Young drivers
In 2023 in the UK around one in 5 of all killed or seriously injured casualties from collisions involving cars were in collisions involving a young car driver (Department for Transport, 2024).
In the age group 17-24 young male car drivers are 4 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured compared to all car drivers aged over 25 (Department for Transport, 2024)
The most common contributory factor in this group of vulnerable road users is "driver failed to look properly"
Other factors are:
"loss of control", exceeding the speed limit" and "learner or inexperienced driver"
(Department for Transport, 2024)
LCC have funded digital page turner magazines by First car media.
QR codes for digital page turners
DriveFit
DriveFit is an intervention designed for Y12/13 students. We are in the process of piloting an adapted version currently.
The intervention is supported by Road Safety GB.
The DriveFit intervention was developed by Elizabeth Box, Doctoral Researcher at Cranfield University and Director of Research at the RAC Foundation, as part of the Pre-driver Theatre and Workshop Education Research (PdTWER) programme, which ran between September 2019 and March 2023. Further details about the programme of research can be found here.
This programme of research was kindly supported by the RAC Foundation, Road Safety GB, the National Fire Chiefs Council, Kent Fire and Rescue Service, the Road Safety Trust and the Department for Transport. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service and Kent Fire and Rescue Service also supported the delivery of the DriveFit research trial.
DriveFit intervention guide
- Drivefit Intervention Guide PDF 1.60 MB