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Make First Aid training a mandatory part of the Driving Licence
Closed
299 signatures
What the petition asks
1780 people died in road accidents in the last 12 months, 23,700 were seriously injured. 50% of deaths occur within 4 minutes of an accident before an ambulance has arrived. Mandatory training as part of the driving test would empower more people with skills to help and save hundreds of lives.
Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary and the Baltic States all have mandatory First Aid training as part of their Driving Test and consequently have many more people skilled to help in an emergency. This in turn makes roads safer and empowers more people to be able to administer First Aid generally. In a recent survey from SJA 59% of people in the UK would not know what to do in an emergency, this is a sensible way forward.
Timeline
| 9 Mar 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Sep 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
299
Status
Closed
Opened
9 Mar 2016
Closed
9 Sep 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.