The ‘Data Sustains Lives’ project is a Road Safety Trust and DfT funded pilot linking national and in-depth road collision investigation and healthcare data together within the PRANA database.

Phil Martin will provide an overview of the PRANA database and Data Sustains Life project, including an overview of the challenges of linking road collision investigation and healthcare data – and the solutions that have been a success. He will provide insights from investigations into the quality of data linkage, early analyses from the linked database, plans for the future, and a call to action for the road safety analyst community.

Dr Phil Martin, Principal Consultant, TRL

Dr Phil Martin is a Principal Consultant at TRL and leads TRL’s transport safety work in the UK and globally. Phil has over 15 years’ experience in applying the Safe Systems approach to the development of safe, sustainable and resilient transport systems.

Focusing on evidence-based research and consultancy, Phil has led projects to support the development of transport safety policies, regulations and standards for, among others, the European Commission, the UK

Department for Transport, National Highways and Transport for London. Phil currently leads TRL’s delivery of the Data Sustains Life project and Chairs the cross-government project Advisory Group.