Shock tactics for road campaign

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Secondary school children in Aberdeen and Moray will been shown "haunting" images of the aftermath of a car crash as part of a road safety campaign.

The Safe Drive, Stay Alive event at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen next month will aim to drive down the number of accidents involving young people.

A total of 37 people died in road accidents in the Grampian area last year, 14 were under 24-years-old.

The pupils will also see a re-enactment of a crash and hear from victims.

The four-day event was organised by the Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership, which includes emergency services, local authorities and the health board.

Last year 5,500 pupils from across the region attended the session.

Encouraging feedback

Dr Roland Armes, of NHS Grampian, said it was necessary to drive home a "hard-hitting message."

He said: "All too often my colleagues in the emergency department and I deal with the physical and emotional damage inflicted on young people and their families as a consequence of bad driving.

"By illustrating this to our audience, we hope to impress upon them the importance of driving safely."

William Munro, chairman of the Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership, said: "The feedback we received about last year's event was very encouraging and many parents and children felt that the performance really made them stop and think."

The event begins on 4 November.