As the driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident, are you obliged to give first aid to casualties?

The photo shows a car first aid kit with the emergency number 112. As a driver involved in a road accident, you are obliged to give the necessary help to its victims. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that if someone is killed or injured in an accident, the driver of a vehicle involved in the accident is obliged to give the necessary help to the victims and to call the emergency medical service and the Police, and the Criminal Code punishes failing to help when this was possible without putting yourself at risk. In Poland a first aid kit is not compulsory equipment in a passenger car, but it is worth having one: gloves, dressings and a thermal blanket allow you to stop heavy bleeding and protect the casualty from getting cold until the ambulance arrives.

Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 162 of the Criminal Code