The work between policy and practice
Road safety progress depends on more than commitments. It requires sustained action, strong partnerships, and accountability to ensure that policies…
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IMPACT have held the UK’s first road Injury Priority Setting Partnership (PSP), addressing what happens in the crucial moments after a road traffic collision. The Top Ten research priorities have now been established.
While road safety research has traditionally prioritised prevention, far less attention has been given to the evidence needed to improve emergency response, clinical care, coordination between services, and recovery following serious road injury.
Led by IMPACT, the Centre for Post‑Collision Research, Innovation and Translation, at Devon Air Ambulance, the partnership brought together people with lived experience of road injury, such as patients, members of the public, emergency responders, clinicians, researchers, charities and policy partners. Working as equal contributors, participants identified the most important unanswered questions about post‑collision care to help shape where future research and innovation should be focused.
The PSP was made possible through funding from Transport Scotland and Vision Zero South West, and delivered in partnership with the Faculty of Pre‑Hospital Care (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh). The priorities agreed through this process create a shared, publicly identified research agenda to inform future studies, funding decisions, policy discussions and system improvement related to road injury in the UK.
