Pupils from schools across Moray, Aberdeen City and Shire attended an event called Safe Drive Stay Alive during the week November 3 - 6 and witnessed a brand new show that highlighted the horrific and tragic consequences of a car crash.

Safe Drive Stay Alive shows a film of a fatal car crash and the effects on a family. It is interspersed with real commentary from members of the emergency services, a parent and an accident survivor.

This year, driving instructor and father, Dave Trigger took to the stage to tell the story of losing his daughter and told the audience that a driving licence can also be "a licence to kill."

The poignant performances by Dave and emergency service personnel had many pupils in tears as they heard first-hand about the consequences of unsafe driving.

Over the course of the four day show at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen eight shows had cast members reliving their experiences to the audience and pleading them not to end up being cut out of a car, in an ambulance or on an operating table.

A record turnout of over 5,700 people saw the show, in its fifth year, and William Munro, chairman of the Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership, said:

"This year we had both a new film and new cast members onstage and this combined with bigger audience numbers than before, made for a truly electric atmosphere.

"At the end of each show there was a distinct silence as the audience took in everything they had seen and heard and the feedback we have had in terms of changing driver behaviour makes it very rewarding.

"The show isn't intended to preach to the audience but simply get the message over to impressionable young people that not wearing a seatbelt, fiddling with a phone and not paying attention when driving can have tragic consequences."

The Safe Drive Stay Alive show also marked the launch of the North East Scotland Road Casualty Reduction Strategy which outlines the work by partners to beat Scottish Government targets to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on Grampian's roads.

Safe Drive Stay Alive is organised by the Aberdeenshire Community Safety Partnership with close co-operation and participation by Aberdeenshire Council, Grampian Police, Grampian Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Ambulance Service, NHS Grampian and Aberdeen City and Moray Councils.

More information on Safe Drive Stay Alive can be found at www.safedrivestayalive.org

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