NICE was asked by the Department of Health (DH) to develop ‘Produce guidance on public health interventions to reduce accidental injuries to persons under the age of 15 on the road’.The scope is available from the NICE website: /proxy/?sourceUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.nice.org.uk%2fnicemedia%2fpdf%2fUnintentionalRoadInjuriesUnder15sFinalScope.pdf

All registered stakeholders were invited to comment on the evidence that has been assembled to inform the development of this guidance. This evidence will be used by the Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee (PHIAC) to develop draft recommendations. The evidence comprises a review of effectiveness and cost effectiveness, a review of qualitative evidence and an economic analysis.

Key areas for comment:

The aim of this consultation was to enable stakeholders to consider the evidence gathered and to provide the opportunity to comment, in particular on:

• major gaps in the evidence gathered, including papers in the published literature that we have not been able to identify
• queries around the interpretation of the evidence, both of single studies and the reviewed material as a whole
• the applicability of the evidence and its usefulness for the development of guidance
• issues relating to equality
• issues relating to cost-effectiveness

Registered stakeholders were also invited to submit relevant additional evidence for consideration. In order for NICE to be able to produce guidance in a timely fashion, materials should be:

• relevant to the questions set out in the scope document.
• currently not included in the evidence reviews
• provided as a PDF or electronic link to an accessible version of the complete document.

(If it is not possible to submit additional evidence electronically, please contact the Project Co-ordinator to make alternative arrangements)

Any material submitted by stakeholders during this consultation was assessed for its relevance using NICE's standard methods, as set out in the ‘Methods for development of NICE public health guidance, 2006' available on the NICE website (see www.nice.org.uk/phmethods2006).

The consultation on this evidence ran from 30^th June to 28^th July 2009. 

The reviews and economic modelling were conducted by the Peninsula Technology Assessment Group (PenTAG), Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth.

Please note, the evidence presented here does not constitute the Institute's guidance on this topic. NICE will issue draft guidance on ‘Preventing unintentional road injuries among under 15s: road design’ in November 2009.