Shared
responsibility -
What you could do
What
could you do as an individual?
Children
1. Always wear a helmet when riding your bike, scooter or rollers
2. Always use a zebra crossing
3. Fasten your seat belt every time you are in a motor vehicle
4. Don't play around parked cars. When you play, play safe!
5. When crossing roads be alert and listen
6. Make sure you wear reflective clothing when out in the dark
7. If an accident happens: Call for help
8. Learn First Aid!
Young
people
1. Always wear a helmet when on your bicycle, skateboard or
rollers
2. Always wear a helmet on your motorcycle
3. Always wear a seatbelt when in a motor vehicle
4. Drive safely when on the roads
5. Make sure you wear reflective clothing when out in the dark
6. If an accident happens: Call for help
7. Learn First Aid!
Adults
1. Always wear a seatbelt when in a motor vehicle
The correct use of seat-belt reduces the risk of death in a
crash by 61%
2. Make sure that passengers in your vehicle wear seatbelts
3. Do not speed when driving
Speed… a fast way to a road accident!
4.
Make sure that passengers in your vehicle wear seatbelts
5. Do not drink and drive
Driving
whilst under the influence of alcohol contributes annually to
at least 10,000 deaths on EU roads
6.
If an accident happens: Call for help
7 . Learn First Aid
Parents
1. Set a good example! This is the best way to teach your children
2. Insist on the use of protective equipment: helmet, child
seat, safety belt
3. Improve visibility of your children by using reflective clothing
4. As a car driver, drive sensibly and with responsibility.
Be aware of children's difficulties and limited capabilities
in traffic
5. Introduce road safety and First Aid to your child
Now
make a pledge for road safety.
Do not forget what you have just promised!
You have just been witness to
a road accident?
What do you need to do now?
Safety
First! Don’t put yourself in danger or you will not be
able to help anyone.
1)
Signal the accident to the other road users (if you
have a car, there is a safety triangle in the boot, make sure
to place it so other cars are alerted and have time to slow
down or stop before they reach the scene of the accident).
2) When you've made sure that it's safe to help, go
and see how the victim is doing. Can he talk? Is he
breathing?
3) Call for an ambulance! Get in contact with
the emergency service.
You've
done the right thing: Secured the scene of the accident,
checked the victim and called for help.
Maybe you think that there's nothing more you can do, but this
is not true.
4)
Stay and talk with the victim! Ask how he is
doing. At this time the victim is feeling helpless and can really
use your support. Ask if there is anything else he would like
you to do to help?
5) Keep an eye on how the victim is evolving.
Is the pain getting better or getting worse?
6) Once the ambulance arrives give all the information
you can about how the situation of the victim has
been evolving.
If
you want to learn more about how you can help, look
for a Red Cross training course in your neighbourhood on the
website
of your National Red Cross Society.
