Trauma Prevention10th September 2009

Presented by:

Errol Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive

THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

To save lives and reduce injuries

To lead the way in accident prevention

RoSPA’s mission & vision

Leading the way in accident prevention

How we work

Research / data

National committees

Policy development

rospa.com / online solutions

Training, Consultancy, Audits

Information service

Public Affairs

Publications

Lobbying

Water & Leisure

HomeRoad / MORRTM

Workplace

Who uses RoSPA services and why?

WHO

Government

Academics

Standards Bodies & test houses

Product designers

Insurers

Risk managers

Accident prevention campaigners

Medical practitioners

The media

WHAT

Policy formulation

Trend analysis

Regulations, legislation & standards

Product design & quality control

Actuarial risk

Development of training courses

Public safety messages

Medical priorities

Evaluation

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

RoSPA – Lives saved

60,000 lives saved by seatbelts

All fatalities halved in last 30 years

Road deaths lowest ever

Child death rate in England lowest in

Europe

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

Legislation

Seatbelt wearing

Drink drive

Safety glass in homes

Consumer safety

Motorcycle training

Safer foam furnishings

Moulded plugs

Hand held mobile phones

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

Legislation in the pipeline

BST

MORR as part of HSE

TMVs

Lower drink drive limit

Accident causation data

Young drivers

Mandatory home safety activity...

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

UK injury data

Workplace229+100 fatal

1 million injuries Roads2,538 fatal

26,029 serious202,317 other

Home & Leisure4,000 fatal

5.9 million visits to A&E

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/youngdriversatwork

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

http://www.rospa.com/csec

RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries

http://www.safeathome.rospa.com

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