HUMBERSIDE FIRE AND RESCUE SUPPORT NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK
The theme for this years National Road Safety Week is “Not a drop, Not a drag - Stay Sober, Save Lives”At least 15,935 people in the UK were killed or hurt by drink and drug-drivers in 2007 (latest available data). That’s: 1,328 people every month, 306 people every week, 44 people every day, 2 people every hour.
A shocking one in six deaths on our roads are caused by drivers over the legal alcohol limit. In the UK, 478 people were killed by drivers over the drink-drive limit in 2007. Women are much less likely than men to cause drink drive crashes. However, nearly a third of the casualties in drink drive crashes are women; often passengers in cars driven by young men.
Nearly one in six convicted drink-drivers are caught the morning after.
Humberside Fire and Rescue Services Community Safety teams will be supporting National Road safety Week by hosting a series of events across the North East Lincolnshire area that will include:
Monday 23rd November 10am – 3pm
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) will be at Tesco Grimsby in conjunction with North Lincolnsire Tyres,this will be an opportunity to have your tyres checked by a qualified tyre company and also be shown how to check tyres yourself if you are unsure in the future.
Tuesday 24th November 10am- 3pm
HFRS will be at the Grimsby College big give away day.We will be at the college giving away goodie bags for new drivers and bundles of advice.
Wednesday 25th November 7.30pm
St James Church Grimsby Memorial Service this service is held for the family and friends of people tragically killed on the roads, the congregation can place a message or photograph on the tree of their loved ones and there are readings from the Fire Service, Police, Ambulance Staff, LIVES, and an A&E Manager. There is also a collection for the charity LIVES
Thursday 26th November 10am – 3pm Cleethorpes
Tesco Child car seat checking, HFRS will be supported by a Halfords Gold Award car seat fitter who will be on site all day checking car seats to make sure they are fitted correctly, the correct size for the child and vehicle and offering general safety advice concerning car seats.
Friday 27th November
Visit from students to the Grimsby Peaks Lane Fire Station, they will be able to look at the hydraulic cutting equipment the fire service use to rescue victims of road traffic collisions and discuss the techniques firefighters use to rescue.
Saturday 28th November
Freshney Place big giveaway, 1000 school bags full of reflective items, road safety comics and workbooks which will be given to all under 12s whilst stocks last.
Humberside Fire and rescue Service spokesperson Phil Leake said
“We are working extremely hard to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured in road traffic collisions, and supporting National Road Safety week is an excellent way of achieving our aim.
We will be working closely with other agencies to get road safety messages across to the public and I would urge people to attend the events we have organised so that they can receive valuable advice”.
