Transcript Company Meeting Title

Trauma Prevention
10th September 2009
Presented
by:
Errol Taylor, Deputy Chief Executive
THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS
RoSPA’s mission & vision
To save lives and reduce injuries
To lead the way in accident prevention
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
How we work
Research / data
National committees
Water & Leisure
Policy development
Workplace
rospa.com / online solutions
Training, Consultancy, Audits
Information service
Public Affairs
Road /
MORRTM
Publications
Lobbying
Leading the way in accident prevention
Home
Who uses RoSPA services and why?
WHO
WHAT
 Government
 Policy formulation
 Academics
 Trend analysis
 Standards Bodies & test houses
 Regulations, legislation &
standards
 Product designers
 Product design & quality control
 Insurers
 Actuarial risk
 Risk managers
 Development of training courses
 Accident prevention campaigners
 Medical practitioners
 The media
 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
Workplace
229+100 fatal
1 million injuries
Roads
2,538 fatal
26,029 serious
202,317 other
Home
& Leisure
4,000 fatal
5.9 million visits to A&E
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
RoSPA’s mission is to save lives and reduce injuries
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www.rospa.com