Incident report

Not a call-out but an incident where team training came in very useful.
One of our team vehicles on its way to a training event came across a road traffic incident in Buxton town centre where the drivers of both vehicles appeared to have received minor injuries.
The crash had involved two cars in a classic T-bone collision.  The Airbags had deployed in both vehicles demonstrating that there had been significant impact.  The drivers had been wearing seat belts and neither was suffering great trauma.   An ambulance had been called but had not yet arrived.
However, to be sure, team casualty care training kicked in and team members examined both drivers to ensure no hidden problems were apparent.  Both had potential whip lash injuries and were later conveyed to hospital by the ambulance service.
The incident has not been recorded in mountain rescue statistics.