Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service supports National Road Safety Week
Every year emergency services attend hundreds of road traffic collisions, rescuing drivers and passengers and providing emergency first aid and trauma care.
Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service want you to be safe when driving around the area, so please follow our advice to reduce the risk of being involved in a road traffic collision.
Angela Opie, Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service’s Group Manager for Prevention, said:
“Road traffic collisions can be devastating for those involved, their loved ones and for all emergency services personnel to attend. Lives are still being destroyed by the failure of drivers to be responsible behind the wheel before and during their travels.
“All the members of the Cumbria Road Safety Partnership (CRSP) work tirelessly to reduce the number of people tragically killed or seriously injured in the county by identifying the causes and types of accidents that happen, and through the delivery of road safety education throughout the year to different age groups and levels of driver experience.
“Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service delivers Road Awareness Training to all age groups specifically focusing on 17- to 24-year-olds as they are at the highest risk of having or being involved in an accident. We feel that education really is working, but we all agree there is much more collaborative work that can be done to reduce the number of incidents even further.”
Some simple steps regularly undertaken by drivers could help to save lives and serious injuries on our roads - not only to drivers and their passengers, but to other road users such as motorcyclists, scooters, cyclists, and pedestrians.
Car maintenance is a simple first step.
- When was the last time you checked your tyres for legal tread depth?
- When was the last time you filled your screen wash to clear the windscreen to maximise vision?
- Have your brakes been checked recently?
- Do all your vehicle lights work correctly?
Don’t just wait for an annual MOT to tell you.
Visit Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service’s website for further advice on staying safe on our roads.
If you would like to arrange a Road Awareness Training session with one of our fire stations, contact your local Fire Station.
