Email us or call us on one of these numbers:
Office/Fax:
0845 123 5541
0845 123 5543
Help Line:
0845 123 5542
All calls to SCARD are charged at local rates only.
SCARD News
Upcoming Events
In conjunction with JWT our Sister Charity CADD steps in when Government fails victims of Drink Drivers
Voted Best Ad of the week!
 |
Cracker |
 |
Bauble |
 |
Present |
SCARD is pleased to announce that our Sister Organisation C.A.D.D. has a new Ambassador - Read below:
Young Racing Driver Becomes Ambassador For C.A.D.D.
The trustees of the Campaign Against Drinking and Driving (CADD) are delighted to announce the appointment of Kent Cross as an ambassador, in its continued fight against the loss of life through drink driving.
Kent, a 17 year old racing driver and double Formula Vee champion, recently moved from Australia to the UK to pursue his racing career and immediately contacted the charity.
Carole Whittingham, Chairperson of CADD and her fellow trustees were delighted by the approach, ‘For a young man to ask how he can help our campaign is heart-warming. He recognised that the biggest percentage of drink drive accidents/deaths in Britain are caused by young men and suggested that he may be able to appeal to young drivers by publicising the dangers through his motor racing.
‘I was immediately struck by Kent’s maturity and the reasons behind his enthusiasm for our work,’ said Mrs Whittingham.
Those reasons include early bereavement for the aspiring F1 driver, who will turn 18 in April. He has already suffered the heartache of losing 3 of his friends in separate road accidents. The first resulted in the death of 4 youngsters, who together with the driver of the vehicle, had all been ‘partying’ that night.
Kent, a British citizen, is aiming to race in Formula Renault BARC this year and will be proudly wearing the CADD logo on his race suit, which will also feature on his car, new website, social media and all other promotional material.
‘This is a cause that is close to my heart and I feel honoured to be representing such a necessary campaign. The focus on drink driving is always heightened at Christmas, but accidents happen throughout the year and I hope that through a 9 month racing season I can help to maintain awareness longer term. To save even one life or reduce the number of injured would mean the world,’ commented Kent.
Drink-drive statistics for 2010 are not yet available, but previous year’s show that approximately 90,000 people are convicted of drink driving related offences in the UK each and every year, with over 90% of all convicted drink drivers being male. (Source: drinkdriving.org)
On average, 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in drink-drive collisions in Great Britain and nearly one in six of all deaths on the road involve drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit. Drinking and driving occurs across a wide range of age groups but particularly among young men aged 17–29, in both casualties and positive breath tests following a collision.
‘It is estimated that in 2008, 880 of the 2,645 deaths on UK roads were caused by those whose driving was impaired by drink and/or drugs. That equates to 1 person killed by drink and drug drivers every 10 hours,’ high-lighted Whittingham. ‘That is 1 person every 10 hours too many and together with Kent, it is a message that we will continue to drum home until this waste of life is no more.’
CADD provides support for the families of victims killed and injured by drunk or drugged motorists. Since inception in 1985 over four thousand victim families have gone to CADD seeking help after losing loved ones killed by drunk or drugged and irresponsible drivers. Others have suffered serious injuries caused by criminal drivers.
For more information on Kent Cross, please contact: Sara Mastriforte, Kent Cross Motorsport, Tel: 0791 2201 242, Em: sara@mgroupltd.co.uk
For more information on CADD, please contact: Carole Whittingham, Tel: 0845 123 5543, 0845 123 5541, 0776 9581 414, Em: cadd@scard.org.uk, www.scard.org.uk & www.cadd.org.uk
Below photgraphs of Kent curtesy of Neil Egerton
 |
 |
Press Release
Petition to make it mandatory for all insulin injecting diabetics to test their blood sugar levels before driving after the death of a local businessman.
The fatal road traffic accident of James Mark John Pope from Wallasey, Merseyside has caused his wife, his son and the rest of his family to raise a petition in order to prevent a similar accident from occurring by seeking support to change the law and make it mandatory for all insulin injecting diabetics to test their blood sugar levels BEFORE the get behind a wheel of a car.
James Pope (age 41 years) was killed in a fatal car accident because he was hit, head on by a driver who had slipped into a diabetic coma on the A483 Wrexham Road on 12th November 2009. If the driver had simply tested his blood sugar levels BEFORE he drove only TWO minutes before he caused the death of an innocent victim then this accident would have been easily prevented; James would be living his life today and the driver would not be in prison.
The diabetic driver, Michael Dodd from Chester (age 19 at the time of the accident) was sentenced to three years in prison on 13th January 2011 with a five year driving ban for killing James after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving. James Pope’s family feel very strongly that whilst diabetics have the ability to self assess when it comes to applying for a driving licence then they can abuse the system.
Consequently the diabetic, his consultants and the DVLA need to be brought to account as they all have blood on their hands whenever another husband, father, brother and son is needlessly killed. This is why this petition has been raised in order to enforce a change in the law, as they need over 10,000 signatures in order to have it debated in Parliament.
“The events which led to the collision which killed James were entirely preventable, and, unless we change the law, have every chance of re-occurring.”
The driver thought he was managing his diabetes correctly because he used his insulin; however he had NOT been given any strict guidelines by the medical profession that he was under as to when he should test himself. He should have tested himself EVERY time he was in charge of a vehicle or heavy machinery , not just for his own safety but for the safety of ALL those around him.
Road death figures down
CLICK HERE
Recent Events
Volunteer Helpliners Urgently Needed
Are you sympathetic and a good listener? Would you like to help people from the comfort of your own home? Then why not volunteer to be a helpliner? We urgently need helpline staff who would like to work either on a regular basis or as back up when one of our regular helpliners can't work on a particular day.
The SCARD helpline offers an invaluable service to people caught up in the trauma of road death and injury, and provides support and practical advice to people when they most need it. You can really make a difference by being a SCARD helpliner, and it is a rewarding and satisfying experience.
If you are interested and would like more information about being a helpline volunteer, please contact us.
Updated 16th August 2011
Please consider a donation
to SCARD to help us to continue our work |
Support and Care After Road
Death and Injury.