I'm a young person
Did you know?
You must display L-plates which can be seen clearly from, in front and behind the car.
Did you know?
In the first year of driving, one in five drivers are involved in a crash. Every day in Britain, two people under 25 die in road accidents.
Did you know?
40 per cent of people killed or seriously injured on Staffordshire’s roads are aged between 17-25 years of age.
Alarmingly, 40% of people who are killed or seriously injured in a car on Staffordshire's roads are aged between 16 and 25. What brings this sad statistic home is the fact that this age range only represents 10% of people who live here.
Crash Magnets
Young male drivers are far more likely to have a crash than females and girls are more likely to be injured or killed as a passenger in a car driven by a young male, than they are to be killed or injured for any other reason.
No one ever sets off on a journey planning to have a crash; however, young male drivers are often called 'crash magnets' because they are willing to take risks, risks that if they or their passengers knew the consequences of, they might think again!
So why are young drivers crashing then? Here are some common reasons:
- Speeding and/or inappropriate speed
- Drinking & driving
- Drugs & driving
- Not wearing seatbelts (especially rear seated passengers)
- Peer pressure (being encouraged to drive inappropriately by your friends)
- Over confidence combined with lack of experience
