Flow of participants who were recruited, randomly assigned and followed for safety assessment in a safety promotion prevention programme among a sample of mother–toddler dyads from low-income families (n=277). *Intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses including all the 277 mother-toddler dyads; all the 277 mother-toddler dyads had at least one home safety observation. **In the control group, 55 (30%) attended none, 36 attended 1-4 sessions (19%), 95 (51%) attended 5-8 session. In the intervention group, 26 (29%) attended none, 19 attended 1-4 sessions (20%), 46 (51%) attended 5-8.