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Accident prevention

Did you know more accidents happen at home than anywhere else.

Every parent wants their child to stay safe, but with many potential risks in the home to think about, accidents can happen easily and when we least expect them. However, these can be prevented by following simple safety advice.

Accident prevention for children under five focuses on creating a safe environment and supervising babies and children to prevent the top five hazards:

  • falls
  • burns
  • scalds
  • choking
  • suffocation
  • poisoning
  • drowning

Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) provides detailed safety advice and tips to help you keep children safe. They have also produced a downloadable Child Safety Parent’s Pack.

You will also find further guidance about baby and toddler safety on the NHS website.

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In this section

  1. Registering a birth
  2. NHS support from your midwife and health visitor
  3. Baby vaccinations and screening tests
  4. Feeding your baby
  5. Keeping your baby safe
  6. Mental health and wellbeing after birth
  7. Support for new dads
  8. Getting to know your baby and parenting advice
  9. Young children and screen time
  10. Coping with your baby crying
  11. Sleep support for under 2's
  12. If your child is unwell
  13. Looking after your babies teeth
  14. Childcare and early years education
  15. Learning to talk
  16. 18 month development check
  17. Toilet training
  18. Accident prevention
  19. Active lives and movement
  20. Fun things to do with under 2's