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The most common causes of coincidental death are road traffic accidents and murder. The 2006–2008 report recommended that all pregnant women should be advised to wear a three‐point seat belt in a motor vehicle and the 2014–2016 report again recommended that routine enquiry about domestic abuse should be made at booking or during pregnancy. All women should be seen alone at least once in pregnancy. If an injury, like a black eye, is noticed, staff should ask sympathetically – but directly – how it was caused and should be prepared to offer support. All women who were murdered between 2014 and 2016 were murdered by a partner or former partner, and the rapid report into SARS‐CoV‐2‐associated deaths also noted two deaths due to domestic violence. It remains important that women are given the opportunity to disclose domestic abuse, and that they are appropriately referred for support if they do.