Identifying research priorities for post-collision care in the United Kingdom: protocol for a road injury priority setting partnership

Tim Nutbeam, Caroline Leech, Claire Baker, Elizabeth Box, Lauren R. Rodgers, Kerry Dungay, Louise Johnson, Brian Lee, Marilyn MacQueen, Rob Fenwick, Ian Marritt, Ian Dunbar, Ed B G Barnard

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2025

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Road traffic injury remains a significant global health challenge, causing over 1.2 million deaths and tens of millions of non-fatal injuries each year. In the United Kingdom (UK), more than 1,600 people died and nearly 30,000 sustained serious injuries on the roads in 2024. While improvements in vehicle design, road infrastructure, emergency response, and road user behaviour have contributed to a sustained reduction in road deaths over recent decades, outcomes for those injured remain variable, and post-collision care has received comparatively less research attention. The Road Injury Chain of Survival framework identifies five interdependent stages where timely, coordinated interventions can improve survival and recovery, however, there has been no systematic effort to define the most important research questions in this area. METHODS: This protocol describes a UK-wide Road Injury Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) conducted using the established methodology of the James Lind Alliance. Research uncertainties will be gathered via a national open-access survey and supplemented by a targeted evidence scan of published research recommendations and clinical guidelines.…

Cite as (BibTeX)

@article{nutbeam-2025-identifying-research-priorities-for,
  title={Identifying research priorities for post-collision care in the United Kingdom: protocol for a road injury priority setting partnership},
  author={Tim Nutbeam and Caroline Leech and Claire Baker and Elizabeth Box and Lauren R. Rodgers and Kerry Dungay and Louise Johnson and Brian Lee and Marilyn MacQueen and Rob Fenwick and Ian Marritt and Ian Dunbar and Ed B G Barnard},
  journal={Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine},
  year={2025},
  doi={10.1186/s13049-025-01513-0}
}