Car Safety

Check out the safety of your car here
 


          


          

          

 

 

  • Check out the safety rating of your car, or one you plan to buy at www.euroncap.com Click the appropriate link for detailed description of how each individual car performed and how they compare to other models in their class.
  • For information on National Road Safety Campaigns, or to download leaflets, factsheets and posters, log onto www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk


  • To find the cheapest petrol prices in your area and tips on gaining more miles per litre www.petrolprices.com
  • www.deadlymates.com is a website aimed at encouraging safer driving among young people and getting young drivers to slow down in the car.

 

Pass Plus Cymru is an excellent start - to extend your driving skills further
why not consider advanced driving through IAM or RoADA? For further details about advanced driving tests click on the links or the logos opposite.

 


View an up to date version of the highway code at www.highwaycode.gov.uk

 

  • www.dsa.gov.uk the Driving Standards Agency is an executive agency of the Department for Transport (DfT)


For information relating to safety cameras, including facts, locations and penalties, log onto www.checkyourspeed.org.uk for the Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership or www.arrivealive.org.uk for the North Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership

  • www.fmg.org.uk For my Girlfriend – a campaign helping young drivers to stay safe on the road.


Warning
The pictures and videos you are about to view are graphic and explicit in nature. They are intended to show what can happen to "you" when you are involved in a motor vehicle crash.


The dangers of not wearing a seatbeltclick here

Thrown from the car - click here

Then out of nowhere - click here

Jacqueline’s Story - click here

Powerpoint presentation - click here

 

 

           

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