Safe driving campaign targets young
A stark warning about the importance of road safety will be delivered at a Scunthorpe college next week.
The For My Girlfriend campaign, which will peak in the run up to Valentine’s Day, asks young people – particularly males aged 17 to 19 - to “take responsibility when driving”.
Students at the town’s John Leggott College will be given front row seats for the show, which will see local emergency services crews re-enact how they would cut out a young couple from the wreckage of a car following a crash.
More than 37 per cent of crashes in northern Lincolnshire involve drivers aged between 17 and 25 years old, including accidents when they are not at fault.
Humberside Fire & Rescue are involved in putting on the event together with Humberside Police, East Midlands Ambulance Service, North Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership and the Air Ambulance.