With road crashes the biggest killer of 15- to 25-year-olds in the UK, Brake wants the Government to make road safety education a compulsory part of the national curriculum and to introduce Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL).
Under GDL new drivers would have a minimum learner period and be subject to restrictions on, for example, when they could drive and on carrying passengers.
A spokeswoman for Brake said: "What this highlights is that we do not only have a problem with young drivers. We have a problem with young people getting into a car with people who they know like to show off by speeding, drink-driving or making risky manoeuvres.
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