Drowning is preventable, but an average of 304 UK and Irish Citizens lose their life to accidental drowning on average, each year. The infographics below outline some of the current statistics around drowning in the UK and Ireland following a quantitative survey that was run for RLSS UK in March 2022.

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These claims are as a result of a quantitative survey run for RLSS UK in March 2022. We conducted the survey amongst a nationally representative sample of adults in the UK aged 18-65. Quotas were applied on age, gender and region to ensure national representation.