Holly Scott is SAPOL’s first Road Safety Ambassador and works closely with our Road Safety Section to share her story, with a particular focus on Year 11 students. Her powerful road safety message highlights the ongoing trauma suffered by those involved in a serious crash.
In 2017, Holly was involved in a serious car crash that nearly claimed her life at just 22 years old. She spent 15 days in a coma before moving to Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre where she had to learn how to walk and talk again.
Holly paints a chilling picture of the night she crashed, and the x-rays, photos and videos, show the extent of the damage and confront the audience with the full picture of what a momentary lapse on the road can do to a life, a family’s life and a community.
It’s these very personal visuals and messages that Holly hopes will resonate with young drivers, and indeed all drivers, to change their mindset about driving so they are vigilant every time they get behind the wheel.
Holly and her father Richard feature in SAPOL’s Safer Journey’s Together – Learner Driver and Qualified Supervising Driver Awareness Road Safety Session (click on "Business and community groups"). This session is aimed at young people about to obtain their driver’s licence and their parents/guardians who will be supervising their driving. Holly also speaks to Year 11 students as part of our youth driver education session which covers the graduated licensing scheme, fatal five, crash statistics, choices, risks and consequences and Holly’s story.