Stairs, it turns out, are the most dangerous place in the home when we’re drunk.

A survey of A&E departments found that the wooden hill to Bedfordshire accounted for over 17 per cent of admissions, followed by floors at 13.25 per cent.

Oddly, ceilings also featured and bicycles in the home had quite a high rate with 10.17 per cent.


The figures were put together by drugabuse.com, an addictions website and helpline that produced various graphs about the types of injuries we suffer while under the influence.

It includes the most injured parts of the body. Perhaps not surprisingly they are the head, face, and trunk and pubic region.



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Drugabuse.com said: ‘In what should come as no surprise, the number of incidents spike considerably between Friday and Sunday. This three-day span represents more than half of all injuries that occur during the week.

‘The impairing effects of drugs and alcohol make even the most mundane tasks inherently more dangerous.

‘Men and women of all ages accidentally injure themselves while impaired, in ways that most likely could have been avoided while sober. Even when at home, under the most familiar of conditions, all sorts of injuries occur.

‘Simply put, the use of alcohol and drugs increases your chance of injury in virtually any situation.’