Once behind the wheel with the L-plates off, young people can feel invincible.
But they are not. According to road safety charity Brake, road accidents are the biggest killer of young people aged 15 to 19.
Under-25s make up just one in 10 of all car drivers yet represented one in four of all car drivers killed or seriously injured in 2002. This is mainly due to underage and newly qualified drivers taking huge risks and often killing their young passengers at the same time.
Young men are particularly at risk, with research showing that they are much more likely to speed, drive too close to the vehicle in front and overtake blind. In a bid to reduce the number of incidents, a range of organisations is attempting to educate young people about the dangers of driving.
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