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  • Child accident statistics are no longer being collected

    Child accident statistics have not been collected in the UK since 2002, making it extremely difficult to develop effective child safety policies and initiatives. This article examines the reasons behind the data cessation and looks at ongoing campaigns to reintroduce the collection of child accident statistics.

  • Child accidents at school increasingly common

    There has been a rise in the number of child accidents at school in the UK over the past year, particularly among primary school children. This HSE report comes at a time when child safety is being debated, in terms of how many restrictions schools should impose in the name of child safety.

  • Woman rewarded for preventing serious child injury

    Sally Ann Sutton has received an award for bravery at the National Police Bravery Awards after saving a baby from an attack by a vicious Rottweiler.

  • Child injury caused by dog attack

    In a gruesome child injury case, a four-year-old girl from South Wales suffered horrific wounds to her face and body after a vicious attack by three neopolitano mastiffs.

  • Child injuries caused by friend’s terrier

    A two-year-old was left with serious facial injuries after a friend’s Staffordshire bull terrier attacked her.



Woman rewarded for preventing serious child injury

Woman rewarded for preventing serious child injury

Sally Ann Sutton has received an award for bravery at the National Police Bravery Awards after saving a baby from an attack by a vicious Rottweiler.

The incident occurred on Christmas Day 2008 when the “out of control” Rottweiler rampaged down a street in Kent.  The dog had already attacked two people before heading straight towards a baby’s pushchair.

Sally Anne bravely placed herself between the pushchair and the dog, blocking its way to the child and was dragged to the floor.  She suffered severe injuries to her right arm and continues to have limited movement.

“It could have been a lot worse,” she said (Kent Online, 2009).

Parents of younger victims of dog attacks can make a child accident claim on their behalf. To know more about making a child injury claim, contact Macks Solicitors – the child injury specialists.




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