How dangerous are Sports Protective Equipment & Gear products?

Products in the Sports Protective Equipment & Gear category have an average danger score of 37 out of 100, with approximately 1.3M estimated ER visits per year according to CPSC NEISS data.

How many products are tracked in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear?

PlainSafety tracks 82 individual products in the Sports Protective Equipment & Gear category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Sports Protective Equipment & Gear safety data come from?

All data comes from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) NEISS database, which projects national injury estimates from a probability sample of approximately 100 hospital emergency departments.

Product category

Sports Protective Equipment & Gear

This category tracks 82 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 1.3M emergency-room visits a year - the 5th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

82
products tracked: 1.3M
ER visits / year: 37
avg danger score: 6.7%
avg hospitalization rate

What the CPSC data shows

All Terrain Vehicles (# Of Wheels Unspecified/off Road) is the most dangerous product in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear, scoring 54/100 with about 27,170 ER visits a year.

0
high-risk products (score 60+): 20
moderate-risk (40–59): 267,294/yr
Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip) (most ER visits): 11↑ / 29↓
worsening / improving (5-yr)

All figures come from the CPSC NEISS dataset (2005–2024); products are sorted by danger score so the highest-risk items surface first.

Where injuries concentrate in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear

Estimated average annual ER visits for the highest-volume products in this category.

Top products in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear by annual ER visits

The Sports Protective Equipment & Gear safety profile

Average danger score across the 57 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 20 Low (<40): 37

Every product in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
54	Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles	23,152	+155%	14.1%
54	All Terrain Vehicles (# Of Wheels Unspecified/off Road)	27,170	+26%	24.7%
48	Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip)	267,294	-7%	7.9%
47	Snow Skiing (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	38,116	+58%	8.1%
46	All Terrain Vehicles (four Wheels/off Road Only)	86,228	-22%	11.3%
45	Exercise Equipment	59,940	-8%	8.4%
44	Above-ground Swimming Pools (excl Portable Pools)	1,695	-23%	8.5%
44	Tennis (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	20,779	-17%	10.3%
43	Built-in Swimming Pools	19,924	-41%	9.2%
43	Swimming (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	90,458	-14%	3.1%
42	Other Grills Or Stoves	2,392	+75%	7.1%
42	Weight Lifting (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	95,607	-9%	2.7%
42	In-line Skating (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	14,677	+41%	4.0%
41	Fishing (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	66,834	-8%	2.4%
41	Other Ball Sports (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	37,690	+1%	4.2%
41	Swings Or Swing Sets	52,964	-13%	3.9%
41	Gas Or Lp Grills Or Stoves (for Outdoor Use)	3,529	0%	15.0%
40	Pedal-powered Adult Vehicles (three Or More Wheels)	700	-14%	18.2%
40	Go-carts	11,639	-5%	7.0%
40	Dancing (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	54,311	-22%	3.4%
39	Roller Skating (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	41,390	-20%	3.4%
39	Grills, Not Specified	11,155	-4%	5.7%
39	Martial Arts (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	28,993	-4%	2.2%
39	Shuffleboard (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	394	-36%	26.4%
39	Playground Equipment, Not Specified	23,598	-8%	4.2%
38	Water Tubing (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	6,595	+17%	3.5%
38	Other Playground Equipment	22,654	-16%	3.5%
38	Ice Skating (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	19,831	-13%	3.1%
37	Charcoal Or Wood-burning Grills	1,845	-22%	13.0%
37	Swimming Pool Equipment	5,075	-2%	5.7%
37	Hockey (activity, Apparel Or Equipment), Not Specified	24,362	-25%	2.0%
37	All Terrain Vehicles (three Wheels/off-road Only)	2,212	-23%	13.5%
37	Dune Buggies/beach Buggies	1,112	-16%	15.2%
37	Water Slides, Not Elsewhere Classified	2,677	+44%	1.4%
36	Skating (activity/apparel, Or Equipment) Other/not Specified	6,678	+3%	2.2%
36	Portable Food Or Beverage Coolers	4,919	-9%	4.5%
36	Cheerleading (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	30,539	-34%	1.3%
35	Sleeping Bags	552	-14%	12.7%
35	Flotation Toys (excl Official Life-saving Devices)	1,721	-5%	6.5%
35	Darts, For Indoor Use (activity Or Equipment)	444	+46%	6.7%
35	Water Slides, Backyard/home (not Swimming Pool Slides)	5,990	-10%	2.4%
34	Rugby (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	10,876	-37%	2.0%
34	Squash, Racquet Ball Or Paddle Ball	4,243	-46%	5.7%
34	Water Slides, Public (stationary Amusement Rides)	4,800	-17%	1.8%
33	Badminton (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	1,948	-4%	2.3%
33	Ball Sports (activity, Apparel Or Equipment), N.s.	10,582	-55%	1.7%
32	Skeet Shooting (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	398	-40%	12.7%
32	All Terr. Veh. (more Than 4 Wheels; Exclusively Off-rd.	272	-53%	16.6%
31	Fencing (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	318	+30%	1.8%
31	Darts, Not Otherwise Specified (n.o.s.)	455	-1%	4.0%
30	Street Hockey (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	2,092	-42%	2.1%
29	Curling (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	79	+38%	4.6%
29	Darts, Lawn (activity Or Equipment)	89	+64%	0.0%
28	Water Polo (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	817	-38%	2.4%
25	Kerosene Grills Or Stoves	83	-37%	8.1%
24	Electric Grills	185	-58%	3.2%
15	Ice Or Snow Boating (activity, Apparel Or Equipment)	59	-100%	0.0%

What this means in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear

Use the danger score to triage, then open a product page for the full age, body-part, and severity breakdown.

Pay closest attention to All Terrain Vehicles (# Of Wheels Unspecified/off Road) - the highest-scoring product in this category. See the data
Compare this category against the full danger rankings to see where it sits nationally. All rankings
Cross-check specific models against open CPSC recalls before you buy or keep one. CPSC recalls

NEISS injury estimates are nationally weighted projections from a sample of ER visits, they show relative risk between products, not exact counts.

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), 2005–2024.

Source: CPSC SaferProducts.gov consumer incident reports and CPSC recall announcements.

Disclaimer: This information is provided for general informational purposes only and does not constitute professional, medical, or safety advice. Data is sourced from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); PlainSafety is an independent project and is not affiliated with the CPSC. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, scored, and verified.

Compiled by PlainSafety Editorial, Consumer Product Safety Editorial Team · May 15, 2026