Opinion: why road safety needs a chain of survival approach

24 February 2025

In this opinion piece, published by Road Safety GB, Prince Michael International Road Safety Award-winner, Tim Nutbeam, outlines how the concept of a Road Injury Chain of Survival could be the next game-changer in saving lives on UK roads.

Tim is a consultant in Emergency Medicine and Prehospital Emergency Medicine based at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust and the Devon Air Ambulance. Tim is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Post-Collision Care at the University of Plymouth. Tim has worked on extrication and post-collision research for the last decade and is the lead for the EXIT project and director at IMPACT. IMPACT the Centre for Post-Collision Research Innovation and Translation is supported by The Road Safety Trust and Vision Zero South West.