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If you need to alert the emergency services following a road traffic accident, the correct thing to do is...

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Telephone 112

Call 112 as soon as possible from a safe position. Give the location, vehicles involved, casualties and hazards you can identify, and follow the operator’s instructions. Do not delay the call while trying to establish every fact or make diagnoses: report what you know and what you cannot confirm. Searching for an SOS post should not delay a call you can already make safely; use available emergency facilities when needed.

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  • Notify the nearest hospital or doctor's surgery directly

  • Quickly look for the nearest SOS post

  • Telephone 112

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