Safe Drive Stay Alive is a road safety theatre-based education initiative led by Surrey Fire and Rescue Service and supported by Surrey Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service and Frimley Park Hospital. The aim is to raise road safety awareness amongst young people to positively influence their attitudes to driving and to make them more aware of their responsibilities on the road.

Young people aged 16-19 are invited to attend a highly charged and emotionally engaging performance. Graphic true stories related by members of the emergency services and those who have been involved in a serious accident, or who have been bereaved by a road accident, aim to reduce the number of road traffic collisions, deaths and injuries. Evidence shows that the number of drivers and passengers killed or seriously injured by a young driver or rider has fallen from 122 in 2004 to 72 in 2016.

The High Sheriff commented that he and HSYA were proud to sponsor this life-saving initiative, now in its 13th year and that the six speakers at the event in Dorking Halls were outstanding.

Safe Drive Stay Alive

Awarded 2018-2019