Organisation: Department for Transport
Date uploaded: 1st March 2011
Date published/launched: February 2011
The aim of this project is to explore the relationship between reported road traffic injuries and exposure to risk in the road environment and a range of individual, family and environmental risk factors in adolescents aged 13-14 years.
injuries and exposure to risk in the road environment and a range of individual,
family and environmental risk factors in adolescents aged 13–14 years from a largescale contemporary cohort, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).
The Department for Transport has a target to reduce road traffic casualties. Young
people aged 11–15 years remain a priority because casualties in this age group have
fallen by less than those for younger children.
ALSPAC is unique in having detailed information on the transition from childhood to adulthood in a contemporary cohort, which provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the exposure to injury risk in the road environment through adolescence. The second decade of life is an important phase in the life course, where transitions from childhood to adolescence are taking place.
ALSPAC is a longitudinal birth cohort study, which started in 1991 in the former
county of Avon in south-west England. Data has been collected on the young
people and their parents for the past 18 years. A wealth of data has thus been
collected on the children’s health, development and environment.
For more information contact:
Dave Hammond
T: 020 7944 6436