This work examines the pre-and post-UK Nightwear (Fire)(Safety) Regulation (1965 and
1985) trends in available UK fire and burns statistics. Retrospective analysis of the pre-
regulation statistics and prospective analysis of the post-regulation statistics indicates that
clothing fire fatalities have fluctuated about an almost constant level since the early 1980s.
Major conclusions of this study are similar to those of previous studies in the UK and the US
in that the very young and very old are at greatest risk, with females involved in 55% of the …