Last year, 846 drivers, passengers and motorcyclists aged 15 to 25 were killed in the UK, with 7,362 seriously injured and 62,146 slightly injured, according to Department of Transport and the Police Service of Northern Ireland figures.
When you look at the results of a survey of 4,486 young people carried out by road safety charity Brake, it's not hard to understand why. Three in 10 have driven without a licence, and the same number of young people have been driven by someone who has been drinking or on drugs, while nearly a third have driven or been a passenger in a road race. Out of the young people who could drive, 45 per cent break 30mph limits by 10mph or more, a quarter had driven at more than 70mph on a rural road and 21 per cent had driven after drinking.
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