Some facts you can take on board about young drivers, both male
and female, such as 1 in 4 male drivers killed or seriously injured
is under 25.
| 1 |
Young male drivers aged 17- to 20-years-old
are 17 times more at risk
than all other male drivers. |
| 2 |
Between the hours of 2am and 5am, around
225 young male drivers aged 17- to 20-years-old are killed or
seriously injured annually – the
equivalent of 20 football teams. |
3 |
| Those slightly older (21-25) have twice
the risk, but this increases to almost three times between 2am
and 5am. |
4 |
| One in four male drivers killed or seriously
injured is under 25. |
5 |
| Young women are much less of a risk, and
tend to be more careful than young men. |
6 |
| About twice as many young men under 25 years
are killed or seriously injured than young women of the same
age. |
7 |
| Young people are more likely to drink and
drive in rural areas, where there is poor public transport,
few and expensive taxis. |
8 |
| Drinking and driving occurs across a wide
range of age groups but particularly among young men aged 17-29. |
9 |
| Between the ages of 20 and 39 years, deaths
of male drivers in drink-driving accidents accounts for up to
41 per cent of all driver deaths. |
10 |
| Only 25 per cent of travel by car drivers
is undertaken at night (between 7pm and 8am), yet 40 per cent
of all serious injuries and deaths occur in this period, and
they feature a disproportionately high number of young men. |
information and pictures sourced from:
http://www.aatrust.com/files/news_views/2005_12.pdf
and there's a lot more information and from http://www.aatrust.com/index.asp?PageID=31&Year=2005&NewsID=65 |
