Risks

As of the 23rd May 2022 this website is archived and will receive no further updates.

understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.

Many of the animations were produced using Flash and will no longer work.

So you think you're safe...

The RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) has an excellent tool on its website: the the home and leisure accidents database. It covers 2001 and 2002, and allows you to search through their archives for various accidents.

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