session incorporated a 15-metre fun run in t...

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Ayxzel Galeon (21-years-old) and Bryxzel Galeon (18-years-old) were on holiday in the Lake District celebrating Bryzel’s graduation from the University of Leicester on Thursday 1^st August 2019. Ayxzel and B...

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On 19 June 2017, Audrey Kiernan (42 years old) was walking home with a friend at 01:10 after a night out when she and her friend decided to cool off from the summer heatwave with a late-night swim in Swansw...

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On Friday, 31 July 2020, at around 20:50, Asyer Daley (15 years old) entered the water near an inflatable aqua park located on Alexandra Lake next to the Lakeside Shopping Centre in Thurrock (Southgate and ...

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Luke Fountain (17 years old) and his stepbrother Ashley Yardy (22 years old) were working by AC, PC & RC Green, a firm that managed wetland on behalf of Kingfishers Bridge Wetland Creation Trust (SHP, 2014)...

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Ashley Chaney was 2 years old when, on Saturday 19 March 2005, he fell into the garden pond at his home in Bursledon and drowned. Ashley lived with his father, Martyn Chaney, his father’s partner Ruth Chane...

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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 ...

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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
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This statistical bulletin combines UK accidental drowning fatality data with waterbody type as published by the UK Water Incident Database. 

Trends in waterbody type

• 75% of fatal drownings in the UK occur at inland water si
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