50.5. What are the correct actions a driver must take if there are casualties in a traffic accident?
UAЯкі правильні дії повинен виконати водій у тому разі, якщо в ДТП є потерпілі?
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This is an exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine concerning road safety and the correct behavior of a driver after a traffic accident when there are injured people. In such situations, preserving the life and health of the victims becomes paramount, so the traffic rules require the driver not to be passive, but to take clear and prompt actions that reduce the risk of complications before medical personnel arrive.
The question tests knowledge of the section of the Traffic Rules regarding the driver's duties in the event of involvement in an accident, specifically point 2.10 (subpoint "g"). This point obliges the driver to take possible measures to provide first aid and to ensure the call of an emergency (ambulance) medical team. If calling is impossible, the Traffic Rules provide for organizing help through those present or transporting the injured person to a healthcare facility (taking into account the requirements of subpoint "e").
During the theoretical exam, it is important to understand the logic behind the options: actions related to calling an ambulance correspond to the duty to organize medical assistance, and actions regarding first aid are directly stipulated by the Traffic Rules as a priority. The option about inaction contradicts the requirements of point 2.10 and can lead to more serious consequences for the victims. In practice, this means the driver must act immediately, combining the organization of medical assistance and providing feasible first aid until specialists arrive.
Clause 2.10 (subclause "g")
In case of involvement in a road traffic accident, the driver is obliged: "g) to take possible measures to provide pre-medical aid to the injured, call an emergency (ambulance) medical team, and if this is not possible, seek help from those present and send the injured to healthcare facilities."
Brief application: if there are injured persons in a traffic accident, the driver's primary actions are to organize/provide pre-medical aid and ensure the call (or delivery) of medical assistance.
Clause 2.10 (subclause "e")
In case of involvement in a road traffic accident, the driver is obliged: "e) if it is impossible to perform the actions listed in subclause 'g' of clause 2.10 of these Rules, to transport the injured to the nearest medical facility using their own vehicle, having first recorded the location of the accident traces and the position of the vehicle after it has stopped; at the medical facility, to report their surname and the vehicle's license plate number (presenting a driver's license or other identification document, and the vehicle registration document) and return to the scene of the accident."
Brief application: if it is impossible to ensure the actions from subclause "g" (in particular, calling an ambulance/organizing assistance), the Traffic Rules allow transporting the injured with your own vehicle, with mandatory prior recording of the situation and returning to the scene of the accident.
That is, the correct answer is "Answers 1 and 2.", given that according to clause 2.10 (in particular subclause "g", and if necessary — "e") the driver, in the presence of injured persons, is obliged to take measures to provide pre-medical aid and ensure the call/delivery of emergency medical assistance.
If a road traffic accident occurs and there are injured persons, the driver's priority is not documenting the circumstances, but preserving the life and health of people. The very fact that there are wounded means the accident falls under a situation where the driver must act according to the duties defined by the Traffic Rules.
According to clause 2.10 (d), the driver must first do everything possible to help the injured: assess their condition, provide first aid within their abilities (for example, stop bleeding, ensure a safe position, monitor breathing), and immediately arrange for medical assistance.
At the same time, the driver is obliged to call an emergency medical team. If it is objectively impossible to call an ambulance independently (no connection, the driver is in shock, etc.), it is necessary to seek help from those present: ask witnesses to call medical professionals, involve other persons to help, and arrange for the injured to be taken to a healthcare facility if necessary.
That is why the correct actions are those that combine two key duties in the presence of injured persons: to provide (or organize) first aid and to ensure a call for or delivery to medical professionals. This is reflected in options 1 and 2.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Answers 1 and 2," since according to clause 2.10 (d), the driver, in the presence of injured persons, is obliged to take possible measures to provide first aid and ensure the call for emergency medical assistance (or organize help/transportation to the hospital if a call is not possible).