The crowd saw four young friends and a child involved in a horrific car accident, while travelling to a friend's house 'just down the road'. Scarred The driver – who had taken drugs – escaped the crash with minor cuts and bruises, yet was left deeply scarred for life, ridden with guilt and shamed by the devastation caused.

The scene of a smashed car and blood-spattered actors from the college's media department was attended by police, ambulance, and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and watched by new and aspiring young drivers.

The event, now in its second year, was initially conceived by the Alcohol Harm Reduction Partnership, in association with Lancaster and Morecambe College, North Lancashire Teaching Primary Care Trust, Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety, Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service, North West Ambulance Service and Lancashire Constabulary, and underlines the number of people and organisations affected by road crashes, although the full consequences are rarely realised.