You come across a single-vehicle collision where a car has struck a roadside barrier on an urban link road. Arrange the following emergency scene management actions in the correct chronological order from first to last.
- 1Stop your vehicle in a safe position and activate your hazard warning lights to alert oncoming traffic.
- 2Switch off the ignition of the damaged vehicle and ensure nobody is smoking in the vicinity.
- 3Call the emergency services on 999 or 112, giving your exact location and details of the scene.
- 4Guide uninjured passengers and bystanders to a safe location away from the carriageway.
Answer
The correct sequence begins with stopping safely and switching on hazard warning lights, followed by switching off the damaged vehicle's ignition, calling the emergency services on 999 or 112, and finally guiding uninjured occupants and bystanders to a safe location away from the road.
According to the UK Highway Code and emergency procedures, the first action upon arriving at a collision is to warn other traffic by safely parking and engaging hazard warning lights. Next, immediate scene hazards must be controlled by turning off ignitions to prevent fires. Once the immediate environment is stabilised, emergency services (999 or 112) should be alerted, and uninjured individuals must be directed away from the carriageway to a place of safety.
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Key Concept
Highway Code procedural sequence for managing and securing a collision scene (Rule 283)
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