Sleep Related Incidents
Case reference FOI2025/00825
Received 6 August 2025
Published 28 August 2025
Request
I am seeking anonymised data on the following:
1. The total number of incidents attended by your service where sleep was recorded as a factor for each of the past five calendar years (Incidents could include, but are not limited to: Fires caused by unattended cooking due to falling asleep, fires started by cigarettes or candles left unattended while asleep, smoke inhalation injuries sustained while asleep, rescues involving people asleep or unconscious due to fatigue, carbon monoxide incidents affecting sleeping occupants, falling asleep while driving, road traffic collisions where driver fatigue was cited, etc) — 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and partial data for 2025 if available
2. If held, the causes and number of reports linked to each sleep-related incident (I.e. 150 reports of fires caused by unattended cooking due to falling asleep, 1,500 reports of fires started by cigarettes or candles left unattended while asleep, road traffic collisions where driver fatigue was cited, incidents involving suspected microsleep episodes, etc) — 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and partial data for 2025
Response
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