The safety of the public in the communities we serve is of prime importance to us.

The safety of the public in the communities we serve is of prime importance to us. In 2010/11, 52 members of the public were injured as a result of our activities, compared with 39 in 2009/10 (restated from 44 to remove five incidents not attributable to National Grid activities). The principal causes of injury were slips, trips and falls around our streetworks and road traffic collisions with our vehicles.

In the UK, we have a programme to decommission older metallic gas main and replace it with polyethylene. The majority of this programme relates to targets agreed with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), to replace all iron main within 30 metres of property by 2032. In collaboration with our gas alliance and coalition partners, we have replaced 1,791 kilometres of metallic gas main this year and more than 15,000 kilometres since 2002/03.