Students Receive Hard-Hitting Road Safety Message

Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is supporting this year’s Road Safety Week with a series of displays to young people in Bath and Weston-super-Mare.

Photo courtesy of Avon Fire & Rescue Service

With road traffic collisions the biggest cause of death among young people (Brake) AF&RS promoted safe driving to students at the City of Bath College yesterday.

Firefighters set up an accident damaged vehicle with an actor inside playing the part of an injured teenager.

Young people were then invited to visit Avon Fire & Rescue Service’s website to watch two short videos and find out what happened to the teenager.

The displays will be set up at the following locations and times:

Wednesday 19 November:

City of Bath College, Avon Street, Bath, BA1 1UP

12.00hrs – 12.50hrs Live display
13.10hrs – 14.00hrs Live display

Thursday 20 November:

Weston College, Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 8NL

10.45hrs – 12.15hrs Live display

Weston College, Knightstone Road, Weston Super Mare, BS23 2AL

13.00hrs – 14.00hrs Live display

Weston College, University Campus, Loxton Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4QU

15.30hrs – 16.30hrs Live display

You can watch the two videos the students were encouraged to watch on the Avon Fire and Rescue website here: http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/wrecked