Road Traffic Injury – Analytics for Integrated Data (RTI-AID)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Road Traffic Injury – Analytics for Integrated Data (RTI-AID)
IRAS ID
245127
Contact name
Seema Yalamanchili
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 15 months, days
Research summary
The WHO identify road traffic collisions (RTCs) as the leading cause of injury globally, with 1.35 million deaths and 50 million seriously disabled annually. The burden is heaviest in developing countries, but even high income countries including the UK have seen stagnation in progress addressing this problem. Fragmented public infrastructure for data capture of RTCs and road traffic injury (RTI) is arguably the most significant hurdle. However, the surge in use of social media, citizen-reporting of incidents and other forms of mobile and web data pose an opportunity for data-mining which could be used as an alternate means of monitoring (or surveillance in public heath terms) to identify and predict areas of high risk. Such a strategy has been successfully employed in mapping and planning services for Ebola, Zika and influenza. Similarly, it could provide greater insight into RTC and RTI that could facilitate better post-crash care and divert resources to reduce risk, saving lives both within the UK and in multiple global contexts.
This project has two key aims
(1)To link hitherto unlinked high-quality datasets available through London police, transport and health systems to paint a comprehensive and complete picture of RTI from point of impact until definite care. This linkage offers the opportunity for unique analysis to find insights about the patterns of risk and injury behaviour that have previously been unappreciated and that could be targets for intervention.
(2)To use the high quality linked datasets in London as a control to validate the novel data sets and assess their accuracy in identifying RTC and RTI location, frequency and severity.
Our findings on patterns of risk and outcomes in RTI will be disseminated to the public, healthcare providers, road safety groups and policy makers to improve the design of interventions, practice, behaviours and ultimately reduce collisions and injury.REC name
West of Scotland REC 4
REC reference
20/WS/0162
Date of REC Opinion
11 Nov 2020
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion