South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) along with Gwent Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service are hosting a road safety event for the local community this Friday (April 29) at Fairfield Car Park in Abergavenny.

The event (which runs from 6.30pm to 9pm) hopes to raise awareness of the dangers drivers face when driving with excessive speed, while distracted or practising poor driving skills.

Although the event is open to everyone, SWFRS hopes to encourage attendance from young drivers in light of the recent road traffic incidents in the area that have involved young drivers.

SWFRS Station Commander for Abergavenny, Steve Cooper said, “As asService we take road safety very seriously and events like this help us to share our messages with the local community to ensure that we are reducing risk on our roads.

“Working with our blue lights colleagues means there is consistency in how we tackle safe driving, as well as demonstrating how we must work together should a road traffic incident occur.”

Throughout the event the Abergavenny SWFRS crew, local police officers and paramedics will be talking to members of the public about the issues surrounding road safety and SWFRS will also be carrying out a car extrication demonstration, which will simulate a two-car road traffic collision (RTC) and how as a service, crews remove casualties from vehicles involved in RTCs, as well as how they work with blue light partners to secure the incident.