Students shown shocking crash film

Hounslow students were shocked into thinking about road safety by a hard-hitting video of a fatal crash.

More than 2,000 pupils in Year 12 at schools throughout the borough attended the Road Safety day in Ealing earlier this month.

Aimed at 16 and 17-year-olds who have just started or will soon start to drive, the 'safe drive stay alive' film involved viewing footage from a real crash in which a teenager was killed interspersed with interviews with members of the emergency services and parents affected by serious or fatal accidents.

Community safety partnership inspector Adrian Baxter said: "This is a powerful and emotive project that sends out a very strong message to young people as they reach an age where they're allowed to drive."