Are you obliged to provide first aid to the injured party when involved in a road accident?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you can see a first aid kit with a cross symbol and the emergency number 112. If you are involved in a road accident in which people are injured, you are obliged to give first aid to the casualty - the answer is YES.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver, in the event of an accident in which someone is killed or injured, to give the necessary help to the accident victims and to call the emergency medical team and the police. The Criminal Code provides for liability for failing to help a person in direct danger of losing their life or suffering serious harm to their health, if help can be given without putting yourself at risk. First you make the accident scene safe, then you call 112 and give help: you check consciousness and breathing, stop the bleeding and protect the casualty from getting cold.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 § 1 of the Criminal Code