How many products are tracked in Toys & Children's Recreation?

PlainSafety tracks 43 scored products in the Toys & Children's Recreation category, each with danger scores, injury trends, and ER visit estimates from CPSC NEISS data spanning 2005-2024.

Where does the Toys & Children's Recreation 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

Toys & Children's Recreation

Q: Which Toys & Children's Recreation product leads danger score versus ER volume?

Fireworks leads this category's danger score at 43/100 while Skateboards, Unpowered Or Unspecified leads estimated ER volume at 110,890 visits a year. Category average danger score is 32/100.

This category tracks 43 consumer products in the CPSC NEISS injury database, together accounting for roughly 306,560 emergency-room visits a year - the 13th-highest of 26 tracked categories by ER volume.

43
products tracked: 306,560
ER visits / year: 32
avg danger score: 3.4%
avg hospitalization rate

CPSC NEISS escalation ladder

Category extract NEISS/toys-and-children-s-recreation Toys & Children's Recreation

Toys & Children's Recreation · 43 scored · 306,560 ER/yr · avg 32/100

NEISS 306,560
NEISS 306,560
NEISS 32
NEISS 46
NEISS 3.4%
NEISS 0
NEISS 43
NEISS Lawn & Garden Equipment

ER-volume peers

Photo peer: Lawn & Garden Equipment (311,508/yr)

Nearest product categories by summed estimated annual ER visits

Figures are rendered from the CPSC NEISS extract for Toys & Children's Recreation; nationally weighted ER projections, not exact counts. How we place categories →

Danger score versus ER volume

According to CPSC NEISS, Fireworks (largest of 2 at 43/100) leads this category's danger score at 43/100 (10,547/yr) while Skateboards, Unpowered Or Unspecified leads estimated ER volume at 110,890/yr (danger score 43/100). They are not the same ranking.

43/100
Fireworks danger score #1 of 43: 110,890/yr
Skateboards, Unpowered Or Unspecified ER volume #1 of 43: 10,547/yr
Fireworks ER volume (not #1): 43/100
Skateboards, Unpowered Or Unspecified danger score (not #1)

Ranks compare the 43 scored products in Toys & Children's Recreation from the same CPSC NEISS extract. Danger score is not ER-visit volume.

Toys & Children's Recreation 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)

306,560 13th of 26 higher than 13 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 Toys & Children's Recreation

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

Top products in Toys & Children's Recreation by annual ER visits

The Toys & Children's Recreation safety profile

Average danger score across the 43 scored products, and how they split across the danger tiers.

Average danger score

High risk (60+): 0 Moderate (40–59): 4 Low (<40): 39

Every product in Toys & Children's Recreation, by danger score

Score	Product	Injuries/yr	Trend	Hosp. %
46	Kites Or Kite String small sample	370	-4%	5.9%
43	Skateboards, Unpowered Or Unspecified	110,890	-15%	4.4%
43	Fireworks	10,547	+11%	12.8%
40	Toys, Not Elsewhere Classified	9,129	+46%	3.0%
39	Toys, Not Specified	54,408	-14%	2.4%
38	Toy Guns With Projectiles	2,051	+57%	3.1%
38	Building Sets	6,840	+9%	4.1%
38	Inflatable Toys small sample	568	+200%	2.9%
38	Children's Play Tents, Play Tunnels Or Other Enclosures small sample	408	+86%	5.5%
36	Balloons (toy)	3,709	+1%	4.4%
36	Wagons (children's)	4,739	+3%	3.5%
35	Dolls, Plush Toys, And Action Figures	5,896	-9%	3.5%
35	Marbles	2,551	+13%	3.0%
35	Metal Or Plastic Molding Sets small sample	158	+155%	2.2%
35	Tricycles	4,779	-14%	3.1%
34	Molding Compounds	2,370	+5%	1.4%
34	Powered Riding Toys	2,575	-10%	4.7%
33	Chemistry Sets Or Science Kits small sample	162	+71%	2.1%
33	Toy Boxes Or Chests	4,866	-27%	1.9%
33	Scooters, Unpowered	50,832	-100%	2.8%
33	Blocks, Stacking Toys Or Pull Toys	2,247	-9%	1.9%
33	Flying Toys	9,724	-	1.8%
32	Wheeled Riding Toys, Unpowered	1,965	-21%	2.4%
32	Toy Guns, Not Specified	1,492	-6%	1.6%
32	Nonwheeled Riding Toys, Unpowered	2,171	-21%	2.6%
31	Costumes Or Masks	1,236	-7%	2.1%
30	Other Toy Weapons (nonprojectile)	1,686	-29%	1.7%
30	Water Toys small sample	466	-8%	4.2%
30	Gasoline- Or Other Fuel-powered Models small sample	634	-	7.8%
29	Toy Sports Equipment	2,156	-51%	2.1%
29	Rocketry Sets small sample	75	-12%	11.3%
29	Pogo Sticks	1,565	-52%	2.4%
28	Toy Musical Instruments small sample	774	-19%	0.7%
28	Toy Bows Or Arrows small sample	351	-28%	3.4%
27	Squeeze Or Squeaker Toys small sample	71	+7%	7.3%
27	Stilts small sample	153	+6%	1.4%
27	Unpowered Models Or Parts small sample	660	-	0.7%
26	Electric Toy Racing Cars Or Accessories small sample	533	-	0.0%
25	Woodburning Kits small sample	72	-36%	9.1%
25	Slingshots Or Sling-propelled Toys small sample	324	-53%	3.3%
24	Engine Fuels For Models small sample	136	-	2.9%
24	Electric Trains Or Accessories small sample	181	-	0.6%
19	Clacker Balls small sample	40	-	0.0%

19 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 Toys & Children's Recreation: other NEISS product categories nearest on summed estimated annual ER visits (306,560/yr) and highest member danger score (46/100). 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

Fireworks · danger lead - score 43/100 inside Toys & Children's Recreation.
Skateboards, Unpowered Or Unspecified · ER-volume lead - 110,890 estimated visits/year.
Inflatable Toys · worsening 5-year trend - +200% over five years.
Lawn & Garden Equipment · volume peer above - #12 by summed ER volume vs this category’s #13.
Home Workshop Tools & Equipment · volume peer below - #14 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 Toys & Children's Recreation 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