Linking STATS19 and TARN: an initial feasibility study
Initial work to explore the feasibility of linking police road casualty data with data from the Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN).
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Post-crash care is one of the pillars of the safe systems approach to road safety. While the data on road casualties reported to police through the STATS19 system contains detailed information of accident circumstances and vehicles involved, information on clinical outcomes is more limited.
The Trauma Audit and Research Network (TARN) database provides an excellent platform for trauma research. TARN data can be made available for research related to trauma care, and provides a source of detailed information on the clinical outcomes for more seriously injured road casualties.
This work represents an initial attempt to establish the feasibility of linking STATS19 and TARN data as the first step in exploring the value of TARN data in improving the evidence base on post-crash care for road casualties and the burdens of road casualties on the NHS.
This work focuses on establishing a method for linking the two datasets. It is expected that a further update, including analysis of the linked data, will be published alongside the publication of Reported Road Casualties Great Britain in September 2022.
Feedback on the work to date is welcome by email to the road safety statistics team.
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