Jersey trampoline facts
Trampoline accidents are going down, but injuries are still happening. The most common reasons for having a trampoline accident in 2009 were:
- Landing awkwardly.
- Falling off because of no net.
- More than one on at a time.
- Somersaults on the trampoline
2004 - 91 children injured - 5 Jersey hospital admissions
2005 - 93 children injured - 5 Jersey hospital admissions
2006 - 87 children injured - 3 Jersey hospital admissions
2007 - 73 children injured - 6 Jersey hospital admissions
2008 - 87 children injured - 4 Jersey hospital admissions
2009 - 74 children injured - 3 Jersey hospital admissions
Over half of the children attending the Jerseys accident department because of a trampoline injury were there because of a PREVENTABLE accident.
The average age of injury was 9 years.
The most common place for an accident was at a public place, then at home.
