Safety concerns raised by coroners
Explore concerns raised in Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports.
Recurring concerns bring together individual concerns from different reports that describe the same underlying safety problem.
1,669 recurring concerns
Concern
Trend
Reports
Recipients
Latest report
Inadequate controls for lithium-ion battery and charger compatibility
3
2
4 Jan 2024
Inadequate controls for oxygen-related fire risks
3
13
5 Jun 2025
Inadequate controls for sodium nitrite poisoning risks
3
4
9 Jul 2025
Inadequate controls for uterine rupture risks after prior uterine surgery
3
3
10 Sep 2025
Inadequate controls on access to functional weapons
3
4
17 Oct 2025
Inadequate controls on contraband mobile phones in prisons
3
5
4 Feb 2026
Inadequate controls on hazardous roadside vehicle stopping and parking
3
4
1 Aug 2023
Inadequate controls preventing falls from water-adjacent public routes
3
4
22 Feb 2023
Inadequate food-allergen information and warnings for allergic consumers
3
15
21 Nov 2022
Inadequate forward visibility from vehicles
3
4
2 Sep 2022
Inadequate guidance for managing fetal infection
3
10
24 Jun 2026
Inadequate guidance for managing large babies in pregnancy and birth
3
3
9 Nov 2021
Inadequate guidance for safe opioid prescribing
3
3
12 Jun 2024
Inadequate live-rail electrocution warnings at railway stations
3
4
18 May 2021
Inadequate patient bleeding-risk information for direct oral anticoagulant treatment
3
7
22 Jan 2026
Inadequate prison mental healthcare for people requiring hospital-level treatment
3
14
24 Nov 2025
Inadequate recognition and specialist support for ARFID
3
9
7 Jan 2026
Inadequate safety controls for accessible elevated areas in residential and rehabilitation accommodation
3
5
22 Oct 2025
Inadequate safety controls for helium canisters
3
2
20 Mar 2015
Inadequate safety controls for people near waste-collection bins and vehicles
3
8
22 Apr 2024
Inadequate safety controls for Taser use
3
3
25 Mar 2025
Inadequate training and continuing-development requirements for unregulated healthcare practitioners
3
5
28 Dec 2025
Inadequate training and guidance for asphyxia risks during restraint
3
8
15 Jan 2021
Inadequate visual collision-avoidance controls for aircraft in flight
3
2
24 Jul 2023
Incomplete NICE intrapartum care guidance
3
6
5 Nov 2025
Recurring concerns bring together reports that describe the same underlying safety problem. Open one to compare the individual concerns and original wording.
Data last updated 7 September 2026