Did you know people aged 17 - 24 account for 6.3% of all UK licence holders. Source: DVLA Drivers Licence Data, July 2021)
The number one killer of people aged 5 to 29 is road traffic accidents. Source: 2018 Global Status on Road Safety from the World Health Organization (WHO)
1,500 young drivers are killed or seriously injured in the UK each year. Source: BRAKE
40% of drivers have crashed by the time they are 23 years old. Source: Young Drivers at Risk, AA Charitable Trust
Everyday people are being killed or seriously injured on our roads whilst driving or travelling as a passenger. Young people are at a disproportional risk of being killed or seriously injured on our roads.
What we are doing is not working. We need to do something else. We need to be proactive and innovative.
Proactive: Introduce graduated driving licences (GDL). Read my last blog for my thoughts on GDL.
Innovative: Changing the way we teach learner drivers.
Milesstones, “Is designed to expose pupils and their trainers to a holistic programme of learning…{Making sure} every pupil is adequately prepared to manage the key risks of driving before they take a test.” Source: Launching Milestones a new roadmap for learning to drive.
Visit the Milestones website for more information about this new road map for learning to drive.
https://drivermilestones.co.uk/
https://www.alistairstuartdrivertraining.co.uk/
