Coinciding with the Brain Awareness Week, students of high school at Vall d’Hebron saw in first-hand the traumatic brain consequences that people can suffer after surviving a traffic accident. Dr. Juan Sahuquillo and Dr. Mª Antònia Poca from the Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery group (UNNIN) at Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) explained to the young students the general concepts, causes and consequences of traumatic brain injury. The activity was celebrated for the fourth time at the Traumatology Hospital of Vall d’Hebron University Hospital.The students heard the experience of the president of the Catalan Association of Traumatic Brain Injury Affected, who suffered an accident when she was 17, as well as they visited the patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit and learned how professionals act when a patient with traumatic brain injury arrives to the hospital. Car accidents and as a consequence, traumatic brain injuries are considered the silent epidemic of XXI century and the first cause of death among young people. According to the Spanish traffic institution (DGT), in 2012, 145 people between 15 and 24 years dead in the Spanish roads.