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

PlainSafety tracks 57 scored 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

Q: Which Sports Protective Equipment & Gear product leads danger score versus ER volume?

Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles leads this category's danger score at 54/100 while Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip) leads estimated ER volume at 267,294 visits a year. Category average danger score is 37/100.

This category tracks 57 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.

57
products tracked: 1.3M
ER visits / year: 37
avg danger score: 6.7%
avg hospitalization rate

CPSC NEISS escalation ladder

Category extract #5/33 Sports Protective Equipment & Gear

Sports Protective Equipment & Gear · 57 scored · 1.3M ER/yr · avg 37/100

BAND #5
RANK 1.3M
AVG 37
HOSP 54
MEM 6.7%
NEISS 0
BAND 57
RANK Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment

ER-volume peers

Photo peer: Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment (1.3M/yr)

Nearest product categories by summed estimated annual ER visits

According to PlainSafety's CPSC NEISS corpus ranking, Sports Protective Equipment & Gear ranks #5 of 33 tracked product categories by summed average annual ER visits. How we place categories →

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS, Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles (largest of 2 at 54/100) leads this category's danger score at 54/100 (23,152/yr) while Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip) leads estimated ER volume at 267,294/yr (danger score 48/100). They are not the same ranking.

54/100
Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles danger score #1 of 57: 267,294/yr
Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip) ER volume #1 of 57: 23,152/yr
Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles ER volume (not #1): 48/100
Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip) danger score (not #1)

Ranks compare the 57 scored products in Sports Protective Equipment & Gear from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.

Sports Protective Equipment & Gear vs all categories by estimated annual ER visits

Where this category's summed average annual ER volume sits among every tracked product category (exposure rank, not a danger score)

1,255,131 5th of 26 higher than 21 of 26 categories

Product categories, banded by estimated average annual ER visits

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Source CPSC NEISS · 2026-08-31

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

14 products are marked small sample: fewer than 1,000 estimated ER visits a year, so the danger score rests on few NEISS cases. They stay in this list but are left out of the national danger ranking.

Compare beyond volume rank

Nationwide peers by summed ER volume & peak danger score

Two PlainSafety-derived comparison paths for Sports Protective Equipment & Gear: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (1.3M/yr) and highest member danger score (54/100). Volume rank above/below stays on the adjacent-category ladder.

Similar summed ER volume

Nearest categories by total estimated annual ER visits across all member products.

4 peers

Similar peak danger score

Nearest categories by the highest PlainSafety danger score among member products.

4 peers

Read with this category

Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles · danger lead - score 54/100 inside Sports Protective Equipment & Gear.
Exercise (activity Or Apparel, W/o Equip) · ER-volume lead - 267,294 estimated visits/year.
Shuffleboard (activity, Apparel Or Equipment) · hospitalization lead - 26.4% of ER visits admitted.
Mopeds Or Power-assisted Cycles · worsening 5-year trend - +155% over five years.
Swimming, Water & Beach Equipment · volume peer above - #4 by summed ER volume vs this category’s #5.
Home Furnishings & Fixtures · volume peer below - #6 by summed ER volume.
Most dangerous products ranking - national danger-score list with NEISS disposition cascade.
Most dangerous household products guide - editorial framing for how Sports Protective Equipment & Gear sits in the household injury picture.

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.

PlainSafety is rendered directly from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall and incident records, no number is typed in by an editor. Category risk tallies count CPSC recalls and related product records in this category. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.

Compiled by PlainSafety, Consumer Product Safety Editorial Process · August 31, 2026