Safety in Sport Perception Survey

In July 2022, Podium in collaboration with YouGov and Sports Governing Body partners (Rugby Football Union, England Athletics and England Hockey), conducted its first Safety in Sport Perception Study.

Designed to become an annual public tracking tool for the status of real and perceived issues in sports safety, the study is intended to provide insight into the public’s perceptions, attitudes and behaviours around sports safety and sports injury and, over time, will assess the public’s general understanding and awareness of sports safety as an issue.

The study explored broad, multi-sport questions and topics including:

• Sporting issues considered most important
• Whether injury is considered a top issue in sport
• Why some sports are considered to have a higher likelihood of injury
• Causes and consequences of injury
• Who should be responsible for sports safety
• Experiences of sports injury
• Behaviours relating to sport and injury mitigation
• Sports equipment
• Views on respondents’ children’s participation in sport
• The mental health and wellbeing impact of sports injury

This inaugural report presents the results from the 2022 study based on a representative sample of the UK adult population, with some interesting findings.

Click HERE to view the full results of the survey.