COMBINED COUNTRIES: Research and Statistics

UNITED KINGDOM:

Feasibility of establishing a UK-wide injury database: report & next steps - The results of a year-long study, commissioned jointly by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the Electrical Safety Council (ESC) and Intertek RAM have been published in a report, co-authored by Heather Ward and Geraldine Healey.

Road Safety Research Report 98. Strapping Yarns: Why People Do and Do Not Wear Seatbelts - The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) worked in partnership with SHM and Future Featuring Ltd to identify who does not wear a seat belt, and to outline the different reasons behind why they do not.

Understanding the Dynamics of Speed Management- briefing paper and presentations from the Department of Transport road safety research dissemination and action learning programme.

Street Drug Trends 2009 - The report looks at information supplied by 70 drug services, police forces, drug user support groups and drug action teams working in 20 areas in the UK.

GREAT BRITAIN:

The Grim Reaper's road map: An Atlas of mortality in Britain

ENGLAND, WALES & NORTHERN IRELAND:

Why Children die - report from CEMACH - 2008