Stair safety

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This section includes products which may enhance the lighting on your stairs and products to improve the grip of your stair treads.

The lighting section includes equipment which automatically turns a light/s on when movement is detected and products which enable you to add wall mounted switches or remote controls to your existing lighting with minimal or no rewiring.

The slip resistant and high visibility treads section includes treads, cleats, edgings and tapes for stairs.

Help and advice

Every year there are approximately 200,000 accidents on internal stairs in the UK. Over 90% of these accidents involve a fall (RoSPA, 2000, 2001, 2002).

For our summary of the causes of falls on stairs click here

For our tips to enhance your safety on your stairs click here

For more information on home safety visit the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.