S090231_Motorcycle CRASH folder for card (iv).indd - Kent Police

Caution – don’t put yourself in danger
Road – what is your exact location
Accident – involving how many vehicles
Serious – is anyone unresponsive
Help – don’t move casualty, call 999
Motorcycle Rider Safety
Keep a CRASH Card in your helmet
Contacting the Highways Agency
08457 50 40 30
www.highways.gov.uk
24 hours a day, 365 days a year
(Calls from landlines to 08457 and 08700 numbers can cost up to 8p per minute but
are free from some landline providers; mobiles usually cost more. Please check costs
with your service provider.)
Media Services, Dorking S090231 PR331/09
Printed on recycled paper containing 75% post consumer waste and 25% ECF Pulp
March 2010

CRASH CARD
Name
Postcode
Date of birth
Medication
Medical history
Affix dot to
right hand side
of helmet
The CRASH Card is designed by paramedics who are passionate about motorcycles.
CRASH is intended to be a set of easy to remember steps to keep you safe as well the unfortunate rider
who has been involved in an accident.
If you’re injured and are unable to talk coherently because of a decreased level of consciousness or have
been knocked out,
How does the ambulance crew attending find out who you are, what medication you take or your medical
history What information does the 999 call centre need How can you help the rider who is injured
One side of the card has the mnemonic CRASH - take time to read it. The person making the 999 call is
the most important person at the scene because the information they give determines the response of the
emergency services.
The card follows a similar set of questions universally used by ambulance service control centres, and
focuses on safety, the location of the accident, and how serious it is.
The other side includes information used by the ambulance service and hospital:
Name: First and surnames are best, so please avoid nicknames.
Post code.
Date of birth.
Medical history: If you have had any operations in the last 12 months and/or suffer with a
chronic illness e.g. diabetes, asthma, angina, etc.
Medication: List any medications you currently take.
Contact (next of kin): First and surnames are best, so please avoid nicknames. (on reverse of card)
Allergies: List any Allergies you have. (on reverse of card)
Then, just put the card under the lining of your crash helmet because that’s where the crew will look for
it. Remember - removing a crash helmet is a skill which takes two people and is practised the ambulance
personnel - don’t ever attempt to remove another rider’s helmet on your own.
Help alert emergency responders that you carry a card placing the green dot on the right hand side of
your helmet by the visor, making sure it’s not in your field of view.
And don’t worry, it’s safe to stick on any helmet.
Hopefully no-one will ever need to use the CRASH Card but just carrying it around could make riders
everywhere think carefully about their safety.
Chris Attfi eld
HPC Registered Paramedic
South East Coast Ambulance Service and BikeSafe Assessor
C RAS H C ARD
Name
Postcode
Date of birth
Medication
Medical history
Crash card
affixed here
P.T.O.

CRASH CARD
Name
Postcode
Date of birth
Medication
Medical history
P.T.O.

Contact (next of kin)
Allergies
Caution – don’t put yourself in danger
Road – what is your exact location
Accident – involving how many vehicles
Serious – is anyone unresponsive
Help – don’t move casualty, call 999
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