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Lisa Gilmour

Lisa Gilmour. Department for Transport Update on Young Driver Green Paper. Young Drivers . What is the Extent of the Young Driver Problem? . Percentage of 17-24 year olds who hold a full driving licence. What are the characteristics of young c ar d river collisions? .

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Lisa Gilmour

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  1. Lisa Gilmour Department for Transport Update on Young Driver Green Paper

  2. Young Drivers

  3. What is the Extent of the Young Driver Problem?

  4. Percentage of 17-24 year olds who hold a full driving licence

  5. What are the characteristics of young car driver collisions? • Nearly 79% of all young car drivers involved in fatal collisions were males. • Likely to have factors relating to speed, recklessness or vehicle control which contributed to the collisions. • There is research to suggest that peer pressure can encourage young drivers to drive more dangerously: • In 2012, 56% of passenger casualties in collisions involving at least one young car driver were aged 17 to 24, as were the majority of the fatalities (61%). • Young drivers are also more likely to have collisions that result in either a fatality or serious injury at night. • The majority of young driver collisions happen in urban areas: • In 2012, these crashes accounted for 55% of the casualties from collisions involving young car drivers. • Rural young drivers are more likely to be involved in a collision than urban young drivers. • Around 8% of casualties in urban areas were either killed or seriously injured, compared with around 12% in rural areas.

  6. The effect of age and experience on accident liability

  7. What’s the Evidence? • Graduated Driving Licensing • TRL Research • Northern Ireland

  8. Comparison Site - Data at a Local Level

  9. What’s Next…… • Young Drivers Green Paper • Within our Business Plan to be published later this year.

  10. Lisa Gilmour Head of Young Drivers PolicyRoad User, Licensing, Insurance and Safety Division Tel: 0207 944 2456Email: lisa.Gilmour@dft.gsi.gov.uk

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