Unfortunately there are lots of fatalities in toilets it is just no one seems to be tallying them up. I have asked organisations but no one has got figures. think it’s because so many public toilets have been lost that most provision is now in supermarkets, shopping centres, pubs etc. It’s not in the interest of any business to advertise the fact someone has died on their premises. Nor will families want it in the papers.
Back in the day there was even proper supervision in toilets - many public toilets had attendants. Now the ‘supervision’ has to be strangers around you.
In Document T (2024) it does not specifically mention door gaps though this document is a version from BS6465. I have been told by the Health and Safety executive that the single sex designs (C and D) can have them. I investigated why their safety aspect, particularly for those with long term health conditions, was not emphasised in Document T and worked it all the way back to a consultation document which referenced an opinion article with this quote (which was unexpected): ‘A better solution, supported by many transactivists, and increasingly found in trendy nightclubs and restaurants, is to eliminate gender-segregated facilities entirely and treat the public restroom as one single open space with fully enclosed stalls’.
This design is what I keep coming across when people talk about ‘inclusive’ toilets. But they are not inclusive to women, to frail people, to children, to those with invisible disabilities whom are more likely to collapse, to people who want to use a single sex toilet for any reason such as religious reasons or from previous trauma.
From my data, it doesn’t matter how public the open space is before the fully enclosed stalls. The danger comes from the stall being fully enclosed.