A shared evidence base
The UK Product Safety Database began recording regulator notifications, enabling patterns to be examined across products and categories.
Consumer safety, before checkout
Some products deserve a closer look.
Thwartly shows where risk commonly hides in a product category, which accident patterns recur, and what to check before you buy.
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We do not label a product unsafe. We help you recognise when its category deserves extra checks.
Start a safecheck
What are you buying?
Category guidance only — not a verdict on an individual product.
FOLO-UP browser companion
Bring Thwartly advice to every supported listing.
FOLO-UP Whistle now links supported marketplace listings to a suggested Thwartly before-you-buy safecheck—or the category chooser when no confident match is found. Open the advice in a new tab without losing the listing, then use Whistle to flag a concern for evidence capture and controlled human review.
Get FOLO-UP WhistleThwartly provides category guidance, not a verdict on an individual product. A Whistle flag is a listing signal—not confirmation that a product is unsafe.
01Open Whistle
Use it while viewing a supported marketplace product listing.
02Check before buying
Open the suggested Thwartly category advice in a separate tab.
03Flag a concern
If needed, submit a listing signal for evidence capture and human review.
Why check by category?
Official UK notifications show recurring product areas and harm patterns. Notifications reflect regulator activity, not the total number of unsafe goods.
30%Fireof assigned unsafe harm notifications
16%Electric shockof assigned unsafe harm notifications
14%Injuriesof assigned unsafe harm notifications
OPSS 2025–26 source
Category risk patterns
Know where to look twice.
Check priority combines recurring official notifications, plausible severity, who may be exposed and how difficult a warning sign is to judge online. It is an editorial prompt—not an official danger ranking.
No matching category yet. Try a broader word.
History leaves clues
The product changes.
The accident pattern repeats.
Thwartly turns verified incidents and official alerts into reusable buying questions—not scare stories.
Small magnets, serious consequences
An official alert focused attention on magnetic reusable water balloons and ingestion risks to children.
Fast-moving battery fire risk
London Fire Brigade says it attends, on average, an e-bike or e-scooter lithium-battery fire every two days.
One public-safety network
Learn. Check. Act.
Each platform has one clear job. Together they take a consumer from prevention to evidence-led action.
Thwartly
Learn category risks and complete a practical pre-purchase safecheck.
Choose a categoryFOLO-UP
Search official-source notices, preserve listing evidence, and report or flag a concern for human review.
Check or reportUnsafe Products UK
Follow investigations, recurring failures, enforcement and the wider product-safety story.
Explore the evidenceA FOLO-UP report or Whistle flag is a listing signal for evidence capture and controlled human review. It is not confirmation that a product is unsafe.
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