18/08/2020
APIL INJURY PREVENTION WEEK - 17-21 AUGUST 2020
It is injury prevention week and this year APIL are focusing on Pedestrian safety after research found worrying gaps in road safety knowledge among consumers. Expanded from one day to a full week for the first time this year, there will be a particular focus on road safety for children, who will be preparing to go back to school in August and September.
“The number of pedestrian fatalities has not improved over the last ten years which is why we’re taking this very seriously,” said Sam Elsby, president of APIL, which hosts Injury Prevention Week (17-21 August).
“We started Injury Prevention Day because we found that the Government always focusses on the wrong thing when it looks at personal injury and legal reform,” he went on. “The arguments are never about preventing needless harm in the first place. Let’s be honest, the Government’s work is often about restricting rights to redress after the harm has been done,” said Sam.
As part of the campaign, APIL will be launching a series of important safety messages to pedestrians across social media throughout the week via some awareness stories in the press.
The personal injury team at Russell & Russell Solicitors are proud to be participating members of the campaign launched by APIL and will continue to support the initiative.
Free Personal Injury Advice Clinic
From Friday 4th September Russell & Russell are launching a free weekly Personal Injury Clinic at our Atherton office where we will be providing free legal consultations regarding personal injury matters. You do not need to pre book an appointment and the clinics will be running weekly, every Friday at 10am till 12pm.
Address is: 43 Market Street Atherton M46 0GQ
Telephone: 01942 884 469
For more information on our drop in personal injury clinic or to speak with one of our specialist injury lawyers, please call 0800 731 7555 or make an online enquiry
Please note that this article is meant as general guidance and not intended as legal or professional advice. Updates to the law may have changed since this article was published.