Resources

Young driver road safety and casualty statistics

Department for Trasport. (2023). Reported road casualties in Great Britain: younger driver factsheet, 2022.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-older-and-younger-driver-factsheets-2022/reported-road-casualties-in-great-britain-younger-driver-factsheet-2022Link opens in a new window

Association of British Insurers.(2012).Improving the Safety of Young Drivers. https://www.abi.org.uk/globalassets/sitecore/files/documents/publications/public/migrated/motor/abi-guide-to-improving-the-safety-of-young-drivers.pdfLink opens in a new window

Designing road safety interventions for young drivers - summary of research findings

Including issues of risk-taking, peer pressure, cognitive and emotional processing.

More research findings are in this summary, which include pedestrian and driver safety

(prepared by Psychology students Charlotte Manley and Devank Chhabra)

Educational interventions and campaigns

RAC. (2023).Empowering Young Drivers with Road Safety Education. Practical guidance emerging from the Pre-driver Theatre and Workshop Education Research (PdTWER).https://www.racfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/Road-Safety-Education-report-Box-November-2023-1.pdfLink opens in a new window.

Shropshire Council .(n.d). Road safety for 16–18-year-olds: Greenlight Shropshire workshop.https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/sustainable-travel/road-safety-education-for-schools-and-colleges/road-safety-for-16-18-year-olds-greenlight-shropshire-workshop/Link opens in a new window

https://www.brake.org.uk/how-we-help/campaigning-for-changeLink opens in a new window