Changes in safety on England's roads: analysis of hospital statistics.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare trends in the numbers of people with serious traffic injuries according to police statistics and hospital episode statistics (HES).

Design

Descriptive study based on two independent population based data sources.

Setting

Police statistics and hospital episode statistics in England.

Main outcome measures

Rates of injury and death and their change over time reported in each data source, for 1996 to 2004.

Results

According to police statistics, rates of people killed or seriously injured on the roads fell consistently from 85.9 per 100,000 in 1996 to 59.4 per 100,000 in 2004. Over the same time, however, hospital admission rates for traffic injuries were almost unchanged at 90.0 in 1996 and 91.1 in 2004. Both datasets showed a significa

SUBMITTER: Gill M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1489232 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature