B3302 - Road traffic injuries and risk behaviours in children and young people with special educational needs - 29/04/2019

B number: 
B3302
Principal applicant name: 
Julie Mytton | University of the West of England, Bristol
Co-applicants: 
Dr Nicola Christie, Sarah O'Toole, Dr Elizabeth Orton, Prof Alan Emond
Title of project: 
Road traffic injuries and risk behaviours in children and young people with special educational needs
Proposal summary: 

Road traffic injuries are known to affect the vulnerable in our society. Children travelling to and from school, and young people especially young road drivers, are known to be at risk of being involved in a road traffic crash. We wish to explore whether children and young people with special educational needs (including physical or behavioural disabilities or learning difficulties) are at an increased risk of being injured in a road traffic crash. By better understanding how children with special educational needs are involved in road traffic crash events we can develop and test targeted interventions to prevent these injuries and deaths, and support the parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs.

Impact of research: 
The identification of vulnerable road users and associated risk factors for injury may inform policy and prevention / intervention efforts to reduce road traffic injuries. Understanding how the risk of road traffic injury compares in children with SEND to those in typically developing young people may inform efforts to support these young people to keep safe on the roads. The parents and carers of young people with SEND may be more involved in providing support to their children beyond the time period of young people without such needs. The outputs from this research may therefore inform parents and carers of any additional risk their child may face and lead to improved resources for parents and carers. We intend to distribute outputs from this research to networks of organisations working with young people with SEND. Outputs will also include peer reviewed publications and conference presentations.
Date proposal received: 
Saturday, 20 April, 2019
Date proposal approved: 
Monday, 29 April, 2019
Keywords: 
Epidemiology, Injury, Statistical methods, Injury (including accidents)