Overview 

This session relates to analysis of the DfT road casualty datasets (STATS19 data), in particular focusing on the change to injury based reporting by some police forces, and the impact this has on the analysis of casualty severity including the adjustments published alongside the dataset.

The session will cover:

• The reason why severity adjustments are required
• Explanation of the adjusted severities included in the data and statistics
• How to interpret the numbers in the spreadsheet
• How the data can be used in analysis
• Future changes to the data available as more police forces adopt the injury-based reporting method

The DfT road safety statistics team welcomes any feedback on the approach, and this session will offer the chance to discuss any element of the published road casualty data with members of the team.

Who the event is for 

This is event is open to all and will be of particular interest to data analysts of all levels and others that have an interest in working with STATS19 casualty data and would like to know more about the severity recording and adjustments.

Why you can't miss this event 

• Gain insight into analysis of the DfT road casualty datasets (STATS19 data)
• Fantastic CPD opportunity
• Hear from an expert speaker
• Take part in a Q&A session

About the speaker 

Matthew Tranter

Statistician at the Department for Transport - Road Safety Statistics team 

Matthew is a government statistician, and leads the road safety statistics team at DfT. The team collates and compiles police collision data and shares this as widely as possible via statistical reports, open data and interactive tools, to support the evidence base for road safety policies.

Help and support 

If you have any queries about booking, please contact regions@ciht.org.uk 

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