The S.K.I.D. Program began in Washington County, Oregon in 1998. As a motorcycle officer with the county, we were given the task of coming up with a program to educate motorist.

SKID is a program that brings what appears to be a fatal alcohol-related traffic crash to local high schools to illustrate the consequences of drunk driving. SKID is a graphic and realistic portrayal of crushed vehicles and injured bodies. As the scenario unfolds, local police, fire and rescue, Life Flight and other public safety partners converge on the scene. They actually go through the motions of administering first aid to the "victims"

The dramatization is so realistic that people often get caught up in the emotions of the moment; they even forget that the scene is not real. Many students who witness the SKID Program are moved to tears. 

What We Do:

What we do is to educate high school students of the dangers of drinking and driving.  We were normally seeing between 6 and 10 teenagers dying each year to alcohol related crashes. Since we started and to date we have shown the program to over 95,850 students. There have been 3 deaths and 5 injuries, from a total of 7 alcohol related crashes that have involved students who were members of school assemblies where the program has been shown.

List of people & organizations involved with the SKID Program:

St. Paul Fire Dept.,