DfT collision-data study and UCW e-bike safety dissertation meet at injury prevention
A Department for Transport feasibility study on linking police and ambulance collision data and a University Centre Weston dissertation on e-bike safety information both address how road injuries are measured and communicated.
The Department for Transport published a feasibility study [1] on linking police and health data on road collisions, based on a subset of ambulance service data for one area and described as the first stage of a wider project with the Pre-hospital Research and Audit Network (PRANA). University Centre Weston said BSc Environmental Health Practitioner student Alexandra Winter received the 2026 CIEH BSc Environmental Health Excellence Award for a dissertation on the effectiveness of safety information on e-bikes and e-scooters, drawing on perceptions of adolescents aged 16-19 and safety stakeholders [5].
The DfT study and the dissertation examine different ends of road safety: how collisions are recorded in police and ambulance data, and how young riders receive safety information about e-bikes and e-scooters.
Sources
- Department for Transport GOV.UK activity: Official Statistics: Linking police and health data on road collisions: feasibility study
- UK Health Security Agency GOV.UK announcements: Research: Health Protection Report volume 20 (2026)
- UK Health Security Agency GOV.UK announcements: Research: HIV Action Plan monitoring and evaluation framework
- UK Health Security Agency GOV.UK announcements: Research: Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2026
- University Centre Weston: UCW Student Alexandra Celebrates National Environmental Health Award
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